The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-21

mt result from what would have been
obtained if they had not been there
% maintain peace in case of riot IN
lace of the returns. But il such is
The case, it is only proof that In this
one congressional district in the State
Of Virginia the legal and constitutional
voters have been able to return, as
elected, candidates of their own
choice. Z. S. GRANT"
LONDON, December 1.-THE bark |
Huddersfield sunk from a collision with !
the bark Kelly, of Start Point. Fiji |
teen were drowned. The Kelly has
been abandoned, and is leaking.
BERLIN, December 1.-THE parlia- !
ment, by vote of 206 TO ZIG, has r.
iected the motion to potpoDe the aboi.-
ton of the import duties ON iron
until the first of January, 1919.
PARIS, December LITTLE solution
of the ministerial crisis has been
brought about by President MacMahon
plainly informing the ministers that hc
should not hesitate TO issue manifesto
to the nation, explain his determine
ton and dissolve the chamber OF depu-
ties. 1t is stated that G. Imbetta'S pro-
grammc WAS not entertained for mo-
ment.
LONDON, December IA dispatch
from COns,antinople 10 Reuters teie-
gram company says it is not true that
the Marquis of Salisbury and Gen.
Ignatien are agreed concerning the oc-
cupation of Bulgaria. This question
has not even been discussed.
WASHINGTON, December Is. - In
Senate: Ga motion of Mr.. Thurman,
the bill reported from the Committee
on Judiciary on the twelfth Of July
last to amend the acts of July l, 1862,
and July 2. 1864. to ali in the 1tSon-
struction OF railroad from the MIS-
souri, river to the Pacific Ocean, waS
made the special order for the third
Tuesday in JdnIa'y next. This is the
Aull which provides for the establish
meHt nf & sinking fund TO liouidate the
Indebtedness due from the Pacific rail-
road companies to the government.
Senator Wright gave notice that he
would tomorrow introduce bill to
provide for contested election cases Of
president and vice president.
y resolution allowing three dollars
per day and five cents mileage TO con-
gressional witnesses passed.
The consideration of Senator Mitck-
ellis Oregon resolution was resumed.
Senator Thurman opened the discus
sion, saying his object was to contrl-
hute something to the history Of t'sis
(Oregon) case, and to show that the c
was TWO sides 10 it. This was q reso-
luton calling for an investigation by
the Committee on Privileges and Eiec-
Il ms. and he was surprised that the
chairman of the clmmittee. Senator
Morton, had prejudlccd the whole case.
Senator Thurman, III conclusion, sent
to the clerks desk and had read a
lengthy opinion of Judge George Hoad-
ley, OF Cincinnati, as recently publish
ed in the Cincinnati Commercial, sus-
tanning the course of Governor Grover.
When the clerk read the paragraph in
regard to an alleged plan to have Mr..
| Sherman, of Ohio, made President of
the Senate for the purpose of counting
the electoral vote, etc, Mr.. Sherman
said he wished to say that the whole
story about conspiracy to elect him
President of the Senate was simply u
newspaper "roorback" without one
word of truth in it. An elaborate ar,
gument followed.
Mr.. Edmunds, of Vermont, called up
the message from the House announc.
ing the passage of Il resolution provid-
ing for the appointment of a commit
| tee to act with a committee of the Sen
ate to devise some method of counting
the electoral vote, and submitted u res
olution referring the message of the
House to select committee, to be conf
| posed of seven Senators, to prepare
and report, without unnecessary delay,
such measure as will secure proper
count of the electoral vote, and that
said committee have power to confer
over until Monday.
| WAsHINGTON, December 15.-ln the
House, the bills for the removal OF
the political disabilities of William
Sharp, Lloyd J. Bcall and f. Shep.
nerd, of Virginia, passed.
The bill making appropriations fol
the expenses of the investigating COM
mittees wss amended by increasing
that for the House committees from
S21, 900 to $50, 600, and raising that
tor the Senate committees from $50,
900 to 100000. The discussion on the
bill took political turn. and was CAL
ried ON the Republican side 10y Mr..
Hall, of Maine, principally, and on the
Democratic side by Messrs. Holman
and Cox, of New York, and Mr..
Spencer, of Louisiana.
The report of the visiting Democrats
to Louisiana was read from the clerks
desk, so as to be incorporated in the
congressional record.
The postoffice appropriation bill wal
taken up and discussed until adjourn
ment, without final action.
WASHINGTON, December 15.-Befort
;he Inauguration of Hampton, Speaker
Wallace produced and read the follow
ing official statement from the Score
tary of State: Vote for Governor
elected 1876. Hampton 90, &c: votes
Chamberlain 81, 1877 votes Office o
Secretary of Stale. l, j. II. E. Hayne
4 syests4attaIy of State, do hereby certii.
/ that the 'fh6SiE%G0ing is true and cor
| rect statement of n. vote for Cover
nor at the general eleclIa OF 1870 ~
appears nv the comui, 81 mes fsvlI II
NV on file ut this flee. Given vi
: Ter my hand and the seal Of State, ,
: Columbia, this niDth day of Decen
e Der, 1876, and in the one hundred an
first year of American ipd.p ndence.
S ~. II. L. UAYNE
S ei1', Republican elector fror
/ | Missouri, is before the Committee u
! Privileges and Elections ~ contes
: he vnte of Frost, the Democrat
clcctnr. who has Andy Johnson's pa
. ior, but no other relief from politics
disabilities. No witnesses appeare
i IN the New jersey case.
: WASHINGTON, December Is. - S Il
, stor Morton has gone to Indiana.
: Senator C1pkling says there is soT
: foundation for the report of his intel
zion to retire from political life.
: Inspector General james 4 II 4rdi
t is dead.
: The government will 1mmeuce Ia,
D ment of the January interest on Il
t twenty-four,h.
There was fall Cabinet tn dsy.
/ CHARLESTON. December Is -TweI
i ~ stores and residences, including Il
, iepot, express and telegraph Otiic !.
: were burned to-day in Blakevill
4 Barnwell county. The loss is es;im
j ted at $50, 000 1t is believed the ii
was incendi1ry.
e A fire ais , occurred in Florida. La
I $ll. 900. LEGENDARY.