The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-23
Ne,os of III Election.

NetCS or ne Efectt0ns
New York, Nov. 13.--A special dispatch
from Petersburg says that Mr.. Jorgenson,
Republican, is elected to Congress, from the
Fourth Virginia District, by over 1000 ma
jority.
New Orleans, Nov. 1S.-The Democratic
Committee have complete returns made up
from duplicate lists of the Supervisors,
showing filden's majority in the State to be
8,107, by which majority they claim to rave
carried the State. The returns show Nichols
majority to be nearly 1000. The city is very
quiet. The politicians are ~anxiously await
ing the action of the Returning Board,
which, by law, is required to meet ten days
after the election.
New Orleans, Nov. 13.-The following
prominent party leaders are at the st.
Charles Hotel, having arrived to-day via
Jackson: Judge DooIittle, Lyman Trum-
Smith, of Springfield, Illinois; Gov. John
81. Palmer, Of Illinois John W. Stevenson,
of Kentucky; Geo. W. Julian, of India
napolis ]. r. Stallo, Stanley Mathews, Ed.
F. Meyer, Job. E. Stevenson, of Cincinnati;
Gen. Mcdonald, F. B. Mcdonald, John L.
Love, N. Munson, of Indianapolis; WINS.
Harriet, of Maryland; L. v. Bogy, of st.
Louis; VIM. R. Morris, of Illinois; John B.
Martin, Charles Gibson, of st. Louis; George
B. Smith, of Wisconsin ]. o. Broadhead, of
st. Louis; d. Hore, Mayor Beardsley, C. B.
Farwell, Abney Taylor, of Illinois, and C.
Irving Ditty, of Maryland.
Ex:Governors Curtin and Bigler, Hon.
Sam. Randall, and NJ. P. Handy, of Pennsyl.
vania Col. John c. Burch, Mayor 7. O'Con-
ner, j.. NJ. Heating, and w. Fl. Carroll, of
Tennessee; s. O~ttendorfer, of New York.
Columbus, o., Nov. 13.--Semi-official re-
turns from all the counties of Ohio are now
in, and show a majority for Hayes of 1882.
Philadelphia, Nov. 13.-Oficial returns
from ffty-fve counties in this State give
Hayes 1880 majority, leaving eleven coun-
ties to hear from, which in 1875 gave a Re-
publican majority of sixty-one.
Columbia, s. C., Nov. 1S.--The Board of
State Canvassers met at ten o'clock to-day,
Hayne, Stone, Puryis, Dunn, and CORDOBA
being present. The following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Board hear oral arguments on
the point as to the limitation in which the Board
can canvass the returns for Presidential electors,
and that the argument be limited to half an hour
on each side.
General James Conner, on behalf of the
Democratic candidate, submitted the follow.
ing paper in regard to the jurisdiction of
the Board: Son behalf of the citizens of
the State whom we represent, and of the
Democratic candidates of the State, We
submit that all acts of the General Assembly
authorizing the Board of State Canvassers
to hear and decide all cases under protest or
contest that may arise in regard to the
election of electors for President and Vice.
President, members of Congress, and all
officers elected at any general election held
in this State are in violation of the
twenty.sixth paragraph of the Constitution,
and, therefore, void, and in behalf OF
the parties aforesaid we demand that the
Board of Canvassers now assembled shall
not hear or decide any such cases of con.
test or votes, but shall only act Enthusiastically
in as~certaining from the returns and state.
ments forwarded by the Board of County
Canvassers the persons VINO have received
the greatest number of votes for the Offices
for which they were respectively candidates
and declare the same, and certify it to the
Secretary of the State"
The Board went into secret session to con,
slider the point raised. After some deliber
alton the doors were opened, and Secretary
of the State Hayne, President of the Board
announced that as the point of jurisdiction
was a new one, the Board would like to heal
the constitutionality of tbs question argued
One o'clock was fixed as the hour of hearin.
the argument.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board Of State Canyassers viii
proceed TO canvass the returns for election eff Presi
dent and Vice-President, beginning nthe 10th da.
of November, unless the returns from all the ceun,
ties have been previously received, and will con
tnue to canvass such returns from day to day unit
the last day OF their session, if it be necessary t
do 30.
New York, Nov. lathe Herald's Wash
ington dispatch says it is said at the Demo
cratic headquarters here that, by a blunde
in the printing of the Republican ~electora
ticket of Wisconsin, only nine Republican
electors have been chosen out of the tel
from that State, and that, as a consequence
the highest candidate on the Democratic
ticket is also elected, giving Tilden the re
quisite majority of 1S5 votes, regardless o
what may be the result of the election in tn
three disputed Southern States.
Milwaukee, Nov. 14..-The facts concern
ing the report that one Democratic Presi
Dental Elector is chosen in Wisconsin, ar
as follows: 1t was discovered several week
before the election that Miner, a Repub
lican candidate for ~elector, was a Postmaster
He was thereupon taken from the tickle
and Downs substituted. & THE blanks 10
returns sent by the Secretary of State to tn
town officers of election, contained Miner
name instead of Downs. Upon ~learnin
this the Chairman Of the Republican Stat
Central Committee caused circulars to b
sent to these officers, instructing them t
cEdSC n1lucE . udmt anu luhtTb DOWuS. IL
a few cases, SO far as learned, this was no
done, and the votes are returned as if the
! had been cast for Miner, when in fact the
) were cast for Downs, bnt the number is nc
! sufficient to raise any doubt about Downs
election.
Washington, Nov. lathe Postmaster
General to-day received the designations O
John W.. Watts, Postmaster at Lafayette
Oregon, and of Ii. N. Sollace. Postmaster
Bridgeport, VT, both of whom were chosena
Presidential electors at the late election
Their designations were accepted.
+. Charleston, s. c., Nov. 14--A motion ha
. been made by the Democratic counsel to
| full bench of the Supreme Court, prayin
, granted, restraining the Board o
, Canvassers from exercising judicis
3 functions in the election Of Elector.
: members of the Legislature, member
| of Congress, and Solicitors, and confnin
them to ministerial functions only, and re
straining Dunn, Cardoza, and Hayne, candi
dates for Comptroller, Treasurer, and SEE
, Rotary of State, and nominees for re-electio
to those offices, from sitting as judges Q
, their own election. The Court issued
, rule requiring the Board of Canvassers t
, answer, Thursday, why the writs should nc
l be issued. The Board of Canvassers ha
uCOluOo bAOLuoC1fCo ludL LnC1 Adu ~ luII
diction over the election of Governor an
Lieutenant-Goyernor and hence no questio
was raised respecting them.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 16.-Oficial return
: from 101 counties in Kentucky, give Tide
: $1,000 majority. Six counties yet to hea
from, but will not materially change i
: Tilden's majority shows an increase OF 6
per cent. over the Democratic vote lastyea
The Congressional results are reported as TO
lows: First Distriet-Boone, Democrat 10, go
, Turner, Independent, S,l54; Houston, R,
' publican, 1921, Fourth--J. Proctor Knot
i Democratic, 1875; Lewis, Republican, 6
982. Sixth-Carlisle, Democratic, 16,404
Landram, Republican, S,13S. Seventh.
Blackburn, Democratic, 1884; Shacke
| ford, Republican, 9,34S. Eighth--Durhan
Democratic, 15,4S2; Bradley, Republican
| 1864. The five other districts also ele,
Democrats, but the vote is not yet %oficiall
reported.
Columbus, Nov. 16.--The official vote {
Ohio was csnvassed to-day by Secretary
State Bell, in the presence OF Goveinc
, Hayes and James Williams. State Audlto
with the following result: 659, 757 vote
were cast; of this number Hayes receive
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