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The Presidential Count.

TnO RTeSlQGDtlal count.
! The Electoral Commission met Wednesday,
Eat 10 o'clock 8. NJ, and were in session until;
4 o'clock P. NJ. The following ore the min.
utes Of the official record:
4 On motion Of Mr.. Justice Miller it was or
slered:
! That 70 evidence will be received or con-.
Eslered by the Commission which was not SUBJ
Emitted 10 the pint convention Of the two
shouses by the President Of the Senate with;
sthe different certificates, except such as relates.
20 the eligibility Of &c. HlnpArio', one of
,..lhe electors.
The vote was as follows:
! Yeas-Messrs. Bradley, Elmunds, Frelins-l
5huysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and;
5Srong-S.
i Nays-Messrs. Abbott, Bayarl, Clifford, /
siFicd, Huntou, Payne, and TLurman-7.
8 90 motion Of Mr.. Abbott. it was
Res0lrcd That in the case Of Florida, this
.3Commission will receive the evidence relative
Ito the eligibility of f. c. HUMPHREYS. one of
the persons named 10 certificate No. as.
electors.
4 Yeas--Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Bradley
ECHGord, Field, uuuton, Payne and Thur
sman-S.
! Nays-Messrs. Edmuuls, Trelinghuysen
SGarfed, Hoar, Miller, Morton, and Strong,
3 Upon these mooted points settled, the,
5Washington Union of Thursday makes the
following observations encouraging to those
Democrats too much given to looking on the
i5jnrk side;
4 The Electoral Commission decided yes
-,teIday by a vote Of eight to seven to receive
,no evidence in the Florida case, which was
yuot submitted to the joint convention of the
1.-TWO houses by the President of the Senate
,;with the different certificates, except in Tela-I
..tion to the eligibility Of +. &. Humphries, one
..of the Hayes electOrS-in reference to whose.
case the Commission further decided by an
affirmative vote that evidence will be received
Sit is needless to say that this is a substantial;
and important victory by the Democratic side
3-for the side Of truth aud justice. 1t is true
-ithe decision only diSpoSes OF the preliminary
lqueStion which had been raised as to the ad-.
amissibil,y Of evideuce--leaving the main,
5Question, the case upon its merits, yet to be.
decided. But the earnest contention and whole
argument Of the Radicals had been that no
evidence should be received. The decision.
oyerrules the two principal points made by
J Mr.. Eyarts in his argument-frst, that the
two houses have nothing to do with the electoral
Certificate but to count it-have no power 70
$50 behind the Governors certificate for any
purpose and secondly, that no extraneous.
,proof whatever can be received in referencei
to the qualification or disqualification Of cleo
tors. In direct opposition TO Mr.. Evart s
views. the Commission decide that they will
receive evidence in regarl to the inelig6ility!
'oi an clector, and they will receive other evil
ieuce than the Governors certificate IN regard
10 the appointment cf electors. They simply
-hmit the evidence which they will consider
funder this last head to that which accOmpa-
uiel the different certificates opened by the
PRESIDE Of the Senate in the presence Vi the
two houses, by him submitted 10 the joint con-
veaton. and by the terms Of the electora! hi,.
expressly referred to the consideration Of the
q JOINT Commission Of Fifteen. This again il,
ga substantial advantage for the Democrats. =
Ii eifectually dispoSes Of the Taw-head-and
.2bloody- bones" as Mr. O'Conor APPLY termed
Fit, coniured up by the fertile imagination Of
Mr. EyartS. Of protracted investigation eX-
/. tending into o remote and uncertain iuturity,
7if the CJmm i,Son ventures 70 extend It's IN
.quiries beyond an inspection OF the face Of The
certificate itself As 10 the effect Of the evil
dcnce which by the ruling Of the Commission.
for all the purposes of the case, must, there
fore, be considered as already in, that question
is yet to be determined.
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