Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-02-15

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in IN Fhsida easl The proeeedsnxs
commeAan1ni1k9a examinatioo of p.
c. HumPhFeys. the alleged ineligible
electc<. charged with having been At
the time Of his appointment D. s. Ship
ping Commiazioner at Rensacola. NJ.
Evsrts. tor The FeP66Iics6s. preseoled
.eshias u syeet:kf 4nA9 a&Ts
- Hm1lex- enooo1 foe ~ Tia
electors and Pfesented 10 3 W0st exk1us-
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had experded On tbfp atsfEW hifE3g
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hap1 SkhAustikx ths nseesiitf 6fYheh 66eS.
tion.h Fudge Green spaso1ed % Me
same tide, d the eoneipsioup6f which
Mr.. Shellabafger opened for Che rep6b.'
licans, who was also followed on bekalf
Of the radical electors BY M. EvsftsI
He defended the action 81 the return.
ing board, and claimed with considers
bic dogmatism that the State was pow
erless 10, correct the acts. Of the board,
and In doing so was in direct con.
fiict with Judge Mathews fk;s eok
ieagae on the same side Of tie CASEY who
had previously conceded that the State
could correct the errors and frauds Of
the board. Thus the RAIDS differ among
themselves before the Court, which does
their sideS0i The case no little harm, and
the Tribunal will find IL, difficuif tolre-
concile this difference. Tie argument
was closed with d 'Ioug and Remarkably
able speech Of MFR. r. r. Merrick, OF
thrs CITY, who IN reply to tie point made
above By 'Evarts, o6kediat RIM (Evafts}
indignantly. saving it was quite imporo
tnrtant for The republic to know that les
highest executive had no. reached his
position BY d pathway strew6 with
frauds. II was dccidsdfy ia point ofle-
ga. ability, the master Hort offhe y hole
day aud was generally 70 regarded, bot
also in the aptness and success he mani
Tested in meeting queries cred at him
by Justice Miller, Senator Edmunds
and Representative Garfield. He was
ready tor them and Siienced them all in
turn with his forcible replies. Mr..
Merrick produced Judge Bradley's own
decision, showing that the Uniform rule
was for the U. s. Supreme Court to fol-
low State Court decisions on the sub
ject OF the local laws Of the State, and
therefore as the quo warranfo proceedings
OF the Florida State Court were before
the Tribunal as evidence and showed
that according to the laws. OF Florida
the Hayes electors were not appoi ted
and that the Tilden electors were, ii
must be taken as conclusive BY the Tri-
bunal and the electoral vote Of Florida
awarded to Mr.. Tilden. This closed
the case on the question OF the ineligi-
Lility OF Humphreys as a presidential
elector, aud the Tribunal then, at I so,
p. M, adjourned. Judge Bradley again
voted with the democrats in favor Of
adjournment. Senator Edmunds made
a strong effort to hold the Tribunal to-
gcther for imniediate decision. The
subject before the Tribunal il all.ab-
sorbing and continues TO be generally
discussed. The Tribunal have now tine
case under private consideration and il
is. expected will reach an early decisE
ion. The contest in the Louisiana case
will be over The legality Of the return
ing board Itself, the law calling for Eve
members and the four members refus-
ing TO I'LL the vacancy. II will be
claimed that there has been no canvass
Of votes and no electors have been ap-
pointed. Prominent democrats say the
Tribunal has adopted a line Of proce-
dure that will throw out the Watts-Or-
egon vote.
The House Committee, under the
leadership Of Mr.. Fields, is determined
to press Wells and his crew to the wall.
That Wells meditated personal violence
and perhaps even assassination, seemed
apparent from the fact that there had
been taken from him at his rooms two
revolvers, Thug knife and rifle cane.
But his efforts to in,imidatc cross-ex-
aminer Fields were without avail, and
in numerous instances he was over
whelmed with facts so adroitly presen-
ted to him that his fine spun theories
were completely broken down.
BOOK FREE TRADE.
II is the belief Of Prof. Seelye that
the bill reported by the House Com
mi.tee TO admit all books published in
foreign countries free OF duty will pass
some time this week.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
The original copy sent by Mr.. Web
ster 10 the Patent Office for safe keep
ing has been by order Of Secretary
Chandler turned over 70 the State De-
partment now that there is ample secu-
rity in that building for this document.
where 1t is thought it properly belongs.
TUE HOT SPRING RESERVATION.
The House Committee will report