Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-14

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would be allowed. He first intended
tn lint il to n hour. but the extra
ordin3ry spectacle ot the tribu4I refus-
ing tQ1inve>ti gate the real o,e of Flor
ida. A. the minority report containing
evideb ce never taken. and refiectirg
on TIL majority. had determined him
to permit more time.
Wison objected to transacting this
funettl business.
Hopkins suppo rted the resolution.
Infhe Senate. Mcdonald referred to
previous Congressional action and
lawdto show that the Returning Board
had ho power 10 look into irregularities
at eide ions unless a proper foundation
is laid l,y the statement by Supervi
sors.of Registration or Commissioners
of Election or other proper sffidavits.
In the election of 1872. the vofe
OF Louisiana had been rejected because
the Returning Board had not conn lied
with the laws, and they o proposed
to show that the law had not been
complied with in the present case. A
popular majority had heen returned
in one way, and that majority had
bean reversed by this Board through
actual frauds.
The electoral Commission had
thrown aside returns sent them by
proper officers and had taken reports
of supervisors of Registration in their
place, but even this did not follow at
all times. The people Of 90 polls had
been DISTINGUISHED. 1t was asked how
many of these returns had been ac
companied by protests. Mcdonald re-
Piled that not one protest had o
panied the returns from these 81 poll
ing places. The two Houses of Com
gress had already taken steps to in
quire into The legality of the election
in Louisiana, and he MAINTAINED that
the Commission, possessing the power
of the two Houses, had a right. and 1t
was II cir duty, tn consider tile infor-
nation in possession of the two Houses
It's duties were judicial. not merely
clerical, and they should carefully
weigh the evidence i'm possession of
the two Houses, for which they were
acting.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
A New York clam agent will he ar.
rested tomorrow. The result of an
inquiry into the collection of un-
claimed interest shows that AT least
$4,000 have been collected through
tne cOnDINdIlc6 VI tuiS OlucidI duu
agent.
General Sherman and Secretary
Cameron have gone to New York to
be absent until Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
S. NJ. Shelton, of Mi Isl .sippi. was
before the Srna Q Corr mittee ON Priv
ileges and Elections this morning.
lie teStifi d that he il Chairman of the
n,,,o,ti, Cn,iftaa u,I hos No
knowledge of duplicate ballot box
keys being furnished.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
At a meeting of the Electoral Com
mission to-day an argument was be-
gun by Senator Mcdonald, who sup
ported his objections to the Hayes
certificates from Louisiana.
The Emma Mine Case A Big
Sui Against samuel j. Tilaen-
The FlOrlda Matter, Etc.
New YORK. Feb. IL.
Judge Wallace to-day, in the United
Safes Court, denied the motion made
Yesterday, in the Emma mine suit, to
dismiss the complaint, on the ground
that plaintiffs had not produced evil
deilce to sustain their Gaze.
NEW YORK, Feb. IS.
The trial Of the suit of Henry II
Body aga n t Samuel j.. Tilden, was
negun this forenoon in the special
term of The Superior Court. Plaintiff
sues for a c~"partuer>hip accounting on
4 pool in railroad stock in 1864, and
for S260, 900, which it is alleged the de.
PENDANT was overpaid under missap
p%rehension as to profits.
CHICAGO. Feb. 10.
A Journals Washington special
SAYS: The report ofthe Florida Com
mittee submitted in the House to-day
was considered asa joke by Re- pnbli-
cans, and AS ~,ihiculous farcA. Prom
inent Republicans expect The Louisi
ina case 10 be disposed of on Friday
or Saturday. The Republican coun.
>el say privately that they have no
fears that the Democrats will gain a
single point in the Louisiana case.
Democrats privately say they expect
more to succeed in throwing ont two
electors of Lpui itna than in having
the votes of ridden e ectors counted
Republicans have reluctantly decided
to abandon the idea of otjecting I o the
connt of the Mississippi vote. OF ac-
count of the delay it would OCCASION.
Democratic Judges of Elections
knew of the existence of armed Re
publican clubs during each political
campaign sinca 1870. and that cnlnred
people were honestly convinced, pre-
vions to the election of 1875. that they
would best snbserve their own inter-
ests Ivy voting with the native white
people of Mississippi.