The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-21
Grant, Called on by a Representative
OF the Nichols Government,
Looks at Louisiana from u
New Standpoint.
The Board in Florida Ordered to
Recanvass the Vote for
Presidential Electors.
The Republicans In Caucus Take Grounds
Against the Passage Of the Joint
Report CO. Edmunds Makes a Strong
Speech its Favor In
the Senate.

TiIden and Hayes Decline 90 state
their Views On the Presidential In.
cubatOr.
WASHINGTON, January 20-A New
York telegram says Mr.. Tilden was
questioned last night but declined to
state his views or wishes on the cleo.
toral bill. A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch
says Gov. Hayes also refused TO ex.
press any opinion thereon. An In.
dianapolis dispatch to the World says
Governor Hendricks declined to be
interviewed, but it is understood he
has expressed to those in his conf
dence TN entire satisfaction with II
and is warm in his approval OF the
plan as reported.
A Change In the Presidents Mud
COneerniDg Louisiana.
Col. Il, A. Burke, of New Orleans,
who Is accredited to Washington by
Gov Nichols, OF Louisiana, visited
the President this morning, accompa.
MED by the Democratic delegation in
from that State. Col Burke and Rep
resentative Ellis and Levy decline to
give the details OF their interview
with the President, beyond that it was
quite satisfactory to them, both as re
CARDS the present and the future.
caucus ON the Electoral Compromise
| Measures.
Both parties in the nate caucuse
this morning on the Electoral. Count
bill. Neither meeting was intended
to be binding. In the Democratic
caucus, nothing was said against it,
but in the Republican caucus more OPP
position was expressed than was ex
pected. Morton has dispatch from
the secretary Of the Republican caucus
Of the Indiana Legislature, which says
his course, in Withholding his name
from the report, meets unanimous APP
proyal.
A despatch from Chicago says reso-
lutions approving the plan for count
ing the electoral vote passed the Board
of Trade by close vote. The feeling
in hat city is very pronounced, the
heaviest capitalists and moderate men
generally favoring the measure.
The BOARD In Florida Ordered 90 Re.
CANVASS tho Electoral Vote.
A World'a special from Tallashasse,
dated the 10th, says: Gov Drew APP
proved an act of the Legislature re-
curing the Board of Canvassers to
make a canvass of the electoral vote,
in accordance with the decision of the
Supreme Court In the case of Blanham
vs.. The Secretary of State, decided in
January, 1874, and in the case Of Drew,
decided December %, 1876. In ODE
dience to law, the board met to,day.
Attorney General Raney having been
of the counsel for the Democratic cleo.
tors, declined to act and Mr.. Cooley,
Commissioner of Lands and I'm migra.
ton, was designated In his place. The
canvass then was gone over and all re-
turns found to be regular were counted
and footed up "A, 434 for the Tilden cleo
tors and 24,340 for the Hayes electors.
How the Louisiana Case was Worked
up by Secretary Chandler.
Before the House committee on Pow
ers and Privileges Amos b. Roberts,
cashier of the Second National Bank
of New York, exhibited two certificate
of deposit by u. Chandler, dated Oct.
3lst, 1876, one for two and one for three
thousand dollars. They were made
payable to Chandler's order and
when returned it was endors-
ed by s. b. Packard and
Joe Il. Aver. Gould not state how
these transactions were made public.
Two letters to Chandler we-e exhibited
one signed J. Is. Stockton, dated New
Orleans, November, 18th, to the effect
that, first, that the Republicans were
to i'm mediately take the afiidavits o
ten or twelve thousand Republica
voters and showing that they were
debarred of the exercise of the ballot
by violence and intimidation. The
writer was chief deputy Marshall,
Pitskin.
Ex.Goy. Wells, Hcadcenter OF TN
Louisiana Returning Board, ON th'
stand. ...
Eek Gov. Wells, OF the Louisian
Returning Board, was examined q
/. some length. His testimony wa
} about to the same effect as that giveI
I at New Orleans. Witness said he hat
not sent for the records Of the return
,np board and he would have to 20