Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-06
THE CON NlSSIlN.
ENARTS PRESENTS TIE REPI3-
LICAN SIDE.

the legal celebrities Evarts and O'Connor, was SO
great every inch OF space was occupied.
Evarts addressed the commission, stating first
the powers of the commission, and said it was
suggested that certain packages ofpapers brought
by messengers into the presence OF the commits
sion was before it as evidence. What those pa
pers contained is unknown to council on his side
and unknown to the commission. The claim
that they were before the commission was based
on the fact that they were mentioned in one of
the objections. The objections were not plead
lngs, but simply the act upon which reference
arises. If volunteer directors on one side or the
other could make up the packages the action
would be singular and not in accordance with
the law.
As to whether the evidence before either of the
two houses is transmssible and may be laid be-
fore the commission, is question subordinate to
that whether any could be received.
He reviewed the proposition submitted BY
OCOnor on Saturday. lie said the eXtlaneous
evidence proposed was not to show that the GER
titcate OF Gov Stearns falsed, but to 90 into the
record and to say that somewhere between the
deposits of the ballots in the bollot box and the
county canvass, there had been a mistake or a
fraud; that somewhere in the process of the cleo
ton from stage to stage there had been a matter
for Judicial inquiry. If justice tolerated it, if the
powers Of the commission allowed it, it would
carry the inquiry into all that related to the cleo
ton.
That the certificates of Gov Stearns was in ac.
no., a ,,n, w a. "a nv; 9ues'ioueu,
that the facts as certified did not exist by any ex-
trinsc evidence. 1t was further proposed to in
troduce evidence to show that Mr.. Humphreys
was a L. 5. officer.
Tow 81 l;oa;n ~ ~, ~. 81 ~ " was ui''-
ing board of Florida that heard the testimony Of
MIR. Humphrey that be resigned ten days before
ono n 'oI, us ies.S na'i1n nau oeen accepted
,uo VI eeo oliCe ecu py the
,; W. va vi Po -, y. 49,. ueie was
Iues.:on n'IeeueI NJ wv nouses al tuc 'ihe Vi
law CO. tho ;ntn'von,an r. 80 ~" oi''' 'no
I11 ~, .Ie ;l.e .p, VI
Irdsp was oua. ~ 'lst s'ase tne TWO
.sI' .0ulu noe on''l'aiu 'ie euuJS0' vi Prool
ano iu". '1e piocea' nus 70 On WIEN ali 'Ie
auau9 nau zen Pa''ou away Hoii tne PeoPic,
'nIougn ! .he state autuof!tes: .,
" ms Poin. 'ne GeiuuO"'c must s'ahu uu-
a. rI, anu M Pe molt;n AZ.
,ha,L asfS " Wy 4 uess.ou oy M. thurman
nes"e' - ~ s'octu appea' at tue ioui eiectois
wo'e u Tue voles couls not oe
oou.teu' ne SAM lneie wa? no sale way except 10
say tha' tne lnJunctloh ialu upon the states dld
not execute H. congress must by law provide for
n eAccution' anu .nat Jaw "u not now exist;
cconsiess accepteu Tue ocruhcate as the recorded
ee u 'he eiectois' anu 10 20 iHto searching in-
qu!ly III ieiaton W l.c net'Is oi TWO rNai CLAIM
anus was Juulcisl lhqul y, 10 90 INTO Whlch re-
qulleu piehaiY powers ana no JuolclsI pody could
exercise taat power except properly constituted
Iou!" ",tn us iHeuiociS aPpointeu oy tue fresl-
oeps aIu ooli II, lneu oy Vne senate
raitIer III Tue question Oh contested elections
Tue tlght OF tial by Jury existed ana could not be
uenieu. assuming tnat Tue commission mad the
Iight 10 20 INTO the question, ne held that not
having the power 10 make the judicial inquiry 1t
coulu not cohsiuer tue question: ana clted case
III Which Tue governor oi MARY land on similar
srounus refused 10 determine tue term oil the At
'oIIey uehersi Oh tue STATE
iic oppo-cd INC tutOll ADVANCED on Tue Otuci
sue tha' t4e commission possessed quo warranto
lie ci.eu al ACT Vi 'he state OF florida oil
reo' - l9.-, relatiVe 10 proceedings in quo war
saneo, "nlIn Prosiue' tua' wheh the Attorney
uehelat REFUSES theh Tue reIatlVes may make
themselves parties 10 Tue SUIT
put II snai DC ID private suits anu snail not nc
q o % 10 SUITS commences py Tue attorney general
in ,ne name OF tne state, lie READ also DIST and
1u sec.lons vi Tue statues Oh ioilda' ana sald
.uey maoe the governor certlhcate the maj de-
Vi me STATE Inns 'he hayes electors
nau, anv Tue Huen electors nad not ms was
'he Ihai anu uecisVe declaration oil the state.
al! tnat piectueu inc deposit OF Tue electoral
'ole IeIa'eu 10 'he quaiincaton OF the electors
ana after tho votes had been deposited with the
ieieIa' government ana III charge OF federal
onicer' Tue national government must respect the
Iisus % tne sIatcs ana regard the action mad
Ioln ''o " lic ISl'nca'es were seated, no
po"e' u Tue s'ste coulu arrest OF avert IL, ana
1t ',u1. NC opoucu a1u Soon'eu as oePosteu TIC
T.
waning IN io,ecas. OF cnculnsPeGton' out zeal'
ousN sHa[oeu heainst lhAt peru oil mohaichies
vi repuoilcs, d disputed succession.
ini 1 was instahceu III Tue provision that sec
e Nv uVn IL, 'iS S'cn' VI the MANURE oi tne
~ - mus VIC neiu oeiole l1e lour'h OF March'
~ WI pIonIacu an Tue way along IRON
.le c"stlng oi the paiiot 10 the nnai determine
iou anu at .nI SAINT ..,ne 10 permit inc proceed
s ~ ~ on, oI' Iom ne'e was PioViueo 'Iat
"no ws-rant - uo stUPP'e ny
qn '' maliau,o ProGeeulnss HowneIe was mere
any 1u'' PeiIteu tuc erection 10 DC
h. gan a,' vi Iao'lues tuAi
oi'' i a 70 MANI au ou 'le uay
I"S Al way nase an
az "a suoms " rhe'ish
'''I Ie u ,I'e.iCl Vi Plos .ess.
No. va .ntiS p,1t'Ieu tlie eleIIon
+,ou of ,ha 'oi';e snoum NC no Iecous'uGln
~. ~ - aee o.a.c Jaw Vi ior
rad s.ep ant seago .. Una. acton mas con
o. od .nat canno. DC NeS
u oo.olo nau 'neie oeen sn ShoIt 10 retaru 'he