The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-22

Orleans is sufficiently strong to prevent any |,
outbreak. Ii is not the impression in cab
met circles thst any violation of Law will
present itself.
PRUNING FOR ACTION.
The Democratic representatives, say the
object of the recess is to allow time for the
preparation Of objections 10 the reception of
the vote of Watts, the Oregon elector Mr.. |
Hurd expected TO prepare the objections |
but declined, and Mr.. Jencks will under |
take the work.
THE SUPREME COURT
met pursuant to adjournment, and after
few admissions To the bar, and passing
some mandates, ii adjourned TO next Mon
day.
A. S. Hewitt, chairman OF the Democratic
committee, gave the following testimony be-
fore the senate committee on privileges and
elections this morning:
He mad charge of the national campaign
and organization of the Democratic party
in the different states. Mr. Edward
Cooper, son Of Peter Cooper, was treasurer
vi the executive committee, and kept his
accounts al the 9Th Ward bank, New York
City, in his own sname. Witness directed
now money in the hands of the treasurer
should be spent, Col. elton having moth
ing to do with it. He never made any az
tempt
To RAISE FUNDS
beyond asking certain parties whom he
thought would be willing to DO SO to con-
tribute. He knew nothing whatever about
the kilograms which Col. PelIou sent to Or
egon never sent cipher telegram during
the whole campaign. He did, however.
send three or four regular kilograms to Ore
con during the contest, in one of which,
dated November 18th, he, after receiving
legal decision 20 that effect from Judge
Hoadley, OF Cincinnati, told Senator Kelley
that no person holding office under The
Federal government was eligible 80 an cleo
| tor, and that the canvassing officer should
SO decide. Referring again TO The
CIPHER DISPATCHES,
he said he had never used the cipher, bat
had seen Col. Pelton Use it has a COPY Of
the key to it, and will turn it over 10 the
committee tomorrow if they desire it; had
never seen any Of the ipher kilograms sent
to or received from Oregon at the Demo-
cratic headquarters in New York. He also
stated that Col. Peiton lived in the same
house with Samuel j. Tilden and ate at the
same table with him.
NOTHING DONE.
The house Democratic caucus, after a
short session, adjourned till evening.
A NIGHT CAUCUS.
About one hundred members were present
at The Democratic caucus tonight at the
capitol, Representative Ciymer presiding.
Representative Vance, Of Ohio, offered
resolution similar TO that of Representative
Walling, at the Saturday night caucus, as
serting that the Democrats should avail
themselves of all legitimate means to defeat
the acts OF a commission.
This resolution caused much discussion,
but was not voted on.
Representative Mills, of Texas, offered q
resolution declaring that the exigency con-
templated by the Constitution having aris-
en-, neither candidate for the Presidency
having a msjoriLy of the electoral vote
therefore, be IL
Resolved, That the house should at once
proceed to vote for President.
Representative Springer offered a resolu-
tiOn reciting that Hampton and Nichols
are the legally elected governors of south
Carolina and Louisiana respectively, and
that an amendment be made to the appropri-
alton bill continuing the operations OF troops
to the frontier.
Representatives Randall, Hooker, Knott,
Mcmahon, Jones, OF Kentucky, Springer, OF
Poppleton, Walling and Mills favored the
adoption OF the pending resolution, and
Durham expressed themselves against all
resolutions.
Representative Brown, of Kentucky, Of
fered a resolution, the same in substance
as that adopted on Saturday night, declar-
ing that the electoral vote shall proceed
! without dilatory opposition, but strongly
protesting against the action of a majority
of the commission who signed the decisions
in the Florida and Louisiana cases.
Representative Brown said he had re-
ceived intimations from numerous sources
that a reaffirmatioI of the caucus action of
Saturday was necessary. He did not, how
ever, press the resolution, but yielded to
Representative McMahon, who moved that
the caucus take recess till after count OF the
Oregon vote in joint meeting OF the two
houses.
The motion was carried Those If the
caucus who favored extreme measures. did
not, owing to the large preponderance OF
the conservative element, ask for a division
of the questions presented. Nor was vote
taken on any one of them, except for n re-
cess. The coHcus will stand by It's action
of last Saturday night.
PIATT IN BAD FIX.
1t il mentioned this evening upon the
III, t,l th.. yt.a
dent has determined upon the prosecution
of Don Piatt, editor of the Capital" for
libel, and also for seditious writing, ind;ct-
able under both the common and statutory
law District-Attorney Wells was this at
ternoon directed to take
THE NECESSARY STEPS
in the matter, and the arrest will be made
tomorrow. The article in Yesterdays
Capital principally melted the official ac-
tion just determined, but it is understood
that previous articles in the same paper,
regarded as libeious upon the President,
will be officially noticed in criminal pros
ecution for libel on the President.
BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
BY mutual agreement the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections and the COM
mittee on powers, privileges and duties of
the house in counting the electoral vote
have decided not to go into the examine
ton of the papers and accounts of the lead
ers of either political party. In conse-
guence OF this agreement, Mr.. Ellis, presi-
dent of the First National Bank OF New
York, will not be required to produce a,
abstract OF the account of Samuel j. Tilden
at the Third National Bank for examina-
ton by the former committee, while Secre-
tary Chandler, chairman of the Republi-
can committee, will be excused from
appearing before the latter committee with
his accounts, books, papers, etc. This har-
monious agreement of the two committees
was brought shout through the exertions of
Senator Barnum and Mr.. Ellis.