Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-02-22

PLANTATION Of the origin of the Ere. Grayson
had recently bought the lot and house, which
was burnt, and it was his intention to take
possession of it in q short time. He has the
sympathies ofthe whites in his misfortune
and will in all probability obtain assistance
from them with view to rebuilding. QU1.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Ia
After consuming several days in argument
on Saturday last the Electoral Commission,
by vote Of eight to seven, decided that no
evidence can be. received in the Louisiana
case except the electoral certificates. M.
merous propositions were made TO take va.
rious kinds Of evidence, but all were rejected
by vote of eight to seven. :!l.iaJ''', @@
Commissioner Payne moved to allow conn.
sci one hours time, but counsel declined, and
the Commission resumed its secret session.
The following are the resolutions acted up.
on by the Commission: s.j:...,. ,....., ,,,s.
Mr.. Hoar submitted the following:
Ordered that the evidence be not received.
Mr.. Abbott offered the following as sub
stitute: @ Dtda tva sEss Et..lsr
Resolved, That evidence be received to show
that SO much of the act Of Louisiana estab'
fishing the Returning Board for that State is
unconstitutional, and the acts of the said Re-
turning Board are void.
The vote upon it was as follows: Yeas
Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hun.
ton, Payne and Thurman. Nays, Messrs
Bradley. Edmunds, FreliDghuysen, Garfield
Hoar, Miller. Morton and Strong-S.
Mr.. Abbott offered another substitute, az
follows: ......
Resolved, That evidence will be received to
show that the Returning Bcsnd of Louisiana,
at the time of canvassing and compiling the
vote of that State at the last election in that
State, was not legally constituted under the
law establishing it, in this-that it was com
posed of four persons of one political party
instead of four persons of different parties
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbott then offered another substitute
Resolued, That the Commission will receive
testimony on the subject of the frauds alleged
in the specification Of counsel for the electors
to certificates one and three. Rejected by the
same vote.
Mr.. Abbott then offered fourth substitute
Resokved, That the testimony tending to
show that the so-called Returning Board Of
Louisiana had no Jurisdiction to canvass the
vote for electors for President and Yice-Pres'
ident is admissible. Rejected by the same
vote.
Mr.. Abbott offered fifth, which was re-
jected by the same vote, which vas as follows
Resolved, That evidence is admissible that
the statements and afidavits purporting to
have been made and forwarded to said Re-
turning Board in pursuance of the provisions
of section 26 of election laws of 1872, alleging
riot, intimidation at and near certain polls
and in certain parishes, we're false and fabri'
Gated, and forged by certain disreputable per
sons under the direction and knowledge of the
said Returning Board, knowing the said state.
ments and afidavits to be false and forged.
and that none of such statements and afida-
Wits were made in the manner or form or
within the time required by law, and know.
ingly, willfully and fraudulently fail and re-
fuse to canvass or compile more than ten
thousand votes cast, as is shown by the state.
ment of the votes of the Commissioners of
Election. .. ..'{
Mr.. Hunton offered sixth substitute, as
follows: :........ ..s.., .... 80. ~
Resolved, That evidence be received to
prove that the votes cast and given at the
said election on the 7th of November last, as
shown by the returns made by the Commis-
sioners of Election for said polls and voting
places in said State, have never been COM
piled nor canvassed, and that the said Re-
turning Board never even pretended to com.
pile or canvass the returns BY the said Com
missioners of Election, but thst said Return.
ing Board only pretended to canvass the re-
turns made by the State Supervisors of Reg
istration. Rejected by the same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered BY Mr..
Bayard, as follows: .,.,.--..
Resoived, That no person holding an office
of trust or profit under the United States is
eligible to be appointed an elector, and that
this Commission will receive evidence tending
to prove such ineligibility as offered BY coun-
sal for objsctors to certificates Nos. l and 3.
Rejected by the same vote. 81.
Mr.. Justice Field offered the eighth and
last substitute, as follows:
Resotved, That in the opinion of the Com.
mission, evidence is admissible upon the sew
eral matters which the counsel tor obJeetors
to Nos. and 8 offered to prove. This was
also rejected by the same vote. s
The question on the original order submit.
ted by Mr.. Hoar came up, viz: That the
evidence offered be not received.
Mr.. Payne moved to strike out the mot"
Rejected by the same vote.
The vote on the original order was then
taken and it was adopted by the following
vote: Yeas, Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Ere
linghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton
ard strong-S Nays, Messrs. Abbott, Ba-
yard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne and
Thurman-7. -. .a.s..'.'t ssH
After this conclusion had been reached by
the Commission, counsel were admitted and
the above resolutions were read by the Secre-
tary. The Commission then went into secret
session.
Immediately after the doors were closed,
Mr.. Morton submitted resolution declaring
that the votes of Hayes and Wheeler cleo.
tors of Louisiana should be counted, and, as
signing reasons therefor, which are understood
also to. cover the case of Oregon and South
Carolina. His resolution was adopted by a
vote of 8 tot. 5+'.S
Justices Miller and Bradley and Represen.