The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-24

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The senate in executive session only
confirmed William Junter, receiver
of public moneys, at Hayes City.
The president signed the army bill
and the navy deficiency bill.
Election committee OF the house
postponde the Colorado case until reg
ular session.
Patterson was resumed to-day, and
the argument commenced promises to
occupy several days.
The election committee OF the house
appointed a subcommittee OF Messrs.
Turney, Cobb and Thomburg on the
Florida contest between Finley vs..
BIsbee.
Secrecy was removed frosn the exc
eutive session proceedings If the sem
ate regarding the San Dom ngo affairs.
1t is unknown whether tbs action ia
intended to unesrth or bury the scan
dai.
Inc AcRbit Va tut lSsIDbcE OI
Internal revenue shows n million In
crease Of revenue from distilled spirits.
Total increase of internal revenue,
from all sources, is one and three
eigtb millions Product of tobacco
and revenue therefrom, Is largely in
creased. more especially on cigarettes.
The deficiency bill that was before
tue house to-day does not contain the
item to defrsy expenses of the presi-
dents Louisiana commission. There
was such ali item in the bill az are gen.
orally reported from the committee on
appropriations, but subsequently that
bill was withdrawn and recommitted
and as reported back, it omitted all
reference to the Louisiana com mission.
1t is surmised that the change of mind
on the part of the committee was
caused by q desire to avoid text for
q political discussion that might be
both dilatory and excited.
The following is an abstract OF the
briefs in the Sponord-K Kellogg case be-
fore the committee on privileges and
elections: Judge Shellsbsrger's brief
for Kellogg denies the power of the
senate to question the award of the
returning board, and admits that the
returns made by the commissioners OF
elections show that three of PAckard's
senators and ten OF the republicans
who Joined in electing him and were
essential to his quorum were beaten ri
the baliotbox, but claims that they
were beaten by Intimidation and were
rightly counted In by the returning
board: that the Sherman and Howe
testimony is ample proof ID, the case;
that the Packard government was The
true government chosen by the people
and after his election was overthrown
by criminal revolution, and that Long
Of DeSoto, was a democrat who denied
his own election To aid his party.
! Judge Sofiord rejoins that the power
Of the senate is plenty TO deter
mine which was the real legislator,
and to that end 10 inquir'
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missions show that enough of tn,
Packard senate and house were de
feated 70 leave beth without . quorum
every day they pretended to sit; tina
the seating Of Baker and Kelso was aI
Illegal farce; that Kellosg's joint ~
sembly contained only seventy eiecte.
members, nine less than . quorum
that the returning board was withou
! constitutional power TO suppress sin
/ gle poll, ~ the commissioner return
were required to go unchanged TO tn
secretary Of state; that the destruction
i of polls by taking evideu se Of infiml
} dstion was . Judicial act, which IN
{ consultation inhibited the returnin
/ officer; that their count. was isleel
D and void btcsuse they looked onl
: 1t the supervisors' consolidate
. statements, and not ,ompile th
!, commissioners returns; that the
/ ttrampied on their o~n laws by makiE
!. forbidden iaquiries without the foar
. dation thas law prescribed; that Ke
o loGg himself instituted Illegal coss
) plaints an1 the hnard nctsd upon thes
) oolansiveiy and ffnndulsnfiy that a
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