The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-13
0aturday's Work in the
House Of Repre-
Is 5s sentatives. mosa
Il Recessed" from Saturday
.sueM Until Monday.
Tho Democrats will Fight for
Their Rights Until the End.
Further Developments Of the
Returning Boards Fraud.
littIefieId's Story Confirmed and
WOrse Revealed.
WAnufAoeure Of Spurious Affida-
Wits by Wells Clerks.


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Manufacture Of Spurious Afiida-
Wits by Wells Clerks.
WARRINGTON, Feb. l0.-The capitol is
crowded again to-day, but only small
proportion OF those filling the halls and
corridors have the needful ticket OF adj
mission to the galleries of the house.
Precisely at l o'clock the senate took
their seats in joint session with the house,
and President Ferry took the chair.
The decision of the electoral commits
sion having been read, written objections
were made to it by Representative Field
on the part Of the five senators and
twelve representatives, and then the two
houses separated.
TEE CoMMIssIoN's DECISION.
The electoral commission state the
grounds Of their decision In the case OF
Florida - follows: That 1t Is not COM
petent, under the constitution and law -
it existed at the date OF the passage of
the act constituting the commission, to
60 into evidence aliunde. The papers
opened BY the president of the senate in
the presence of the two houses to prove
that other persons than those regularly
certified to BY the governor of Florida,
according to determination and declara-
ton OF theif appointment by the board OF
state canvassers, prior to the time re-
quired for the performance of their du-
ties, had been appointed electors, or by
the counter proof to show that they had
not, and that all proceedings of the
court, or acts of the legislature, or
Of the executive OF Florida subsequent
to casting Of the votes of the electors on
the prescribed day, are inadmissible for
any such purpose. 10 the objection
made to the eligibility Of Humphreys the
commission Is OF the opinion that with
out reference to the question OF the effect
Of the vote OF an ineligible elector the
svidence does not show he held the Office
OF shipping commissioner on the day
when tn electors were appointed. The
co0missioo also decided that as conse-
quence Of the foregoing, and upon the
grounds before stated. neither of the
papers purporting to be certificates of the
electoral votes Of Florida are certificates
as votes provided tor by the constitution
Of the United States, and they ought not
to be counted as such.
THE OBJECTIONS TO THE DECISION,
Interposed in the house:
1. That the decision determined that
the vote cast by Chas. II. Pearcs, Fred
rick C. Humphreys, VIM. II. Holden
and Thos. W. Long, as electors Of presi-
dent and vice-prs sident of the United
States on behalf OF Florida, is the true
and legal electoral vote of the state, when
in truth and in fact the vote cast by Will
kinson Call, James E. Yonge, Robt. L.
Hilton, and Robt. Bullock is the true and
lawful vote of the state.
2. That the commission refused to re-
ceivs competent and material evidence
teneing to prove that the first named set
were not appointed electors in the man.
ner prescribed by the legislature of the
state, but was designated as electors BY
the returning board OF the state, cor
ruptly and fraudulently in disregard of
law and with intent to defeat the will OF
the people.
8. That the decision was founded upon
the resolution and order OF the commits.
sion previously made.
4. The decision excludes all evidence
taken BY the two houses of congress, by
the committees OF each house, concern
ing frauds, errors and irregularities COM
mitted by the persons whose certificates
are taken as proof OF the due appoint
ment of electors.
5. That the decision excludes all
evidence tending TO prove that the certi-
ncate OF Stearns, governor. as also of the
board OF state canvassers, was procured
or given in pursuance OF a fraudulent and
corrupt conspiracy.
9. That the commission refuse to rec
ognize the right of the courts Of the state
TO review and reverse the Judgment of
the returning board or the board of state
canvassers rendered through fraud, with
out jurisdiction, and rejected and refused
TO consider the action OF the courts in the
case lawfully brought before a cour
which had jurisdiction.
z. That thu decision evclnda. .u ,,,
dense tending to prove that Florida, by
all departments Of her government-leg.
islative. executive and judicial-had de-
creed rs fraudulent all the certificates of
Stearns. governor, as well ~ those of the
csnvassers, upon which certificates the
commission has acted. and by means OF
which ths true electoral votes of Florida
oave eeen rejected and false ones substi-
tuted.
.. That TO count the votes of Pearce
Humphrey Holden and Long, as cleo.
tors for prssident and yics.presidsn,
wsuiA b . violation Of the const,tntion
Of the United Slater.
Tt eejestious are signed by Senator.
Jonas PA. Cooper. Barnum. Herman
Sauls5asy an1 Mcdonald. and Reprs.
sentatiyo Koatk gleld, Holman. Tucker.
Thoapses Maa), jerks, Finley, Say
Ter, Ellis. Norrisos, Hewitt IN. " and
Springer.