The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-08
THE FLORIDA CASE.
What the New York Papers Say of the
Action OF the Electoral Commission

New YORK, Feb. S.-The d ecision of
the electoral commission in the case of
Florida is the subject of the leader to-day
in the several journals
From the Tribune
The decision is great victory for the
friends of Coy, Hayes, masked, however,
in such a way that the Democrats feign
to regard it as not quite a crushing de-
teat for Iilden. 1t has still to be decid-
ed which of the three sets Of papers con-
tains the electoral vote of Florida, but
there cannot be much difference of opinion
as to what the decision will be. The first
of the three has all the conditions of regu-
larity, with the contest narrowed to lines
marked out by this decision. All the
most elaborate preparations OF the Demo-
Gratis come to nought and the testi-
mony which d. D, Field has been
trying to smuggle into the room
falls to the ground. The bully
lug Of witnesses has been in vain
Littlefeld aud Maddox lied for nothing;
Gov Wells hls ceased to be an object OF
interest and Tilden's attorney from the
Seventh District, New York, exhibits
himself to mankind as the noisiest and
most conspicuous failure of the 44th con
gress, for of course all attempts to impeach
the vote Of Louisiana are now useless; the
regularity of the Hayes certificates from
that state is manifest, indeed is not
seriously disputed.
| There is no reason to suppose the COM
mission will take any other view of the
extraordinary performance of the Ore
gon Democratic electoral college of one
than has been taken by all people of i'm
partially and common sense.
! From the Times
The only thing which remains for the
commission to decide is which certificate
contained the votes of those electors whom
the state of Florida appointed and on the
face of the contents of the certificates there
is hardly room for any doubt as to what
the decision will be-
The decision of the commission to con
slider the eligibility of Humphreys, does
not seem Of any essential i'm poftance il
the Florida case. Of its force as prece
dent it is too soon to Judge
From tie Herald
LIZ the immediate eagernesS to know The
practical consequence of any decision il
this case opinions OF that consequence
are reached by very hasty processes, and
opinions of this sort already contemplat,
, this judgment as point gained for til,
Republican candidate, and we hear, con
sequently, Of the encouragement of tn
Democrats. 1t is not certain that tn
decision given, viewed in all its p0ssibl,
= apphcatioc, will be advantageous fo
Hayes.
From the Sun.
The evidence to be considered was de
scribed by Mr., Ferry, in transmitting it, a
F documents purporting to be electoral Ger
tihcates. Objections made thereto, i
joint session, and the accompanying pa
pers of the proceedings Of the canvassin
board, cannot be inquired into.
From the World
. Whatever the result may be in the Flo
rida case, the public will hardly adopt til
| conclusion that the commission is incapu
: citated from considering the facts and ties
/ timony taken by committees of the tw
= houses. or that 1t is shut off from tn
= methods of inquiry practiced on all iorme
, occasions when any inquiry was necessar!
/ to such degree that it can avail itself
2 no information except such as may
5 filtered through the president of the sci
$ ate. Nothing can be clearer than that
0 is the duty Of the commission to find GU
!. not who has got certificate, b.
: who was duly appointed. N
e can it be disguised that rumors thi
r judges OF the supreme court, on this o
/ casion, have decided according to par
e convictions, has awakened some surpri
e alarm and distrust in the public mind,