The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-27
Third Edition
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THE COMMISSI
the South Carolina
Messrs. Hurd and Cochrane Argue the Objec-
tIons to the South Carolina Votes
AND THE COMMISSION GOES INTO Sc
CRET SESSION.
The Vote Of the State to be Counted
for Hayes.
COMMITS SION.
the South Carolina
Case.
hessrs. Hurd and Cochrane Argue the Objec-
tIons to the South Carolina Votes
AND THE COMMISSION GOES INTO Sc
CRET SESSION.
The Vote Of the State to be Counted
for Hayes.

National Associated Press to the Star.
WASHINGTON Feb. 27.-The Commits
sion met at 10 O'clock, and the journal
of yesterday was read.
Mr.. Hurd stated that no counsel
would appear in behalf of the objections
to certificate No. 1. Mr.. Hurd as ObJec-
tor then proceeded 10 submit the reasons
why be thought the Commission should
eject certificate No. 1.
He said he would not go over any
ground that had been contes sted, or any
thing that had been decided by the Com
mission.
He would confine himself to what he
considered new points. He would in
sist in support of the first objection that
the government of the State was not re-
publican in form.
He would not go back to the Recon-
structiOn Acts, or the events which fol-
lowed, but confne himself to the lew
months that preceded the election.
what constituted republican
form of goverhfnent, and the
relative duties of the Federal and
State Governments, and holding that one
only could be republican that gave the
people free and fair opportunity to ex-
press their will in the selection of their
rulers.
Whatever prevented free expression
of the will OF the people, to the extent
that it operated 50 lar destroyed the
republican character of the Govern
ment.
II legal disabilities were imposed, or
ii intimidation was practiced, the re-
public wasn't maintained. Tney pre-
posed to show by the tesiimv-
ny taken by the House Committee
that colored men in South Carolina were
int Undated by other colored men; that
they were whipped and driven from The
polls; the Democratic tickets taken
from them and Republican tickets put
iu their hands.
The objectors proposed to show that
there were colOred rifle clubs which
were not disbanded in accordance
with the proclamation of the Presi-
dent, and they proposed to
show by the proc. amation OF
the President short time before the
election that there was an insurrection
in the State which was not put down at
the time OF the election. But at that
time it required the presence OF thirty
TWO companies OF troops to prevent
an outbreak. Would the Commission
receive this testimony which would
show conclusiveiy that anarchy pre-
vailed in that State on the day of the
eiect,on2
Wnen they came into the Union, and
when the States came back under the
Reconstruction act, it had been held
that Congress had the pow er 10 ihqulre
whether there was State as required
by the Constitution; and this, he said,
was the inquiry TO which he desired
to direct the attention of the
Commission, and asked that they admit
of evidence 10 SHOW that anarchy pre-
vailed, and hence there was no govern
ment.
Mr.. Hurd held that the Constitution
OF the State required regis slration of
the Electors; that this requirement was
utterly Ignored, and that the election
was void.
He next went to the objection that the
presence OF United States troops in The
State oVerawed the people and
prevented free expression OF the
will Of the people. He read the procla-
nation OF the President OF October
II, 1876, declaring that insnrrection eX-
listed in The State, and contended that
the clause Of the Constitution, author
izing The interference of the Federal
Government, contemplated an in.
surrecLlUn against or resistance to the
State Authority and not disturbances
between ihdlvIuual citizens Of the Stale
r ie cub sriding up and down and MUIR
uering some peaceaDle citizens, as stated
in the Presidents. proclamation, he ar
gued, did not amount to such all insur-
ec.ion against the United States or
the Slate authorities as warranted an
Intervention in the affairs of the State.
Mr. Hurd closed between IL and II
O'clock, and was followed by MIR. Coch-
rane, who finished few minutes after
IL III.
2 U'ciock-Tne arguments in the South
Carolina case have been closed anu tie
has gone into secret ses-
sion.
1t is expected that a decision will be
renr cred This afternoon,
Messrs. Jere. Black and Montgomery
b air made lew remarks on the Sou. b
Carolina case previous 10 its gong TO
The Commission. BOtn gentlemen said
the Commission knew as much about the
case as tuey did, and argument was
useless.
The only remark of note was that of
Mir. Black, who said that this great ma
tion had got its foot into crack.
An annOunc, ment Of the decision of
the Commission is now looked for ev-
cry minute.
4 p. M.-The Commission has decided
the South Carolina case in favor of
Hayes, and the decision will at once be