The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-14
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NIGHT REPORT. & I.
WASHINGTON.
An I,nportont Case.

WASHINGTON.
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| 'os An Important Case.
Washington, Jan. Is. &fhe case Of
| Heydenfeldt against. the. Dewey Silver
Mining company, error ste the circuit.
court of Nevada, was yesterday submit
ted to the Supreme court without argu-l
ment. The action was brought to re-
cover quantity of land in Lyon coun-
ty, Nevada, purchased BY the plaintiff
In error, who claimed that the act sena-
bling the people of Nevada to organize
state government made a present or
grant to the state of certain lands, and
that the state was its owner, by virtue
OF such grant, when it issued q patent
however, ruled that the lands in ques-
tion being mineral lands, were controll-
ed by. the act of 1866 concerning mines
and mining lands, before the grant to
the state. took effect, and gave judgment
for the company. The case comes here
| for review.
- False Reports. go as 49, - ~.
AL reports that the Senate. commit
tee on the electoral count have agreed
are unfounded, and plans telegraphed
from Washington purporting to be the
basis Disagreement are condemned alike
by the Democrats and Republicans in
| the committee. h. sbul u IA baA
II Democratic Assertion.
Democrats assert that if Casey is
elected Senator from Louisiana the
President will recognize Nichols as
Governor.
4 Frost 0. X.
Gen. 4. M. Frost, the alleged ineli-
gible Democratic Missouri elector, tes-
titled before the committee onprivileges
and elections, that he was chosen cleo
tor, received a certificate, but didn't
attend the meeting of the electoral col
lege, however, and his place was filed.
He produced pardon removing his po-
litical disabilities. issued by President
johnson, Get. 23d, 1866. and his exami-
nation terminated. - E4eT ~
Important Floating R,mors.
In case Vice-President Ferry re-
signs, leading senators have been seri-
ously considering the plan of electing
somebody not a senator as vice-presi-
| dent pro tenn. Authorities all agree
that there is nothing to prevent such
| action.
Rumors are aHoat that Nicholls will
be recognized as governor of Louisiana
as compromise and the rest of the Of
fees be divided, but it will not be possi-
BILE for the cabinet or the President to
accomplish this.
Republicans GratJfsd.
The testimony in the Oregon inyesti-
CATION to-day affords great qualification
to the Republicans, whose predictions
that Pelton would be found to be the
customer - for that mysterious SS, 900
check have thus been fully verified.
Much significance is also attached to
the fact ELECTED from cashier Jordan.
Scott, one of the National Democratic
Committee, gave Pelton a private credit
| OF $50, 600 for such transactions at that
particular time, after the campaign
was closed. Pelton will of course be
| compelled to testify next for what pur-
pose the Sc, 900 check was intended, and
whether Governor Tilden gave him any
instructions regarding it. no =
The Mississippi Election.
Washington, Jan. 13.-Major How
ard, OF Jackson, Miss, testified before
the Senate committee on privileges and
elections. this afternoon, in relation to
the alleged intimidation of voters in
that state at the recent election: He
states that he knows of at least one
hundred persons fcoloredT, and he
thought they were mostly Republicans,
at Tinnan's, apolling place just outside
OF jackson, who were kept from voting
by reason of their not being able to get
through the crowd around the polls and
by reason of the supervisors of election
of that place asking numerous ques-
tions Of voters, simply to take up time
and delay the voting.
yVitnocc 10 oof;oAoI f,-,x,, ~ -
and heard that many colored voters
were intimidated for the purpose of
keeping them from voting. One of the
methods practiced was to threaten to
turn iaboring men out of employment.
The Republicans attempted to hold po-
itical meetings, but the Conservatives
or Democrats created disturbances and
broke up the meetings! Republicans in
all parts of the state told witness previ-
GUS to the last election that unless they
could be- protected they would poll q
small vote. Judge Percy, Of Kinds
county Miss, in conversation with VIII
ness before the election, remarked that
the Conservatives in his county didn't
propose to allow the Republican, party
ever to be built mp III that comfy again.
He said what would be called farce
In the north was called am Election in
"a iH4&H4lPpl- ne I0eC DutttW0 cOl0red
men hi EMississippi who were Demo-
of the colored people would vote the
Republican ticket II let alone. X
The Appropriation Bill.
The House committee,on sappropria-
tions has completed the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill,
and win report 1t to the House on Mon
day. 1t provides for reduction of |
about 10 per cent, in salaries on nearly |
all civil officers throughout the country,
and also for reducing the clerical. force |
70 about the numbers proposed by the |
House last year. . ID
!, ~ ; days action Ct the House apPro,
per cent reduction in, the salaries of all |
civil oficors throughout sthe country
and for the further reductionof the |