The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-08
THE GRAND COMMISSION.

THE GRAND COMMISSION.
ny Vote Of Eight 90 seven the Com.
mission Decides IL win Not GO he.
hind the Returns,
The Commission took vote at about
$40 on the resolution declaring they
would take no further testimony on
certificate No. Hayes and Wheeler).
The resolution was carried by vote
of eight to seven, Judge Bradley throw
ing the deciding vote,
The Commission next voted ON n
resolution to take the testimony in the
case of the alleged inelligibiity of the
Republican elector, Humphreys, and
II was agreed to take such testimony
by vote Of eight To seven. The three
Judges voting In favor Of the resolution
being Judges Clifford, Bradley and
Field, Judges Strong aud Miller voting
against 1t.
The five Democratic memb beers of the
House and Senate voted in favor OF
the last resolution, and also In favor of
going behind the returns.
The Commission meets at IL to.
morrow.
OHleial.
GA motion of Mr.. Miller, II Is ordered
that no evidence will he received or
considered by the Commission which
was not submitted to the joint conven-
ton of the House and Senate by the
president of the Senate with the DIFF,
ferent certificates, except such us re-.
lates to the eligibility OF Il. q. Hum.
phreys, one OF the electors. Yeas 8,
nays7.
On motion of Mr., Abbott, resolved
that In the case Of Florida this com.
mission will receive the evidence re-
lating to thei eligibility of Fred G,
Humphreys, one of the persons named
in certificate No. |, as elector. Ayes
s, nays7.
The secretary of the commission was
instructed to inform counRel on the
respective sides that at il O'clock to
morrow the commission will be pre-.
pared to hear the argument on the
inelligitility Of G. Humphrey rs an
elector.
Humphreys Is one OF the Republican
electors and the question raised AS to
his inelligihiliiy is that he was, at the
date of his election, a United
States shipping commissioner, which
Is alleged to be such an
office Of trust or profit as to disuual-
ify HIM from acting as e!ector, but
which Office it IL asserted by the Re-
puDlicans, he resigned before the cleo
ton.
Latest-Mesn or the Decision from
u DeHuOcfhhic
The commission, by the decision
to-day, will have before them In the
Florida case three sets of papers, the
certificate Of the Hayes electors, that
Of the Tilden electors, and that con
tanning the records of the court and
the actions of the Legislature.
The Republicans claim that no con.
sequence Is attached to the quo toar.
ranto proceeding Of the Circuit court
of Florida, as they are now under APP
peal to the Supreme court Of the State,
and therefore not final.
A prominent Democrat on the com.
mission said tonight that the meaning
of the vote in the commission is that
the ministerial acts Of the State execu-
tives are to be reopened, but not those
Of the judiciary. He added, however,
that as the Democratic certificates EN-
b,dy the proceedings Of the courts,
they will, by this decision, be fully
opened up for consideration and argu-
ment.
The Democrats also find satisfaction
In the fact that the rules esta blished
by the Commission will open the ques-
ton Of Watts, the postmaster elector
of Oregon.