The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-31
WASHINGTON.
investigation of the Louisiana
Returning Board.
Failure Of New Jersey Life In
suranCe and Trust Company.
The Electoral Commission.

WAsHINGToa, January 3O.-Associate
Justices Clifford, Strong, Miller and
Field, designated by the Electoral Bill az
four members OF the Judicial branch Of
the Commission, werein secret conference
for two or three hours to-day but ad.
journed without arriving at a determin.
alton Of the question az TO which one Of
their associates should be chosen 10
be The tiiih member. II might be
considered certain, however, that
tomorrow morning, very soon alter
they reassemble, they will select Justice
Bradley as the fifth member and prompt.
ly communicate the fact TO both houses
OF Congress, there being enough reason
to believe that he would have been select.
ed to-day had II been authoritatiyely
aacertained prior to the adjournment Of
the conference that Justice Davis would
positively decline the position. 1t is
con ectured that the embarrassment Of
the consultation to-day arose mainly, II
not entirely, from conflicting accounts as
to the willingness Of Davis TO serve,
which werO not at reat until after the con.
ference formally ended. 1t is currently
believed, although the statement cannot
be made upon authority, that one or more
ballots were cast to-day for Justice Davis
under the belief entertained by part OF
those present, although he hal expressed
disinclinAtion 10 serve on the commits
sion, that lie would nevertheless accept
the position il chosen. tt,a5.H.f
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
The House Committee on Appropria.
tions will, in the legislative and Execu.
tive Appropriation Bill, fix S25, 900 as the
salary OF the President, and accompany
1t with a provision repeating the section
OF the revised statutes which increases
the salary to $4,000. a-.
The Supreme Court Justices to sit on
the electoral commission have obtained
from the Librarian Of Congress copies Of
the election laws Of Oregon, Florida and
Louisiana, and the Judicial decisions
thereon.
THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Powers, Privileges
and Duties Of the House in counting the
electoral vote to-day recalled Louis NJ.
Kenner, OF the Louisiana Returning
Board, who testified as 10 the vacancy in
the Louisiana Returning Board. DR..
Kennedy, who proposed to Gil it, was a
Democrat and man Of fair standing in
the community. Wells and Anderson
were against Kennedy. Witness knew
that Hayes was elected by the throwing
out OF the vote. The votes were thrown
out because there was evidence Of
intimidation, hanging men, driving them
from the polls and from their crops, and
therefore the board thought they we're
justified in doing so. We ehad some tesli.
mony that persons voted the Democratic
ticket through fear; witness thought there
were ten instances in which afEidavits OF
intimidation, &c., came in with the re.
turns, some of the other aflidavits came
from persons who were afraid to make
them in their respective localities owing
to threats and intimidation. Everything
was quiet in New Orleans; knew nothing
about the counting; there were one or two
instances OF little disturbances; believe
there were some afIidavits sconcerningsuch
disturbances; there were charges Of
bribery, such as giving the voters suits
of clothes or shoes, but could not tell
how many men had been driven from
their homes; had no knowledge OF any
part OF an original return having been
altered, nor had he the knowledge that
the Board had any consultation on that
subject, or that there was any fraud by
the Board, or any member thereof, or
under their direction or knowledge; there
was no concealment from the Democratic
Committee Of any papers before the
Board and all the accounts OF the pro.
ceedings were published in the newspa.
pers. ~ gl ~,