The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
BY Vote Of Eight TO seven the Com
missfea Decides 81 ~fn Not Go D~-
hfnd the Resprns

hfno the RcaoFns.
Wednesday, February 7.
The Commission took a vote al about
3:i5 on the resolution declaring they
would take no further testimony on
certificate No. (Hsyes and Wheelerl.
The resolution was carried by q vote
of eight to seven, Judge Bradley throw
ing the deciding vote.
The Commission next voted on a
resolution TO take the testimony in the
case of the alleged in.lligibility of the
Republican eieetor, Humphreys, and
it WAS agreed to take such testimony
10y vote Of eigf to seven. The three
judges voting ia favor of the resolution
being Judges Clifford, Bradley aud
Field, Judges Strong aud Miller voting
against it.
The Ave Democratic members of the
House and Senate voted in favor OF
the last resolution, aud also in favor of
going behind the returns.
The Commission meets at IL to-
morrow.
0gieiai.
Ga motion of MIR. Miller, It Is ordere,i
that no evidence will he received or
cot sidered by the Com mission which
was not submitted to the joint eonveu.
ton of the House aud Senate 10y the
president of the Senate with the diff
ferent certificates, except such as re-
iates to the eligibility of +. c. Hum
psreys, one OF the electors. Yeas s,
nays7.
On motion of Mr. Abbott, resolved
that in the case of Florida this com
mission will receive the evidence re-
isting to the. eligibility of Fred C.
Humphreys. one Of the persons named
in certificate No. |, AS elector. Ayes
S, nays7.
The secretary OF the com mission W a.
Instructed to inform counnel on the
respective sides that at IL O'Clock to
morrow the commission viii be pre-.
par d to hear the argument on the
ineliigit ility of g. Humphrey as MI
electur.
Humphreys Is one of the Republican
electors and the question raised as e
his ineiIigihiiiiy Is that he was, at the
date OF his election, a United
States shipping commissioner, which
is alleged to be such al
office of trust or profit as to disaual
ify him from acting as e:ector, hu
| which office it is asserted by the Re-
puolicans, he resigned tefore the elec.
lion.
Latest-Neaniax OF ;be Decision rron
Democratic Stand poiaI.
The commission, by the decision
to-day, will have before them IN th,
Florida case three sets If papers, tn,
certificate OF the Hayes electors, tha
OF the gilden electors, and that con
tanning the records Of the court snt
the actions OF the Legislature.
The Republicans claim that no con
sequence is attached to the quo ,uar
| fDsto ptotcctfbt uf Tie tIfcuiL cDuf
of Florida, as they are now under ap
peal to the Supreme court of the State
aud therefore bot final.
A prominent Democrat on the com
IN ission said TO night that the meanin,
OF the vote In the commission Is tha
the ministerial acts OF the State execu
tives are To be renpened, tut not ,hos
of the judiciary. He added, however
that as the Democratic certificates em
ihdy the proceedings Of the court.
they win, by this decision, be full
opened up for consideration aid argu
ment.
The Democrats also Fl nd satisfaction
in the fact that the rules estabiishe
by the Commission will open the ques
tion Of Watts, the postmaster eiecto
Of Oregon.