The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-03


Th~ Nnfssisy fsestaa Repers show.
that IsId~s Carried she state
The Florida majority report will
show, from certified copies OF every
return rnsds tn the board Of canvass
er-, nihety-one majority for Tildep.
The president Of the Senate has re-
ceived from Governor Drew, the Off
eiai proceedings OF the Tilden electors
and of the re-caDyass of votes un1er
the rev returning board, showing
filden' majority TO be ninety-three.
The official papers are:
First-A certified copy of the act OF
the legislature authorizing the new
returning board 10 recsnvAss the votes
for president and yice-presideut.
Second-A copy of the returns a.
canyassed by the new board, certified
by thea.
Third-The governors certificate
of the appointment and due authorize
ton Of the Tiiden electors.
Fourth-The declaration by the cleo
tors themselves, duly certified, that
they met aud east their votes for
Tilden.
The Grand Commission - PreIim,-
nsrle,-
The Electoral Commission met At 4
O'Clock to-day. The clerk Of the SUI
prernc court administered the oath to
Justice Clifford, who qualified the
other commissioners. A committee
was appointed TO frame rules. priyi-
ieges and powers.
James ii. Mckinney was appointed
clerk of the grand commission. Ii
WAS ordered that the proceedings II
the commission be confidential until
otherwise ordered.
There will be four tellers of the cleo.
tnrsl vote, two Democrats Tor the
House, and two Republicans for the
SeDate. The rules for the govern men;
OF the grand commission, are similar
TO those which govern the supreme
court. The proceedings will he pub
lie. The cases will be presented by
council, the number Of counsel and
time allowed for argument will Ice en-
larged at the pleasure Of the commits
sion, though two hours u side for arg1-
ment Is the rule. The consultation OF
the commissioners. will De private.
They hold their sessions in the supreme
court room, which tau not seat over
two hundred spectators.
The Democratic committee have
selected Matt. w. Carpenter, Mr.. Trunl-
bull, Jerry Black aud Judge Ashbei
Green, of New York, TO prepare their
case before the Commission. The
Republicans have employed W ".
Evarts. Judge Stanley Matthews and
5. :. Shellabarger to represent their
side.
In the Senate a concurrent resolu-
lion was adopted providing that no
person shall be admitted TO the south
wing OF the Capitol during the count
OF the vote for president and vice
president except upon tickets issued by
the president pro TEN. OF the Senate
and the speaker of the House Of Rep
resentaiiyes, such tickets 10 be dis
tributed equally To each senator and
representative by the sergeADts-st-
arms of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatiyes.
The president pro tenn. also laid be-
fore the house the following eommu-
nicstion from certain associate Judges
OF the Supreme Count Of the United
States:
To the President pro tenn. OF the Senate OF
the United states:
Pursuant To the prov isions of the act
OF Congress entitled "AD act To provide
for and regulate the counting of votes
/ for president aud vice president and
the decision Of questions rising there
on. for the term commencing March
] 4, A. ID. 1877" approved January -.
| 1871, the undersigned associate. justices
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, assigned To the First, Third.
Eighth and Ninth circuits, respective
Iy, have this day selected the Hon.
Joseph 7. Brady, their associate justice
of the Supreme Court, assigned To the
Fifth circuit, to be a member Of the
com mission constituted by said act.
Respectfully subu tilted,
I tsigned.l NATHAN Glib FORD,
SAMUEL y. GlLLEz.
SrEPHES h. FIELD,
! ~ STRONG,
Associate Justices OF The Supreme Cours o.
/ the United states. assigned. rc- pectlVely
20 the First, Third, Eighth aud SInif
| Circuits
wAsBrssTos. January %. 1871.
Messrs- Payne. Hunton, Abbott, Gar.
field and Hoar were elected mem Der,
on the part Of the House TO represent
II on the electoral commission.
The vote in the House for represen n.
tativss on the grand commissions Wa,
unsnimous, except in .GsrflelPs case
who lost thirty votes, mostly from
members declining to vote.