Saint Mary's beacon., 1877-02-08

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Tribenai's on Saturfhy vere 81 u1nre
III a ordinary intesesD. = the merits Of
the f1eat questions d stake were more
eiea1lg presensed than before. Asugges-
ton ffon lie psssi1ing junlies hat both
sides shouid folIoH the ordinary rules
Of procedure before courts, was aequi-
esed i'm by both Mr.. O'Conor and Mr..
Evsrts OF opposing counsel. Mr.O Con
or then stated hss points in brief and
viii conclude 10 day, but not in time
10 be treated Of in this letter. The two
democratic attorneys had spoken very
briefly on the questions, but with decided
force. q was clearly shown BY the tenn
.per Of the oppesiiioa. OiConoE sdeci.
dedly the center Of attraction and ey-
cry word he uttess u eagerly caught
up by members OF the Tribunal and
the audience. Our fellow townsman,
Mr. Richard +. Merrek, opened the
ease on the part Of the democrats and
truly the citizens Of Wsshington should
feel proud Of her boy who held l. own
among the big guns Of the nation. and
presented bis case in choice and forci.
bic language, that evitently had its
weight with the Tribunal. Judge Black
followed in . speech Of great power,
and said that Mr.. Merrick had presented
the democratic eide Of the case most
admirably and ieft him but little to Gay.
The Judge was very humorous 10 his
style Of delivery and introduced any
member Of keen thrusts at the opposi-
ton, which were heartily relished BY
all present. Judge Stanley Matthews
flor the republicans) disagreed with bis
associates, Mr.. Kasson .McCrary, who
opened the case for the republicans and
said that whether the ultra position as.
sumed by his earlier associates was
clearly untenable or not must be con-
iectured. Thus it will be seen that the
radical attorneys are differing in opin-
ion (and that fro in open court among
themselves as TO the legal aspects OF
their side Of the case, and this differ
ence fell like wet blanket upon the
RAIDS here. who are more than ever des-
pondent, and are almost ready to give
up the contest. The point made BY the
attorneys on the republican side, is that
the Tribunal" has NO jurisdiction in
the case. but as that question has been
already settled. their line Of argument
is considered here as a genteel "yield-
up" OF their case. Evarts may throw
a little spirit into the already beaten
enemy but it will be only momentarily.
II seems TO be a foregone conclusion that
Florida will be given to Tilden, and
ere this letter is set up in your types
you may receive notice to that effect.
In few davs more the verdict will be
made up and given 10 the nation, and
then the people will yield calm obe-
dience, trusting for the correction OF
any evils it may entail, to Time which
at last makes all things even."
Wells demands an immediate hearing
and will be heard on Monday. Little
field: The Senate Committee, which
examined this witness to see whether
anything useful for the republicans could
be gotten out of him, did not meet with
any success. He reaffirmed all his pre-
vious statements. and they dropped him
like "a hot potato" The President 8
salary: is to be cut down to $25, 600
the same as it was before the republi.
cans gave Grants poverty (') lift. The
republicans claim that the Constitution
requires that everything purperting to be
a vote must be counted. The people
claim that the Constitution only pro-
vides for the counting of the honest
bona fde votes. On which side lies the
common sense ofthe argument: Neorns;
said Il am the State and the only ori.
ginal returns Of said State" whereupon
Florida was set down for Hayes. The
returning board villainy is styled "the
Centennial shame of the American peo-
pie" Hardly that, rather the crown.
ing infamy of the republican party. The
American people have had no hand in
the roguery. .Mssiss,ppi: The inves.
tigation into the conduct of the late cleo.
tion in that State was continued before
the Senate Committee this morning and
developed the fact that the republican
judges of election were generally ig.
norant blacks and that it vas an easy
matter to get them drunk ON election
day. At this point the Committee CLOSED
their testimony, seeing that it was dam.
aging the radical case. Oregon The
Senate Committee will finish taking ties.
timony in this case to-day. Morton ha,
unearthed nothing as yet detrimen ntal te
Mr.. Tildcn's interest, and the investiga.
ton will 20 for naught. Florida rAife.
Tashed: The republican members o.
the House Committee who investiga
ted the conduct Of the late election have
submitted a minority report which In
the main corresponds with the Senate
Committees report, and Of course ex
euses the rascality OF the rads. 1t i.
nothing more than was expected ans
will meet with little or no considera
tion. An interesting scene was enac
ted in the House Committee room. Jos
II. Maddox was called upon to produc.
the letter from Wells to Senator West
West was asked to open aud read tn.
letter. Bristling up and nervousl,
twisting with excitement, he consented
to read. He hastily glanced over th,
contents to assure himself that ther,
was nothing damaging in it. But hi
disappointment was apparent. and b,
wanted 10 volunteer q statement in ref
erenee to the character Of the witness
Maddox. but the Committee promptly
checked him and he then retired from
the table and shortly after left the Com
nittee room. Such conduct! and he
U. s. Senator. Trade: The secretar,
Of the national revenue reform associa
tion having delivered to Repre.entativ,