The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-19
WASHINGTON.
LegInIn1iYe Rnsiness.

up,S uias tne Dill 10 amend the Pacific
railroad acts 30 a. 10 create a sinking
fund, ETC., will be laid aside, When ne
Senate resumes legislative business this
bill comes up again as unfinished busi.
ness, but the Committee on Appropria.
tions have several bills ready and they
will press their consideration as soon "a
possible. .,.-..
Maddox, before the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, testified that
President Grant did not promise him
protection for Governor Wells, although
he said he ought to have il.
The friends Of the Union Pacific Rail.
road have determined to make no fur.
ther effort to pass their bill this session.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA VOTE.
Representative Sayler, Chairman Of
the South Carolina Investigating Com.
mittee, will make his report Tomorrow,
II says that many mistakes were found
in the different returns. Some OF these
were signed by one and some by two man
ayers, but II all the returns, affected BY
such Irregularities were rejected, It
would not change the result. The re.
suit by ascertaining the vote cast at all
the precincts, and correcting the mistakes
made by the managers in the returns,
shows that Bowan received the smallest
vote on the Republican electoral ticket,
viz: 9293 votes or S3l votes over Nc
Cover, who received the largest vote on
the Democratic ticket, viz: S,462 votes.
The report cites the election law Of
South Carolina and details the mistakes
made under 1t at the last election. It
then says: At one precinct 422 Replbli.
can votes were cast, and an attempt was
made to count 1877 Republican votes a..
legged to have been cast. At Robbins pre-.
cinct 800 more votes were cast than there
were voters in the county in 1875. The
committee are satisfied that the whole
return was fraud gotten up TO insure
the election Of all the State candidates on
the part Of the Republicans. The report
goes on to say; Before South Carolina
claims through her Representatives 10
help make the laws for the people Of her
sister States, and through her electors
to participate in the election OF Presi-
dent Of the Republic, she ought in jus.
tiCe to be held TO comply with the pro-
visions Of her own Constitution to secure
u just and honest election. That the re.
cent election in South Carolina was held
in violation Of the mandate OF the Con.
stitution is clear. That it was so held
that the party in power might better re-
tain its hold on the government, and the |
committee have no doubt that great
frauds were committed there by reason
OF the refusal 10 set up the great safe.
guard OF registration. The committee
think 1t equally clean under the Circum-
stances, that il is for the House OF Repre-.
sentatives TO consider what effect is to be |
given TO an election SO held. The com.
mittee say that il troops we're sent to
South Carolina without any legal and
justiiiable cause for political purposes and
TO overawe q portion OF the voters,
clearly an election held under such |
circumstances should not stand for
moment. The committee think that the |
employment OF soldiers for the purpose Of
sustaining usurping Legislature and
Executive against the judgment Of the
highest court Of the State one Of the |
gravest crimes that can be committed |
under q Government like ours, and can
not be condemned in terms sufficiently |
strong. The committee have no doubt, up.
on the evidence, that much larger mum.
Der OF blacks were kept from voting the
Democratic ticket by threats of violence
and intimidation from people OF their
own race than were prevented from vo.
ting the Republican ticket by a
resort to like acts on the part Of the whites.
Many cases Of threats and actual vio-
lence were proven as coming from the |
colored people to deter some Of their own
race from voting with the Democrats.
The women utterl y refused to have any
intercourse with men Of their own race |
who voted against the Republicans. The
evidence not only shows that there was
no considerable intimidation or violence
either before or after the election, but it |
is in direct conflict with most Of the tes-
timony Of the colored people called TO |
testify. The committee feel bound TO
say that the conduct and bearing
of the officers and soldiers OF the |
United States army were both prudent
and wise, although their presence was
made available 10 overawe colored vo.
ters and prevent them from voting
against the Republicans; yet, as a gener-
al thing, neither officers or men did any
thing TO give encouragement to such be-
lief. The present State Government,
like its predecessors, has no power to
protect the people, and is so utterly weak
that nothing but the mere power and
support Of the general government can
keep 1t in existence single day. Take
this wrongful support from Chamber
lain's unlawful government, and it will
quickly vanish like dew before the sun,
and will no longer disturb the peace Of
an oppressed and long.sufiering people.
ABSENT OFFICERS.
Attention having been drawn to the
absence from the scat OF government OF |
several Of the Foreign Ministers, accred- |
tied here, and who perslstently reside in |
New York, it is rumored that the Secreta.
ry OF State is about to call attention OF |
their governments 10 their constant ab. |
sence, and to request instructions to the |
to be attheir posts or that others
may be appointed who will remain at
the seat Of government.
WANT IT LEFT TO PRESIDENT HAYES.
Anumber OF the Southern Members of
Congress, together with representative
men from the South, will call on the Pres.
ident tomorrow to request. him to take
no action in the gubernatorial questions
in Louisiana and South Carolina, but 10
Iaava /, to Tho jan;o;or - L;a a,,.sa.