New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-03

leaders of the Young Democracy are deter. |
mined that they will not support Daniel
Marcy under any circumstances, and the
BOurbons are ConsideRbly alarmed in view
Of the situation. Their choice is McKean
for Governor, and they are determined to
stand by him whether Marcy gets out of
the way or not. The Bourbons say that if
any game of that kind is attempted they
will retaliate on the Young Democracy by
cutting the names of Sulloway,of Frank
lin,. and Kent, of Lancaster, in the second
and third congressional districts, and
voting for Hon. E. c. Bailey, of ContOo-
cook, and John T. Sinclair, of Bethlehem.
1t is certain that the Democrats will be
obliged to make some satisfactory arrange
ment with the MeKean men on the Cover
nor question before they can open the cam
paign on their part with any respectable
show of strength. 1t is said that Congress-
man Jones, of the first district, who will be
a candidate for reelection. was at the bot
tom of the denomination of Marcy, and that
Jones himself is alarmed at the shape the
matter has taken. The Democrats admit
privately that unless the gubernstOrial
question is satisfactorily adjusted, they
have no hope of carrying any one of the
Congressional districts.
Beverly Nash, State Senator and Hayes
elector on the presidential ticket of South
Carolina, swears before the congressional
investigation committee that short time
previous to his casting his ballot, at the
meeting of the Electoral College, Mr..
Childs, banker of Columbia, sent for him
to come to his bank, and there endeavored
to bride him NASH to vote for Tilden in
the Electoral College by paying him s1O,O 900
down and $4,000 on casting his vote, ac-
cording to contract. Nash also swears that
| Childs offered at the rate of 1888 80 per
head for three State Senators who would
vote to admit Democratic contestants
enough to get possession of the State gov
eminent 1t seems to be considered by the
Dem ocracy that the bare denial of Childs
that he had done so childish thing is sutf-
eient to refute the oath of Nash. 1t seems
to the Democracy as absurd as that $4,000
should have been sent all the way to Ore
gon to "set up" the Cronin returning board.
VIII that bar'l of money never run dryf
Littlefeld can not say whether he or
Governor Wells destroyed the papers from
Vernon parish, though he saw them
burned-except those he carried to his
uncle.
Littlefeld did not know until he went tt
Washington that it is forgery to alter cleo
ton figures which have been compiled and
certified by the legal officers. He does no
yet seem to be aware that the Republican
party can not be blsaned if he forged re
turns, altered, burned and distracted Of
fetal Documents, and kept the Democrats
committee informed of all his proceedings
On the twenty-ninth instant, Circuit
Judge Carpenter rendered the followin
decision:
l. l find, as conclusions of law, that D
II. Chamberlain was not, on the seventh o
December tast, legally installed as GOvel
nor of South Carolina
2. Wade Hampton was not, on the foul
teenth day of December, 1876, legally in
stalled into the office of Governor of sal
State.
3. The attempted installation of D. I
. Chamberlain being Illegal and void, it di
! not operate in law as a resignation of tn
office as Governor, which he held at this
time, as by the constitution the GovernC
holds his office for two years, and until b
successor is chosen and qualified. And {
there has been no legal qualification of b
successor, d. Fl. Chamberlain is lawfully
possession of tile executive Office, and ent
, tied to discharge the functions of the san
i until such qualification takes place. A cal
/. similar to the one that induced the above
q now pending in the Supreme Court.