The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-19

inc secretary OF state protest against the
payment of several large awards In favor
of American citizens.
A MADDoxIsM.
1t has been reliably ascertained that
Maddox, the witness before the house COM
mittee, called on the president after return
ing from New Orleans and represented
that Gov. Wells was afraid of his life and
desired protection. The president referred
him to Secretary Chandler. This was all
the witness had TO do with the president.
IMPoRTUNING THE PRESIDENT.
A number of southern members of con-
gross together with representative men
from the south, will call on the president
tomorrow to request him not to take any
action on the gubernatoral questions in
Louisiana aud South Carolina but leave it
to the determination of his successor,
TRAINING FOREIGN DIPLOMATS.
Attention having been drawn TO the alb
sence from the seat of government of sew
eral foreign ministers accredited here, and
who persistently reside in New York, it is
rumored the secretary OF state is about to
call the attention of their governments to
their constant absence, ard request instruc-
tions to ministers to be at their posts or
Others may be appointed who will rem ain
at the seat of government.
RAILROAD BILLS.
The bill TO amend the Pacific railroad
acts pending in the senate will probably be
laid aside tomorrow for the purpose of act
ing on the appropriation bills. The friends
of the Texas Pacific bill have determined
to make no further effort to PASS it this
session.
SOUTH CAROLINA REPORT.
Representative Sayler, chairman of the
South Carolina investigating committee,
will make his report tomorrow. 1t says
many intakes and Inaccuracies we're found
in the different returns. Some of these
were signed by one and some by two man
| ayers, but if all the returns affected by such
| irregularities were rejscted it would not
| change the result. The result, by ascer-
| tanning the votes at all the precincts and
| correcting mistakes made by managers,
shows that Bowen received the smallest
vote on the republican electoral ticket,
namely, 90, 093 votes, over that of Meow
en-, who received the largest vote on the
democratic ticket 81 262, majority of
S3l. The report recites the state election
law of 1875 and says q great many mis-.
takes occurred in carrying out its enact
ments; that 422 votes were connted in one
unauthorized precinct and that an effort
was made TO have 1917 votes cast at Rob-
bins precinct counted, being 800 more
than there were votes in 1875. The
report also says the recent election
in South Carolina was held in
violation of the constitution. and for the
purpose that the party in power might bet
ter retain Its hold on the government; that
great frauds we're committed, owing to the
absence of registration, and that it is for
the house to consider wha, effect is to be
given to an election so held. The commit
tee say that If troops were sent to South
Carolina without any legal and justifable
cause, for political purposes and to over
awe portion of the voters, an election
held under such circumstances should not
stand. After reviewing the proceedings of
the state supreme court declaring the Wal
lace house the only legal body, 1t says
Chamberlain was Kept in Office entirely by
the authority and power of the United
States troops, and that the employment OF
soldiers for the purpose of sustaining
a usurping legislature and executive against
the Judgment of the highest court of the
state is one of the gravest crimes that can
be committed under government like ours
and cannot be condemned in terms suff1ci-
emily strong. 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 to over
awe colored voters and prevent them from
voting against the republicans, yet as q
general thing neither officers or men did
anything to give encouragement to such q
belief. The present state government, like
its predecessors, has no power to protect
the people and is so utterly weak that
nothing but the moral power of the support
of the general government keeps it in ex-