The Morning herald., 1877-02-03

wanted protection In the discharge OF MIS-
duties. The President said that Gov raor
Wells should receive such protection, and
remarked he wanted fair count and an
honest declaration Of the vote.
( The witness during the examination
about bis business said the Treasury De-
partment was satisfied with his duties as
revenue agent, and that several times his
compensation had been increased. He had
not been, AZ charged, convicted Of IN in
famous crime in Baltimore. He was arrest
ed there in connections with the stock
transactions, but the charge was dismissed
BY the Grand Jury. He was arrested for
negotiating. g.stock supposed to be , forgery,
but 1t WAS afterwards ascertained the stock
was genuine. ss
General Anderson, Of the Returning
Board, testified as to the sessions Of the
board being public, and attended by visiting
members Of the Republican and Democratic
parties. Each side had stenographers to-
report the proceedings. When the board
went into executive session IT was for the
purpose Of considering the statements Of
supervisors and afidavits bearing upon the
returns. Only tie ofhcials Of the board
! we're present at the compilation Of the
votes.
Mr.. Burchard interrogated the witness
with regard to certain af1idavits appended
to former special message Of the Presiden
on Louisiana affairs, charging Intimidation,
etc. Witness was satisfied from recollec~
ton that those afidavits were before the
Board. He remembered the names of two
of the atlantis, viz, Mr.. Lane and Mr..
|Clover, the latter supervisor Of Registra-
tion. Wv
The witness said that to his knowledge
there was no change in the vote of Vernon
parish to re-elect Senator Kelso, Republi-
can. He was not present in the Board when
tbe official returns from that Parish were
opened. The result was, however, in favcr
Of Hunter as District Judge. The witness
had always looked upon Hunter as Demo.
crat. He was formerly Treasurer of the
State. Andrews was declared District At
'orney. He believed Andrews to be Demo
crat, as he belonged to q Democratic family
The witness did not know Of the destruc-
tion Of the official returns of Vernon or
any other parish; was not aware of any
alterations of returns and never had any
conversation with any fellow. member Of the
hoard regarding alteration or destruction Of
returns. The witness in response to Mr.
Lawrence. said he had known Mr.. Maddox
twenty-five years, but not intimately.
AN OLD FACT JUST DISCOVERED. a
i A Washington despatch to the New York
Tribune" is as follows:-
| can important discovery has been made
in regard to the legal requirements of the
certificate authenticating the returns Of
Presidential electors. The act of 1892 reads
1.-THE executive authority of each State
shall cause three lists of the names Of the
electors of such State, to be made and certi
fed, and to be delivered to the electors on OF
before the said first Wednesday in December,
and the said electors shall annex one of the
said lists 10 each of the lists Of their votes.
In the Revised Statute the language Of the
first clause is changed so as to read the Elk
ecu,ive,' instead of the Executive authority.
The Executive is the Governor, and nobody
else, but the Executive authority may be the
Secretary of the State, or any other officer
empowered by State law to canvassthe vote.
Thus under the form of a codidcation OF the
statute its meaning has been materially al
tered, aud an Importance given 70 the certid
cate of a Governor, as in the Oregon case,
never intended by the original act"
~, !. Han1,ornnr'u II RncenflOn Last KfQhl