Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-02-22
THE VERDICT.
The Voice Of the Commission 1
the Voice Of the People.
Id Orders the Vote of Louisiana
to be Cast for Hayes and
Wheeler.
by a Vote Of 8 10 2 the Question
OF the Presidency Is Decided.

AS SOON as the comm iSSion had lock
ed the door Of their consultation room
at 10 o'clock this morning, the debat,
on the Louisiana case began, and lastet
continuously till O'Clock in the after.
noon, The hour agreed upon ,yesterda,
for vote on The preliminary question
Of evidence. ..-.-
Senator Morton spoke first, and wa,
followed by Thurman. Garfield
Bayard, Edmunds, Hunter and Hoar
in the uider named. By the time Mr.
Hoar had finished, it Was after ;
o'clock, and Judge Bradley had not ye1
,poken. All the interest centered upor
him. Every one recognized that ht
neld in his hand the whole power o
making the President, and that upoI
he words he was then to speak de.
pended the settlement of the great con,
troversy.
Judge Bradley spoke for about tel
minutes, and tneu read for half an
hour from manuscript he had pre-.
pared last night. He said that in re.
gard TO the question of eligibility, hi
lad qualified somewhat his, first opin-
ions. When the Florida case wa>
rgued he had not fully examined the
question, and moi having entirely made
up his mind as to the effect of the dis
qualification of an Eiector at the date
Jt the election, he thought it well tes.
Imony should be taken in order thai
the facts be fully established, and
,urther arguments, if necessary mighi
re made. Ia considering the que stioD
'ince, he had come to the conclusion
hat the clause in the Constitution pro
ylding that no man shall be appointed
IN elector who is {: United States off
Ger. as only varying form of the state
.Dent OF the requirement prescribing
qualifications for Senators or Repre-
,entatigeS. In the latter case the Con
,titutiUn states that no man shall be
Senator, etc, but it has always beeu
neld thati disqualified at the time OF
mis- election, he can not be excluded ii
ne becomes qualified when he presents
.iimseli to take his seat, Judge Brad
ley, therefore, concluded that If an Elec.
Tor was eligible at the time the Elec
tCraf College met, his vote is all that il
demanded BY the Constitution. In the
case of the two Louisiana Electors,
Levisee snd Brewster, he said there
vas no allegation that they were not
qualified at the time they were chosen
o ill the ysca a1cies caused by absence.
Therefore there was no necessity O
'akiDg evidence to prove what was i'm
material, if proved. As tu the Eiec-
-ors alleged TO be disqualified by tn,
State Constitution for holding State of
ices, Judge Bradley maintained that
State could not impose causes of dis
qualification in addition to those pre-
,cribed by the Federal Constitution.
md that it was mani iestly contrary Il
! proper interpretation of the Constitu |
ion, to hold that the United States was
o be deprivedeof the services of emi. |
rent citizens of q State, solely becaust
he State had recognized their ability !
" selecting them to f1Il her own offices
The position taken by Judge Brad
ey, and by the other publicans, in
espect to the alleged differences be-
ween the Fiosida case and the Louisi-
ma case, growing out Of the allegations
fraud and forgery in the latter, was
hat there were no substantial differ
noes in the Cases rs presented to .theI''
'ibunal. la each, he certificate Of theii
0vernor was REGULAR In form, andt,
ised upon the Edi diiiuriiH,iye deciara Il
OIL Of The Canvassipg Boaid. Ia
An attempt made by the Democrats ls