, 1877-02-17


Florida case was sustained by Pre-
sident Ferry. No objection to the
vote of Georgia being made, that
State was declared eleven votes for
Samuel j. Tiiden as President and
eleven votes for Thomas A. Hend-
ricks as Vice President. Next fol-
lJwed in succession the State of II
Hnois. with 81 votes for HIVES and
Wheeler; Indiana. with l. votes for
Tilden anl Hendricks; Iowa, with
IL votes for Hayes and Wheeler;
Kansas. with 5 votes for Hayes and
Wheeler; and Kentucky, with Il
votes for Tilden and Hendricks.
The Electoral Commission was
called to order at 4 = P. NJ, and re-
celved the certificates and accom-
panying papers in the case of Louis
lana IRON the presiding officer of the
joint session. Upon the arrival of
the various counsel, (t'ieid, Trum
bull, Campbell, Carpenter, Marrick.
II padley aad Green for the Demo
cratic side and Evarts, Matthews.
Shellabarger AMI Stonghion for the
Republican side) the presiding JUS
tice inq lirel who would represent
the objectors. Field replied: Messrs.
Mcdonald and .lencks of the House.
to certificates nunhers l and 3. Ev
arts announced that Howe and Shell
laharger would object to certificate
No. 2 The Commission then ad
journed until II A. NJ tomorrow.
The President this evening. in the
course of conversation. said he
thought it was bat fair that, if
State hail voted for either Hayes or
Tildea. the full vote of such State
shou!d be counted according to it's
political complexion. Although he
hoped that HAYES and Whee!et
wond ha declared elected, he fe!t
somewhat u1certain as to the resuIt
because he conld not foresee villa;
would be done in the case of Louisi
ana. 1t would be recollected tina,
C., L. F.,
re election. the two Houses resolved
not to count the electoral vote of
that State. Although the reasons ii
the two cases might not be similar.
there seemed to be some uncertainty
on the subject. Should the vote
possibly he excluded. HAYES and
Wheeler wouid in that case he de-
featel and Tilden and Hendricks
not elected the latter not having
received a majority of the votes of
all the electors appointed, and there
fore the election Of President would
be thrown into the House of Repre-
sen.atives. leaving the Senate to
elect the Vice President.
Postmasters appointed - Samuel
Veskel, kaiama, Cowlitz county, ".
r.; Donald johnson, Lakeview,
Pierce county, w. T.; Jas. n. Giov-
er. Spokane Falls, Stevens county.
W.. 7.
New YORK, Feb. TO- The Her
ald says that for the first time in
our history we have an American
Warwick. We dare say no man iii
the country is more surprised than
Bradley in finding himself invested
with the slupendons power Of deci-
ding by his individual action who
shall be tfe next President Of the
United States. Among the last
things expected from this high and
mighty tribunal was decision on
strict party line on every vote, bnt
the first important vote showed this
delusion. Bradley will turn tue
scale in every vote ofthe long series
by which the final result is to be
reached.
New YORK, Feb. 13.--The trial
OF the suit of Henry H. Bodice
against Samuel j ' l. begun
this forenoon at a special term of the
Supreme Court. Plaintiff sues for a
copartnership account in a pool in
1864. and for $1,000 which it is
alleged the defendant was overpaid
under misapprehension as to the
profit.
The Tribune's Washington special
thinks it impossible to finish the
business in Congress before March
4th, and says that an extra session
in April is indispensable.
The Wwld editorially continues
to argue that the electoral commits
sion is likely to bring about a col
lapse of pnblic confidence in the
Supreme Court.
The Tribune calls attention to the
general Democratic hostility to the
electoral tribunal, and says what
ever person or party revOltS against