, 1877-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS.


c]aying that Hayes and Wheeler had bccn legal"
~ elected President and Vtcc-Pscsident, anl
should, therefore, be tnaNgusatcd.
TnH FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS.
SAVANNAH, Ga., JAN 80.-A Tallahassee spc-
ciai to the Meas snys tho Assembly rasse.t n bill
70 pay the Democratic Presidential Electors.
CALIFORNIA;.
SAF FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. 10-Conaressman
! Piper, Of this district, has written letter 70
Iiornee Davis, congressu1an.cle cleet, Stating Us
Intention OF contchtDE the election, on tue
ground that Dnvis received over o,0n) irauasa-
lent votes, the votes having heen east on Ger.
tfGcalrs OF enrolment, mud the mines Of tic
voters not entered on the great register. He
Also alleges that Davis received ,Oau votes cast
by parties NONRESIDENT.
spreto. Ds.patsa 10 aae 7rtsune
ST. PAUL, Mini., Jun. W.-EJ-liov. Davis.
who was President Of tl,c Electoral College al
minnesota, haa been sllt,prnnt Il before tho aiGr-
rIson Committee at Washington, probably III
sonnogtlon wtL thS aegation that senator r3'
Or by rcaaon ot nut being naturalfzcd, II trRn-
spIres tlat FlnsctlI lsas rat papers datctl year
pGo, which uerc not recorded, bccausc hc re-
uIestcd they should not he, fearing to draw at
tent,on to Ills having neglected the matter SO
long.
HAHrfoRp, Conn.,. Jan. au.-Thc Connecticut
House to-tlny, TN mutton vi Democratic ineu-
iug the thanks oi the General Assembly u tho
President Tor tho approval VI tho Electoral bill,
and cordially intorstng his message.
REPRESENTATIVE EASTON.
TIE lxslnE HISTORY or THE RECENT srSA-
TOK1AL F1GllT.
The Saturday issue of the Sun, paper pub
ltshed ut the Stock-fards, contained the follow
fuE letter, purpurting to he addressed to the
! editor by tho Hon. Sol lIopkins Il member uf
the House from, tho Second Legislative District:
sprssGrtEtp, H.. Inu. 27.-Eator1 Htt ~.
ohlce imnellnteiy tc'ore tls,, baleng cosuucncri.
that Logan or lIayla would be elected. fuu nuw
ieicat ' il whnly at.rbatahie to TaE TalnrSr. II
Chicago. They sent Mr. Easton here for II, ether
s oar e9n 9a. t. e l.: t. a ID isa @
1csls nturc 1rlnrna the itepubl eans wiz so;s MI
I e tive sS tss asYs, MI Il. G s .Ss aSe
et.etru ha, All we could 10 "aF to defeat raancr
md Anderssn, md thrn lnfec ti,m to s,cgt Dayi,.
Lad tho lrpuhcans nominated Davis he never
Whe,, ali the iae,a come to the top you viii DO
Eatl.;!ca lhtt al ihln2s aHc tiecn managed vel.
anL tho election ot Da.s was fn.ccd hy ltcnul,e:
aus nl It Is Morc Eal!-tacory TO ttem ihah 10 the
,csy Jet wo could hope Iof. lite Itspual Gu party
arc unre nnItrA taan orrr all nvrF tilc >nta, and
;sy ass % lid m ,ss n
forever bs the tratosons cou'suct OF 'her si'i@e
Nc arc happy in many respects, We will proba-
bly, get sapfaMe Judge IN naee Of Davis. ant u.o
by thu Congressional hill VII elect !lnyc': We
NJ The ttth Han wl b. II ltcpihliran Ludsc, and
That Dasn undoubtedly Ma'laual u'ah anu nG!rr
WI an The ssod n ds. nca2Sfaes a'
well mat ends we'll 'o'' 'e''is'fe'y T. Iiorr.s.
So far as TnE TR1nuSE Is concerned, tho
statements contained In tue letter alleged tu be
q, written by Mr. Hopkins were known to bc uu.
true, and hardly to necl drnill Hut, fur tho
!. purpose Of giving Col. Easton an opportunity
to express himself upuu tlIc subject, both III re-
latou to lis alleycd connection with TIN Tnlu.
:, uaE and to the personal cI,argcs snudc against
HIN, reporter ea!lcl upon lin yesterday ul'l
: showed hIu, the letter, wlicl. he lad not pre-
yluusly seen.
) MR. KAsIoH's STATEMENT.
: sIavc yo,l any objections to bcing interview.
!. ed regarding that letscF!"
"No,c. Thu whole of il IL entirely uncallcd
tor.''
g.. "Hopkins intiHatcs that you went TO Spring
field for no 0ttcT purpose than 10 tlefcat Mr.
IoEan As lar as you know, dn Mr. s[cll .,
TuE rHtuysE l.;!yr anything t" With your ''o1'
ii I'D not SCI Mr. Mctlll, until threc week.
after WIS noninatctt. then called upon him
because had asccrsalnrl tint al.Ic tersun IT.
desired 10 by nominated fur tic Legislature was
circulating flcruxaiory statements re 5arlln. ny
Individual character, ard haul Hntcrtl lark VI
cerliality on the partof the Can!ai:.n Com
nlttec bniA 10 MEs 9fdlls, 'EffIIlila jHl
hayt forgotten nle, hut Thought would ral
, and let you kuow lhat kncw yun.' liz VIZ
scr5 glud 70 know n,c don't tllnk anysh!ns
partt:uIariy was suid about ny sewb-Mr
Nrllll DID not cay anything uliont my View,
: with .egar't 10 tic Senator, hut satd thai
sumo Of thc gentlemen Who were n1'ptiel'E M
weEp strong Logan men, aud lad got this tin
prese!on that they werc .lnlns so lrcuuse tIe,
thought was ~ anti-i.ogan !na'l. Tue fav
Was. hull fofmet' no opinion IN tue subject.
Old not psopose 10 g99 to Springfield p tho III
tetest uf any nIan. thuuyht would ED is
Republican. and cnItator IL at for the brst Y
. trrehts u the nrlu|lcan uasty. Mr. ,1rlIil
sa!o hs thought tint VAS very wise nosilio" t.
'''fhat Was before the November eleet!onlh
"Ycs; aud that WAS lhc unly tonversatton
had with Mr. Medil! until alter had been Il
springfield and hAd rctna!nth out Gf the CAUCUS
Nor lad hal any conversation with anY lNn'
man upon the subject, except with III tnte1
viewer nj the Etruiyu Juurnuf. anil that inter