The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-18

Mr.. Abbott offered the following as
substitute:
Resolved, That evidence lie received to
show that so much OF the act OF LOUISE
ana establishing the returning board for
acts Of said returning board are void.
This was rejected by the following
vote:
Yeas-Abbott, Field, Payne, Bayard,
Hunton, Thurman, Clifford.
Nsys-Bradley. Garfield. Morton. Ed
munds. Hoar. Strong, Frelinghuysen,
Miller--S.
Mr.. Abbott offered another substitute
rs follows:
Resolr.d, That evidence will be re-
ceived to show that the returning board
OF Louisiana, at the time Of canvassing
and compiling the vote Of that state at
the last election In that state Was not le-
gally constituted under the law establish
ing it, in this that it was composed of
four persons of one political party, in
stead OF five persons OF different parties.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered another substi-
tute
Resolved, That the commission Will re.
ceiye testimony on the subject of frauds
alleged in the specification of counsel for
the directors to certificates one and three.
Rejected by the same vote.
MIR. Abbott then offered fourth SUBJ
| stitute:
Resolved, That testimony tending to
show that the so-called returning board
| of Louisiana had no jurisdiction TO can
yass the vote for electors for president
and vice-president Is admissible.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbott offered fifth, which was
rejected by the same vote. which was as
follows:
Resoloed, That evidence is admissible
that statements and affidavits purporting
to have been made and forwarded to said
returning board In pursuance OF the pro-
visions Of section 20 of the election laws
of 1872, alleging riot, tumult, intimida-
ton and violence at or near
certain polls, and in certain
parishes, were false and fabricated
and forged by certain disreputable per-
sons under the direction and knowledg !,
Of said returning board. That said re.
turning board, knowing said statements
and affidayits to be false and forged. and
| that none OF such statements and affida-
Wits were made IN the manner or form or
within the time required by law, did
knowingly, willingly and traudulently
fail and refuse to canvass more than
| 10, 900 votes cast, az is shown by the COM
| missioners OF election.
MIR. Hunton offered sixth substitute
as follows:
Resolved, That evidence he received to
prove that the votes cast aud given at
said election on the 9TH Of November last,
rs shown by the return made by the cou-
missiouers OF election for said polls and
ysting places in said state, have never
been compiled nor eanvassed, and tina {
said returning board never even pre-
tended TO compile or canvass the returns
! by said commissioners of elections,
but that said returning board only
pretended to canvass the returns made by
state supervisors Of registration.
Rejected by the same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered by
Mr. Bayard a. follows:
Resolved, That no person holding an
| flee of trust or profit under the United
States is eligible to he appointed an cleo
tor that this commission will receive
evidence tending to prove said ineligi
bility as offered by counsel for directors
for certificates one and three.
Rejected by the same vote.
| Justice Field offered the eighth anC
last substitute rs follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion of thi
commission evidence is admissible upor
the several matters which counsel fol
the DIRECTORS to numbers one and thre,
offered to prove.
This was also rejected by the same
vote, and. the question on the origina
order submitted by Mr.. Hoar came up
viz. That the evidence offered be not re
ceived.
! Mr.. Payne moved to strike out The
word mot" Rejected by the same
vote.
The vote on the original order was
then taken, and it was adopted by the
following vote: ieas-Bradley, Ed.
munds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar
Miller, Morton and Strony-s.
Nays-Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field
Hunton, Payne and Thurman.
REAPPEARANCE OF COUNSEL.
After the conclusion had been reached
by the commission the counsel were adj
mitted and the aboye resolutions were
read by the secretary. As soon as the
final vote had been taken, Justice Field
moved that the injunction OF secrecy be
removed from the proceedings of the
commission. and il was adopted unani-
| mously.
MIR. H0ar inquired OF the chair whether
any Of the time to which counsel were
entitled under the order OF the commits
sion remained, or whether il had been
exhausted.
The court replied that the time Tor OBJ
jections to numbers one and three was
exhausted. On the part Of directors to
certificate number two he believed ten
minutes remained, but the time had been
substantially exhausted.
Mr. Payne moved that one hour he
given each side for respective counsel 70
safn up the ease.
Mr.. Garfield aid tAa. The order l...s a.
ready been made thz, sz-A ssce to-
have four and half ho1.s, sze :Aas
time should be use1 - tL<y essGse =. sas
interiocutory question:. lie e1Es.<srsss
he ought 10 stand Oh the egssr az
shaull vote svairx. 81. .x.r.