The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-17
National Board of Inquisi-
tion in Secret Session
Destroy Popular
Government.
Tilden's Majority Of l3, 900 in
Louisiana Set Aside, and
the State Counted
for Hayes.
AMERICAS DISGRACE.
She That Was Great Among the
Nations, and Princess Among
the Provinces, How Is She
Become Tributary.

Become Tributary.
WASHINGTON, February l6.-From II
until o'clock this afternoon there was Q
large crowd in front of the Supreme
Court doors, and the number gradually
| increased to more than 500. The mem
bers of Congress occasionally mixed with
the throng, waiting impatiently the open
| ing of the court loom, which did not occur
till an hour later than that heretofore
announced. During the afternoon
rumors prevailed about the Capitol as to
the decision of the Commission aud the
state of the vote. These reports were SC
contradictory as to be confusing, and
therefore did not gain credence
There was much consequent
excitement. Everybody supposed
to have opportunities for acquiring infor.
nation as to the proceedings of the
| Commission was surrounded directly
he appeared in view and interrogsted by
several persons ut the same time. A
more inquisitive crowd was never before
perhaps seen at the Capitol.
At 5 o'clock the counsel were sent for
They had been waiting fol the summons
in the private room of the Supreme
Court, and when advised that the Com.
mission were prepared to receive them
they entered the court room in body,
Some time elapsed before the doors were
opened to members of Congress and those
who had tickets of admission, and when
they were opened q frantic rush wa:
made for the terror, which was soon
uncomfortably filled. The following are
the resolutions acted upon by the Com.
mission in their secret session and after
wards reported TO the counsel.
Mr.. Hoar submitted the followin
"Ordered, That the evidence be not
received"
Mr.. Abbott offered the following as d
substitute:
Resolved, That evidence be received tc
show SO much of the act of louisiana
establishing Returning Board Tor that
State is unconstitutional and the acts oI
said Returning Board are void.
This was rejected by the following
vote:
Yeas-Abbott, Bsyard, Clifford, Field
Hunton, Payne and Thurmsn--7.
Nays-Bradley, Edmunds, Freling-
huysen, Garfield, Hosr, Mills, Morton
and Strong-8.
Mr.. Abbott then offered another
substitute as follows:
| That ay;dapna ha rareiyad IN show tha,
the Returning Board OF louisiana at the
time of canvsssing and counting the vote
of that State at the last election in tha,
Stale, was not legally constituted under
the law establishing it; that it was com
posed of four persons of one politica
party instead Of five persons of different
parties.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbott then offered another sub,
stitute:
Resolped, That the Commission will
receive testimony on the subject Of fraud:
alleged in the specification OF counsel fol
the objectors to the certificates one and
three.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbott then offered the fourth
! substii ute:
Resolved. That testimony showing that
the so.cailed Returning Board oI
Louisiana had no jurisdiction 10 canvass
the votes for President and Vice-Presi-
den, is admissible. Rejected by the same
| vote.
Mr.. Abbott offered fifth, which was
rejected oy the same vote, which was as
follows:
Resolved, That evidence is admissible
that the statements and sffidavits pur
| porting 10 have De n made and forward
ed to said Returning Board, in pursuanc ce
of the provisions OF section 20 OF the
electoral law of 1872, alleging riot, tu-
multi, intimidation and violence a. or
near certain polls and 10 certain
parishes were false and fabricated
and forged BY certain die.
reputable persons under the direction
and knowledge of said Rs,urnins Board
| that the said Returning Board, knowing
! that the said statements and attidavlts
to be false AID forged, and that none ot
| such statements and stfidsvits were
| neither in the manner or form nor within
the time required by law, did knowingly
wilfalIy and frsudulently fail and refuse
TO canvass or compile more than 1000
votes cast as is shown BY the commis.
sioners of election.
Mr.. Hinton offered sixth substitute
as follows:
Resoirsd, That evidence be received
to prove that votes cast and given a. iht
ssid election on the 1th OF NOvenbel
last, as shown by the returns m.de By th'
commissioners of election tor the said polli
ard voting places in ss!t State have neyei
been compiled nor canvsssed, and tas
said Returning Board never even pre-
tended to compile or canvas the return:
by the said Commissioners Of Election
but that said Returning Board only pre-,
tended to canvass or compile the return
made by the State Supeavisors OF Regis
trs,ion Rejected by the same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered b,
Mr.. Bayard ss follows:
Rxsolred, Thas no person holding ar
Office of trust or profit under the UaiEec
States n eligible TO be appointed An elect
or, and that this Commission will receive
evidence tending TO prove saii ineigi
biliiy a. offered BY counsel tor ebjector
% the certificates No. ! and g.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Field offered the eighth and las
substitute - follows:
Rsso{psd Thas in the opinion Of tn
Commiaicn evidence b admissible OF