Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-02-15
Helena, Montana, Thursday, February IS, 1877:

Judges Clifford and Field, the latter of whom
is said to have exhibited the most bitter par
tsanship in the consultations of the commits
sion. The Democratic newspapers will doubt
less be prepared to denounce it as bad in law
and outrageous in equity, and the personal
imputations which have hitherto been mainly
cast on the Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives will be freely extended to Judges
Strong, Miller and Bradley. All this will, of
course, greatly tend to strengthen the moral
and judicial force Of that great constitutional
bulwark, the Supreme Court of the United
States.
CHICAGO, February 8.---The Tri6une's
Washington correspondent says: Springer,
member of the committee which framed
the Compromise bill, places his whole reli-
ance on Louisiana, where he claims two in
eligible electors, and an illegal Returning
Board He says Chaffee, of Illinois, is un-
doubtedly Ineligible, and that the Oregon
matter, if settled on the same principle as
Florida, as it seems likely to be, will give the
election to Tiiden.
Lamar, to confidential friends, says unre-
servedlv that there is little hope that the tri-
bunal will secure Tilden's election. The
Southern Republicans generally share this
opinion. There is no cOncealment among
many of the Southern Democrats that the
success of Hayes would result in a considera-
BILE disintegration of the Democratic party in
the South, and especially in the cotton States.
The members af the tribunal are as absolute
ly partisan, except Justice Bradley, as any
body of men ever convened. Bradley is really
the President-maker. He decides everything,
even to an adjournment, as to-day when, af-
ter the arguments were finished, the Repub-
lcans all wanted to hold night session, but
the Democrats voted to adjourn. Bradley
voted with them for the purpose of taking
time to look over numerous authorities and
decide properly on the case put to-day.
NEW YORK, February 8.-The Times says:
The vote of Florida will undoubtedly be
counted for Hayes Louisiana will be quickly
disposed OF under the rules touching Florida.
There will be but one set of arguments.
which will extend through two days, and
some time may be taken in introducing evil
dence as to the two ineligible electors in that
State who remained away from the meeting
Of the college and the others appointed to
fill the vacancies. Oregon will also be de-
cided on a single set of arguments. The other
contests will consume but few hours time.
South Carolina will not be submitted to argu-
ment so far as now determined, though the
double returns must 60 before the commits.
sion.
The Times Washington correspondent says:
The Democrats continue despondent, and
privately give up the election of Tilden. Jere
Black, who always opposed the Compromise
bill, will probably not appear again with the
counsel Judge Hoadley was introduced into
the Florida case as folorn hope, precipitat-
ing the position that was to have been taken
when Oregon should be reached This was
an evidence of weakness, and was sudden
change of front, which denoted the expecta-
ton of disaster unless something unusual and
heroic could be accomplished.
CHICAGO, February 8.-The Journals Wash
ington special says: The Democrats have
sorry looking faces and are completely de-
moralized over the Commissions action yes
terday. Some, however, base their hopes on
Oregon and declare that there is yet good
prospect. The Democratic counsel, to-day,
showed by their action that they were unpre-
pared for the decision. The Commissions
vote this morning excluding evidence about
a notice of the proceedings under the quo
aoarranto being served on the Hayes electors
before December 9th, was so decisive that the
Republicans regard it as virtually ruling out
the whole quo eoarranto case. The Demo-
cratic counsel only produced one witness in
Humphreys case, and he was so valueless
that Evarts declined to cross-question him.
The interest in the proceedings increases.
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Majority and Minority Reports OF the
House Louisiana Committee.
WASHINGTON, February 9.-Morrison, 6. Chair
man of the Louisiana committee, submitted a
report, with resolution declaring that the
Democratic Electors received a majority of