Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-22
Working on Oregon

Washington Feb. 22-1bc elector
al commission met in the suprem,
courtroom at ten. Matthews made
an address in opposition to Cronil
certificate, No9, commencing with III,
denial that had asserted in the Flor.
ida case that cert ificate was final and
conclusive and said they had under.
taken to draw the line of dcinark,
alton between an act Of the state and
federal authority which took the mat
ter up after it had left the state.
lbey also undertook to- draw y line
: b.tweeu things and
proofs between certificate aud thing
certified TO show that the cer,,6aate
WAS but The shadow, the thing cer,i-
Id rs being the substance, and that
where the certificate did not show
anything certified truly il could be
corrected. twas surprise, he sai,l,
10 lind that these advcrsafle. had not
only taken their position on the Flor
IDA and Louisiana cases, but had gone
beyond It aud accepted dogma
which they had improperly ascrlbed 10
the side with which lie was identified
he cinvass ended, the constitution aud
IH NJ tan, md hatr
tional the resuls9ol the election They had
made prefer Of the thing iseif, not The
proof OF thing but the actual and subs,an
tial result of the CANVASS tha, was The ap.
poln'meut OF the state inv, stiture BY the
stale OF real and .ille AL elss vas
mere proof, mere pr'ma facse evidence. 10
he taken as nropf only till confronted
by the proof, and shown 10 be false
The certificate of the governor was sought
70 Do introduced here az substitute for the
canvass Il WAS sixutd BY the secretary
ol state simply rs Attesting witness and
not a. canvAsscr of tho votes. He con
tended 1t was well settled prlucipls of
law that the certificate of,he governor of
oregon did net conform to the statutes OF
the United States or Of Oregon. Sun.
pose the certificate had been authorized
~ gives the election TO Odell, Cartwright
asd Cronin, the body of three persons /.
meet, consult, deliberate and vote together
In a college which necessarily consisted Of
three. He conteuded that one could notI
act as The body that the act Of quorum
could only be accepted Is the acts o. the
= body =.-- g
This view OF the case had been
sustained by decisions in the supreme
court Of Oregon in regard 10 what
constituted vacancy. He contaaded
that when the object was to keep up
body Of the full number for the pro-
lection Of the interest Of. the people
where it was sought to guard agai inst
every possibility, the college not |
being full
lie maintained tha, they stood to. o.day on
, the ground they occupied in the beginning.
and " hich had been followed by the decis.
ION OF this tribunal that the certificate
ossed on the returns was oonclu.iye ey /
dence of the election.
In the Florida and I.ouisian, c,.e. oa.r
TO go behind returns were made and ,ho
oilers srew stronger and larger 4. ,hsv
learned they would not be called 10 msks
them good, and great deal Of patriotic
indignation was ndulxed in al ceuntenanc
ing fraud and wrong Nathe rs read An
extract from decision by Justice Field, in
the cass si Bradley vs.. Fisher, 10 which |
the tendency 10 Complaint by the narty da.
icslsd, IL shown going 90 from com plsin,
70 Charges of improper motives He an.
'cred his protest against the hollow pre.
tensions TO moraiity lha, had been mad,
'ue saosuatum OF conpiainl in his case
eion'h naa been mouaaed on pedestal for
puohc admiration, by his inventor sa !
moasi ot purity and honesty of ELECTION.
aud here va. no offer to prove th., he was
paid $4,000 under pre,en.e ST ernens. ,,s
Washington.
Ia relation to the self execution of
tue constitution he argued tha, unless
lhefe was Legislative provision i'll
could not be executed
Mathews elesea With The eleelafssl
f'ea-'hat be had appeared, not As
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