Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-25
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wAsuxweTcN
The South Carolina Contested
Election Case.
THE LAW RESPECTING TIE DECLiRi.
TIOy OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
The Potter Committee Sailing in a
Heavy Sea.
WAsHIxGrox. May "a.

The reports IN the south Carolina
contested election case of Richardson
against Rainey, have been completed.
The majority report. recommending a
new election, is signed by all the Dem
ocratic members, aud the minority
report, declaring Rainey, the sitting
men her, as entitled 10 his seat, by all
the Republican members of the com
mittee.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Edmunds,
from the'>elect committee to take into
consideration the stale OF the law re-
speeding the ascertaining and declara-
ton of the result OF the elections for
President and Vice President of the
United States, said he was directed by
the committee to make a report in
part, in form of the bill to amend sun
dry provisions of chapter !. title3, ofthe
Revised Statutes OF the United States,
relating TO Presidential elections, and
10 provide for and regulate the count
ing OF ote for President and Vice
President, and the decision Of the
questions thereon. The bill wa placed
on the calendar, and Mr.. Edmnnds
gave notice that he would ask the atten-
ton OF the Senate to its consideration
some time next week. Mr.. Thurman,
q hit11fOEl Va IA 1OAStb
said he only wished % remark that the
report was not an unanimous one, and
he would take occasion to explain to
the Senate why he dissented. The
main feature of the bill reported in the
Senate by MIR. Edmunds to-day, on
the subject OF electoral votes for Presi-
dent and Vice President. is a provision
that no electoral vote from any State
from which but one return has been
received shall be rejected, except by
an affirmative vote of both Houses Of
Congress, and that in case more than
one return is received from any State,
the votes only shall be counted Of these
electors whose title, as electors, the
two Houses acting separately shall
coDcurrenlly decide as supported by
the decision CT the lawful tribunal of
such State, provided for by its Legisla-
ture.
CHICAGO. May 24.
The TriJune's Washington CORE
S%pondent says the Potter Committee is
sailing in heavy seas. The news from
PIttsburg has still further demoralized
the whole investigating crowd. Ms.
Randall's defeat is regarded az doubly
significant, taken in connection with
his course in aiding the Potter re~olu
ton, which all on the inside knew to
be designed as u direct attack on the
Presidents title. and the position OF
the convention against such a course
proves almost as much of a dafnrer
on the Potter Committee as Sherman's
letter. The Republicans appear to
take more pleasure in opening this in.
vestigation than the Democrats do.
Mr.. Morrison will have charge of the
case of Louisiana. and conduct it from
Washington, while a mittee
will go to Florida.
The Times Washington correspond
ent says it was a triumph of John NJ.
Thompson that a resolution was adopt
ed by the Democratic National Com
mittee, declaring simply an indorse
ment of the resolution for the Potter
| investigation, and that the one was de-
feated declaring it pedient to dis
turb the Presidents title. All the
Southern members are opposed to DIS
lurbing the title.
The Journals Washington cores
pendent says the Republican members
of the Potter Committee will insist on
a speedy investigation, and the Repub-
Leans will oppose an ad journrnent un-
til the investigation concludes. The
| DoDIo1h Z 1ibifii mo ItfhfCh los -
sured them of his cooperation in the
proceedings.
About Mr.. Hayes Title.
NEW YORK, May "a.
A Times Washington correspondent
says a leading Democratic said, in
speaking of the investigation of Hayes
| title, that it il just as ecure against at
| tack as that Of Chief Justice Waite.
| This Senator further said, that even
should the investigation implicate
Hayes. and he should be successfully
impeached, as the result of the invest
CATION, his successor would be Wheeler.
In no event could Tilden profit by
such a termination OF the Investigation.
If Mr.. HAYES should be removed, it
| would be for causes that would be suf
ficient to secure the removal of any
President, even had his election to of
flee been unanimous. One OF the mos
influential and active Democratic Con.
gressimen from New York, stated last
evening that not more than half a
dozen Democrats in the House could be
persuaded to vote for a joint resolution
| declaring Hayes and Wheeler not en-
| titled to their respective offices.
A Consolidation OF the BOnanxas.
NEW YORK, May a.
An evening paper says there is a
| rumor in mining circles that a plan is
in contemplation to consolidate all the
great mining properties owned by the
| Bonanza firms; hat is to say, the Con.
| Virginia, California. Ophir, Best q
Belcher, Gould & Curry, Mexican,
Savage, and some of the well known
| mines. They are to be united in one
gigantic corporation, with the view to
tcreating a market on the Atlantic as
lwell as on the Pacific coast. 1t is un-
derstood TO be part of tue scheme that
half of the stock of the great CONSOLE
dated Comstock companies will be
transferable on the Atlantic coast
through the Branch of the Nevada
Bank in this city, and the other half
on the Pacific coast,
Mr.. Randall thinks the Head of IN
Ticket u Weak Nomination.
CHICAGO, May "a.
Specials from Pittsburg state hat the
significance of the Democratic Conven-
ton there yesterday is, that Speaker
Randall, who had gone there for the
a~Draos nnrpoca IF