Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-12

Mr.. Blaine said he offered the resolution,
First-To place on record in q definite aud
authentic form the frauds and outrage by
which some Of the recent elections were
carried by the Democratic party in the
Southern States. Second-To find II there
be any method by which q repetition Of
these crimes against o free ballot may be
prevented. The newspaper is the channel
through which the people Of the United
States are informed Of current events. and
the accounts given in tho press represent
the elections in some Of the Southern
States to have been accompanied by vio-
lence in not . few cases, reaching the de-
struction OF life TO nave been controlled
by threats, and that awed and intimidated
a large class of voters, and to have been
manipulated by fraud Of the most sham
full and shameless description. Indeed,
in South Carolina, there seems to nave
been no election at all, in any proper sense
OF the term. There was. instead, q series
Of skirmishes over the State, in which the
polling places were regarded as forts, to be
captured by one party snd held against the
other, and where this could not be done
with convenience, frauds in the count and
tissue ballot devices we're resorted to, in
order to effectually destroy the voice of the
majority. 1t is but just and fair to all
parties, however, that ar impartial iDvesti-
CATION of the facts shall he made by n COM
mittee Of the Senate. proceeding under the
authority Of law and representing the
power Of the Nation. We do not need an
investigation to establish certain facts,
already o. official record; we know that
log Representatives in Congress were re-
Gently chosen in States formerly slave
holding, and that the Democrats elected
rn1 mr. xr,oeih1u 109 and tho nap,rbticnna
four, or possibly five. We know that IS
Of these Representatives were assigned to
the Southern States by reason Of the col
ored population, and that the entire politi-
cal power thus founded on the numbers Of
the colored people. has been seized and APP
propriated to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of its
own strength by the Democratic party Of
the South. The issue thus raised before
the country is not one of moment, for the
rights Of the negro, though far distant be
the day when the rights Of any American
shall be abridged.
In the House, to-day, the Pension Appro-
priation bill was reported, referred. and
made the special order for tomorrow.
The Indian Commission Opposed 10
q Trnnfer.
WASHINGTON, December II.
<AAtoAAo Az WV ~ az OOAA"
gress for the transfer Of the Indians to the
army management is Representative
Scales, who was a member Of a former
commission to examine the a~dvisaDility Of
such a transfer, and who is also the leading
advocate of the change in the present
commission. Now, it is said, that the ar
ray OF evidence against the transfer has
overcome his convictions, as also those Of
Senator Saunders, and they agree that it
would be unwise to make the change.
Practically, the whole commission is be-
lieved to be opposed to it.
The Vote for Mayor OF Boston.
Boston. December II.
Following is the vote for Mayor !: Prince
(Democrat), 1855 Goldman fRepubli-
CAM, 1909; W~orkingmen's candidate,
431.
LYNN, December II.
The election for Mayor resulted in the
election of Geo. P. Sanderson, the Work.
ingmen's candidate, by 1000 plurality
The whole Workingmen's ticket is elected.
A Legislator Sent 10 Jail.
CINCINNATI, December II.
John O'Connor, ex-member of the Ohio
Legislature. who was convicted in the
United States District Cont yesterday
Of forging certain papers to procure an
invalid pension, was sentenced to one
years imprisonment in the Montgomery
County Jail, and to pay the costs Of the
prosecution.
Election Of Senator.
COLUMBIA, s. c., December II.
The Legislature elected Governor Hamp-
ton to the United States Senate to-day.
The vote in the Senate was unanimous.
The House, with two exceptions, voted for
Hampton. The exceptions were Miller
and Simmons, colored members from Beau
fort, who voted for Mackay.
Cuss His Throat.
OMAHA, December IL.
Last night, on the ~east-bound Union
Pacific train, No. 6, between Evanston and
Green River, . man named Jas. McCrary
committed suicide by cutting his throat.
Deceased was a brother Of John McCrary,
OF this city. and had resided in California
for some years.
TorpcdOcs Thrown Into q House.
WACO, Texas, December II.
On Sunday, down near Summerviile.
masked men surrounded the hou of John
Stull and threw torpedoes inside. The in
mates rushing out, Rufus Smith and John
Stull were shot and killed. and Smiths wife
and baby wounded. The assassins are un-
known.