Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-26

Ter or any other person.
The Men who Peathed.
; NEW YORK, April 25.-Tht
He, AIDS Jacksonville, Fla, re.
porter has interviewed Dennis
who said he was certain that
Florida went for Tlldeh on the day
of the returns. Hayes knew he
held these points in reserve. He
Dennis) had talked on this matter
with General Butler, who thought
Hayes should be ousted, but
thought they had better wait till
Congress took some action in the
matter. Conkling had been kept
informed of every development.
McLin Is very gloomy and dispirit-
ed and believes he is dying.
The Presidents Recepifsn la Phii.
= adeiphia.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-The
reception of the President and
party, by the Union League, Com
mercial Exchange and other Or
CARNATIONS, was u brilliant affair.
The city was gay with bunting.
The Comment on the Florida Com
ftssiOns.
WAsHINaIoN, April 25th.-The
general comment here on the Flor
ida confessions is that, while they
may be true, they can BIZ of no
avail to the Blair faction who are
trying to GUST Hayes, because
Hayes's title rests not on any dis
puted State but on the decision of
the Electoral Commission, and be-
cause, also, Of the suspicious cir.
cumstances attending the confess
sions. Both McLin and Dennis
were under indictment and perse-
cution, from which they were re-.
lieved by the confessions, and both
have boon disappointed in their as
pirations for Office under Hayes.
Thc Storm Ia OhiO.
CINCINNATI, April 25th.-Ad-
vices from number of points in
the interior of this and adjoining
States, indicate that the storm yes
terday and last evening was very
general and severe in this locality.
At Kensington, Ohio, small
brick schoolhouse was demolished,
injuring nearly all the scholars,
some seriously.
Didn't Conf ~.
NEW YORK, April 25th.-The
Times's Jacksonville correspondent
has interviewed McLin and Den
mis-, who both deny that they have
made any confession whatever.
Thurinan's Funding BIN Passed.
WASHINGTON, April 25th.-The
House to-day, after long debate,
passed Thurman's Pacific Railroad
Funding Bill, by vote of "a ayes,
to 2 noes. Butler and Lynde were
the ones voting no.
MeLinn's Confession.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The
statement of Judge McLinn is
published. The first portion is de.
voted to furnishing an excuse for
his seeming Inconsistency in first
conniving in and then revealing
the Florida election frauds. He
says he believed that Democratic
triumph would be national dis
aster in 1877, and that he should
give the benefit of the doubt to the
Republicans even to the extent of
straining point. He did not con-
slider himself n judge but a parti-
san. He now sees that powerful
Influences swayed his judgment
and perverted his moral sense. He
was surrounded by Northern parti-
sans who urged on him the neces.
sity of the Republicans carrying
Florida; who pictured the danger
to negroes if Tilden triumphed,
and he received daily kilograms
insisting on his saving the country.
The Chairman Of the National
Committee and the man
who was the nearest per.
sopal friend of Hayes urged
him to do his Republican duty, and
promises of troops were freely
given. Gov. Noyes was present,
and was understood to speak with
authority from Hayes. The in.
fluence of these men and the ex-
element throughout the country
may have led him to error, and es-
pecially to unlawful acts. The
promise that Hayes would reward
them was freely given. His ardor
was now cooled by time and by the
reflection that the President had
betrayed and mercilessly destroyed
the Republican party, and
crushed those who did so much
for his election. He was now
convinced that political expedien-
cy and not calm judgment ruled
the hour. There were many con-
tested cases and much legal discus
sion. The Acknowledgement Of the
State and member of the Board
had decided that the Board had a
quasi judicial power and had the
right to exclude precincts from the
count If returns were shown to be
so irregular, false or fraudulent as
to prevent the Board from ascer-
tanning the true vote. With this
view of its duties the Board
entered upon the work of the
canvass with the conviction
that they were invested with large
discretionary powers which were of
u mixed character-political and
judicial, the political largely pre-
dominating. Partisan zeal and
strong political ties had a powerful
influence in the exercise of those
powers, and the Republicans, hav-
ing majority in the Board, the
canvass was largely in their favor,
II the Board had acted in accord
ance with the decision Of the SUI
preme Court of the State, defining
the powers and duties of
the Board in reference to
throwing out precincts, there
Is no question of the fact that Til
den would be entitled TO the vote of
Florida. Excluding the return from
Baker county, which was counted +,
and which he has since learned
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