Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-08

Anu ioenuneu inc envelopes ana inuorse'
ments thereon.
Blackburn. who had been absent from
the Executive session, asked what pro.
gress had been made. and tho Chairman
said the returns had been compared and II
was learned that the certificate not bearing
the genuine signature was the ne that
was before Congress aud the Electoral
Commission ; that the paper had only one
list for President and Vice President,
which was contrary to law. whereas the
second and third. or forged certificates.
were legally made out. but that the forged
certificate number three had also been be-
fore the Electoral Commission, and was
printed - part Of It's record.
Cox said that nobody had objected to II
before the commission.
Mcmahon said because nobody suspected
IL Was bogus.
Coz said Mcmahon should not Jump to
the conclusion that the certificates were
bogus. Tho committee would pass on
that.
Adjourned.
To-DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON. June s.-The House Com.
mittes Investigating tho alleged frauds In
Louisiana and Florida, resumed the In.
quiry to-day. Mckinney. Deputy Clerk
OF tho supreme Court aud clerk OF the
Electoral Commission, submitted printed
copies OF tho original certificates used be-
fora tbe rIectnrsI Comni.sion anil testi.
aed that tbe orIgin,ls NOW beiore tbe Potter
Committee were comparel with the printed
copies. The certificates we're never read in
the Commission but were ordered printed,
aud at his (McKinney's) suggestion tho
certificates were printcd In the back OF the
book containing tbe record of the proceed.
ingn Of the Flectoral Commission, and al
the suggeation Of Garfield hs recently com
psred ssid certificates, finding that they
ala become mixed and were duplicates.
Witness continued Tho commission
dealt only with the printed papers. except
iu one or two instances. lie could not
explain how the certificates became mixed
and duplicated In printing.
Daring tho examination by Mcmahon
NJ. Cor accused him of assuming that he
"a. Council for tbe p%rostcution, where
nnon McM,hon said that Coz was entirely
mistsien. And that he tCox) was assuming
A role entirely foreign to him. namely. 4
j.tsnJs, nj fr.nd.
A. ,ha rcon.st of, tbe Chairman the OK.
.ri,s,ion nroceedsJ. AMI witness stated
IN renlv IN ruestions by McNahon that
-hsn Gener,i Garfield came 10 him en-.
a,;,in. in,n ,,,o mater M tbs mixture Of
H.. aa.,,an., In ,ho nrin,eJ yolumes. he
~, w., iii nroI.hIv sse tbc imnor.
.A.u, .Sa.. e. ,i.vs Tber, b,s
i."n ~ .ssrc. msds th,t someo Of the
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,us.,ions Il, Cb.irman Potter. Mekinpey
,s.,iaeJ thst GARFIELD came 10 him i'm tho
cio,l,s oeics nj tbe supreme Court, and
IN tbs beat Of his recollection asked II he
remomLered .ny difference in the Relloge
Louisiana certificates, 10 which no replied
tb,t be aid. lint aid not recollect what the
Jieerrpee consisted In, whereupon, al
0eneral o.r,eld's reouest, | got the octave
,oInmo called The Count Of The Electoral
Vote In wbich The duplicates appeared,
and Will. General GARFIELD read Certificate
No. /. looked Al No. 2, and the difference
ass that one of Inc certificates was separ,
s,a a. ~ Have AMI Wheeler. and the other
VA, 4 ioint ccrtiicste,
Witness ststod that they wcre never
compared after they were received from
the printer. and In u or two instances al
S;ro., from ,bo nrintinr Office 10 their
bouses. that they might receive them early
In the day.
Judge a. u. Levisse was rccA'iea ana
male some oo,aoc vhinh ~. ano Jsnyipr
having told Asher that he would take two
hundred thousand dollars and refuse u
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