Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-15
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lux. lncy COuutou VIC Nutes ae-~
and Vice President and tho College ad-
journcd. In answer 10 q question whether
be signed any certificate Of the votes cast,
witness said: 81 hAvo no recollection Of
the time when I signed them. ! think
either that afternoon or the nett morning,
Two or three weeks afterwards i heard
that o clerical defect existed In the
certificate for Louisiana. heard Of
IL from IL. Conquest Clarke, who Was
Secretary Of Governor Kellogg and was
acting ~ Clerk Of the Electoral College,"
His recollection Of what the error was was
very indistinct. Immediately after the
conversation he presented the papers and
witness signed them. Witness here iden.
titled his signature on the returns. He
did not know that anybody else signed or
not and he only signed his name ct tho place
which was pointed out 10 him - being
correct. Ho did not compare tho " sets
Of returns. He had been Surveyor Gen.
eral up TO the time Of election and resign.
ell three or four days after the election,
but asked that II 10 dated back to the ith
Of November. He said he supposed the
reason for getting his signature 30 often
was that the Republicans were anxious to
get the matter Just right. The whole Of.
fair was conducted In privacy.
Nothing Of further Importance was ellie
tied from witness.
letter was read rom MiiiiAm N. cav.
for any communications under his control
which passed between the State Depart.
ment aud the Louisiana visiting statesmen
Of April, 1877. Tho Secretary says:
p,op Ja , ,n.,rrn,SI hv lin n s.v
that, while no considers il not At all In.
compatible with public interest that all
public Documents sought for BY this reso-
luton should be made public, yet he Ia
unable TO perceive that tho subject em-
braced within said resolution IL within the
authority for tho inquiry impaired TO your
COMMITTEES by the House Of Representa-.
tives. Tho President has, upon this view
OF tho matter, directed mo TO communal
cate 10 tho House Of Representatives the
information sought In tho resolution OF
your committee for such disposition by
that honorable body a. shall seem to II
meet. ! have tho honor 70 be. sir. your
obedient servant,
WILLIAM NJ. EyARrs.
Adjourned. '
,o.n,v,. ,,o,rvn,xos
WASHINGTON. June "a Inc rouer
committee resumed us session to-uAy IL
Conquest Clarke formerly private secfe'
tsry 10 Governor Kellogg, anu now IN tho
Internal isevenne Department wn eL'
amihcd regarding INC Louisiann cerun'
Gates: ho tho hrst Anu soconu
SCI OF In possession o. the COM
mittee Is the ones prePared oy nun. An
uerson having s,aleu pls. Inero W. sn
error IN ,no coiuncA'o, ooVernor hei,Uss
requested witness 70 eiamine them. WI,
ness was present Nnen uov. heiioss s'sneu
.nv sccIna .e.o VI eei.nSsan,a ~ 49,, ~
ssii seAiea .hon1 up anu aol ,hs e.", ~
WssunnssDu' ~ ~ ~ n,.sri,t JrSss
All a. s;cn.,rrns a. tha arst set wero
',.,.a ~ H. nrc.orco m witne.s WIZ.
nas. ,Iid No, nron.ro tbo messenver's An.
,ho,;tv charcoal with tbs second set Of
Certificates. lie was Of the opinion that
the authority which the bearer of the sec.
oni set Of certificates presented was the
authority prepared for the messengers Of
the first sct by Gen, Anderson.
Recess,
ss S'sn'" D'"ol"u0
WASHINGTON, une IA Democrafc
csucus was held IN tho hall Of the House
%, ,ho n,,,,o.o n, d-.,orm,ni,v THAT
!" r"f - n-e.-..
course shouiu 10 purSuea oy pe"o''Au'
members OF the Committee OF Conference
on the Army Appropriation bill. In adj.
ton TO about threo.fourths Of tho Demo.
cratic members Of the House, there were
alan ,,e.en, sivbt M tan Democratic Sen.
ators, including Bayard, Wallace. withors,
Randolph and Hereford. Representative
ne~,u o. new 10TH, VINO s g . .,
showinr Thai there was no bope Of an
,rr, emept Leing reached by The Confer.
e6ce Committec' erccpt upon NE basis OF
tho House receiipg from most II not all
M liz disspreements 10 tho PRINCIPAL
smsndments Of tho Senate, Tho House