Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-11

THE SALVATION OF THE COUNTRY
DEPENDED ON FLORIDA.
The Returning Boards to be Taken
CareO of.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 10

J-.orsoxv1rrE. Fla. ,June 10.
Hefore the subcommittee Saml. b. Nc
lin was shown a humber of telegrams to
covernor stearns mostly from w. E..
Chandler. setting forth that the election
and tha salvation Of the country depended
On Flar;da and that the means and troons
would he furnished. M wav was suggested:
some aentlemen came 10 represent MI.
Haves' ;nclndine Mr.. Chandler and Mr..
Moves Tbe witness was told that any,
thing Mr. Moves said the President would
he resnonsible for. and was told by General
Wallace that tbe of the Return-
inc BOARD would be taken care of if the
state went for HAYES. Mr.. Chandler
nrom;sed me. said the witness. that myself
and Cowgill would he taken care Of. and
he would saw so for General Moves and
himself. MI. Moves never said SO directly
10 witness. but Mr.. Moves thanked him
after the canvass. and congratulating him
on tbe result said that the witness acted
noblv. He identified a letter written bv
himself 10 Mr.. Moves. on January ~. 1875.
lamenting the prospect Of 4 defeat Of the
Presidents i~nauguration and intimatiny
tbat le would like holm in securing a place
as United states Assistant Judge for Flor
ida, Init setting forth that he did not ask
this on account of the recent canvass. be-
cause he only did his duty c-onscientiousIv
then. Witnes, Thought he wrote this,
but would not swear positively.
Witness and Stearns agreed that the
returns would elect Mr.. HAYES. There
were three returns from Baker county; one
of these elected Mr.. HAYES by forsy ma
jority. but either of the Others gave Mr..
Tilden ninety-two majority in the State.
He had. when the opportunity admitted.
presented such returns as were most favor
able to Mr.. HAYES, and generally the most
regular. The frst canvass, witness stated,
gave Mr.. Hayes eight or nine hundred
majority by throwing out several precincts.
A great MANY afidayits made before the
Roard were ex po,.te on both sides. A seq
ond canvass showed about 211 majority for
Mr.. HAYES, which was arrived at by throw
ing ont CLAY county entirely. The retnrp
was neither regular nor proper upon it's
face, and could not be understood. The
irregularitv consisted in the statement. on
4 scrap Of naper attached 10 the retrrns
that nj votes had been east Al one n~recinct
for Tilden and Hendricks each and that
the Board could NOT decide whether these
votes were included in the reonlar return
Of votes for election Tn tba irst canvass
the Board included the return from clav
county.
W-Asurxarov Time "a
In the Senate. to-day. M. snepcer. Re-
publican. from Alabama. moved to take nm
the resolution submitted Nv him on Satnr.
day. authorizing the APPOINTMENT az n
special committee 70 ~inauire into the AL
legged frauds in connection with the recent
-pres;dent;aI election and HOGAN 10 resd an
an argument stating That the Repnblican
party would have submitted 10 the admin
istration Of President HAYES for he brief
period 81 four wears. hut the INVESTIGATION
was re-opened BY the Democrats.
Mr.. morrill, made a point 81 order az IN