Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-27
PETITION.

FLUTTER.
The President Speaks Ano Their
Piece on the silver Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. rs.
A singular petition was presented in
the House to-day by Mr.. Glover, of
Missouri. The petition was signed by
VIM. Hastings, OF California, who
asks to be relieved from his allegiance
as a citizen of the United States, be.
cause justice has been denied him.
Hastings grievances are that In NO
vember, 1877, he was anxious to be
admitted to practice at the bar OF the
United States Supreme Court and a
certain Senator promised to Introduce
him; but upon discovering thai Jus
tice Field was unfriendly TO him Hast
ings) this Senator retraced his prom
Use. For that the petitioner calls him
a coward, and unworthy of the dignity
of a Senator. He asserts that he has
been denied his right to practice on &C
count of the hostility of Field to him.
He then charges Justice Bradley with
corruption as a member of the Elec.
toral Commission. He submits charges
against Justice Field and Judge Hank
ner, of the California District Court.
These charges, he says, a former Com
mittee of the House has stified. He
charges Senator Blaine with packing
committees in the interest of banks
and monopolies, and railroad corpora
tions when he was Speaker of the
House, and says he embodied these
charges against Blaine in a petition
TO the House when Kerr was Speaker.
The Speaker read it, but declined TO
present it, and for this Hastings says
Kerr showed himself to be the confed
crate of Blaine. In consideration of
these facts, Hastings wishes to % re-
lieved from a Government which per-
mits such things to he done. Hast
ings a few years ago attempted to Sc.
cure the i'm impeachment of Justice Field.
Washington society suffers from a
secret terror caused by urnor h a the
Appropriation Committee means to
bring a bill virtually disbanding dip.
lomatic service. and requiring that
hereafter the United States Shall have
but one Minister in Europe, who shall
reside in London and receive reports
from the Secretaries of Legations in
other Capitols.
During to day a report has been gen.
orally circulated that the Presldentlha
said within the past few days that if
there was anything like a large major
ity for the Silver bill, on its passage in
the Senate, he should not veto il, &C
cepting the ex pression OF that majority
as the will of the people. This an
n~ounceInent has considerably weak
ened the enthusiasm of the silver ID
vocates, who were loudest in thei
demonstrations when they were cer-
tain thai the Executive had resolved
to oppose them.
the Louisiana Returning Board
Gases.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26.
The argument in the cases OF Wells,
Kenner, Anderson and Cesenuve, OF
the Returning Board. indicted for per-
Jury in the Vernon Parish returns,
aud for the transfer of the cases to the
United States Circuit Court, IVES decid-
ed to-day by Judge Whitaker, who
that were a transfer granted in
this case, every party indicted before
the Court might ask for a removal.
He would maintain his jurisdiction.
The defense then argued that the evi
dence of Ira NJ. Clifford, of Davenport,
Iowa; r. w. Eaton, of ~Princetown.
Indiana f; ex-G overnor Palmer, of
Springfield, Illinois, and others, was
material to prove their innocence.
The prisoners made such an affidavit,
but after argument this was refused.
The Attorney General then moved for
a severence of the cases n that the
case OF Wells by tried first. This
would deprive the accused of their
right of 48 ~peremptory challenges,
leaving only II. The motion was taken
under nd visement until 6 o'clock p. NJ.
At that hour none of the accused, who
had been absent during the day, were
present. The Attorney General had
them called, and also their sureties.
There was no response. John Kay,
counsel for the defense, notified the
Court that after the decision rendered
this afternoon, they had applied for a
writ of certiorari to the United States
Circuit Court, that the Court wished to
hear the argument, and the case had
been fixed for IL o'clock. The Attor-
ney General answered that the State
had nothing to do with that, and
moved that the bonds of the accused
be forfeited, a judgment MIST be en-.
tered, and alias cdpiGScs be issued for
the arrest Of all of the four accused.
Judge Whitaker said: "This Court
will not be trif1ed with. Counsel were
notified at noon that the cases would
be called at 6 o'clock, and ought to
have the accused here" The bonds
were declared forfeited, a judgment Of
nisi entered and cdpiases issued for the
arrest Of the accused, they to be de.
tanned until they can furnish new
bonds In the former amounts.
Up to 10 o'clock r. NJ. the Deputy
Sheriff had moi succeeded in finding
the members of the Returning Board.
Assistant Attorney General Egan says
the impression prevails among court
officers that the accused are in the
Custom-house.