The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-30

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EIeeaIoTsI Cannsssion. & Z. the prfstdent
\, lie senSrs 2 Is Of The same oDin ION With
ssssfnr H1rpsrnnafrsasdeaats,H srEsy teen
he could not con.ctsasioasly aiss~ any net
81 Congress to limit his powers or stand
befween hssn md Tue dsse' asge q duty.
which the Constitution. .iirlpsses upon him,
Governor GaTcelon s,peals for Himself.
. AZ the meeting bald last Saturday night
ia Lewiston Goss9ner' GAsgELoS was re.
ceiyed with perfect storm Of applause,
and spoke as;io.5cws. 80 2
aoyERxoR eAscELos's SPEECH.
/ mos, i,esstaly thank you for this expres
sion az your confidence, not only expressed
by your: resolutions, but by your presence
here this evening. A louRsiiie OF neaIa5
seventy years .aas heess spent ID tDis eoni.
nupity. and II there has been any act W
mine which car, pc marked as trea .s ia.as
to my country or disregardiri OF lss ,n ,e.,
eus, or in any respect IN Yloia.lgn , aid
and order, am unconscious o.. IL. NV
NOT come 1herer so night for the purpose
OF apoIogizips for gay aSt "h i.:a he nss
alluded to a. the "eount of the votes" as
returned by the municipal Officers TOE,
ynny Iast election. [Appla,lse.l The: record
yd +, spsak for Itself. But it say be inter
estiug for you TO, knF something o. me
history of this count, as il affects, ms cell
and lie Council. from the tipe it was 1rst
md0icd. Almost immediately after the eiec'
tion of the 9Th of september the cry was
raised that there would be uHfarness IN the
eouut-that an attempt would be made to
steal the Stdte. / happen. to hold in my
hand an extract from, the Bangor WhY
~ atiiet 17tll or, September, only e'snt
or nine DAYS after the election. where
this announcement is made In q para
graph almost las devoid Of meaning
as q large portion of the dispatches
sent, forward by the Associated Press.
So05far as the action
OF the Governor and Council was concerned
In. reference to. the vote scarcely WORD
passed certainly not in my hearInS-in re.
ference. to the matter till pear the emu OF
October, wheu theiquestion came up DOW
The matter should be attended 10, and 't"as
decided Dc TIE meeting In October That inc
Committee on Elections Should attend 10
the duty OF tabuiating and preparing the
retarus for examination prior to the next
meeting, which was to be on the llth OF
November. AT that time DO return, eX-
ieeptsr,sthe outside, had been seen by any
L6ne. as they we've returned to the Secre--
fary's Office, wbenathey were locked up in
his safe. aud no person had any access, to
them either as members Of The government
or from outside.
9 u Il l. SPECIAL PLEADING. r:;,.reF
When the committee took charge Of them
the day after adjouInment Ia October those
returns were put 10 the hands Of the COM
nlttee, and from that time It'll the 18th OF
November, as j am assured by The gentle.
men OF the committee, no person Inside OF
their own members; no person connected
with the government in any department,
or outside it, had access to those returns;
and every time they LETT the State House
those returns were locked IN the safe, sand
il required the two parts OF double key
to open it-one part OF which was put Into
the pocket OF the chairman OF the Commit
tee on Elections, and the other part
into the bands OF the Secretary OF State.
SO that it was utterly. impossible for
either Of these men, to 90 to that sale
and get these returns Unless each was in
the presence liofd the other Between the
attending the removal of my household,
and during the week prior 10 the 18th o?
November hardly saw a. newspaper. | did
not communicate with single member of
the government, and On the morning that l
left mylhome for Augusta to attend to the
meeting ofithe Board, preparatory to ex.
aiming these returns, which l,snpposed bad
been tabulsted, was pot awure OF any eX.
element or trouble. I arrived in Augusta
by the afternoon train, went directly to nv
chamber In the State House, and
had not been there five minutes be-
fore the announcement was made to me |
hy the messenger that committee desired
to have conference with the Governor and
Council. repliPd, Say TO the committee |
the g overnor and Council are not in ses- |
sion. The hour for their converting has
not arrived, .aad it Is doubtful whether
there will be quorum present" He came
back with the message that they wished TO
have d. conference with the Governor, and
Ex-Governor Dingiey Immediately pre-
s8nted himself and said be came In ut tue re.
quest of the committee to examine the re- |
turns for senators and representatives,. |
/" Why said T. "the Governor and Coun- |
Gil themselves have not had an opportunity |
of seeing these returns: s i do not known
self that they have been opened" He re-
piled that they must have been opened
they were to be tabulated.. l replied, IL they
have been opened I know nothing about
them. ot,. ,p4.t.i,.... s.,.- .,ai. 81 q.
CHE INTERVIEW sr5FH DtNGLEY COMMITTEE.
The rest efsahe. conversation has already
been reported, and VITA perhaps q verbal
correction, or, two was reported correctly.
1--WE gentlemen who were in the room I'D
JOINING and heard the conversation are
ready to max 8 oath to Its accuracy As I
10 my distinguishes felow-towns-
men, the very, fact Of their presenting them
selves Ito so stEanses a.lBanner wouid only
serve ITO, make us more careful 40 to the re-
turns and ises' that anything was aene in
q lawful and constitutional Hlanper.i Zap
pla1ss.l What WAS our, duty but to com
i,ly s&Tith The Constitution and the aaws9
Tho constitution is the supreme AsWiof
the had, and, its mandates are TO be-
obeyed regardless Of any ether eonsidera-