The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-03-06
REPORTS OF THE POTTER COM.
MITTEE.
Majority Report.

WAShAN6ION. mhrCu e
On the LIST Mr.. Potter, Chairman Of the In
vestigating Committee, submitted rerort
which he had prepared to the committee, and
1t was adopted by vote of six Democrats to
three Republicans. General Butler being alb
sent. The three Republicans, Hiscock, Cox
and Reed, will prepare minority report. Mr..
Potter's report Is necessarily long, as It deals
with all the points that have been before the
committee except the cipher dispatches, which
will be made the subject of separate report,
and will be presented to the committee to-
morrow.
The report of Mr.. Potter, in the opening,
sets forth what It was proper for Congress to
investigate and what not, and the difficulties
OF conducting an Investigation into conspira-
cies which have been successfully carried out,
while the successful party remain In power.
II admits that the confession OF conspirators,
who have become dissatisfied, Is worth little,
but points to the fact not generally under
stood-that about the essential features OF the
election and canvass in Florida and Louisiana,
there is no substantial dispute before the
committee, the Kspuolisers g having called, called no
to the conduct of visiting statesmen, and in
cideLtally about Intimidation. It dismisses
entirely the testimony of Anderson, jerks,
Mrs Jenks, weber t ana no. tnas class S Q. VIII
eral and controlling facts alone. The report
is divided into three parts, the first Of which
refers to Florida, the second to Louisiana and
the third to the forged Electoral certificates.
ing the Presidential Electors to be appointed
by votes cast, and the Canvassing Board to
canvass the votes cast, and claims that the
Tilden Electors, having received a majority OF
the votes cast in the State, were thereby
necessarily entitled to be declared elected,
and that the Canvassing Board, BY rejecting
without warrant OF law portion OF the votes
so as to show q majority for Hayes, unlaw-
fully counted Tilden out. 1t states that the
canvassers delayed this announcement until
the morning of the day the Electors were to
meet and vote, SO that, although action was
instantly taken to oust the Hayes Electors.
no decision could be had until the Hayes
Electors had met that same day at noon
and voted. The report then recites the
subsequently decided that the Hayes Elect
the vote Of the State, and that the Tilden
Electors were, and also the Judgment of the
court in an action brought by Drew, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, to obtain q
recanvass where the courts directed recan-
vass, and decided that the canvassers, In re-
fusing to count the votes cast, had defrauded
Drew and unlswfully seated Stearns. The
Legislature Of the State thereupon directed q
recanvass ofthe Electoral vote in accordance
with the decision of the Supreme Court, the
Judges Of which were Republicans, and the
recanvass showed the Tflden Electors chosen.
The Governor then issued his certificate TO
the Tilden Electors as the true Electors, but
the Electoral Commission refused to consider
the judgment Of the court, the action OF the
Legislature and the certificate given by
the Governor in favor Of the Tilden Elect.