Daily Republican., 1879-02-22
rvs FlSrias Eleetiea Cases.


Noble A. Hull, the Democratic Con-
gresham not elected TO the next Con-
eress nom the Second District Of Florida,
viii, from present Appearances. have
some trouble before hs takes his seat,
and i, is not improbable that instead
Of airing himself in the Representa-.
tives chamber he may bs looking
through the bars OF 3 psnitsntiary. He
IL indicted before the United States
District Court OF Florida. for fraudu-
lently altering the returns OF the cleo
ton from Brsvard county, no ~ to give
hinlself small majority over Bisbee,
his Republican competitor. TIL. clerk
of Brevard county,, who was indicted
for complcity with Hull, has already
been convicted and sentenced to the
psnil en,iary, which is now yavning to
r-csive the principal. This case against
the clerk WAS tried az test, and ss the
evidence which convicted him WAS
positiv. and overwhelming, il is diff
cult to SIR how Hull expscts to escape.
TIL. full returns and an honest count
elected Bi-b-e by nearly one hundred
majority, and Brevard being a sparsely
settled county with not two hundred
voters in it, the majority for Hull was
estimated, but not being sufficient to
elect that gentleman in the district, it
was a matter of surprise to find that the
official yot. of Brevard sw-lled the vote
of the county q hundred and fifty more
than i, had ever been before, and the
fraudulent increase being all added to
Hull's vote h. was declared elected by
thirteen majority and given th- csrtit-
cate Of election. We have not forgotten
the article the present editor OF the
Morning Herald" wrote about the time
that he squatt-d down in the editorial
chair of that paper. Hull at that time
was known 20 have been defeated but
thee were reports that he would be
G .urt. in. The editor referred TO, who
is well booked up in Florida affairs, lie,
tn. p-npl- know wha. a noble mar
Noble A.Hu'l Was, and knowing him q,
well - he did he knew that he could
not b. guilty Of doing anything wrong
for the sake OF getting to congress. II.
also advised Mr.. Hull 10 give up thu
contest as it was evident that he wal
not elected. This was certainly gooc
advic, from our neighbor of the "Her
ALL" and had it been accepted Nobl'
A. Hull might still have been the nobl'
Hnll he was claimed TO be instead 0
being a candidate for penitsatiAry hon
ors. Senator Conover who processes t
be a Republican bnt in whom we ar
not taking much stock since he vote
to admit Hamburg Butcher Butler int
the senate, was a candidate at the las
election for Congress from the Firs
District of Florida, says the Democrat
adopted a rule for the exclusion of vote
BY which they secured a majority Of tn
Legislature, and the same rule wa
applied in case Of Congression'
candidates until they found it woul
elect him to Congress, when the
changed the rule and defeated hin
While We are at !. We might as well r.
fer to another Florida election cal
which 50 wonderfully reflects the di
honesty of the Democratic party. "
refer now to the election contest b
tween Mr.. Bisbee, the same who III
been cheated out of his certificate of ele
ton by Hull, and Finley who was seat'
on Thursday in Bisbee's seat. II
election in this case took place at Il
Presidential election in 1876, Bisbe.
majority being reported at 10. At tn
time Finley commenced the contest
the seat, but subsequently desste
he himself said for want Of evidence
fraud on the part o. the Republican
In the mean time Florida looming
as the pivotal stat" Oh which the ell
ton of Presiden. Hayes hinged, and
becoming necessary !" show that
Tilden had carried the state, Finl
was also elected, the latter was lndut
To resume hi contest for Bisbee's 81
even if h. should not lie admitted |
til near the close Of Congress. T.
programme has been faithfully carr
out, ten OF the latter days
Congress, being deemed amply su
. Gent to enable Finleyto drawJ his 81
600 salary for Two years, and then
Democrats could still 'putly ella
that Tilden had carrie" 'I,' state
at least the same majority allowed
Finley. This was an NInnr y ara
ed plan by the Democrats It far
Transparent to hide - fraudulent
ject. II Finley WIS clearly entitled
his seat on ThursA.y last,
lust az much entitled TO it t#tI,k
ago, and the question naturally Hu
Why was he not admitted when