Daily globe., 1879-03-22
HOUSE CONTESTS.
A BAKER 8 DozEN pRonAnLE.

a bAhEH DOZEN PROBABLE.
| WASHINGTON, March 21.-There will probabl
be at least IL dozen contestedselection cases il
the forty-sixth Congress. On the l1th of De
cember last ex-Gov. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania
served a notice of contest on L. Fl. Yocum
dreenbsck Republican from the Twentieth dis
| trlct OF that State. Yocum has been sworn il
| Dy the speaker. There are nlnty-two specifca
tions in Gov. Curtin's notice of contest. Eight
hundred nine hundred illegal votes ar,
| charged to have been polled for Yocum in Cen
tire county. Election frauds are charged in
Phillipsbarg, Bennett college, Ferguson anG
Liberty. Wholesale bribery of votes is expect
ed to be proved. It is alleged that about eight
hundred illegal votes were polled in Clear6eld
| county. The Greenback leaders are charge
with having manufactured and distributed
forged tax receipts which votes were OBJ.
| tanned. Yocum is personally charged with
having bribed voters by the score. It is thought
that Gov. Curtin will have no difficulty in es-
| tablishing his case.
wIETING VS.. H1scocK.
On the 23d of December last J. M. Wieting
served notice of contest on Frank Hiscock, Re
publican Representative from the Twenty-ffth
New York district, alleging bribery, intimida-
tion and interference by United States mar
shals and supervisors of elections. Five days
later Hiscock replied to the notice. making a
general denial and setting forth counter
charges. DR.. Wieting neglected within forty
days after the service of the answer to take
testimony before referee. He does not in
tend to drop the case, however, and says he
shall contest Hiscocks seat before the com
mittee on elections.
BOYNTON VS.. LoRING.
In the Sixth Massachusetts district Boynton
(NationaD has been taking testimony for some
time past on which to contest the seat in the
House occupied by Loring (Republican). Lor-
lngs plurality over Boynton was 113. BoyntOn
alleges, among other things, that Alb votes for
Loring did not specify the Office to be filled.
B1sBEE vs.. HULL.
Mr. Bisbee, Republican, will contest the seat
occupied by Hull, Democrat, from the Second
Florida district on the ground that the can
vassing board illegally threw out the votes of
Madison county. Bisbee's majority would
have been twelve had the vote of this county
been counted. The supreme court of Florida
ordered q recount of the votes in the Second
district after Hull had been declared elected,
and on the second canvass the board declared
Bisbee entitled to the seat.
McABE VS.. ORTIZ.
The seat of Godlove s. Orth, Republican,
from the Ninth Indiana district, will be con-
tested by McCabe, Democrat, who was beaten
by 81 votes. Orth's connection with the
Venezuelan claims swindle was disgraceful
enough to ruin less impudent person, but
McCabe makes his contest on other grounds.
He charges fraud in Vermillion and Mont
gomery> counties, and alleges hat "a or more
college students not residents of the State voted
for Orth.
DECIBs vs.. FORsYTHE.
In the fifteenth Illinois district, the seat of
Forsythe, National, may be contested by De-
cius Democrat. In Shelby county the Re-
publioans printed their tickets Forsyth
without the 'e, so to be able to claim or re-
pudiate the candidate as might be necessary.
The judges returned sos votes for Forsyth, and
1928 for Forsythe, but the State canvassers
gave them all to Forsythe, who received ma
jority of lO6 over his opponent.
HERBERT vs.. ACKIIN
Herbert, Republican and National, will con-
test the seat Of Acklin, Of the Third Louisiana
district.
CRANE vs.. HENKLE.
In the Fifth Marland district Crane, Repub-
lican, will probably contest the seat of Henkle,
Democrat, on tho ground of fraud and inter-
ference with the supervisors.
YEATEs vs. MARTIN.
In the First North Carolina district Yestes
Martin, Republican, the State oanvassers hav-
ing declined to go behind the returns, which
gave Martin ffty-one majority.
OHARA VS.. KITCHEN.
In the Second district O'Hara, Republican,
will try to obtain possession of the seat of
Kitchen, Democrat, claiming that his (O' Hara's 81
votes were illegally thrown out in Halifax,
Edgecombe, Craven and Lenoir counties.
OTHERS.
There may be contest in the Ninth district
IF Vir0inia op1 4ho Third 1;o%r;ot ~f U;,.,,
sin.
The correspondent evidently means the
Third district of Minnesota, as there is no con-
test in Wisconsin.-ED. GLOBE.