Daily globe., 1879-03-22
HOUSE CONTESTS.
A BAKER s DOZEN PRoBABLE.

| oahhn OOAEN fhObABLE
WASHINGTON, March 21.-There will probabl,
be at least adozen contestedselection cases in
the forty-sixth Congress. On the 11th of De
cember last ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania
served notice of contest On L. 81. Yocun
Greenback Republican from the Twentieth dis.
! trict of that State. Yocum has been sworn in
by the speaker. There are ninty-two specifica,
tlons IN Gov. Curtin's notice of contest. Eight
hundred or nine hundred illegal votes are
charged to have been polled for Yocum in Cen.
| tre county. Election frauds are charged in
Liberty. wholesale bribery Of votes is expect
| ed to be proved. 1t is alleged that about eight
| hundred illegal votes were polled in Clearfeld
county. The Greenback leaders are charge d
| with having manufactured and distributed
| forged tax receipts on which votes were OBJ
tained. Yocum is personally charged with
having bribed voters by the score. 1t is thought
that Gov. Curtin will have no difficulty in es-
tablishing his case.
wIETING vs.. HIscoCK.
On the 23d of December last j. M. Wieting
served notice of contest on Frank Hiscock, Re-
publican Representative from the Twenty-fifth
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 Hiscock's seat before the COM
mittee on elections.
BoYNToN VS.. LoRINa.
In the Sixth Massachusetts, district Boyntou
(NationaD has been taking testimony for some
time past on which to contest 36e seat in the
o6 hv T,rr
ings plurality over Boynton was ll3. Boynton
alleges, among other things, that 4l3Votes for
Loring did not specify the Office to Be filled.
BIsBEE VS.. HULL.
Mr. Bisbee, Republican, will contest the seat
occupied by Hull, Democrat from the Second
Florida district, 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 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 beate n
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 that "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-
publicans printed their tickets s'Forsyth''
without the ''e, SO to be able to claim or re-
pudiate the candidate as might be necessary
The judges returned 595 votes for Forsyth; and
1928 for Forsythe. but the State canvassers
gave them all to Forsythe who received ma
jority Of l06 over his op ponent.
HERBERT vs.. ACKLIN.
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 the ground of fraud and inter-
ference with the supervisors.
YEATEs VS.. MARTIN.
In the First North Carolina district Yeates,
Democrat, it is said, will contest the seat of
Martin, Republican, the State canvassers hav-
ing declined to go behind the returns, which
gave Martin ffty-one majority.
O'HARA vs. KITCHEN.
In the Second district, O'Hara Republican,
will try to obtain possession of the seat of
Kitchen, Democrat, claiming that his 90 'Hara's)
votes were Illegally thrown out in Halifax
Edgecombe, Craven and Lenoir counties.
OTHERS.
There may be contest in the Ninth district
Of Virginia and the Third district of Wiscon.
sin.
The correspondent evidently means the
Third district of Minnesota, as there is no con-
test in Wisconsin.-ED. GLOBE.