Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-05

heartfelt acknowledgements for
the kindly forbearance extended to
m as presiding officer of this House,
and to all 1 say / shall ever CRATE
fully cherish the honor of which
have been the recipient. With the
expression of the wish that you all
may return safely and in health to
your homes, it only remains for
me to declare, in accordance with
the Constitution of the United
States, that this House stands ads
Journed without a day.
Genersl Rusier's Report on tne
Porter InvestigasiOn.
WASHINGTON, March 4th.-Gen-
eral Butler says in his report upon
the Potter Investigation: 1 have
chosen to examine only the politi-
cal and party action Of both par
ties, their leaders and their mani
pulators of the election in the
State of Louisiana, where it would
seem that every form of wrong,
misconduct and outrage possible to
be done in elections is alleged to
have been committed on either
side. In 1876 there was no full and
free election by the whole body of
electors of the State of Louisiana.
That State ought not, therefore, to
have been counted in favor of eth
er candidate for the Presidency. If
any legal election was heldin Loui-
siana then majority of the votes
actually cast in that State were for
the Tilden electors and for Govern
or Nichols and that, in case the
vote Of the State is counted at all,
the votes of the "bull'dozed par
ishes," rs they were called, were
within the fair and just exercise of
the jurisdiction of the Returning
Board to be rejected in the proper
exercise of their Judgment, with
the exception of some few polling
precincts not material to the result;
that in parts Of the State other than
said buil-dozed parishes, where a
full campaign was made by both
political parties, q majority of the
votes were cast for Packard
for Governor and portion
of the Tilden electors;
that such count and return
would have given full expression
to the will of the people in such
parts of the State as were not af-
fected by coercion and violence in
favor OF Packard and against two
or more of the Hayes electors,
which would have given the Presi-
dency to Tilden, as would have
been the case if the whole vote of
the State had been rejected by both
houses; that declaration by both
houses OF Congress that, under the
circumstances, Louisiana should
not be counted for either candidate
would have been the best possible
result to the country, because it
would have taught the lesson to
over Jealous partisons that elections
cannot be carried either by force
and intimidation at the polls or by
fraud in the returns SO as to avail
the successful candidate, and if so
carried by either, the notes would
be rejected by the final count
ing tribunal. On the contra
ry, under the rulings of the
Electoral Com lssion, If they
are accepted as governing the law,
every encouragement is given to
reckless partisans to carry their
States either by force or by fraud;
that the Electoral Comm ission as
constituted has afforded no practi-
cal solution of the constitutional
difficulties attending the count of
the electoral votes in disputed
States, and that, an eXigency again
arising like that of 1876, will surely
lead to revolution; that the APP
polntnsent Of an Electoral Com
mission was wholly beyond and
outside of the Constitution, and its
determination ought to have no
legal force and effect. and that the
appointing of Judges of the Su-
preme Court upon such political
formation has done great harm to
the cause of justice by impairing
the reverence the people have al
ways,and justly, felt for the integrity
of the decisions of that Court, and
the experiment ought never to be
tried again; that the counting in of
Hayes was obtained by series of
gross and unjustifiable irregnlari-
ties and frauds which cannot be too
strongly condemned and reprobat-
ed; that il any title to The Govern
orship of Louisiana has resulted
from the late election in that State
to anyone, it was to Governor Pack
ard, who was elected.
Texas News.
GALVESTON, Texas, March 4th.-
In the municipal election to-day
Charles III. Leonard, Independent,
was elected Mayor by small ma
jority.
A NeeUs' special from Sherman
says: X. Ayers, Marshall of
Whitesboro, was murdered by des.
peradoes whom he was trying to
arrest.
a Cavipg Roof
NORTH TROY, VT, March 4th.
During the adjournment of Court at
MasonvilIe yesterday crowd COL
lected on the postoff1ce verandah
when the roof gave way under the
weight of snow, burying several
persons. Leonard Walker was
killed and custom officer Gum was
fatally injured. A number of per-
sons were seriously wounded.
Educational Eaciiisies FUR CO,ored
| Gh.iuren.
HAVANA, March 4th.-The gov
eminent has advised municipaii.
ties to establish in Cuba public
schools for colored children and
wherever this cannot promptly be
done colored children should be adj