The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-02
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
Questions fer the supreme csurt.

| AUGUSTA uIe.s Lee. OH he O0VSf
| hor has prepared certain questions of Law
| to the Supreme Court. which he will sub
NIT 10 response to the letter of Morrill,
The questions will cover the essentia
points In Morrilps communication, but ar
not to be made public until placed 10 The
hands of the court. There will be III
matter of the communication. Mr.. Gould
the Governors legal adviser, says the con
stitution authorizes only the submission Of
questions of law to the court and not OF
facts. The questions were sent to the
court this afternoon. The military officers
summoned from Bangor had an interview
with the Governor to dav. the interview
havipgsreference to the inquiry concerning
the calling out OF the militia companies
should they be needed. The officers
promised to obey the orders of the Gov.
ernor. The Governor spoke in strong
language 10 opposition to the calling out
OF military companies
Il is known at late hour tonight that
Gov. Gareeion and the Council have con
ciuded the preparation OF a series of ques-
tions to be submitted to the Supreme
Court, having worked upon the matter all
day. Ii is understood that the number of
distinct propositions submitted to the
court is about dozen
Following are the questions propounded
by the Governor to the Supreme Court
and sent to the Chief Justice to night:
First. When the Governor and Coun-
Gil decide there is no return from a city ON
which Representatives can be summoned
to attend and take their seats in the Leg
islature. is it their duty to order a new
election, or is it competent for the House
of Representatives, if il shall appear that
there was an election of such Representa-
tIves, to admit them to seats, though no
return thereof was made and delivered
into the Office of the Secretary of State
2. Is it competent for the Governor
and Council to allow the substitution of
other evidence ia the place of returned
copies Of such lists as are provided fer in
Article 4. part L, Section 5. of the consti,
tuition, to enable them TO determine what
persons appear to be elected Representa-
tiyes to the Legislature bysa plurality of
the votes returned2
3, Is a return signed by majority of
the selectmeR OF a town or aldermen of
city valid within the requirement of the
same secti6D2
4. Is return By the Aldermen of The
city which does not give the number of
votes cast for each person voted for as
me ember OF the Legislature and does not
show what persons were voted for as such
mem bers 10 any one OF the several wards
of such ely, a valid return within the re-
qnrements OF the same section?
5. Are returns from towns and cities
which are not attested by the town or city
clerk valid within the same section?
Have the Governor and Council
right TO reject returns OF the election of
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the same section from officers OF a town
which were not made, signed or sealed up
in open town meeting?
Z. Is return of two persons puTport-
ing to be the seleetmeu Of q town valid
I.-~1 IL = -~sss
town when it appears that there were a;
the time OF the meeting at which he
election was had but two selectmen OF the
town?
s. Can person who is not a citizen of
the United States at the time be legally
elected or constituted a selectman of
town.
9. If a ballot has Distinguishing mark
ia the judgement OF the Governor aud
council, such az would make it illegal
Cader the statute, have they authority 10
disregard il in their ascertaiumant of what
persons appear 70 be elected, where it
appears by he official return OF the off
GERS OF the town that such vote was re
ceivcd by ths selectmen subject TO The
objection aud its legality referred to the
Governor and CouncIi tor decision
10 1T the names ~ persons appear iu
the return without auy number of votes
being stated Cir caftiod out against them.
either in words oT figures. is it the duty Of
the Governor aud Council to treat those
persons as having the same number of
votes as another person received for the
same cfice and whose name is placed first
in the return, If they 6nd dots under the
figures or words set against such other
persons name?
IL. Have the Governor and Council
legal right to decide what kind of evidence
they viii receive and what the mode of
proceeding before them shall be TO enable
them to determine the genuineDess of the
returns required by the article and section
of the constitution above mentioned
Il. IF the Governor and Council have
before them two lists of voters returned
from the same town differing materially
from each other in the number of votes
returned as cast for tie same persons, but
identical in all other respects both having
been duly received at the Secretary s Office,
and they have no evidence to enable them
to determine which is the true and gen.
uine return, are they required to treat
either of them as valid. and if SO, which !?
New ORLEANS, Deo. 3l.-The board OF
canvassers completed the off cial count of
the new constitution. which was adopted
by 9,l4S. The debt ordinance was
adopted by l0,487,
SAN Francisco, Dec. 81. "A telegram
signed by number sof Democrats was
sapt TODAY tn the (Tovernnr of Maine
endorsing his action. on behalf of the
Democracy of San Francisco. The sigma
lures includes prominent men of the
Democratic party.
wASEIN GTON.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-The total
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