Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-01

day in Central Illinois. The wind IS cold
and raw from the north.
CLEVELAND, March 31st.-The storm cor
tinues, and trains are generally ilnpeded.
ERIE (Ps), March 31st.-Ten inches of
snow have fallen here, and It is still storm
ing.
LOUISVILLE lKy.), March s1st.-Another
snow-storm prevailed here tonight.
The Popular Vote on the Presidency.
NEW York, March 31st.-The Times says
We announced several weeks since that
owing to unexpected discrepancies in the
footings of the popular vote for President in
the various political almauacs, We we're I'M
able even at this late day to decide whether
Garfield or Hancock had plurality in the
country. Relying upon the first almanacs
received by us-and we are obliged to depend
upon these textbooks for political sta
tistics-we had decided a few questions
TO the effect that Garfield had a small
plurality; but few days after the
appearance of that issue we were staggered
by table from the Cincinnati Enquirer,
showing plurality for Hancock of S.l06, and
further doubt was cast upon our frs author
tiles by the appearance of later almanacs
giving the Democratic candidate small
plurality. In the meantime we were flooded
NASh 4NNGNASho VA SAAN PSihS. w WV SSAa1
pilations of the vote could be found to agree,
and hence we determined to address the sew
eral Secretaries of State ourselves, and pub
fish correct table when full returns were re-
ceived. These we now have. As the only
just method of ascertaining the vote or plu-
rality in State in the Presidential election,
we have il all cases used the highest vote
cast in that State for either Republican or
Democratic electors. In Virginia the Funder
and Readjuster vote is added together. and in
Maine the Fusion vote is credited to
Hancock. The complete table gives
Garfield 1922 plurality. We have in
our pGsse sic a statements in every case from
the Secretaries of State. These have been
carefully checked, and the total foosipgs are
accurate, and it may be now considered as
established for the first time that the actual
plurality of Garfield over Hancock, gagged
upon a comparison of the h onest vote given
for the Electors of each party in each State,
is 8, 522, neither more nor less. This may be
accepted as an answer to the very numerous
questions we have received on this subject,
as it will be accepted by the country gener-
ally as finally settling this ruch-vexed ques-
ton. There are political lessons to be drawn
from the fact of so small plurality in SO i'm
mense vote, which we leave to others to
point out.
Railroad Case Decided.
ST. LOUIS, March S1st-In the United
States Circuit Court to-day, Judge McCrary
gave q decision in the case of the old Pacific
Railroad Company against the Missouri Pa
cihc Railroad, Q. K. Garrison ct al, which
maintains that third mortgage was fore
closed and a sale of the road made The pro-
ceedings were brought by Messrs. Cowdry,
Cutting and others, of New Y ork, stockhold-
ers of the old Pacific Company, and were
designed to set aside the foreclosure and sale
of the road to Commodore Garrison.
The Whitaker Case-Not Much OF an Ex.
pert.
New YORK. March 31st.-Governor Cham
berlin, in the Whitaker case to-day called
Henry d. Hyde. lawyer of Boston, who
testified that in 1869, in heavy whisky
| fraud case, the alleged writing expert South
worth had testified to the identity Of certain
writing, declaring that he would hang a man
on the evidence, but subsequently admitted
that he was wrong in every instance. South
worth was in reality no expert.
Work of Defective switch.
TOLEDO, March 31st.-Those injured by
the accident on the Wabash road at Cotton
Station number seven persons. They were
mostly in the smoking-car. A defective
switch caused the collision of the Atlantic
express with freight train.
More BiOOdshed In Colorado.
DENVER, March 31st.-The Republicans
Leadville special says; This evening Lewis
Boyle shot and killed j. S. Ballard while en-
gagged in quarrel. The trouble grew out If
Billiards. marrying Boyle's sister under sus-
picious circumstances. 1t is said he seduced
| her and was forced to marry her, and was in.
tending to desert her.
An Invalid Act.
ALBANY IN. ", March 31st. Judge
Wallace, of the United States Court decides
| that the Act of the State Legislature taxing
stockholders of bank and the surplus funds
is in conflict with the laws of the United
States, and was invalid.
New Chamber of Commerce.
CHICAGO, March 3lst.-The Inter Ocean
learns late this afternoon that arrangements
are completed by which the new Chamber of
Commerce will certainly be erected on the
site recently selecte1, south of the Grand
| Pacific Hotel.
| silver and Stocks.
! New YORK, March 31st.-Silver bars,
| 112d; money active; Governments strong
stocks closed generally firm; West
ern Union, 49, Quicksilver, Is; Pa.
ci6c Mail, 558; Mariposa, 8; Wells
Fargo, rs; New York Central, 146; Erie,
4S4 Panama, offered, 239; Union Pacific,
| 100; bonds, 1133 ; Central Pacific, ISL
bonds, 1133 Sutro, II.