The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-15
left in the hands of the chairman of the
County Executive Committee to be dis
tributed by him.


left in the hands of the chairman of the
! County Executive Committee to be dis
tributed by him.
CAMBRoS's STATEMENT NOT TRUE.
| Nor is il true, as stated in said
| affidavit, that this affiant on the evening
| of the day succeeding said election con
ceded to Horace Cambron, Esq, that he
had been defeated for member of the
| House of Representatives of the Fiftieth
Congress, and that personally he was
heartily glad of it. Affiant was not in
the city of Covington on the evening Of
| the day succeeding said election. hut was
| there on the morning of said day, al
| which time he met said CrambrOn and
had a short conversation with him at or
near the corner of lower Market or Scott
streets. Said Cambron when he met
affiant said Governor, you are not
beaten, are yOugT To which affiant res
pOnded that he supposed not, but that
the returns had been received from only
IA few precincts in tine county and showed
a small vote had been polled, and then
that he was beaten, 1t was perhaps "A very
good thing for him personally, as he had
neglected his private business for ten
year, and worked faithful. , in Congress,
and it was about time now he was doing
something for himself. Aifiant says
this is the substance of all conversations
that took place between him and said
Cambron at that time. Afiiant did not
know and could not possibly know the
result of said election.
RETURNS NOT HELD BACK.
Affidavit says that all statements To the
effect that the returns from any of the
counties in said district, were held back
or delayed, fer four, five or six days, are
untrue. On the contrary, he says that
the poll books and the ballot boxes were
publicly opened and the votes officially
counted and certified ON the third day af-
ter said election, to-wit, on the fifth day
of November, 1856, in every county in the
district except that in the county of
Tr1mble. They were opened by mistake
of the county officers in the presence of
the entire board Of canvassers On the
second day after the election and officially
counted, but that said mistake as to the
proper time for the official count was inn
mediately discovered and thereupon they
were again sealed up, and left so until
the next day, when they We're again
opened and counted by said board.
COMMITTEE IN SECRET SESSION.
After all the affidavits had been read
and counsel ON both sides heard. the com
mittee went into secret session. The Sc
cret session lasted about forty minutes.
and while it was in progress counsel and
other interested persons waited in the
halls.
VARIOUS MOTIONS.
The first motion put was one to post
pone further consideration of the case,
which was rejected by a strict party
vote of nine to six.
Then "A motion was made to reopen
the case. RowelI (Republican) asked 10
be excused from voting, and Cooper
(Republican) voted with the Democrats.
Some time was lost and then another
HiOtlou Was Hiiue 10 utclafe lnOtDt
entitled To his seat, and OH the vote four
Republican members were excused from
voting, the remainder voting with the
Democrats against the proposition.
THE FIEAL VOTE.
Then came the final vote ON the mo-
tiOn affirming Carlisle's right to his seat
All of the Democrats voted i'm favor of
this proposition, and with them stood
Cooper, Rowell and johnson, of Indiana
making the affirmative vote twelve
Lyman, Houk and Lodge, Republicans,
We're excused, so there was no negative
vote.
- REPUBLICAN POSITION.
The position taken by the Republicans
who abstainrd from voting is that while
they are not convinced that Carlisle is
not entitled to his seat it is proper for
the committee to reopen the case and
afford an opportunity for the produc-
tiOn of any new evidence that might
throw light upon the contest.
CARLISLE ENTITLED To HIS SEAT.
Under instructions of the committee,
Chairman Crisp will report to the House
resolution declaring Carlisle entitled
to his seat.