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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
NEW YORK.

New York. June 24.-The unexpected
steadiness of Liverpool this morning, de-
spite American weakness yesterday, re-
suited in slight advance early, but
further rains in Texas with reports OF
1.SS inch fall at Longview soon started
free local selling and prices yielded lazi.
ly, declining Gas points during the after.
noon. Additional reports of showers in
eastern Texas created a still weaker feel.
ing in the afternoon. including liquida.
ton among room traders. Reports from
eastern portions of the cotton belt have
somewhat less satisfactory owing to croI
injury and lack of sunshine The Close
was barely steady at the lowest of the
day, 7M10 points net loss.
Cotton-Dull; middling. Z 5-Sc; net re
ceipts none: gross, q bales; forwarded
81 bales; sales none; stock, Hips
bales.
Total today: Net receipts, $500 bales
exports to Great Britain, 500 bales
stock, 264, 149 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. S52l
bales; exports to Great Britain, 500
bales; to France, 500 bales; to continent
6217 bales.
Total since September 1: Net re
ceipts. 5133, $50 bales; exports to Grea
Britain, 2,17S,445 bales; to France, 461,
353 bales; to continent, 1,715,935 bales
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AQ|ke| Reports.
LOCAL MARKET.

The grain market, under stress of dry
weather and an almost total failure of the
corn crop, remains very firm. Receipts
from the country were very light yester-
day, and shipments from Kansas City
have already begun.
9 Hay is very firm, w5sh an upward ten
dency.
The vegetable market is firm with re-
ceipts barely sufficient to meet the de-
mand.
A car load of very fine water melons
were received yesterday by Bell & Ran
dolph, and they sold at 20 cents each all
around to dealers. They were from near
Galveston and were very fine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
NEW YORK FINANCES.

New York, June 24.-Bank clearirgs,
$50, 063, 243; balances, S4,5T9, S32.
Money on call firmer at 1 LEAP per cent;
last lOan l II. closed 1 1-2M2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 4M5 IL per
cent. Sterling exchange easier with ac.
tual business in bankers bills at $4SS1
ass IA for demand and $4.S7M4.S1 II
for sixty days. Posted rates, S4.SSd
4.SS IL and $4.S9@4.S9 II. CONNER.
cial bills, S4.SG 81. Bar silver, GS 7-Sc.
Silver certificates. So 5-Sc. Government
bonds weak, state bonds dull, railroad
bonds firm.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
HQW,S THIS2

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure!
Il. J. CHTNEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, o.
Wethe undersigned, have known H
]. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by their
firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tes
timOnals free.
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No. 2 rye. Bic.
No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 3. f. o. b.
221a629c; No. 4, f. o. b. 22@29c.
No. 1 flax seed, 36c.
Prime timothy seed, $500.
Mess pork, per barrel, $7.00MI 10.
Lard, per 100 pounds, $4.05d4.Ol1a.
Short ribs sides Qoose), S3.7O03.15.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed), $50
Short clear sides (boxed), 3Is@4c.
Whisky, distillers finished goods, per
gallon, S1.22.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
HUBBARD's COTTON LETTER.

New York, June 24.-Hubbard Bros
cotton letter: Showers are reported
from southern and eastern Texas with
the effect of bringing about the liquida-
ton of weakly held cotton, resulting iro
decline for new crop deliveries. The
market displayed weakness during the
afternoon during the continued liquida-
ton for long account on reports from
New Orleans that showers were reported
from San Antonio and Waco. There
were also reports from. Boston that the
print cloth mills close alternate weeks
during the summer months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, June 24.-Specuative in
terest today centered in Sugar, that stock
figured for over $4,000 shares out of a
general total of 25S,000. The movement
in it was decidedly cratic rejecting al
ternate liquidation and covering of
shorts. Strength was displayed at the
outset of covering. but as soon as this
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
FISHERY TROUBLES.

st. Johns, n. F., June 21.-Trouble
has broken out in part of the Newfound-
land coast, where the French have fish
cry rights, between the residents and the
French fishermen, over the use of cod
traps. The English cruiser Mohawk of
this point has been summoned hastily to
the scene and left at daylight this morn
ing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
t1nNOREn HORART.

Patterson, n. j., June 22.--This city
turned out in body tonight to do honor
to Garrett A. Hobart, the Republican
nominee for vice president. Never in
it's history has such demonstration
been held. The entire city is a mass
of bunting and flags and red fire and
fireworks were burned throughout. the
night. One of the features of the dem
onstration was parade in which 10000
men were in line. The procession
moved past Mr. Hobarts residence,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
SUGAR.

New, Orleans, June 24.-Sugar-Open
kettle, 3M3 7-16c; centrifugal, whites,
4 1-SM4 1-4c; yellows, 3 1903 15-16c;
seconds, 3-Sd3 7-16c.
Molasses-Dull; centrifugal 4@9c.
New York, June 24.-Sugar-Raw
quiet; fair refining, &c; centrifugal 90
test, 3 1-2c; refined fairly active
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25

Thousands of cases of rheumatism
have been cured by Elmer & Amends
famous remedy known as Prescription
No. 2S51." Sufferers should try it.
Price, rs cents per bottle. G. w. Preston
q Co.. agents. Galveston.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
The following are the receipts and ship
ments of the Drincipal articles today:

On the Produce Exchange today the
butter market was steady; creamery, III
M141bc; diaries. 9@1Oc
Cheese, quiet; SM9c.
Eggs, fresh, 1Q0llhc,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
KANSAS CITY

Kansas City, June 24.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, $500 head; shipments, 1900 head
market strong. 10 cents higher Texas
steers, S2.25M3.40; Texas cows, $1,000
cows, $1.75@34O; stockers and feeders,
$2.S0d3.65.
Receipts, 1850 head; ship
ments, $500 head; market strong,
higher. Bulk of sales, $3.00d3 10;
heavies, $2.50G3.10: packers. $4,000
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ST IOIIIS

ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, June observation-disclosures,
2400 head shipments, 1000 head. Mar
ket active and steady. Native shipping
steers, $3.3004.00 dressed beef and
butchers steers, $310M4.15; steers
under 1000 pounds, $275@3.5O; stockerss
heifers, S2.0O@3.60; Texas cattle range,
50. 40@3.60 for light grass to good fed
steers; cows, $1.75M2.75.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; shipments,
100 head; market cents lower. light,
So. 20@3.35; mixed, $3.1003.25; heavy,
So. 15@3.30.
Sheep-Receipts, 300 head; shipments,
2700 head; market strong; natives ranged
from S2.50@3.S0 for poor to best;
Texans, S3.25@3.50; lambs, $4.OO15.25.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25

where it was reviewed by him, Governor
Griggs and the mayor of the city.
Mr.. Hobart made a brief speech Of
thanks, .,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25

If you suffer from looseness of the bow
els. DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bitters will
surely cure you.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
NEM YORK.

New York, June NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
65. 300 bushels; exports, 4S,94o bushels;
spot dull; No. 1 hard, 81 5-SM6o 7..Sc.
Options opened easier under disappolnt-
ing cables, sold up on bad crop reports,
general covering and smaller spring
wheat receipts, but eased off. near, the
close and was finally 1-Sc to lac net low
err after one of the smallest trades this
year. No. = red, June, 62 I-Sc; Septem-
Der, GO 3-Sc.
Enthusiastically.
Leather-Steady.
Wool-Steady.
Pig iron-Weak; southern, $1O.5O@
1900.
Copper-Firm; brokers' price, $11.75;
exchange, $1150@12.00.
Lead-Steady; brokers' price, $500;
exchange, $500 1-2@3.O5.
Tin-Firmer; plates quiet.
Cotton seed oil-Quiet; prime crude,
16@1Sc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
JOINED THE "BROAD GAUGE"

Little Rock, Ark, June 22.-The Pro.
hbitionsts of Arkansas have severed
their connection with the marrow
gauge" Prohibitionists and Joined the
"broad gauge" national party. An ad-
dress has been issued to the Prohibition
lists of the state advising them to support
the new organization.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, June 24.-Cotton-Quie
middling, 6 15-16c; low middling, 6 3-4c;
good ordinary, 6 1-2c. Receipts, 1912
bales; exports coastwise, 266O bales;
sales, 500 bales; stock. S3,156 bales.
Cotton futures steady; July, $3.50
G.67c; August 6.5406.56c; September
6.31M6.32c; October. 6.27c: November
6.26c; December, 6.30M6.31c; January
6.34c; February, 6.37M6.39c; March
6.41M663c.
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3.15; Mixed $S.OO@3. %; lights, $1,000
1926; workers., $3.15@3.25; pigs, $3.1O@
800.
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; shipments,
900 head; maket stronger. Lambs,
$3.00@5.35; mutons, $2.00@3.SO.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
GALVESTON.

Galveston, June 24.-SpOt cotton
Quiet; prices 1-Sc lower. Sales, 34S
bales. Middling, 6 3-4c; receipts, 81
bales; exports none; stock, II, 125 bales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25

Cotton-Steady; good middling, So
@7c; strict middling, 7@7 1-Sc.
Wool-Twelve months, medium, IL
@Sc; six months clip, GAG lie.
HayI-Stocks, large; wholesale, bottom
hay, baled, 35@40c per 100 pounds;
$500 per ton.
Corn-From wagons, 40c per bushel,
in ear; shelled, 45c.
Oats-27 1-2c per bushel.
Bran-S5@9Oc per 100 pounds; retail,
$1.OO.
Cotton seed meal-Retail, Soc per 100
pounds.
Hides-Market quiet; dry flint, 5 1-2@
&c; green, 1-203c; green sailed, IL
"a 3-4c.
q, Beeswax-2Oc per pound.
Sheep skins-10015c each.
Goat skins-10@2Oc.
Angora goat skins-75c0$1. 90 each.
Deer skins-20c per pound.
Furs-Fox skins, 10c.
Opossum-3c each.
Catamount-10c each.
Coon-10c each.
Skunk-10@20c each.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Lemons-Per box, $400@4.50.
Oranges-Per box, S4.0004.50.
Vegetables, wholesale:
Cabbage 1-263c per pound.
Onions-Per pound, lie.
Irish potatoes--Per bushel, $1.OO; new
S5CG90c per bushel.
Vegetables, retail:
Beets-5c per bunch of or ).
Cabbage-5@10 per head.
Cucumbers- each.
Eggs-Wholesale from dealers, pei
dozen, 12@1Oc.
Butter-Wholesale from dealers, 150
20c per pound.
Jersey butter-Country retail, zoe
creamery. retail, SOC per pound.
Spring chickens-Per dozen, $25O0
2.75.
Turkeys-5O@90c EACH
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Stocks.


Atchison ..... 14H
Central Pacific ..... ..... .... loH
Chicago and Alton see. ........ 1o5
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. IT'S
Cotton Oil Certificates 49,. 80. 12M
Delaware and Hudson 80. -. 12o
Delaware, Lackawana and West. 16O
Denver and Rio Grande preferred AIN
Dstillers and Cattle Feeders Co. IL
Illinois Central 80. -. ........ VI
Kansas and Texas Preferred. 90. 24R
Lake Shore 151
Louisville and Nashville -. -. 50H
Missouri Pacific . :. ............ 23E,
Northern Pacific ..... ..... -. az
Northern Pacific preferred. ...... 1871
Northwestern 800. 1925
Northwestern preferred -. 49,. 14S
Pacific Mail go. 800. ........' ~
Pic Gronde Western (Offered) 10
Rock Island $50. 69R
st. Paul go. go. go. $500 ,aaoo7s
st. Paul preferred ..... ...... l2SE
Sugar Refinery 49,. ....... lIoA
Tennessee Coal and Iron ....... 23?s
Texas Pacific -. ..... IH2
United States Express -. Az
Wabash, st. L. and Pac. ....... 6R
| Wabash, st. l.. and Pac. preferred l6A
| Wells Fargo Express ....... ~
| Western Union 49,. 80. -. $500. S472
Denver and Rio Grande ....... l212
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
COEFEE.

New York, June Neutrality-suspicious.
opened steady and unchanged to points
loss, ruled steady on moderate local
trade with little attention paid to for
eign news closed quiet and unchanged
to 5 points decline. Sales, $3.50 bags.
Spot cOffee-Rio quiet; No. {, 13c. Mild
quiet. Cordova, 16@1Sc. Sales, 500
bags Maracaibo p. t.
SantOs-Inactive; good average San
tos, 11.2OO reis per 10 kilos. Receipts,
1900 bags; stock. $4,000 bags.
Hamburg-Quiet and unchanged
Sales, 5000 bags.
Rio-Quiet; No. 7 Rio 10000 refs pei
10 kilos. Exchange, 10d; cleared for the
United States, 1000 bags; stock, 12o,OOC
bags.
Havre-Quiet, "a net decline; sales
$4,000 bags.
Total warehouse deliveries from the
United States, CABS bags, including, 6034
bags from New York; New York's stool
today, 1904 bags: United States
stock, 234,000 afioat for the United
| States, 10000 bags; total visible fo
the United States, 100000 bags agains
245, 145 bags last year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
THE BEEF MARKET

Beeves-Fine cornfed, Sc per pound,
gross.
Cows-1n good condition, 2 12@3c per
pound, gross.
Calves-In good condition, 2 1-4@2 1-2c
per pound.
Hogs 1-2@3c per pound, gross.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
SIT. LOUIS.


st. Louis. June enthusiastically;
spot lower: No. 3. cash. elevator. Ga 1-2c;
track, 81 lie; old, 54c; new. SOC: July
and August, 54c; September, 50 3-Sc bid.
Corn-Lower; spot easier; No. 2, mix
ed cash, % 5-Sc; July, % 5-Sc asked
September, 26 3-4c.
Oats-Weak and lower; spot dull No.
2, cash, 16 3-Sc bid: July, 16c asked
August. 16 1-Sc: September, 16 he
Rye-32c asked.
Barley-Nominal.
Cornmeal-S1.5O.
Bran-Steady; saleable east track at
3Sc.
Flaxseed-75c nominal.
Timothy seed--Prime, $500.
Hay-Fair active; prairie, new, 5000
M700: timothy, S1.00M12.5O.
dairy, Gale.
Eggs-Steady. &c.
Whisky-$1.22.
Cotton ties and Observation-Disclosures
Pork-Better standard mess, jobbing,
SIP 1-2@7.37 10.
ch daFdS s. ga y prime steam' $500
Bacon-BOxed shoulders and longs,
$4.35; ribs and shorts, $3.50.
Dry salt meats-Boxed shoulders,
$3.75; longs, $3.s7 IL; ribs, $500
shorts, $4.12 IL.
Receipts-Flour, 1000 barrels; wheat
10000 bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels
oats, $4,000 bushels.
Shipments = Flour, 1000 barrels
els; oats, $4,000 bushels.
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LOCAL JOBBERS PRICES.

Bacon-Short clear, &c; smoked bel
lies, 5 1-2c; fancy breakfast bacon, Sc.
Sugar-Standard, fine granulated,
5 3-4c; cut loaf, &c; fancy yellow clari-
fed, 1-4c; powdered, 666 1-Sc.
Compound lard-5 1-4@5 3-4c; pure,
6 1-4M6 3-4c.
Flour, per 100 poundsE-Highest patent
$3.50; full patents, $2.15; extra patent,
$500; low grade, $1.S5.
Coffee-New crop, Peaberry, 81 1-2c;
choice Cordova, 2Ot@21c; choice Rio,
II 1-2@20c; fair Rio, Is 1-4@19 1-4c;
Ariosa 100-pound cases, IS LIE.
Roasted coffees-50-pOund bags, 23c.
The Progress., 1896-05-14

Lieutenant Governor shall be sealet
I'D separately from the returns O
elections OF other officers, and trans
mitted by the proper officer of ever.
parish to the Secretary Of State, VIII,
shall deliver them, unopened. to tn,
General Assembly then next to bt
holden. The members of the Gen
eral Assembly shall meet on the frs
Thursday after the day on which they
assemble, ia the House of Represent
atIveT. to examine and count the
vote" ard declare tue result.
This article mnkes a distinction
. not only betweer the Governor and
lieutenant Governor. ard other *.
ecutive officers, but between the,n
and all other public iii ,p~s, whether
State, Judicial, parochlai Or munici-
pal. Only the l-,urns Of election for
& Jv"rnor and Lientena,, Governor
are provided fo, Ivy the constitution
All others art left ~ statutory pro-
vision.
Why did article 50 make this dis
tlnctlon? The convention had an
Object III requiring the returns of the
election Of the two hend officers of
the executive department, to be made
TO the Genera! Assembly, ito examine
and count" the vote and declare the
result, The answer seems to be found
in articles ii and Is of tie copstitu-
ton: "The powers Of the government
of the State of Louisiana shall be d.
vlded into.three distinct departments,
and each Of them be confded to Il
separate body Of magistracy, 70 wit:
Those which are Legislative, to one:
those which are executive, to another,
and those which are judicial, to an
other and NO one of these depart
ments, nor any person, or collection
of persons holding Office in one of
them, shall exercise power properly
belonging to either Of the others, ex.
cept in the instances hereinafter ex-
presslv directed or permitted"
If any authority further is required
to show that the authority given by
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further deny each house of the
legislature the right to Judge Of the
/ qualifications, election and returns of
its own members, guaranteed by
article % of the constitution, or SO
limit the power as to emasculAts ITS
efficiency, Nd leave no remedy; for
the Suprt'ne Court holds the
Judiciary is without Jurisdiction
40 A., 59S, 60l.
We concede Judge Lands position
| that The face Of the returns is pRlAI,
FACIA evidence Of the result of the
election, bur deny til" right Of either
aspirant TO be seated, while his on,
po.ant asks the legialatuse to sex.
anime and CONT the vote and declare
tho result"
When tie members of the !qgis]a-
ture have performed their constitu-
tional duties. all the power of the
Governor, if necessary, should main
tam the one elected in the office. Tn
til these dnties have bken performed
Gov. Foster will be ia office, upder
his present commission. Constitu-
ton, article lGl
On the other hand if the members
Of the Legislature evsde their duties
imposed by tho constitution, either
by obstinate refusal, Or Ivy al attempt
to confer their powers upon another
department, there will be inst cause
Of complaint, which may, in the pres
ent excited condition prevailing, pre-
c!pitate revolution. Yours,
A. ". o. HlcKs.
The Progress., 1896-05-14

article 81 Of the constitution, to the
Legislature, IS permanent, and cannot
be delegated to, or exercised by. the
courts, it is found in ~ A., 927, 933
IS A., 636. &
The General Assembly are to "ex-
anime and count the vote" aud de-
clare the result Of the election" Then
these duties cannot be delegated to, or
exercised by, the courts.
The Secretary Of State. it other
elections, Is TO compile the returns
aud publish the humber Of votes
actually Cast for each, as shown by
the rstHrns, Act 1Ul Of 1882. section
8. lie must prOmuIguie, from the
face Of the returns "a A., 1861 if
properly certified by the clerk. "A
a, 1869.
But what is the usual Specification
OF the word "examine," ~ used III
article SO of the constitution, which
must determine it's meaning? G. g.,
a. 1t is defined in Webster's I'm
abridged dictionary: o. 10 inspect
carefully with q view to discover
truth or the real state of a thing"
~ "to search or inquire into facts and
circumstances by investigating; as to
examine witness: 81 to look iuto
the state of q subject; to view all it's
aspects; to weigh arguments and
compare facts, with view to form
correct opinion or Judgment, etc"
The right to Office is given. not by
by the returns-but by the election.
and in contest, the court may go be
hind the returns, to know the true
CANVASS. Aud vs. Walton, II A., 1913;
Hen. Digest, Az, Nos. 8 and 10.
1t the legislature cannot go behind
the returns to examine aud count the
vote for Governor. and cannot dele
gate the authority to do SO to the
courts, an anomaly exists il our State
government, which is a bid for fraud,
violence and bellot-box stutiing to the
utter snbversion of the elective fran
chise.
1t is but step further If, in fact
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sos 90 7rra.s* r, SILVERSTEIN. srsv~ %nou"."
2O5 e. 3O7 Texas Street.

law, for all legal rights. A like
article existed in the constitution
prevailing when the jurisprudence
was established"
Therefore, unless some constitu
tionaI statute confers such power
upon the jndic my, the contest fol
office is not a Judicial question.
One writer. to support his position
| that contest for til. Office of Gov
ernor is Il Judicial question, cites ths
case, At A., 1865, 10 which Judge Me-
Emery, the organ of the cont, on
page 1863, uses the following
language: "Ali Irregularities in cleo,
ton, resulting from fraud, violence
or other cause, are to- be corrected,
not by the Secretary Of State, but by
the proper proceedings before the
court aud cites 81 A., 5Sl. Each of
these cases was founded On consti,
tutional statute.
Second. That the constitution Of
1879 contemplates that provision
shall be made by the Legislature for
the contest of all elections. This is
the position taken by Judge A. d..
Land, as published ia the Shreveport
Judge and copied in the Plcaynne Of
May 9Th, and cites article 1874 of tho
constitution: The General Assembly
shall provide, by law, for the TRIAL
and determination CT contested cleo
lions of all public officers, whether
State, judicial, phrochlal Or mu-
nlcipal."
If this was the only article Of the
constitution to be CONSULTED in this
discussion, Judge Lands position
would be hard to be successfully CON
troverted.
La the executive department of the
constitution. article So, the depart
ment is made to consist of Gov.
ernor, Lieutenant Governor. Auditor.
Treasurer and Secretary OF State.
And article So provides for the
election of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, and requires: The returns
Of every election for Governor and
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Its Duty Relative to the vote
for Governor.
A Distinguished jurist's Views 90 the AL
Absorbing Question Of Going
Behind the Returns
Tn THE PROGRESS ;

To The PROGRESS
Two contentious have been pub
lished in leading newspapers:
First-That the contest for ofllce
il a judicial question, and no judicial
mower to determine the right to the
Office of Governor has teen conferred
mon the Legislature by the constltu
ton.
The first part OF this proposition Is
untenable, and the whole argument
falls. 1t WAS held by our Supreme
Court, in 1858, that, in the absence OF
statutory authority. courts are With
ont jurisdiction RArloNs MATERA In
cases OF contested elections, and the
consent of parties cannot give them
Jurisdiction, 10 A. 80. This case is
quoted and approved IN Al A., SAC.
On page $50 al A. Judge Fenner,
the organ of the court, said: ut Is
vain to quote article IL OF the constl-
tuition of 1879, which guarantees adj
eouate remedy, by due process OF
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Court Of Arprals,

# Judge C. Moncure is a caDdl.
date to succeed himself The PNoGnEss
is for him first, last aud ali the time
He is man of honor and spotless
character and is such a man, morally
and all, as such sit on the banch and
decide on the rights of others.
The Progress., 1896-05-14
Great Chiefs

AT the Great Connect meeting Of
Improved Order OF Red Men, held
here Mo day and Tuesday, the fol-
lowing Great Chiefs were elected:
Great Prophet, B T. Barker, Sbreye-
port; Great Sachem, e.. d. Hicks.
Shreveport; Great Senior Sycamore,
e. ". Phillips, Shreveport; Great
Junior Sycamore, &. B. Wagner,
Monroe; Great Chief Of Records,
Samuel Dreyfuss, Shreveport; Great
Keeper OF Wampum, Charles Deal.
Shreveport.
The Great Sachem made the fol-
lowing appointments: Great Sanap,.
g. 1. Dixon, Monroe; Great Miehen.
eva, Frank Serwich, Shreveports-
Great Gnard of Wigwam, Thos. Nc
Coy, Alexander; Great Guard Of
Forest, }, B. Walter, Shreveport.