Year: 1876

FLORIDA.


THE MANDATE OF THE SUPREME COURT EvADED
By THE STATE RETURNING BoARp--A PLOT
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
THE ELECTORAL VOTE STILL SURE FOR HAYES


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.]


TALLAHASSEE, Dec %, 1876.
Ex.Attorncy General Williams and Mr.. Clancy arrived
this morning Immediately after their arrival At
torney General Cooke served with the following
notce--


The notice given you yesterday to meet at the Office
Of the Secretary OF State Tor the purpose Of
Ing the for Governor under the mandate OF tho
Court Is hereby withdrawn. Under advice OF counsel
We will file motion the rule and set aside
the mandamus. s. b. AcLlN, Secretary OF State.


rHB ORDER TO BE DIsREcARDED.


McLn and Comptroller Cowgirl will act in conjunc.
ton and disoboy the order of the Court. Attorney
General Cooke will canvass the returns and ns his
In the Clerks Office, as the Court directed.
Tho CoLrt will meet tomorrow. II is understood



morrow. General 7. NJ. Wallace IS still here


PUBLIC SENTIMENT


All is quiet, but the people very indignant.
thoy had been assured, up to late hour yester.
day, that all would b. right and tho woui
tako place in accordance with the Supreme Court
democratic ticket


LArER-THR STATE REcANvAssED.


McLln and Cowgirl have finally concluded it is best
TO make a show OF compliance with the orders OF the
General to meet them Off Of the Secretary Of
State at threo O'Clock. They met after four O'Clock
and have just concluded another canvass but arrived
At unsatisfactory and tortured result


USING A FALsE RETURN.


In Baker county they have taken the false return.
mado by the County Judge, wherein two precincts
we're omitted when they had the true and full
before hem made by tho County Clerk; and this last
return the Board counted the true in the
vass made by them on the 9th inst.


A COUNTY RETURN THROWN ovr.


In Clay county the Board have been guilty of a
practical disregard Of the order OF the Court which
that body will hardly overlook. In this county
vassers had excluded from their county returns ono
precinct because the election officers did appear
have sworn, but the county canvassers had &C.
companci their return with the vote ircm this
precinct for the Information oil the State
Board with all the facts. Tho state Board in their
previous canvass added tho Of this precinct Tho
return and counted IT, This addition the Court told
ihom they had no right to make but must count the
return before them. They have. 10 the canvass to.
day, thrown out the entire county return.


The result OF the this evening 1875 majority
for Drew and 2o6 majority for Hayes whereas proper
canvass under tho order of the Court would give 497
for Drew and "a for Tllden Attorney General Cooke
files his protest against the action Of the Board in
Baker and Clay countless and against counting the re-
turn from Duvai because this last precisely the
same x as the return which they counted from Baker


RESULT OF OUTSIDE PRESSURE.


Tho Court reasscmbles tomorrow, when we will
know how far 1t considers the action of the Board is
In compliance with its plain mandates The vaclat-
Ing conduct OF the majority Of the Board shows that
there has been immense outside pressure for count
for the Hayes electors


MR.. cocSE's SEPARATE CANVASS.


Attorney General Cooke, after being notified this
morning that the Board would not recaEvass, made
canvass from the returns the Secretary Of States
Office himself, as ordered by the Court aud his can
vass shows the figures gwen abovci97 majority



the Clerks Office an answer 10 the Court, before
the Board finally agreed TO rccanvass, and this gives
the only correct c,nvass that can made from the
returns under the Courts instrucuons
AN ASSAULT on THE JUDIcIAEY--ALLEGED RE-