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No. 1, I of I C.. and K, SN K sectt Avguply it ey e¥eutng iy onier o oree & LV ATKING, MUTL B, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 187G. Greonbacks at the New York Gold Ex- change yesterdny closed nt 014, Bat little progress was made yesterday by the Louisiana ReturningfBoard in the can- vass of tho vote, the time of tho Doard being chiefly consumed in the consid- eration of questions raised by the small - army of logal gentlemen who have boen retsined to guard the intorests of can- didntes. Somo ovidence was received on the subject of intimidation and fraud,nud the fow additional roturns that were canvassed furnish, no uccurate indication of the final result. In tho nrgument before the Florida Su. preme Court upon the spplication for an in. junetion to rostrain Gov. Steanss from tak- ' ing upon himsalf the canvass of tho Electoral voto of the Btate, Gon. Banrow, counsol for the Governor, waivad all consideration of the merits of the question of authority under tho law, ond took the position that the Supreme Court has no power to direct or restrain the Governor, aund that the injune- tion and mandamnus applied for would be abeolutely void of forco or effect. Gov. Sresnns submitted on nflidavit stating that hohed not yet decided to nssumo the right to canvnss the vote, nor had he determined that the law conferred that right, President Grast has but one suswer to make to tho attempt of the New York Sun to ravive tho exploded seandals conneoting hug name with the crooked whisky opera- tions of Joven and McDonsrp, He pro- nounces a forgery the docmmentary evidenca priated by the Sun in support of its nttack —an allegod indorsement on the back of a letter to Aveny, directing the Intter to far- nish tho St. Louis ringsters with “all the information they wanted concerning the in. vestigntion set on foot by Secretary Bristow.” Tho Prosideut’s statement that Le never wrote such an indorsement, and that if such oxists it is o forgery, coupled with tho ex- tremo improbability of the Sun story, is sufficiently conclusive. o ——— Gen. Bnewny, in bis annual roport of the sporations of the United States Army during tho pnst year, maltes brief mention of the distribution of troops in the Southern States a3 o mensure of necessity for the protection of the weak agaiust the heated prejudices of the strong,-and claima for the officers and soldiers that they have ncted with such ad. . mirable discretion and fairness as to win the . spproval of nll partles. That this is truo will not now bo denied by these who were the loudest in denuncintion of military inter. Zeronce nt the time the troops wero sent into . tho Bounthern States, and the only thing to ‘bo regretted that tho available force was not largo enough to afford protection and igsuro peace and good order in every section of the Boutl, But what the troops did wos wgl done, o~ iy 8 The roturn of Wity M. Twzep to the 1 weoncof hisformarexploits, asthe most magni. 5 feent thief of modorn times, is an- accom- i pliahed fact, . The old friend and co-worker ! of Sax Teoex reached Now York yesterday ofter g long aud tedious voysge from Vigo, ¢ tho Bponish port In which hoe waa % Qiscovorod aud turned over to the ¢ United States nuthorities. He was i taken iu a cavriage from the pler to his old quarters in Ludlow Street Jail,: and is once more in the custody of the law officess of the Btate. An interesting account of the ar- rival of tho grent criminal and the incidents of hin escape, capture, and return, will Lo Lound In our Now York dispatch this morn- & log. 3 The Ohicago produce markets were rather 4 qulet yesterdny, Mess pork closed 150 perbrl | ligher, at S16.490@10.00 for November ond $15.90 for the year. Lard closed fio per 100 1ba higher, at $9.90 for Novewber and $9,85 for the year, Meats wero a shade easlor, at 6}o for new shoulders, boxod, 8jc for do shiort-ribs, and 8jo for do short-clears, Highwines were steady, at $1.06§ per gallon, 4 Flour was {n botter demand and firm. Wheat 4 ‘closed 10 higher, at $1.18 for tho month . and $1.16 for January., Corn closed {@jo %, - higher, st 45}0 for November and 4440 for "‘ December. Oats closed fa.ligher, at 82}o 4 lor November and 880 for December, Rye ‘} was firmer, nt 66jc. Barloy closed dull, gt - B9@C9jo cash and 700 for Decewnber. IHogs % ‘were active, ot 5@100 deoline, with the bulk -of the sales at §5.60@3.80. Cattle were in {fi good domaud and ruled firm, selling &b >, $2.80@5.26. Bhoep were steady, at $2.75@ »‘% 4.50 for inferior to cholos. One hundred N e 6 Sy ¢ LHIES UHICAGU TRIBULL: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1¥76. dollars in gold wonld buy $109,62} in greon- backa at the close In their detormination to risk a conflict with the authority of the Suprome Court, the Btate Canvassing Boanl undoubtedly acted nnder the highest legal ndvice. Itie nlleged that they could lawfully be in session only ton dnys, ‘'nnd that thoy romained in gogsion until the end of their time, and then adjourned beeause they wore funciua officio. They can hardly bo in contempt of court for sadjourning sine dis when they had no right to romain longor in session. The roturns for President seemed to give Hayes a major. ity, without any reforenco {o tho nlleged frands in Edgefleld and Lawrence Countics, As to who was clected Governor and to othor Btate offices, that is n matter entirely local, and the Bouth Carolina pooplo are compotent to fight it ont for thomselvesin thoir own way nccording to their own laws, nud there is no necessity up North for borrowing any troublo on their account. If Hameron has recoived o majority of the votes he no donbt will be inaugurated as Governor. If ho has not, he will not. Thero is probably a good denl of truth in the allegation of the Canvassing Bonrd that in those two counties thoro wero wmonstrous frauds practiced. It is alleged that one of them gives 2,000 mora votes than thore ara voters in tho whole county, and yet it was a Ropablican county. The New York Herald publishes conspicn. ously a very long lettor from the Hon. Crargsox N, Porten in regard to tho elee- tion in’ Louisiana, Tho Herald says that PorTER is & near neighbor of TrLpey, and an intimnte personal friend, and it thinks that what PorTen has written may be regarded ns Toex's programme 88 well es pronuncin- mento on the subject of the Presidency. ‘The letter lays down the Democratio line of action, so far ns Tipey and Porren can control it, in ense the voto of Lonisinna is counted for Haves by the Returning Board : The Democratic House will be present in full force, and when the Loulsjana ceriiicates aro opened objections will be made to counting those votes. It the two Houses disagree, the Repro- ecntatives will adbero to tholr own declslon. At the end of the count thoy wiil decide that thore has been no cholce by the Electoral Colleges, and proceed at once to elect s Presldent. This 18 un- doubtedly the eottled Democratic programme. This Is the method of prucedurc the party chiefs have deliberately resolved to adopt. We commend thelr buldness In placing it so carly before the country, ond submitting it to the ordeal of public discussion. More than two months will in- terveno befors thoy wiil need to put it in force, and in the meantimo it will bethe greatargumenta- tivo battle-ground of the two political partics, THE TROOPS AT WASHINGTON, The President of the United States has di- rected that some companies of the regular army now scattered over the country shall procoed to Weshington, The number of these troops thus far cnlled thither is some- whore about 1,200, and thatis the forco which hos been recalled from various points to the headquarters of the army at the National Capital. The Demacratio press have endeav- ored to magnify this measuro into a mountain of danger; they affect to believe it as indic. otive of an intention on the part of tho Presidont to seizo the Government, overawe and overpower Congress, and to inaugurate a President by forco of armns! Having thus defined a criminnl purpose, the same press indulge in the fiorcest denunciations of Pres- ident GnaxT. The proceeding on the part of the Presi. dent, instead of being a menace to the liber- ties of the country, is really an act for which he would be entitled to tho highest com. mendation were it not strictly part of his im- perstive duty. The country has passed through an exciting political contest ; more exciting than at any Presidentinl election sinco 1860, This excitoment hns been prolonged and intensified by the wun. certaintics of tho result, and by the open and incendinry nccusations of fraud, snd of a determination to resist any decision which mny prove adverse to the election of Mr, TizpeN. Threats on one side are apt to provoke connter threats, Violence begots violenco. Ono angry and denunciatory speech gonerally leads to counter utterances. At this timo, no man can foretell what will bo the declared result in Louisinna or Floridn, and yet tho threats of reaisting the election in those States or tho accession of Gov. Haves aro freely uttered and froely published in all parts of the Union, "Theso threats naturally must provoka a counter feeling; wheil A's frionds declaro that if Bbe de- clared olocted ko slinll never be permitted to Liold the oflice, it is natural that B's friends may bo provoked into declaring that A slall nover be allowed to Locouo President. ‘Wo have an anthoritative declaration from Mr, Porren, of New York, one of the ablest lawyers in the Democratic party, and o special political andd porsounl friend of Mr. Troexn, that in tne event Louisiana and Florida be returied as voting for Haves, and the votes of those States bo counted by the acting Vico-Presidont, the Iouse of Repro- sentativen shall at onco declure (hat the veturng from those States are so fraud- ulent that thoy caunot be counted, aud that no choico for President has been made; and theroupon the House, ns re- quired by the Coustitution in cases of tho failure to clect aPresident or Vice-President, shall forthiwith proceed to elsct o Presidont of the Unitod States, There is every reason to supposo that this publication by Mr. Per- rpn oxpresses fully tho views and purposes of Mr, TrLbeN, and wo have no daubt that, noting under tho pressuro of excitemont, it will ineet the approval of the Democrats in Congress, Of course, if TiLpeN roceive votes onough €rom Florlda or Louislana to elect him, then Mr. PoTrew's proposition will not be acted dn, The Domacratic House s to declare that uo election has taken place, and tho Houso is to clect a Prosident only in the ovent that Haxes shall bo declared clect- ed by tho presiding ofiicor of the Senate, who shall open and count the returns, Here, then, we have the case presonted, that, if Tivoex fail to bo eclected by the ra- turns, ho is to be elected and declared Preaf- dont by the House of Reprosontatives, and in that event to assumo to be President to the exclusion of Mr, Hayes. The procesd. ings leading up to this complication, begin- ning on Dee. 0, when the Elcctors vote, will of necossity bo Attended with an excitomont such as’this conntry Lias not recently wit- nessed, Naturally it will attract to Wash. ington Oity immense masses of people, espeoially the extreme partisons on both sides. 'The National Copital, within a fow hour's distance from Now Yorlk, Philadelphis, Baltimore, and the Bouth aud West, will be filled with people with rovolvers in thelr pockets, laboring under that pecnliar excite~ mont which gives such intousity and bitter ness to domestio political strife. ‘These men will surround the halls of Congress ; offica- holdors, offico-scekers, and the gamblers ‘whoso millions of money are bet on the re. sults, will be there seeking to intimnidste, control, and coerce not only Congross as a whalo, but each branch and even individual members, 1s it right, or propor, orsafe for tho public intereat that tho National Capital, during the ofMeial netion of Congress coneern- ing this election, be left to tho domination of contonding mobs of armed, desperats, nud oxciled pooplo? With such an nssemblage of maddened and hot-hendoed partisans, there must be n constant dangor of violonce; And blows onco struok, who can toll when that violenco will end? The President of the United States, with wiso precnution, has called to tho seat of Government a small forco, under the immo- diate command of the cool, consorvative Gon. Suenstax, to preservo the poace. Instoad of laving these traops thore to threnten or coorco Congress, or to interforo with the freo doliborations of tho body, they will bo there to protect tho members, and to proteot the two Houses whon in sesaion, and to suppross all violenca, disorder, and nnlawful proceedings of the turbulent crowds. Wo have no idoa that the Amoricon people will overengage in war over the question whother A or I has beon elected by one vole. But to renoh a satisfaotory conclusion on the subject the national peace must be preserved. Oivil war may beo avoided with less troublo than terminated when onee begun. Tho President would bo dorelict in his daty if he permitted the National Capital to bo exposed to tho perils of riots, mobs, or nctual sirife, without any precputions to preserve the peace, and pro- tect the several Lranches of tho Government from tho violonce and intimidation of con- ‘tonding factions, Theso troops will be held in Washington for simply polico duty. Thoy cannot bo held thera for nu unlawfal pur- pose. If they wore employed or permitted to monnce Congress, or aven a member, or to arrest the froo deliborations of the National Legislature, their removal wonld bo in- stantly ordered. No officer of tho army would consent to be used for any such pur~ pose. They can only be used for a lawful ond, and the highest of all purposes undor tho circumstances must be to preserve the penco and suppress violonce, The presence of United States troops at ‘Washington, called there for the special pur- poso of Presidential inauguration, is nothing now. At the inauguration of Porx, in 1845, the whole force at Fort McHenry in Balti- morg, including n Inrge body of artillery, was summoned to Washington. At theinangura- tion of Gen. Tavron, in 1849, the military forco was very large. Tho same display oc. curred when PiErox and Bucmana were fn- augurated. In 1861 Ar. Bucnanax gave the orders by which soveral thonsands of troops —infantry, cavalry, and artillery—woero called to Washington, and under the personal direction of Gen. Scorr hold military occu- pation of the city, both before, during, and after the inauguration of Mr. Lincown, If Jr. Bucnanax could thus summon troops to ‘Washington, and so dispose of them to pro. tect Coungresa and ' preserva tha peace, cer- tainly Gen. GraNT may take the like pre- caution for a similar purpose, under circum- stances of like popular excitoment. If the presence of theso troops in Washington dur- ing the next three monthsof excitement, turbulence, nnd possibly attempted revolu. tion, shall bave the effect of preventing violence, bloodsbed, and the contention of armed mep, then tho President will have earned new claims upon the gratitude of the American people for faithful sorvice to his country. THE IRISH CLATM ON TILDEN. The London Z¥mes, in a very well consid- ered article upon the election in this coun. try, bused upon the assumption that 'TmwpeN has boen electod, brings out the following point which lins not yet been considered : The Irish Democratlc clectors snd thelr leaders command the representation §n tho City of New York, which on Tuesday gave Mr. TILDEN a ma- Jority of 63,000 out of 185,000 registered voters, This mojority overpowered the gaine of the Re- publicans in tho rural dlstelcts, snd secured Mr, TiLbex the thirty-five Electoral votes of the Btate, This was the decisive blow [n ¢ fayor, and ia he not called upon to show Uls gratitude? Are not Messrs, KrLiy, Monnissry, and O'Brie to adorn high positiond and to exerclse vast power? If not, there will bo keen disappolntment In the procincts of Tammany lall; but we shontd expect Mr. Ti- DEN to face this rather than to discredit s Admiu- Istration by the promotion of Lis Tminmany allies. Tho Times is right in its anticipation. Mr. Tmpex will have to face the music, and give at lenst ono of his Irish fuglomen o place in the Cabinet—in ease ho is clocted. If tho Ropublicans have clected Mr, Hayes, ho will have to givo the Gormans a ropreaentative in the Cabinet, probably selecting Mr. Sonunz, the foromost man among tho Gorman Repub- licans, and this notwithstanding the fact that the German vote was not up to its usual standard, one-lilf of it having boen cast for Tiory, This wns tho most prominent cause of the Republican loss in majoritics and gains, Btill, a large portion of the Ger- maus remnined true to their principles, and the Ropublican party, with Br. Ilaves in the ‘White House, would be very apt to solect for a place in the Cabinet a man of liberal views aud ackunowledged ability like Mr, Bcnunz, If, therefore, tho fraction of German voters acting with the Republican party have claims upon Mr. Haves, what must be the extent of the Irish clains upon Mr, TtroeN? Thoy voted solidly for him., Thero was no division among thom, Ircland was even more solid than the South. In New York City and Brooldyn the Domocratic majority was about 80,000, In the former, there wero at loast 60,000 Irish votes cast; in tho latter, about 25,000, and in the rest of tha Btate about 50,000, making o jotal of 185,000 Irish votes in the wholo Btate. ‘I'suben'a majority in tho Btate was 80,000, showing that the Re- publicans would have carried tho Btate by 100,000 had it not been for the Irish vote. Tu is snfe to estimate “the Irish voto of Con- nectiout nt 25,000; Now Jersey, 40,000; In- diana, 20,000; Obio, 40,000; Pennsylvanis, 76,000 Illinols, 40,000; in Chicago and Cook County alone, 20,000, Inother States, tho snine proportion holds good, Even in the South, there was o large sprinkling of Irish votes, 8o great, indowd, was this vote, that the Democratic party could hardly have carried a Oongressioual District without it, and, so far a3 Tuoex I8 concerned, he wounld have fared as badly as Peres Coores, e would soarcely have been Leard of. The olaims of the Irish, therefore, are too ovorwhelming to bo overlooked. Mr, Tirves will have to antisfy theso claims. The Bouth will lay claim to two or three of the eight places in the Oabinet, Had it not been for the War, which has moderated the Bouth aud made it moro cousidorate, it would probably have de- manded and taken five or six of them, 'Lhe Irish aro entitled to ab Jeast one, Who that one will bo js now & matter of interest—in cage Mr, TworN 16 eloated. In New York, thero aro several aspirants,~among tho Joux Kurvry, 0'Beiex, and Joun Monussey ; and in Braoklyn, Speakor Miauire, Francis Mozray, and the Hon, Tox Kinserra. With vespect to tho abitities of thesa gentlomen, we aro not sufliclently well posted to decide o4 to thelr qualifications. If Mr, TiLoew, however, wishes to have his Adwministration dofonded—in enso ho is cleoted—Joun Mon- Ho isn hitter out from tbo shouider, and has done eminont servicointhoprize-ring, Withhis well-known skill and oxporience s & knocker-down and dengger-out of mon, hie could Lo relied npon to give tho Administration physical if risseY should bo his cholce. not moral support, and wo can see no renson why brawn should not connt as much ns Lraing in Iaylng down nnd enforcing the Domoeratic poliey. If the graduate from the P. R. woro to havo a placoin tho Oabi- not, he would nlso bo useful in suother way. 8hould the *barl” give ont, donnssey might ensily fill it agaln by golng through Congressmen, lobbyists, jobbers, and con- tractors, in the mauner known to gentlomen of tho groon cloth. Cmantes O'Coxon would mako an oxcollont momber of tho Cabiuet, but his henlth is too frnil to warrant him in nssuming tho responsibilities. If Now York cannot furnish’the Irish member of tho Cab- inot, Chicngo can bo relied on, 'Thore is the Honorable Mires Kenor, Senator and City Weigher, who to the duties of the former oxalted position adds the important prerogn- tives of the Intter, frowning down corrup- tion, dispensing oven-handed justice, and atanding botween tho people and the total depravity of the short-weight gollers. There is Bur O'Briex, whose logal lors and nggressive spirit would qualify him for the office of' Attorney-Genorl. Failing thoso, KeeNaN enn bo rolied upon as Becro~ tary of Goro to hold the Portfolio of Bodies. There is no. lnck of good Cabinet material among our Chicago Irishmon—in case Tri- peNis electod. Day O'Hana would not ob- jeot to bo Beeretary of the Treasnry, and Capt. CoxvET's long oxperionco upon the rag- ing canal would undoubtedly qualify him to 1ill tho seat of Becretary of the Navy, Waiv- ing, howaver, all question of qualification, it ig suficiently well established that the Irish must have ono member of the Cabinet. As the Irish peoplo aro the oldest people in the world, according to their own historians, and dato back to Apadt, porhaps oms of tho Apans fomily would do, In that caso, Ouanres Franots {s the coming man, THEE COURT-H CONTRACT. The Building Committes of the Board of County Commmirsioners hnve decided to award the contract for masonry and iron work on the new Court-Houso to Mr, P. J: S8exron b on advanco of 918,000 over the lowest re- sponsible bidder, Tho smount of the bid is $428,163, Proposals were asked for tho iron and masonry work, and nlso jointly. Tho lowest roparate bids for masonry and iron work amonnt, when united, to $13,000 less than the amount of Bexron's bid for the two branches of work, The Committes, however, decided that it was more economi- cal to hiave but one contractor, and therefore docided in favor of Bexton. Nevertheless, the Committeo hinvo recommended that thero bo peid to the contractor $13,000 more than the work could hava been obtained for from others, and the Committee bave no right thus to expend the public money. Thoy offer him a bounty equal to 4 per cont on the amount of the contract, or more than equnl to half the interest on the money which will havo to be borrowed to pay him, Thir- teon thousnnd dollars may bo rogarded by the Commissioners ns & smoll sum when consid- cred ng part of tho resources of Cook Coun- ty, but this $13,000 will have to be raised by taxation, and is an £dditional lovy of just that sum to bo paid to Mr, Bexrox as a premium, The contract will be ncted upon to-day by the Board of Commissioners, and wo think that that Bonrd sbould make it o condition of tho contract that the prico be reduced to the sum of tho lower bids. Indeed, Mr. SExgon might well afford voluntarily to ro- duco his contract prica $13,000. It would e nloss of that much nioney in one sonse, but it would be n concession to publio opin jon and to publio justice, which would in the end prove moro valuablo to lhim than the amount of monoy disbursed, « The County Commissioners socem to be meting with undne haste in this whole busi- ness, The county cannot go in dobt, and its outstanding contracts far exceedjany rov- onue which ean Le made available. The Commissionera should go slow. It is not necessory that the Court-House should be constructed ony faster than the revenuo is availablo to pay for the work done. ‘There is a danger that the county finances, through liberality of sppropriations, large contracts, growing oxpenses of the connty, absence of rotronchmont, nud doflciencies in the rev- onue, may find itsolf with a floaling dobt on ftaliands a8 embarrassing and as unpro- vided for ns that of tho cily n yearago. In this particular contract the Committee has advised the payment to tho contractor of a Iargo bounty ovor othor bidders, Lot the Commissionors and tho contractor to-day, ‘efore the contract bo nwarded, reduce the contract price by throwing off this $18,000. Will tie contractor show his respect for publie opinion by so doing ? Wil tho Com- missioners commend their action to the pub- lio by requiring him to do so if he does not voluntarily propose it? THE LOUISIANA CANVASS, A private lettor, writton by Judge Truar- puLy, now at New Orloans, has been pub. lished, whicl, thongh containing many ovi- dences of partisan bias, makes the following candid ndmisslon ; 4o not mysolf despnlr of a reasonably fafr count 1n this State, Wo ehall have 1t 1€ wo carry Florida, and,. oven 1f tho Presidency hangs on the result here, 1donob aco how, withaut commitiing auch valpable {sjustice and wrong as will take from the declslon sl welght beforo the countey, the Re. turaing Board, even if so diaposed, can commit any greut nlqulty in tho presonco of the Committees, "Ihis admission coming from Judge Tauar- suLy, who ia one of the witnesses on behalf of tho Democrata of the proceedings of the Returning Board, is worthy of mature con. sideration. If wa sdmit thoe Domocratio ns- samption that thero is o conspiraoy in New Orleans to awindle TLoeN out of tho vote of that State, the civeuinstances have so shaped themselvos that it will bo linpossible to carry it out, snd Mr, Trupex will have the Louiai. nnn Eleotors it they Lave boen fairly choson by the people of that Btate. But nothing cxcopt Democratio uadness will maintain that this oxcludes the idea of Haves having tho Electors, if ey havo been fairly choson ucder the law. The sgignificauce of Judge Tnussyre's edmission is that, whatever the vosult of the count mny be, it must nooessa- rily Lo fair and in accordsnca with the law, under the presont circumstancos, A little roflcction will boar out this candid. statement. 'Iho witneases of tho count on behialf of TiLbex are Judge TwomnuLy, ex. Gov. Paraeg, of Ilinols; Gronow B, Burra, of Wisconsin ex-Congressmun Juuiaw, of Tudiana; and ex-Gov. Biones, of Pennsyl. vania. - Tho witnesscs on behalf of Havas aro Mossrs, Buzmaay, 1laLz, Brouvourox, Ganvikep, and Xewrey, The characterof those gentlemen procludes the notion that thoy will sanction any fraud. Senator Snvn- AN, of Ohio, has always beon a conserva. tive Ropublican, aud Is a man of wuoch the same stauding as Judge Twumsury, Alx, Hate, of Malue, i o prominent member of Congross, and, ns tho particular friond of Bramwg, has no personnl interest in the cleotion of a man who got the nomi- Bramg to Dbave. Mr. StovanroN, of Now York, is an eminent conatitntional Inwyer, not n politician, and fully compotent to toko an impartial, logal viow of tho procoedings, Gen, Ganrizp is aman who enjoys about the samo rospoct nmong tho Southern poople as Liaaan enjoys among the Northorn people; that is, he is regarded as excoptionally fair and woll-dis- nation he wanted posed toward tho opposing section. Br. Kerrxy, the Pennsylvania member of Con- gross, hns boon distingulshed on the Repub- lican sido of tho House for his uniform: gen- orosity in tho treatment of the South over since the War, and hio fs not at all in har- mony with Harzs on the curreney question ; n Domocratic Administration would bo more to hia liking in that respoot. All theso gen- tlomon oro nble lawyers and men of affalrs, and not one of them wonld bo disposed to, or could afford to, give his sanction to any proceduro that was not fair, honost, and Iawful, If they shall testify at tho con- olusion that .the Returning Board count- the voto honestly under the law, he American poople will bo satisfled, however much disgruntled politicinns may I, on tho other hand. thoy shall testify that the Re- torning Board excoeded its functions, and so conduoted the canvasa 08 to dofraud the Democrats, the Roturning Bonrd will have forfeitod all weight and influenco with the Americpn peoplo; it will stand alone as a monument to its own infamy, and popular growl at the law and the result. sontiment will ropudiate its action, There is ono point in the Louisiana law It is com- that has been generally ignored, monly supposed that the Returning Board, in dotermining frauds by hearing witnesses on both sides, oither counts, nmends, or re- fuses to count by parishes, or counties, as s0 The count is msde by precinots, of which thoro may be a dozen or a hundred many units. This is an error, in each parish. Thus, proof of such fraud or intimidation as would vitiate the vota of a certain precinct ond warrant its ro- joction would not justify or onabla the re- joction of tho ontire vote of the county in which that procinet is located. Feliclana County, for instance, whero the Republicans polled only #ires votes, though they had polled 1,700 at tho previous elec- tion, this may not have boen the result of intimidstion and violénco throughout the The law of tho State au- thorizes the voter to cast his ballot in any entire county. precinet of the county in whick ha lives. The negroes, in East Feliciana County, fear- ing thoy would not be permitted to vote in thelr varions precinots, aro ssid to have flocked to a certain voting-place on the river, and there they were prevented en masss from voling, while the whites throughout tho county quietly voted at their several pro- cincts, If thisis truo, then that procinct nalone would be rejected where the actual in- timidntion occurred, nnd the Demoerats would, under tha law, get tho benefit of their voto in the other proocinats, though their ma- jority, or mthor unanimity, in the county would bo nono tho loss the xesult of intimi- dation and frand, But wo vonture to Bay that Judge Tnum- nuruis correct in his personal conviction that no great iniquity canbe committed in the presonce of the Committeos, Where the Louisiana law is favorable to the Democrats, and assuros to them the beneflt of intimida. tion and fraud, as it does in the instance we havo cited, wo aro certain that the Repub. lican Committee, as well as the Democratio Committee, will insist npon the strict ob. sorvanco of tho law, and whero the law au- thorizes a correction of the roturns to make them conform to the honest and fres vote of the precinct, no partisan protest on the part of the Domberats will avail before the coun- try a8 ogainst tho sanction of such mon as Buzryay, Hare, 8rovanTtoN, GABFIELD, and Kesuey, that the decision was made accord- ing to the law and tho evidonco. THE HICKEY CASE. For tho firat time sinco Hioxey was pro- souted to the Common Council for Investign- tion, his case i now in a shape to admit of intelligont trontment by tho Counncil. After a long and todious examination of witnosses, in which there was much that was disgrace- ful both on the part of the prosecution and on the part of the defense, the Polica Com- mittee, which had the matter in’ charge, simply roported asfollows s Your Committeo on Police, to whom was roterrod tho resolntlon of Ald, WiiTe, asking a special com- mitteo to inveatigato charges made publicly againat Bupt. M, C. Mickey, having had the same under advisemant, rospectfully report that, having had {nstructions from lls Honor the Mayor to procéed with tho investigation at once, and in the most thorough manner, bave, aftor carefully welghing the evidenco as to Its goneral Impart and the char- acter of the persons appearing before ua, concluded to recommond hls removal, bslloving that the best interesta of the city demand that our Chief of YPolice should be above susplcion, The evidence taken boforo your Committee was writton In full by 8 short-hand reporter, and is herowlth sub- mitted. Respecttully, Joux T, MeAuwzy, FIANR Nizaxx, « Tuos, A. Kinx, Jas. L. GiLoest, A majority of the Council sustained this report, and the Mayor was requested to re- move Hioxzy permanently, Hioxzy having been temporarily suspended, The Mayor doclined to do this, but restored Hickex to his place as Buporintendent, on the ground that the Council had not given a sufiicient renson for his displacoment, The Mayor canuot fairly bo blamod for this decision, The Committes, in thoir report, certainly didnot mako out a case ageinst Hioxey, did not clalm to have done #o, and tha Couneil only followed tho Committee. The report upon which was based the resolution re. questing Hroxey's removal simply exprossed the belief that the best interests of the city required it, and-the intimation that Hioxex was not abovo suspicion. This, of itself, was hardly sufticiont to warrant tlie Mayor in disgracing Hicxsy, and to have done 80 un- der so vague and indeterminato a recom. mendation (which indeed seemed to admit that the Committee had not made out a case againat the Buperintendent), would simply have indicated a sorvile disposition on the part of the Mayor tq yleld up to the legialn. tive branch of the City Government the powors which the law properly vests in the Excontive. I'ho Police Committes, or rather the ma~ jority thereof, consistiug of Ald, MoAvrey, Kisx, and Giuoesr, have now corrected thelr original blunder, and submitted o seo- oud report detailing their roasons for think. ing Hiozey not above suspicion, aud why they beliove the best interesta of tho city do- mand his removal. There is, thoreforo, some basia now upon which the Council can roucl s intelligent declsion. It seems to be ou- tablished tyat the Mayor not merely roquest- ed the Council to investigate Hicxxy, but insisted that it was tho duty of the Police Committea to undertake the disagreeable task, Ho will, consoguently, be in some In Enst gonso bound by tho aoton of the Oouncil when ho shall b satisfied that tholr decision has been ranchod by a fnir and rational pro. coss, Bo long ns the Oonncil morely rn'quenL cd tho romoval of the Suporintendent with- out giving good and specifio ronsons, the Mayor wns at liberly to exerolse hislawtnl power of removal and appoint according to his own convietions, but if the Council find Hioxey to bo guilty of the corrupt praotices alleged against him, thon the faot that the Magyor placed tha investigation in their hands implies n cortain obligation on his part to abido by the rosult, The mnjority of the Polico Committes now plainly expross their conviction that Hroxey has given protaction to cortaln thisves and gamblers, nnd cito somo cnses about which thoy took ovidenco that cortainly have an ugly look. It scoms to bo admitted that the negro, DAN Wensren, ia about as vilo s cron- ture na there is out of jnil, and that he keops a Jow, disroputable, and dangerous resort for thieves, prostitutes, and abandoned wrotches of tho lowest order, Thoy hind ovidonco to tho effoct thnt WensTes lins long been in the habit of visiting the Superintendont almost daily and holdiug private consullations with him. Hiokey claims that ho used WesstEn to got informotion of valne and assistance to the Police Department, but tho testimony socms to show that WensTer's plan was to “givoup” only the thioves who rofused to divide, and to uso his relations with the Buporintendont to protect the others, It s pretty cortain that the Superintendont of Polico ought to run his departmont withont the assstance of any auch characters, and that the thieves could bo prosecuted and harassed more ef- fectually by raiding and brenking-up such establishments ag Wensren's than by availing of WensTzn's co-operation ; for tho co-opera- tion which a fellow liko WesstEn gives the polico nocessarily implies some favors for himsolf. The Committee also found that the property where Wepsten's dive ia located is owned by Hicxxy and his wife, nccording to the rocords, and that the claim that the prop- orty had been sold by them was not cloarly proved. The cvidence before tho Committee forther shows that sevoral approliended thieves have boon pormitted to escape, that many known thieves walk the streets, and that several gambling-houses sre ruuning nnd apparently enjoying protection, In ‘Hrorex's favor it may be said that much of the evidence bofore the Committeo was of o charactor not desorving of implieit "confl- dence, and that thore were many reasons for suspecting that tho proscoution was prompt. ed by spite, or the solfish, purposos of certain persons who are no better than thoy onght to At all gvonts, tho Conncil bas the cnse in n shapo now that admita of fair and intelligont judgment, aud we have no doubt that it will be considered to that end without any refer- ence to individual interests or pique at tho Mayor's not complying with their first re. quost. But if the Council, after proper con. sidoration, decido to sustain the majority of tho Committoe, conclude that the case has been made out ngainst Iiowey, and again recommend his romoval, tho Mayor will have to aceodo to their judgment, aftor placing the matter in their hands, or olse take all the discomfort of o permanent breach with the Council during tho rest of his torm. e will senreely caro to do this simply to save Hiox. zY; and, wo ropoat, that, rathor than have him do this, it is Hrorey's obvious duty to resign. Wo hope his frionds will be able to convince him of it. + THE CASE OF COLORADO, 1t is gravely assorted by many Domocratio newspapers that the vote of Colorado shall not ba connted in the Presidontial election, bocanse tho Btate, thoy insist, is not now n Btate of the Union, and cannot be without further legielative action. Rojecting the 8 votes of Colorado, as not given by a State of the Union, will reduce the whole number of Electors to 866, of which 184 (tho vote for Troex) will bo tho majority, and that gentleman will thereby become President. The pretextupon which it is proposed to rofuse recognition to Colorado as o State is a very weak one, and wholly unsupported by law, fact, precedont, or even n respeotable ground for opinion, Ip the House of Rap. rosentatives, Juno 8, 1874, Mr. Cuarrez tmoved to suspend the rules and pass the bill “to enablo tha pooplo of Qolorado to form n Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of the snid State into the Union on an equal fooling with the original States.” This motion was agroed to,—yens, 167; naye, GG,—32 Demacrats voting yes, snd furnishing tho two. thirds vote necessary to pnss the bill, Among thosa voting no was Mr, W, A, Wizerer, of Now York, Tho bill went {0 the Bonnto, and was not acted on theve until Yob, 24, 1875, when it was amended and passed,—yons, 43; nays, 18, On the 8d of March, 1875, the Houso agroed to the SBenato amendments, and passed the | bill as amended,~yuas, 164 nays, 70,—the Democrats in this instance, ns before, fur- nishing votes enough to give the two.thirds voto necessary to pass thobill, In no event conld the bill have pnsaed without Domo- oratlo votes. In faot, at that time many Democrats oxpooted that Colorads would bo a Democrntic Blate, snd vote for a Domo- coratio President in 1876, 'The LIl was dp- proved by tho Prosident, aud became a law March 3, 1875, This nct for the ndmission of Colorado & mainly in the general form of all enabling acts, It authorizos the peoplo to form a Btato Government, with tho name of the State of Colorado; prescribes the bounda- riea; dofines the suffrage for and the quali- fioations for members of the Convention; nuthorizes a call for an election of delegates, ‘which oall shall be issued within ninety days after Sept. 80, 1875 ; that the delogates shall moot within eixty days®aftor the eloction, and declare for tho people of tho State that they adopt the Constitution of the United Btates ; and they are authorized to form a Constitution and Stato Government, ** pro- vided that the Qonstitution ghall be repub- Hean in form,” ato. The Uonvention is ro- quired to declare by ordinance irrevocable various things ordinarily required in a bill of rights, The law then prooceds : Bxc. 6. Thatin cass the Constitution ond State Government shall be formsod (or thoe peopla of said Territory of Colorado, {n compliance with the pro- vivions of thivact, sald Conventlon formning the sawmo shall provide, by ordinance, for submitting eaid Constitution to the poople of sald Etate for ratification or rojection at an cloction to be Lold at such time, 1 the month of July, eightesn Rundred and seventy-slr, and at such places and under such reguiations 8¢ may bo proscribed by sald Convens tlon, at which clection the lawful voters of sald new Btate shall voto directly for or sguinst the pro- posud Constitution; aud the returus of eaid vlec. tion shall bo mado to thu Acting Governor of the Tereitory, who, with the Chicf Justice aud United States Attornsy of wald Territory, or auy two of then), shull canvass tho samw; and1f a wajority of legzal voles wlall Le cast for sald Coustitation{n sald proposed Biate, tho said Acting Governor shall cei 1ify the sawy to the Presldunt of tho United stat together with a copy of the aald Conutitution a ordinances; whereupon it shall be tho duty of tho Froaldent of the United Statas $0 lseus Lis prog- i lamation declaring the Bta g;;‘[::““ o ;.-q:'n ronunmn‘heml: :’-l('::ulgg iy B 7 1UHREE sctlon whntever oy oy ‘Lhis i tho law, On 1876, the Constitution wumv“al:glf f July, peoplo of Colo ado and adoptod zn\.r o1 tle and a ocopy of the Onnnluutlnn' n\:('ll end nances, wero cortifiod to the Progident i United Btates, who by proclamation e Aug. 1} 1876, Qeclared that the fundy, o conditions imposod by Congress on “lmonm of Qolorado to entitle that Blate to n«lul:xsm° to the Unlon had boon ratifieq and q sy :fi, n;:;l ‘lbnt tho admission of that Bm?lc:c e Union on an equal foof v orlqlnnl States was llx‘lrufum cgzfifixl‘em fa T'hore is and ean big no objection m 1 tho requivomonts and ik Drovisions of admitting Oolorado ag Btato of ?hoi:]]:lm bave not beon all complied with, i, o:l; question is, had Con, 4 ¥ido for tho adalasion of the el o ally, or to provide for the admission c:(l s Btate, during the rocess of Congress, Iy - proclamation of the President? The 2 of Congress over the subject bonas of the admis. slon of new Btates is complato nud gy l The Constitution rends: New Stapee - . boadmittedby tho Congross inta this U g ton,' The wholo poweris vested in Congres, which body moy provide for that admigsior, upon guch terms, and such eondition : in such mannor, nnd at such times, : C“ gress may detormine by law, Tuig 4 ::; an open question, States have Leen ag. mitted which Linvs formed Slato Govorament, without avy previous legislative or eunhlir:; acts, and without ovon having the Contit ; tlon submitted. to and satilod by s voty o tha people. As long ago as March 2, 1821 Congresa prased an ot admitting the s‘gm'o; Missouri into tho Unlon “ona certain sope dition,” and authorizod the Presidont, satisfactory evidence thot tho State lm’l plied with tha coudition, to declare, by proc- lnmation, Missouri admitted into the Union on au aqual footing with the original States, The condition was ratified by the State, g Presidont Moxnok, by proclamation of ’Aug 10, 1821, in the recess of Congross, deu!nmi Missonri 1o bo n State of the Union. No furtbor logislntion was required, and the nd- mission of tho Stato dates from thg dato of the President's proclnmation, In Wisconsin, n Btate Conatitution and Government was formed by the Stata Con. vontion, Dac. 10, 1846, and appliention was made for admission; but Congress, by act of March 3, 1847, required that the Conatitution of tha Btate shonld be submitted to a vote of the people, and, if ratified, tho President of the*United States, npon ovidence of the fact, should daclare Wisconsln admitted to Union as o State. The peoplo of the State, howaever, rejected the Constitution, and the Stato was not'ndmitted at that tima. Hers, however, -tho delegation of power to the Presidont to daclare the State admitted under cortain ciroumstances wos ropented. In Novada, Congress, in March, 1864, passed an act enabling tho people to form a State Government, and providing for the admission of the Btate. A Convention was clfoted which formed a Constitution and Btate Governmont, which was ratified by the people; tho fact being cortified to the Presi. dent, he, by proclomation, ss authorized by law, on the 81st of October, 1864, declared Novada admitted to the Union as a State. Ono weok later Novada voted for Electors for Presidont and Vico.Presidont of the United States, and these Electors voted for Prosident, and no objection was made to their votes, In the casoof Nebraska, Congress, in April, 1864, passed an enabling act and for the ad- mission of tho Btato, but no action was taken by the Territory. In 1806, tho Terri- torial Legislature framed a Btate Constitu. tion, which was ratified, but an act for her admission failed. In January, 1867, abill for tho ndmiesion of the Btato was vetoed, but was passed over the veto, This nct pro- vided that, when the State should ratify cor- tain fundamental conditions, tho President should declare the Btato admitted. Tho conditions woro rotified. President Jomy- o, upon the facts being cortified to him, by proclamation declored Nebrasks to bo admitted into the Union ns a State on sn equal footing with the original States. Horo, then, we have o series of acts of Congress providing by law for the admission of Btatos during the rocess of Congross, upon their compliance with certain funde mental conditions; the President to be the judge whether such conditions had been duly Bocopted, and, if in bis judgment they had beon, to declare such Slates forwally od- mittod into the Union, without any further notion whatover by Congross, Hero we Lave Prosidont Movnor in 1821, Presidont Porx in 1847, President Lixcowy in 1864, and Prosidont Jomysox in 1867, all approving logislation for the ndmission of now States, during therecess of Congress by the proclamation of the Prosident. In tho cases of Missouri, Novadn, nud Nobraska 1o further legislation was roquirad, and they became Btatos from the datoof the Executive proclamations, There is nothing in tha esao of Coloredo cithor oa to the facts or law taking it out of this line of procedents, coveriug half a ceu- tury of the history of tho country. Tho act enabling the people to form o Government aud to admit tho Blate of Colorado upost compliance with cortain conditions i8 wholly within tho powers of Congress over the admission of new States, Tho law was enactod, and was only possiblo to bo enscted, by tha aid of Democratic votes in the llou::; of Represontatives, Both Democrata nfl‘1 Republicans who voted for the law gwecu 4 political ndvantsge from tho admission of the mow Slate, The Domocrats failed, sl it ia nbsurd at this thno to deny tho adnis: slon of o Btate in tho face of the long-eatab- lished law and procodent governing tho e Binco tho date of tho act providiog for tho admission of Colorado Congross ws it sossion nino months, and no objaction "3’ mudo totho law, nor was itaepoal propesos thio Domocrnta expecting to gob the Elcct? voto of the State for thelr candidate. The objeation to counting Colorado is 100 sy to be seriously considero Wa don'tlike the toue of a good many of our Democratio exchanges. ‘There i8 nlwgolhet too much of the ex-<athedrastylain Lheireb::nn positious, The Republican press Liss R universally ~counseling modemmu;d e throwing cold water on all ‘hot-blood N threatening utterances; but just in é) nr;:m tion as they hiave done &0 tho other side o to increnso their blutor and b“"y"nffn S They would do well to moderate their tope 2 litlle, Tho Republicans want poace, :o and determinedly opposed to dmuwn: e collislon. ut st the same tne U ozo . not stand * bulldozing.” 't little e ern Domocratio diversion 108y be l"m{ f upou the poar darkeys of Loulsians, o the cun't be practiced successfully upo who white Ropublicaus, If thesa '.mdauuz;mh are talking so loudly wqu!d stop lm:g‘:I s ta reflect that one of the npon cotne