Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1877, Page 1

¢ Chicagn Dailp Tribu CHICAGO, TRIDAY, VOLUME XXXI. All'l’l!’l;!c ’I‘All.olzlfll’h - ALL’S WELL. NO U g OPENu Close of the Argument in the Florida Electoral Matter. Our Spring Styles | (lioiceWoolens, Spring Fahiony Issued. - 15 PER GT. DISCOUN (IF PAID WITHIN FIVE DAYS,) UNTIL MARCH 1, ° EDWARD ELY & (0., Wabash-av. & Monroe-st. e — CLOTHING, . SPRINGH DVERGOATS DUNIRENS SUTTS A Good Case Made Out for the Elector (Humphreys, s Title to the-Office Consid- ered Beyond Dispute, Democrats - Preparing to Charge Upon the State of Louisiana, They Will Claim {hat the Re- turning Board Xs an Tliegal Body. And that No Electors Have Been Appointed in That State. —y B | Tilden’s Friends Also Hope for a Favorable Outcome in Oregon, * | The Tribunal's Decision Casts a Wet Blanket on All Inves- tigations. Selling less than Cost, , Under Assignee’s Sale. 150 STATE-ST. Field's Committee Collapses and Makes No TPositive Sign, POULTRY EXKIIBITION. An Effort to Be Made to Seonre Wolls' Roleaso on Habeas Corpus, TIIE TRIBUNAL, PXAMINATION OF WITNRSSES. Spectal Dispaich o The Tribune. Wasninaros, D. €., Feb. B.—~For the first thne witnesses were examined In the Supretne- Court-room to-day, After the Commilesloncrs had got fn thelr ecats and tho formiduble duuble row of lawyers facing them bad found PERSONS HAVING FINE POULTRY, PIGEONS, CATS, AND SMALL PETS, Can now enter them for the CGRAND BXEIIBITION To bo given by tho " ot i their places, Justice Clifford read the orders MATORAL A“‘:“";fi? OF FANCIERS, adopted ye;\urdn)'. Mr. Green, of tho Demu- cratie counsel, called the first wituess, A sicnder, sumooth-fuced ysung man of wmodest appearance came forward, ilis noine was not audiblo to the gullery, As there fs no witness- stand in the roum he did not kuow where to go, .5t. and stood at ono side In front ol the Assoclated- Prees reporter. Then, At the request of onu of the Judgos, ho moved to the centre, where he got right before the examining coun- scl. This would not do, so Churles O'Conor ®ot up, took him by the shoulders kindly, sud wade a place for him beside Lis table. . 1UE WAS BWOILN TWICE, in order to make sure that the right oath waa EXPOBITION BUILDING, IN THIS CITY, WIICE OPBENS FER. 12. 5 Apply for entry blanks ‘n‘!n(!lylv)hu lists at once, 3 ), Becretar, Room 20, 184 Bouth Cla; WORCESTERSHIIL NSAUCK. LEA & PERRINS CELEBRATED ‘FROSOUNCED niy EXTRACT administered. Thcre was a deal of swearlug for CONNOISSEURS eAL v & | u very lttlo testimony, for, ut the socond ques- 70 BE THE MAN at Madras,tolits | tion, the witneas wus summarlly ruled out. The trbther at modest young man . proved to bo George I ““ O“JY GODD P WORCESTER, Ralney, Attorney-General of Florida, not the 9 May, 1831, man who commissioned the Tilden Electors, ‘“Tell LEA & PER TUNS that thelr Sauca Sors] 1 hlkhly eateoined In but his successor. The Democratic lawyers had the unbounded assurance to hegin questiontng Nim about the quo warranto proceedinga in face SAUCE,” And Appiicablato Jeeng Tl atd th 18 Y | of tho explicit orders of the Coumisslon re- EVERY VARIETY [Ja u'-fl; afable ds well a8 tha | atricting the testimony to Humplreys' disquali- OF Disil. A3 e D aucd | fieation, Evarts was promptly ou his fect with an obfection, and tha Commission WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. | s Rt 2% vt ot Thurman dlsseuted. LEA & PERRINS' Tho next witness was s Mr, Young, whoknew AAQNATURE is ou EVERY BOTTLE. that umphreys was 2 Bhipping Commissoner LA g0 (I e ) Inst August, A copy of his conunission wus then dutroduced und u certifieate from the Clreufe <OHN DUNOAN'S 80NS, NEW YORIK. Court thut no reafguation was on filo fu his oflice sinca the Deniocratie caso closed. In ro- sponse, Hlumphreys, a middleazed man, with tho look of a well-to-do merchant, toatified that Lio resigned Oct. 2, ot notlee of the seceplance of hla resignation Oct. B, and turned over the PIROPOSALS. L eSS Ui lldinisiu b SEUSI S U SOUY CONVICT LABOR. L CouNTANIY, OPPRCELieT, Ja 12, 1177, € Lo wiif e recelved by thie underslin oflice to the Collector of Customs, Hu pro- eated propuaa cumislonrs ot the Hiluols bists fealientiary up to HI3 LETTER OF RESIONATION to Judge,Woods,with th¥reply, in corroboration of his testimony, and the fact that ha threw up the oflice beforo the electlon scomed to bo as <lear us it possibly could be. Green and Merrick wors not willlng, however, ,\;é.',"rf,'.‘;'l'.’ 5 Conat w lxmu": ":"“"I"'“' o000 | 46 nekuowledga thomselves completely floared, o 3 " = the K E bR ey e L (et oridg | -anid they set up the astonshing theory that & ‘With knltty Ample sliop reon and steams | «<ivil oflieer cannot get out of oflico of hls own miotlon, but, must hold on, whether ho will or ‘no, until the power thst commissioted him formally accepts hls eesignation. This power the Dumocratieluwyers beld was In Jlunrphreya <00 the United States Clreait Court, and they jusisted that the Judge could enly accept the resiguation y WIILE HOLDING THR COURT. As uo Court has been lu:h* {n Pensacola slnce October, it would follow that Humpliroys ls atill Bhipning Commissioner, Nomore evidence was offered, and at hall-past 11 tho luwyers gotatit. For five lung bours they talked, the Democrats etting one hoar udded to tho regue lutlon twe. This was granted them to muke roum for Judge Hoadley, who came g A ALL TUE WAY FPHOM CINCINNATE B arictiy ‘Ji ilg:fln v:;‘m:'fi“'-‘:‘u':" L.xlfifx‘ to rehearso his well-pald oploion on the ineligls AT LT S o billty question which Tilden got trom him to S - stimulate and defend the Oregon fraud, Hoad- TO REN 1ey wade wo impression, Ho {81 fair #peaker, TR AN e ey ey | but fn bis hour's argument made no strkiug TO RENT puints. 1t was a snistulie to bring bim into thy . case, for Wis councetion with the Grover- ELEGANT BUSINESS RUOMS on second floor, 184 | Cronin affair deprivea him of all moral g Jo0 Btate-at., opp. Palwier House. Applyun vrein [ force, Huls looked on as the inventor of tho Y, 0. D, Ciothier, inellgibitity dodge, and, although undt"uhlvldly BT YT ST T pavn | cowpetent to explain #s workings, hs place 40 000 SUPhRFlC] l“.l FEET mlgll:', better have been occupled by some of the ¥ more distinguished lawyers cugaged In tho {21 foor roam ¥OI RENT ta Bitck Hulldin aten-at., between Clioton an case. s@all fuome, with steam bawez. A, E. BISHOP, 18 South Jeferson-ot. FINANCIAL, PO RRSERIIED. o SNEL SRS JONE 5 8 per cent lonns on aporoved cty real estate s by FUANCIS B, PEABUDY & CO., 174 Dearborn-st. O1L TANKS, WILSON & EVENDEN, OIL TANKS ropealy st b sceonm s Thuss. b Recot sutlcteat bondl, EONAINiane (kG ht years, A W o0 and wlitbe entesed hito If proporal ts mcei ontruct aad boud epted. ‘or furihier purticulyrs addecas the undersigned, or I W, AlcC 1Y, Warden at the Privon, Hecla u"\«"fibl_mum' 31, TAVLOM, JONN M. BOUI WAL, ROBERT T, NOLEATAN, Commiwioners J1liuois atata Prison. "~ WHITTEE IND STEBBINS TABERNACLE, Bunday, Feb, 11,1877, 4 p. m, ULPTLE wifl preach (o Young Men, Sub- hu Prodigal Kou." on Wash Jetlersui, 1o large or GREEN, OF NEW YOUK, followed In & rsther dry speech $n support of tho validity of the cx-post-fucto returns, Hu scemed Lo feel 1bat ho was uaking a hopeless «llort, and that the whole case bad bevu Sirt 1y decided by the action of the Cowmission yes- terdoy. i Al the Democratic lawyers looked much cast dowuto-dsy and thespeeches of botl floadlcyand Qreen were dragging aud lfeless. - Uroen tilled up s bour a8 best ho could, and made fn a qulct way all the polats that could be made on 4l side of thecase. JUNOE SUELLABARGER ‘1A:I:° 5»5’"33“3. gANE, opeued for the Ropublicans. His ringing voles 3 Lake Btres ol ¥ oA ao. | emphatic menner waked up tho sleeperas fu S 2820 pou CATaLoOUL the gallery acd roused the lsuguld Commiasion- crs 5o that they leaned forwayd fn thelr casy «chaire aud listencd with evident relish. ¥fe was earuest and positive. Conviuced himsclf, ho was therefore convinelng to others. Ho scemed to bring a freab brocze of cowmon scnse with WATS AND FURS. HATS--FURS We ar colviug (be SpringStyles of Mewe | L0 that scattered the dusty teciplealitics aad Boye thata. - Fursiof every Lind losing out as | 844 quibbles of the other lawyers, Auong L) J. 8, BARNES & €0., 70 Madlsvn-et wany stroug poluts, onc that the Elcctors cxes- clsed an act of (Invernment which necessarily terminated on jthe day when they cast thelr votes, was put with remarkable force. RVARTS rlosed for the Republicans, dlscuseing the edigl- bility question and the lack of show or substanco of valldity in the post mortem Tilden returna with his usual displny of learning and Togle, and in his usual long, involved, and rather obscure sentences, n delight to rheloriclans no douht, Dt diffcult for the onldinary latener to follow or fully comprehend. As in his fiest zpeech he- fore the tribunal, he disappointed his audience, keeping closely to the dry path in which his legal argument led him, TIIE LAST 8PEECH was made by. Merrick, of Washincton, who closed for the Democrats. Me was less dull than his colicagues, because he threw in n good deal of talk about fraude, perjurics, and crimes, the kind of Allip without whicl sl the Demo- cratle speeches have been flas of flavor, The Hepublican Comtnlssfoners, Hoar, Garfleld, and Judge Miller, bothered him witl questions, and once or twice snipped off what promised to ben fine thread of argument by demonstrating its weakness. Nevertheless ho mansged toputa goud deal of vigor in s remarks, if they were somewhat lame and rambling. Ho Onished atn iittle hefore 5. A RPCESS ROPOSED. A reeess was proposed for half-an-hour, and while the Commissioners were talking the mat- ter over, Thurman moved to adjourn unti} 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. ‘I'he oyes and nocs were called, and the aeven Republicans all voted no. The seven Democrats, thinking that they could not lose aund might galn by delay, voted aye, and the odd Commissloner, Judge Bradley, yoted with them. The Republicaus wanted to liave a night session and come to a declsion on Florids, su that the' Jolnt Convention could re- nesemble and procced with the counts Brad- lev's action fs attributed toa desiro to have time to examine the numerous authoritics refer- red toon both sides, and give to his decisfon, which he knows will be the declsion of the tribunaj, ns much the appearance of judicial de- Hberatfon as possitile. HOW 3T LOOKS, The Republicans generally look upon the re- fusnl of the Commlsslon to recelve testimony 18 a victory for their sldc,and are,therefore,more hopeful of flnal success than they Lave been at any time since the Compromiss bill was report- ed, At the same time there are many degrees of confidenco atnong the Kepublicans, Sume men, who from thelr dlsposition arecasily lated or disheartened, consider the battlo 0s already won, They look upon the division of the Com- lsston, including the judlefal members of it, {uto two well-defined partics, as au {ndication that the Hepubllean majority of oue In in tho tribunal will stand togetlierin all vital questions that may be presented, and that while {n regard toless Important matters there may be other divisions, tho elght Commissloners whe voted yestenday to exclude testimony will vote flually for tho ADMISSI10N OF THE IAYES RETURNS from cach of the disputed Btates. In other words, they expeet thelr party tricnds upon the Commission to stand by the party, and to sus- talu its cause to the end. Other Republicans aro less confident. They look upon the declston of yesterdoy s & good - sign, because it excludes from the couslderation of the Commission much evidence which it would bo difiicult for them to mceet, and fnsuresa much more specdy declsion of the Presidential controversy than would otherwise bo possible; Lut they are by no mesus certaln that Justice DBradley or some otlier Republican ' member of the Commnfssion may not, before the result of the Presidential election Is deelared, cast a vote which WILL DE PATAL to tho success of Qov. iayes. Thoy antlcipate with somo npprehienslon the sction of the Com- mission on tho Loulstana case, and alse ou that of Oregon. But they tops for the best, and think thelr prospects much fmproved Ly the courae thus far pursucd by the tribunal. Tho division In the Republican party growing out of the difference of opinfon In regenl to the Compromilse bill, and whick o short thne ago tewporurly threatened to bo serlous, las ALIEADY DEEN HEALED in great measure, and tho first victory in tho Comumifesion has done much to cause these dif- fereuces Lo bo forgotten, Those who wero most bitter In denunciation of thelr party friends who supported the measure will bo the more ready to forgive them If the outcome of the compromlss Is satisfectory to them. JUSTICE NRADLEY, 1t is quite dlscourging to people who tmag- ined that tho high character and function of the Commission would lead its members to risc above the common level of parthian politics to find that even upon as stmple & quustion as thut of adjournment, party fecling sways every man of them except tho odd Judge, e Is n fact the Court, audsthe fourteen other Commnisslon- crs are only party nmke-welghts to balance cach other, Justice Bradley Is the modern War- wick. Ile will make the Presldent Just as effectivoly as {f he were the solo arbltrator of the controversy, Whether Jlayes or Tilden is to flll the Exceutive ofllco after the 4th of March depends sulely and ubsolutely upon his declalon. The arguments of counsel are addressed to biin, Ris vote is walted for with bated breath. For the nioment he s THE MOAT FOWBNFUL MAN IX AMERICA, Underlying and cuustug the dectslon on the question of adjournment to-duy was the fecling on the part of thy Kepublicans that the sooner they got to a final vote tho better, They knew that the welght of the arguments hod Leen beavily fo thele favory, aud felt confident that Judge Bradloy would vote to have the four Hayes' voles from Florida counted. On the other slde, the Democrats, without consultation,. for they did not leave thelr scats, felt fnstinctively that thelr only bope would bu in galning s night's delay, THB VIRST IPORTANT VOTZ taken by the Electoral Comulssion Las been tlie one sbsurblug tople of conversation and dis- cusslon at the Capltol and in all other public placea to-day, overshudowlng in iuterest the proceedings in citber House of Cone Kress, -~ and even the final argu- ments upon the Florids case fn the Supreme Court rooin ftsclf. It busalso taken the Jifu entirely out of the Loulsiana investiga- tions. Troctor Knott's Conunlttee made sev- eral feeble attempts to~day to revive its inaulry, but they were all i valn, David Dudley Field sa unong the counsel befuro the Electoral Come 1wlision, und bis Democratic assuciates showed no dieposition to push the examination: hie bas Deen conductivg with so much vigor, Oune or two unjwportaut witnesses were placed upon tho stand, but thelr testimony was far from In- teresting, aud the Commitiee finally udjouracd, leayiug the fmpression upon the miuds of tho spectators that its work, llke that of u score of other inquisitious act up by the Housc this ses- slon sud Jast, 13 ABOUT COMPLETED, ‘The declsion of the Comunission wes nnt as couclusive In many respects us it was popularly expeeted it would be. Many, without any very good reason, belicved that jts vote on the ques- tion of aumitting testimouy would Lo of sucha natura as to foreshadow tho result of tho entite coutroversy. It the Comumissfon bad decided to adwlt further ovideuce the Democrats would have interpreted it ms an fodication that testimouy would bo taken fu the Loufsiana case, and that they would bo given oa opportunity to {utroduce wuch of the eydence which they bayvo been so Industriously piling up stics the meeting of Congress. Ou the other band, a declaration that no evidence would bo taken w' ', [t was supposed, settlo ull im- o portant questions, except that in regard toths vote of Oregon, but it [s now found that, while the representatives of both parties consider the vote of yesterday g8 very linporiant, no ane he- Heves it to bo as conclusive fu fts results as was anticipated. A TOLD TOU 80. ‘The discussions among tho Democrats have been far more exclted and fateresting to-day than inthe Republican ranks. The ouposition may be divided tnto two great classcs, the mna- Jority who supported the compromise messure, and theminority who voted agalust it ‘The lat- ter bas nsserted ftself to-day with more vehes mence than ot any timo since the Electoral bill was reported. ‘The ad hominum argument, *¢1 tolil you so,” 1t was a sclling out of tho par- ty,” has been heard on every side among the few Deinocrats whovotedsgainst thebill, and the bitterness which they have always felt azainst theleaders who carried it through ns o party messure hos been greatly intensified, If the fu- ture decisions of the Commisslon should con- tinue tobe adverse to - the Democracy there will be su Insurrection within that party, led by such men as Blackburn, Mills, and others who op- posed the bill, and who will have some basis at lcast for an accusation agalnst the more cone servative leaders of Laving betrayed the party's interest. SPRINGER'S 11OPES. Mr. 8pringer, onue of the membera of the Com- mittee which framed the Comprorolse Lil), says that 1f the tribunal finds the same law for the Republicans that it has for the Democrats, the same principle which will give Florida to Hayes wiilglve one vote In Otegon to Tilden, or at least decide that there wern only two Eleetors, Springer has never approved of connting the Cronin vote, but, with other Democrats with slmllar opinions, will be glad to sccure Tilden's electfon even by Cronin’s vote,if Florida lsgiven to layes. Springeris contident that the mnain reliance of the Demoacrats 18 1N LOUISIANA, He there denles the right of the Returnlng Board ever to canvass the votes of tho Electors, Thero are besldes, o says, two cases of fneligi- Ule Elcctors, the proof of whose incllibility fa very much more completo for the Democrats than that of the Florida Elector. As to Illi- nols, Bpringer josists that Chaflee is now u United Btates Commissoner in Judge Treat's Court, and was at the time of the clection, and ft Lo lad time he would prove this by trauscrit aud by afiidavits. Those docu- ments have not yet been recelved here, and 1f the Joint Convention should be un Sat- urday, 08 yow it sccins probable, it would be too Jata to present this evidence, ns, without ob- Jectlon, ILLINOIS WILL BH COUNTED Inthe callin joint convention. The case in no event could go to tne Electoral tribuual under thelaw, and the only purpuse in presenting ob- Jectlon would be cither to cousume thme, or, as Springer puta it, to show the people that there 18 a God in Isracl. Lamnr, to his confidentlal fricnds, says with- out reserve that hie bas now little expectation that thie tribunal will sccure Tilden’s clectlon. ‘Tho'greater part of the Representatives from the Cotton States sharp this opinfon. M!ils, of ‘Texas, who was opposgd o the bl from the first, feels that on party grounds he was fully Justified in his opposition. He anticipates the «clection of Hayes, aud that this result would be an undivided evil for the South. He hopes that the suceesstul candidate, whoaver he Is, will cu- deayor to provide A GOOD GOVERNKENT, That s what the peopl: want. In the event of the clectlon of layes, he thought that the dis- clpliue of the Democratis party would not bo as strict as it has been, and that many Democrats would act independontly of party afiitiatlon. ‘There is no conccalment among Southern Dem- ocrats of the bellef that tho success of Hayes will result in o considerable disintegration of the Democratle parts} Bouth. This {e copectal- 3y true of the Represegtatives from the Cotton States. THE ARGUMENTS, A LITTLE TESTIMONY, ‘Wasiinaron, D. C.,Feb.8.—1he Commission reassenibled fn open scesion at 11'clack. Coun- acl on both sidea were present, except Judie Black. Justice Clifford stated thut proccedines were now fn order, under the orders adopted by the Commission yestenday, My, Green, of counsel un the Democratic slde, called as a witness Oeorge 1% Rue, of Florida, who resides in Tallulassee, and {s the Attoruey- General of the State, . Question—Wero you present when tho writ of quo warrunto was served} Evarts vbjected to the question as not within the order of the Court, Ureen sald they proposed to fix the date of the quo warranto proceedings, as they did not con- sider thut the onder or the Commisslon excluded that question. ‘The question was than put to the Court and the objection of Mr. Kvarts was austained. HUMPUUEYS. Mr. F, C. Humphreys having beon {dentifled, Counselor Green presented the commission of My, Humplireys aud the certificate from the Clerk of the Court in which the commleslon was led, that no reaiguation had been fled up to Juu, 2, 1877, Mr, Humphreys was called on the Republican side, and examined by Mr. Stoughton. He tea- titied that he reslgued the oflice of Untted States Conuwissloner, aud his resignation was accepted Uct. 4 by Judge Woods, from whoso office It cuue, The witness produced the written acceptance of hls reslgnstion. * Mr. Mlernick objectea to the J}mducll«n of this paper, aa it was su sct of an individual, and not uy nct of the Court. To M hluu‘;hwn Tho |lsilfl‘ waa recelved from Judge Woods in suswer to liy resignstion, saylug that It was sccopted, and that until he tJudgs Woods) could como to Pensacoln and hold Court, bis dutics would bu diseharged by tho Collector of the Post, MERRIOK OBJXCTA, ‘Tha introduction of a Jetter from Hiram Potter, the Collector of Castows, dated Oct. 5, 1870, ask: ng the witnevs to turn over the buoks and papers of ile oftice, was ubjucted to by Mr, Merrick. ‘Tl witnoes stated that he did turn over the oftice, snd had nvl uxercised the functions of the ottica -In:x Crora-csamined b(fi‘"’ Groen—The lelter waa addressod to Judye Woods, st Newstk, U, and the reply came from there. Thers had been uo seavion OF the court at Pensaculs since that time. T tewshmany here slosed, Justice Clifford announced that the whalo eavo ‘was now resdy for argument, aud, under the thind Tule, each sldu would Lo ullowed (wo hours, Atr. ek suid they hud ta aek the fndalgenco of belng heard by tbrec counscl, and (bat, asomy {wpottant quevtious nad ariven'this mornlug, the tinie by extended unother hour. ‘The Comumission OHANTRD TIH RXTENSION ASKED, and Judgo Hoadley addressed the Coouulésion. Ha contended that ‘the teuder of thls reagnation 10 the Judio in Ohlo, snd hit ucceptance’ uf thy aama by tho Judge, waynot an act of the Clrcuit Court of Flonds, aud Lisl, therefore, the resizaas tlou of Humphreys bad aot_been legally acee and bawas, conscquently, at this time Bolding ai wtlico of profit and trust bnder the United bl gud thereforo was {uchgible aw an Llsclor, Tho elfeet of dlegualification extendod not only to the Elector, but ta the State which appoloted Liw. This view ko wupported with quotations. from du- bates when the Constliution was framed, Imldlnj tbat the selcction of au fneligivle Elector wurke 8 forfelturo of the vole of the Btate, It wae in- tended 1o protect tho 8l btates sizuinat tho Neglumate use of the 1 power 10 any oue State. Time had nol shuwn that the evlls fruin thy Federal Interfercnce wers any loss thau our fore- fathers iad apprehendud, In 1837 VIVE YOSTAIASTERS ‘were among the Elcctors, sud Mr, Clay Introduced & rodolution directing a Jolut Commiltee Lo Inquirg Inta thie infriugemont of a clunve uf the Caustitus tion. 1§ wus then held that i1 way tho duty of Con- f'""" take the testimony snd hn“nru into the ucty. The Conunlttes did not And Lime o saces- taln whother parties of the samo name were tio same Individuale, and &4 thelr votcs wuuld not Chanye the result, the inquiry was ot carricd out, buz ui that time tho ides was vatertuined, sithoush the Commitics did not so think, thata slugle dis- jualifod Elector vitiated the whole Electoral vote, udgs Howdloy quoted Evglian suthorities W i (hat'in the event of the vleckion of su fucligibio individual, the election wus vold. Thure Wes uo American precedeut to the contrary, although there had been & wide range as 1o the edect of ui FEBRUARY 9, 1877. a fajinre to eleet npon the other candidates, in the Penneylvnnia case, whera the candidate was dinqualified, the election WENT BACK TO THE PEOPLE. In the Indiana cavcr, the next hizhest candidate had heen electerd, and in ofher ensee the party had unnesud without scating Niia opponent. = Tho of Congress fudicated o disposition & fznish o remedy whora the diequatiael Flecooea ad been chosen, 8r when It wan provhded that the Blate might kelect n new Elector where one dlsqualifed lind been chonen. The State having falled to take g0 of the 1:ith section of the Revised . and having fatled to remedy the non-cled on, there wsu vacancy, ond one vate w clalmed Jost to the State. 1lo referred o the ctelon of the Judges in the Jate Ithode Islund casca, 1o tho effuct that the Ineligiblity of one eandidste worked avacaney, which ¢oold bo Olied by tie Leglslatare, and argaed that had the ofice not been filled, there wwould hare o vacancy exlated In that State, Florlda, 1tke Rhode 1eland, had ample op- y Lo correct the error and filled the vacancy chosen to avail Berself of it een desired to call the attention of the Commtasionta the cleims thatfie Ielter of IHam< phreys 10 Judge Woods and the reply of the sama werd not an acl of the court, and_that the certif. cate of the Clerk of the Cirenlt Court of Florids, read this smorning, showerl that the resicnatinn had not heen made # tntterof recued In the office of tueCourt, e discnused the case under the firet part of theoarder of the Court to conslder only the Iupcnfll!l(lllne«l In {he pockage opened by the 'resident of the Senate, . He arzucd that the tormal character of Certificate No, 2 entiticd it to wome constderation by the Com- minslon, and contended that the statntes and ac- of tho courtaof the Hiate wero uistters that the Commisston whould inquire into and ertablish tho eligibility of the Certlficate No. 1, ‘The Cammin«lon had before them. In the third certlficate, not only the certifieate of the Uovernor, but a tabnfated sintement of the precise numier ot votee cant in encheounty nthe State for the difters enteandidates, This certificate had the anthority nf the Exeeutive, Judiciary, and Legimstare, “all npeaking In n unanimonsand united voice upon the ?uflllun which in to be declded by this tribunal. £ might ba suid that the third certi@eato did not arrive in Washington by the first Wednesday In -!Anunrr‘y. and waa therefore too late, e cited the anthorities to sustain this provosition: that the clanee wasdircctury and not mandatory, ‘The main fact was, ** D4 the Elcctors vote according to thy conatitutional requirements," and the mere tra: mieslon of thelr mieasago to the Vice-Prenident we incldental suatter, and the thno within the p rerihed Himits was not the essence of the tenneac. tfon. Thamain polnt was that the votes should be recelved BEFORK THE COUNT TOOK PLACE, Tie claimed that the lista submlitted with Cer- tlficato No. 3 were eflectun, and that a delay in the performanceof a plain duty did not prevent the pesformance ef that duty, In conclusion, Mr. Uteen contended that the laws passcd by the Legisiature of Florida alice Jan. 1 in relation to the recent clection were not ex post facto lawa within the meaning of the Cune etitution. Iie gave notice to the other side that nnder tho ordes of the Court they should fneiat that the Commiasion conld louk fnio the procecd: ings under quo warranto, MIt SUELLADBARGER followed on the otherside. Iic eald, since he leard tho decislon of the Commirsion. rennl;;g the 2 to hear testimony in relativn e watrauto jiroceedings, ho had thought. ~ all _ discuesion of that snbject uncalled for. Iuthe papers lald before the two Tluuses there was but vuw allusion to these pro- ceedings in quo warranto, ond thul was in the cer- tificate of Gov, Drew. Those procevdings wers not before the Commission, und conld not uo bronght hero bythe allusion iz the Governor's message, Ho subiitted the qmnnllllnn thnt all scts in relation 1o the accompllaliment of a certaln act muat anticipste the act Itaclt, nnd on this prop- onitlon every uct that foliowed the Electoral vote swas cxcluded, lic contended that the power of a Stato was Jimited to appointment, and that no act perlalmng to appointment could be had alter ap- pointment had beenmade and the office had paswed wway, Mr., Tharman saked, supposing the case to be as slated, would there be actlon lvuxlng to an lnquiry whother any appointinent wan madg Mr. Shellsbarger sald that when all that conld be done by the Slaie had been dony_sccording to the requirements of tho Iaw of the State existing un the sy f tlie clection, the power of thy Stats passed away, and It becaine thercafter s Federal rist. ‘The power of the State was un that day fors ever ended. 1Te conceded that it wasin the power of the Ktate to try by her uwn muchinery the power of her Elcctors, but the rcroflny must be made rlor to the discharge of the functlons of the ofMce, rlutlllm‘ry to contest au tlectionaltertho ofice had ‘passed uway would, ha sald, be an absardity. EVARTS. Mr, Evars closed the argument on the Repab. lican side. fle sald the Commission has declded that In one particular & will reccive evidence touching the “elfwibllity of one of the Florlda Electors (Hlumphreys).” 1 do not understand the Commfusion to have ever passcd the wuestion what the cflect 14 as to the acceptance or rejection of the voto thus challenged fur fueligibliity, bul to Bave decided that on that polnt it will recelve cvidence which may be offered, fir=t, as to whether the oblection taken to Nnmphreys' vote Is muly- tainable, and, xecondly, whether, If muintainable and malntained, the metliods of 'the Constitutiun peemit of any rejection from the certified vote transmitied and openced onthat ground, Alr, Evarts went on to urene that the evidence In regard (o Numph holding ofice fell short of siiowiny that ho was ln ofifce at the tine of casting the Lleetoral vote, ond thut the borden of prove g ftrestedon tho sido thut made thu objectlon, Was ity hewsked, 10 po pretended that, ander tho law, there waa any jower tu hold the uccupant of setvil ulice tothe performunce of its duties A MOMENT BEYOND WIS WiLL1 The authoritics, Lo sald, were clear as to tho right of u ¢itizen restgniug mit uice even without fit reslguation belng aceepted. Al that was na‘cc»nry wus to muke s public vacation of the attice, e then went on to ssy: This subject, then, being rejected from further consideration, lunder. atand it thers 14 10 mattor Teft vul for oxecution by this Cowsmilaelun of the duty sccunted to §t by the uct of Cogress under which It Is orgunized, to determing out” of the wmateral of tiese threa cer- titeates what nnd how muny voies aro to be coninted for the State of Florlda, Mr, Evarts satd that tho fret certificate includes, with every degrea of certsinty aud awuraiice, the yotes of “the State of Florlds, and went on t arguy agnitst the second and thind certlficat, Wity sald be, ure the prodigious clafms b that, by o lawwalt fu a Statv court the Blatu's complete votu v 10 bu retrleved and reversed, and that when & Judze of n State court has so dee cided the Bupremins Court of the United States mnst make a low ohelwancy 10 Nir. Judze White, wud ray, **'Tlhat Iy the end of the Liw; that {5 the fiat of the Ftate.** Well, suppose that wu do sie. ceed fu conntly ‘resident i, aud suppose that aquo wurrunto {s started to peove that the Preske dent 1o bid seut whould be dilodged becsuso some votus counted for bln were wob cart by do jurs Electors, then it 1n proposed that tho deciston of tho State court i the **be-ali and the end-all™ of thixingulry, WIIAT BORT OF A GOVERNMENT, what eort of a Presidency. what rort of monl. ments and protection of régnlarity and permanence uf authority under the Constitution are pravided by aschemo of perpetual four years' dependency upon 4 quo warranto in the State of Nevada or of Florl. «nY You must ueverluso adght of th matter that o4 are to advise what votes and low many shall Luwllllltd by the Iwo Iauive, und when you have deteemined that estrancons evidence shall not 1n- vade the regulority of a bulshed transaetlon of o state, you have determined e Ly a daublo de. civlon {lul it shall not bo invadea, disparared, or exvosed to any question by & mere certideate, which In its oWn ugent und ‘suthor, a volunteer in disturbauce in the counting of votes. MERRICK, Mr. Nerrick eloved tho arzument on the Demo- cutlc side, _ flc snld the burden of proof resied on the other side, to sbow thatat the time of casting tie Klcetoral vota Huwphreys did uot huld tae office, Ile armied that until the reslgnation wis accepted by the power that conferred the ofce, und fhat face nppe on the record, be must bo held tu be still vecupying the oflice, Ropresentativo Hodr put the case of holder "belnz elected to the Senate, whether, If iy resignation of (he ailic were ot accepted, o was therehy o be Kept from bis scut, 3ir. Merrick replied that tho fact of Lis beng sd. mitted (o his sent In the Senate would Lo wdis- charge frum tho oflico which he bad held, pro- vided ho Lad, prior to ikat time, lendered hls rusignation. 3r, Hoar inquired whether the samo rule would not uwlx!y 1n casg of an Elcctor ag well e in cas of a Renutor, Alr, Merrick rvwnd that In caso of a Scnator the dixantlity would be unly persoua), whily ju thal of . Flcmr Iws fnpetsonali dnother words, the o was g YOMTIVELY FORUIDDEN (o appolnt an vlliceloldes 8s un Licctor. It wag a limitation upon the power of the State, sudnota personal disability of the man. Hepresentalive AUbote— You alvaclaim that, even it (Eo acceplal of ke resignation was not u;u:-u.r{. th resiguation iwself must bu made to tho Caunt. Mr, Merrick—Unquestionably the roslgustion must 1o niadu tu bhe power that ¥ave b sppoinfoent, Suppora Humplhreys lad redigned lo th Clerk of the Cuurt, u.h!n.u' g 4 privale Jetter to th Clerk at Neward, U. Would that bs suticient? The Proshling Justico—liut 1f be went 1t to the Judze, sud the Judge diracted it ta Do dledy v, Merrick—1f that is <oisv whlile the Court is in senslon, then it fe act of court. lepresentative Uarield—Do you hold that fu case of & long vacation, or fu cass of w cuurt being abolished by law, or in casc of the death of @ Judge who gave (hosppoiutment, this ollicer NEVEL COULD LAVE BESIUNED] Ar. Merack—Labould Lave referred thag caso o ono uf the Neturning Buards bu the South, § bard- 1y know what reply 1o make, Mr. Garteld—1 undcratood your posltion to be that he could uot rewign except whilo the Court was in sesslou, Me. Merrick—1 presnmy that toe death and ex- tiuction of the vifice, snd abolition of & govern- went, and wl‘pInz vut of & putlon, wake excoptions toall priuclplve ot luw. Justlco Miller—You say that the dlstinction be- twveen the man who accepts the office of Eenator and the man who accepts the offico of Elector In that i1 one eane the objection goeato the power of the State and in the other cace ‘it docr nof, What l!’.l"l: diference jn the question of the power of o2 a » 3ir. Merrick—TIn one case the prohibition I= that no person shall be a Representative or Senator who has not attained a certaln ago; in the other eaae it §a that no prreon ahall be appainted Elector w0 holde an ofice of trost or proft. Wherever there 18 power yiven to do an act, the donec of the power ean only exerciee it according to the preclae restrictions ana Jinitations of the donation. Mr, Aerrick then passcd on o the question of the rival certificater, and was arguinz in favor of the lrfllllmncy of tha recond and third certificates (tha ‘Tiden certificaten), Senator Phurman—Suppose the Tilden Electors had ot votad at all, wonld it be competent 1o rhow by subsequent Stato proceedings that the Huyes Electors, who did vote, had no title? Thatis THE REAL QUESTION, Mr, Merriek—Monat nnquestionably, < The State tannot have her voice aimulated, whether her real voice ls mpuken or not. tng{:z s that on this oc. €aalon the true vuice of the State poken, but A0 1t hiad not beey there could have been no mare puwer and vhior in the simulated tones of her voles in reach the councile of the Federal Government tuon there i when these simulated tones coing ringing aloug with thuse of the trug sentiment of Iier pevple, The State lenot to be_deceired, de- frantled, cheated. She might, peior to the thue that this Elector votu w: cunt, linve instituzed ler 1110 warrunto, standing in her own tribunals cloth- &d with the majeaty of her cxecntive power and appealing to her judicial suthority and asked these men, **ily what warrant do “you presuine to exercise thenower of thia State?™ And, Ao stand. ing, nhe conld have stripped frum them the Govern. ment they liave stolen ; steipped from their shouls gerqll:m' ivery, which they uad stolen to rerve the evil In, M, Merrick then quoted 8 number of authorlitics from the Supreme Court, showing that the uniform rule was for that Court tn follow the Stute de- clrfons on the sabject uf local huwa of the State, and commented on wome of Judgs Iradley’s opinivns 1o that effect, Mr. Merrick claimed [n conclusion that the record of quo warranto proe ceedings won hefore the Commission, 1f not as evl- dence, ot leaet an sliowing the law of the State of Florida, and that it Infornied the Commisslon that, acconling to the law of Florida, the Hayes Llectors were nat appointed, and that the Tilden Elector were. ‘The Commlesfon sdjourned til] 10 to-morrow, TO-DAY. The Electoral Comuissioners will take the Flor- 1da ca«c Into private conslderatlon estly to-morrow morning, and it is expected thoy will feach a de- cirfon during the day. “The Democrats have little hope fur unything more fasorabie to them thau the throwiug out of the Iinmphrey Electoral vote. ‘The cuntest i the Loulsinna case will bo over tho Jegality of the Returning lfoard itacit, the law calllug for tive memnbers, nnd the four meinbers who acted not fiiling tho vacancy. It will be claimed that there Lias been o canvass of the Yotes, und that no Slectors have been appoluted. Frominent Democrats say the Comilasion tias adopted n }ing of precedence that must throw out tho votu of Watts, tho Orezon Postmatter. PRESS OPINIONS. THE NEW YORK VAPERS, NEw Yonk, Feb. 8,—The decision of the Elect- oral Commlisslon In the case of Floridals the subject of the lcaders to-day ju the scveral Jouruats. From the Tribune: #The decision fs a great victory for the friends of Gov. Hayes, masked, Lwever, fn euch 8 way that the Democrats feign to regard {Lns not quite s crushing defeat of Tilden. It husstill to be dechled which of the three sets of papers contains the Elcctoral vote of Florida, Lut there cannot be much differ- ence of oplnion as to what the declsion will be. The first of the three has all the conditions of regularity, With. the contest narrowed to the liues marked out by this dectsion, all the elaho- rate preparations of the Democracy come to nsught. The testimony which D, I, Ficld hus been trying to smugyle into tho court-roum fails to the ground; the bulldozing of witne: haa been fn valng Littlefield and Maddux led for uothing; Gov, Wells ceases Lo b an object of interest, and Tilden's attorney from the Seventh District of New York exhibits blmselt to mankind oa the nolslest and most conepicu. ‘ous faiture of the Forty-fourth Congreas, for, of course, all attempts to fmpeach the vote of Loulstaus are now usciess. The regularity of the Hayes certiticates from that State Is mank fest—Indeed, i3 not serfousty dlsputed. There 18 no reasun to suppose that the Commisslon will take any other view of the extraordinary perfurmance of the Oregun Democratie Elects onil Cullege of vue than has been taken by all people of Lpartiality aud comtnon scusc." From the Zimes: ** The only thing which re- nuaina for the Commission tu declde {s, which certitieate comtained the votes of thoso Electors which the Stute of Froridu appolnted, and on the face of the contentsuf tho certlileates there (s Lardly room for any doubt ns to what the de- isfon will bes “Lhe Geelsion of the Commission to cousider the eligibllity of Humpbreys docs nutseein of uny essential lwportance n the Florlda case, 01 f1s torve as o precedont, 12 §s oo suull tu fudyre.” = From the Heraad: * In the Inmediate cazer- ness to knuw the practical cousequence of uny devision fn this” case, opinfons ol that conse- queace are reachied by very busty processcs, and opifons of tuls wort already wnlfl]uplmu this Judgment as o polot galied Lrom tue Republivan cauuidate; aud we hear, consequently, of the discouragement of the Denoviats, It 1 nat cers tuin that thy declslon given, viewed fu all ita “mlblva_ appileatious, wlil . be advuntageous for ayed. . l"rum the Sun: “The evidence to be conshl- ered was described by Mr, Ferey, in trausmitsiuze It, as docutents purporting to'bo Blectoral cer- titlcates,ubjections made theretofn fulut sesstun, and accompanylug papers, The proceedivgs ol the Canvassing Buard cannot bo inquired {oto.” From the Workd: ** Whatever the result imay Ledn the Florkla case, tue publie will handly adopt the conclusion that the Commiesion §s fu- capacitated from considering tho fazts sud testl mouy tken by tho Conventlon of the two Nuuses, ur that it is shut off frum the incthods of wquiry practtced on ol forer vceasiolis, when any tnquiry was neecssary to such degres that 1t cun avall itself Ll wo Iformation except such ns may be Bltercd through the Prestdent of the Senute. Nothing can be clearer thun that it is the duty of the Cotmission to lnd vut, not who lias got the certitleate, but who was duly nnwhnn&; wor ean it be disgubed that the rus wior that the Judges of the Suprewe Court, un thils vecasion, divided aecording 10 party connees tlons, hag awakened some surprise, alaru, nud atrust n the public mind." VARIOUS, VERY CONPIDENT. Special Lispatch to The Tribune, Wasmixgros, L, Coy Fet, B—~Gov, Hayes' friends ate very confldent of Ll success. Gov, Noyes, who hus been Lere several days on & specinl tubsion of observation, left to-night for Columbus to notify Iayes that in bis judgment T suceess Is certutn, Noyes, it Is known, docs not take this messuge uniil after carcful and protractal conferciees with members of tha Eiectoral Tribusal. Jerre Black is’ ubsolutely hopelesd, WIAT I8 70 BE. There was o sequel to this Keturping Board eplsode, which serves to lllustrato the feeling of 8 good wany Dewmocratic members as to the de- clslon of tho Elcctoral Tribunal, Curry of Indi- una, asked leave Lo offer & resolution ussuming that tho Electoral Commissivn bad decided that they would not o bebind tho returns of u State; thal it way therefore not competent for this Houso to'invulre futo the acts of 8 Returu- iog Boand, no watter what rascalitica they had been guilty ofj that it was therefors unueces. sary 1o further Inquire futo guestions affecting the Loulsiana electious that there was sccording- 1y no pecessity toboldWellannd Anderson further 1 custed y jor coutenmpt, awl thst they be dis- char, Lue resolution excited & oyvat deal of luughter and wis objected to. DEMOCRATIU LODOKS. The Democrats arn disposed to make more of the alleged fucligibllity of Claffee, the Hili- nols Electar, thun was expected. The Deputy Bergeant-at-Arms angdved ut Springiicld to- ufzhit, 1 ke does not fiud Chafles thers Lo will trurml to Shelbyville. Certhiled coples of Choifee's uppolutiieut as United States Com- sulisfoner sud of hid ucts buve bien sent for, and are expected. It s clumed o dofest Las been found tn the Electoral bill which will }lk‘rlll‘l au judetivlte time for debaty ln the two Houscs i thu Guestion whetlier the award of the Electoral Tribupal sbail be recclved ur rejected. There §s no provisjor In the bill liwithug the te ‘of debsts upon this gquestion, oud ‘it would be pus- sible for the ~Democratic Huuss ~ to flibuster aud defeat tho eatire work of the Tribuual. When the Jofot Couventlon next convenes Georzls will be called dray, IHlinols uext. It s undersioud Lo b the plan of the Dewmocrats to discuss the repost of tho awand of PRICE FIVE CENTS the Court {n the Florida case, It it shall be for Hayes, long enough to HAVE TILE ILLINOIS CASE PREPARED, The Democrats male the polot in the Louistana. tase that the Returning-Board law dves ot glve the Hoard authority to canvass the vote for Presidentia) Electors, and that that vote, under ho law of 1808-'70, must bo canvassed by thn thres princioat Stato officers, They will fncludo I thelr protest of thucount of Loulsiana the ullegatlon that the entlre eight Hayes Electurs are (nellgitle bocause they were retunied by the Returninz Board. The strong polnt they Wil urgy s the ioclighility o?’ Brewater, Surveyor Uenceral, It1s manifest that most of the Democrats hope to have votes enough thrown out to hays te electlon mude by the Houze ana Benate. No one cxpects to save Hemdricks, 4 JUDGR LEYIIZE, of Tollslana, the Hayes Elector who wan offererd 810,000 on the Gth day of December to cast his vote for Tilden, Is now here, and i1} testify to- morrow before the Ilowe Renate Comimiitec, This amount, with the §2010,000 offerel to Gen, Anderson lk 7. Rubertson, and §290,000 offeradd by Duncan Kenuer to Mr., Wells, and the $50,000 offered to the ca Elcctor, Judge Macks, ag- greeates over half a million of Tilden moncy that was ready for distribution In Loulsiana to defeat Hayes, WEST VIRGINIA. . Tolu# Weatern Asanciated Press. Wastmsaron, D). C., Feb, 8.—Albert Peracr, the allezed {netigivte Democratle Elestor from West Virglnla, arrived here this morning in obedience ton subpana from the Senate Com- mittee on Privllezes and Efections, It i3 claimed that Peyser Is a native of Poland, and has ucver been a naturalized citizen of this country, Beveral witnesses have been sub- Euuncd 1o testify In the case. Peyser claims to v a notive of New York State. THE RETURNING BOARD. WELLY' TREATMENT, . Spectal Mirpateh to The Tribune. Wasnixaros, 1. C., Feb. 8,~1he Democratis party; which Is respousiblc for the serivs of ter- rible outrages in'the Souths, to-day.declded by s partiean vote that Wells, of the Loulsiana ite- iurning Board, an old man o more than 70, stretehed on a fever bed, shall be confined Inan unhealthy dungeon-room fn tho trypt of the Capitol, poisoned with gas-damp, fetid with odors, Into which the sunlight never enters. ‘There s not one alngle palllating circumstance in the nction of the Democrats. They have for the first timo established the principle of the Spanish Inqulsitlon In the Nutlona! €apital, and have declared that an Jmprisuntment for contempt Is one of the pro- cesees in o proceeding of torture. Clymer, the witness of the Belknap trlal, avowed that be has little svinpothy with Wells! sufferings because there had Leen strungo doingas in Louisiana, IABEAS CORPUS TO BE APPLIED FON. Countel for Gov. Wells and Andersou will to- morrow apply for a writ of labeas corpus fn the Supreme Court of the District for thelr release. ‘The refusal of the House to give them healthy quarters induced this action, In consequenco of the condition of the cell Gov, Wells has been affiicted with constant nausea for several dags. After the debate in thy House to-duy several members vlsited him, the stringent surveillanca having been a litle relaxed. - Len Ml was amouy them, He pronounced the place un- wholesoute, Wells says that hie has been re- peatedly refused many iecessary articles of dlct. Weils and Anderson both declare to-night that they arw prepared at any thie to discloze to tho Connmalssion thelr eutire ofticfal action as Ree turning ofllcers, and everythlug clse relallug to the Returalng Board, but do hot hold tuem- selves responsile for matters not within thelr knowledre, coucerning which Ficld insists they should testify, TIE UNION LEAGUERE. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF TUE IRESIDENT. Spectal Diwatch to The Tridune. New Youk, Feb. 8.—The Hon. Johin Juy wos Installed Presldent of the Unfon League Club to-uight, aud spoke briefly of the present out- look, - After alluding to the position of the Dlavks, aud the almost total disappearanceof the colored vote In parts of Mlustssippl, Alabawa, Loulsiana, aud other States, ho sald that, while the Electors] Commission could not look into thenethods of the Electorul cauvass, the Sena- torinl Commiittee appointed under Judge Ed- munds’ resolution should give the truth on this #ad subject, which so ncarly Involves the na- tional falth, However black the recens past, THE CLUL 1IAD PACED A GLOOMIER OUTLOOK, and scen it vanish_before the light of freedom and inteltigence. They had been assured from the South that, with the election of the Deno- cratic caudidate, tho lost cinsg would be ro- rained, and, fn that case, tho Club must con- slder incthiods of onstitutional opposition. It the Cumnmission declared—what they all Le- Heved—that Gov. Hages Is the President-elect, plesanter dutles awaited them, and they would #ive Lim the flemest support and frankest coun- sel In carrying out the political and civil service reform, the lack of which had almost wrecked the Republlcan ‘party, with fts matchbless and heroje record, CONGRESS. BENATE. Wasninatoy; D. C., Feb, 8.~The credentlals of Bcnator-elect Garland (Arkansas) wero nled. Mr. West reported thio Post-Oftice Appropria- tlon bl and amendments, Ordered printed, und to lie on the tuble, Mr. Windom called upthe House bill to pro- vide for the payment of Jolin B. Eads fur con- structing the jetties at the Bouth Pa After dlseusslon, by o vute of 30 to 34, the blll was In- definitely postponed, and tho couslderation of th Indian Appropriation bill was resumed, Varlous amendments o3 reported by the Committes . on Approprlatious were arecd to, omonz them the followlug: Jucreasing the appropristlon for the purchase of four uud meat for the Crow indiaus from $75,000 to $100,000; appropriating $7,000 for pay of addi- tivnal coployes of the several sgencies for the Bloux in Nebruska snd Dakota; appropriativg §50,000 for thu selection of u location and cons struction of necessary bulldings and removal of the Yaukton Sloux to the Missourl River, and focresaing the appropriation for the subsistenco of sald ludiaus and the Ponca Bloux from #1.000.000 to $1,250,000, The Cummittes reported an amendment ap- propriatine 815,000 for the removal of tho Poneas from Nebraska to tho Judlun Territory. Agreed to. The House of Representallyes inserted u clause as follows, **And the President of the Umted States is hereby dlreeted o probibit the removal uf uny portivn of sald Sloux Indisns to ths Iudian ‘Territory, unless the same shall be hereatter autborized by Congreas.” The Svnate Cummittee on Appropriutluns repurted wy aendment strikiug out that clause, and it was agrced Lo, Other umendinents reported by the Commite 1co wers sgreed to as fullows: Appropriating $15,000 for the crection of agency-bulldings upon the southern portion of the reservation ; fucreasing the sppropriation for the Sjoux In- disns at the Fort Peck A%?&:{,:Ammmxuu and Grosventres, from $i o $100,000; {ucreasing the appropriations for tho sup- port of" schoold " uut otherwisa provided jor from 82500 to $10, appropriatiug $10,000 1or Judian police on several Todian res- ervations, aud ¥59,085 for thu payment o such wenbers of the Miawml and Confederuts bands of Knskaskes, Peoria, Plaokashaw, aud Wea In- dlans, us clect to becona citizeus of the Unlted States of their proportion of the tribal moneys; sppropriatiug $20,000 {rom the Great and Littls Qauge fund £or the education of forty Iudlan {,uuum at various institutions of learnluy fu the nited States, ‘The Committes on Appropriatious reported an amendwmeny striking out the fourth suction of the bill a3 it come trom the Houso of Ropre- sentatives, authorizipg the Conunlssioner of In- dian Affuirs to use the wovey npq:upfllwd fox oae trive fur another, whenever in bis judgument ftean be advautageously used for such other tribe, and it waa agreed to, - ‘S bill baving bevss considered fu Committeo of the Whole was reported to theSeuate,aud tho awendinents wade in committee concurred fu, and the bitl passed. . Muesrs. Windum, Sherman, and Wallace were appointed members of tho Conference Comnnt- tew on the bill appropriatiog §350,000 to provide for the uulldcnch iu the appropriation for d):l.» He priuting wud binding duriug the present tacal car, ! Mr. Puddock, at Lis own request, was excuscd from further service on the Comuitice v Pubs lie Bulidiugs and Grounds, and Mr. Harvey, at bis_own request, Was excused from fuiber service on the Committeo on Agriculture, The e S o aleas