Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1877, Page 1

___ The Chicage Duily Tribun VOLUME -XXXI. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1877—TWELVLE PAGES. e Ty 990 Jo Sunyq L9 COYIMON SENSE TRUSS, AN AN A TEBR COMMON ENSE TRUSS 10US over the whole world. Medal and Di- ,‘:)'n‘g-o nn-mlm at the Greatest Industrial Exhibition the world hias ever known. [The Unlted States Centen- la} Report on Award ¢ For otiginality In nse of the mechanical arrange- gent for secnring proper place and permanency of position to the Pad, and direction of the retaining force of tho Spring. For excellent workmanship and quality of mate- siate, Stness for the purpors intended; cheapness snd durabllity, . Aporoval of Judges of Awarde: C. B. Wisirz, s, D4 W. Ttorm, M! D., Burg.-Gen. 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" +* What Bhall the Tlatvest Volees Wil siug * Calling o vill ul'nr et of alo Proclgal. Fine pectacies susts ciples. Upers and ¥ scopes, Beronielers, to all sights on sclcutine 10 Glurscs, Telescopes, 3 . TO RENT. ELEGANT BUSINESS IUOAIS ou aacoud fluor. 164 fud I blate-at., upp. Falwer ligusc. | Applye - Stylea of Men's closing out Madll; goud condition. Firat tons: MR lumber: sctioser §1. F. Merry, lu class outat: carries 375 N e adapted to lumnber ARt Vet o b i AOCK 1§ Chuiber of ‘Coi: e * 4503, Joom 13 Forsiand Diock. FOR HAYES. Florida’s Four Votes Safely Secured for Him. The Whole Case So Decided by the Electoral Com- mission. Justice Bradley Once More Sound on the Question of Right, The Democrais Admit that the Claim of Iueligibility Was Not Proven ; And the Republicans Contend that It Made No Difference Anyhow, Indications that Hayes Will ' Get Louisiana and Oregon. Tite Democrats Determined to Die Hard on the Incligibility Issue, They Will Try to Reverse the Flor= ida Decision in Congress To-Day. No Hope of Success, for the Senate will l%uck the Game, Another String to Tilden’s Bow Dis- covored in Louisiana, Levlsce, the Elcctor, Lends the Wounld. Be Bribers In a Wild-Goose Chase. * Littlefleld About to Leave the Country with His Swag, . TIIE TRIBUNAL. FLORIDA FOR IAYES, Special Dispateh to The Tribune, Wasthyaron, D. C., Feb. 8.—As soon as the Cominlission met to-day the question of the gibility of Humpbreys was taken up, and oneot the Judges remurked that he thought it was o waste of time to £o ou with the discussion, It waa apparent frowa the debate fn the lust private session that seveu of the Comwlssioners were convluced that Congress had no power to take up the question of eligibllity, and, jusswuch us this question had been ralsed by Justice Brad- luy, the aliortest way to dispose of it would bu for him to ludieato hls views upon it. In reply to this, Justice Bradley sald that he pre- ferred to bear furthicr arguments on both sldes from members of the Cominlssion, 8o the de- bats was reopened aud coutluucd for some tims upon N TIE ELIGIDILITY QU 6TION, only Mr. Bayard iaking a speech au Liour and o half long, and other Commlssivners occupying the floor for shorter periods. At the conclusion Justice Bradley gave bis opinfon. Nelther the Demovratie nor the Republican Commisstoners are willlng to state the substance of Judge Bradley’s views, Some of the lute ter go so far, lowever, as to ssy that as they understand them they covered all possible questions of cliglbllity that can be rafsed {n tho cases of Electors i other States, and took the broud ground that, however inel- igible au Elector might have been to be voted for, If his vote was recelved by the Electoral Colluge it COULD NOT DE QUESTIONED IY CONGRESS, The Democrats, while admittiug that there 18 no comfort for them In Bradley's optulon, do not think that it wholly precludes them from ralsing an fssue azainat the two Loulstana Elect- ors, or from making a fluul stand on the Oregon case, Itis plain from thelriway of talkiug, how- ever, that they have alnost no hopes of success in efther direction, gad that they look upon the whole eligibility question as likely to be fruit- less of results favoruble to Tllden. At the clusu of the discusslon Mr., Thurman offered o resolution to tho effect that thero was noevideuce that Humphreys wus a Shipplug Cowmnissioner on the 7th of November, TI8 WAB OBJECTED TO on the ground that it might be supposed to mply an oplnfou that if he lisd been 1 office on that day b8 vote would uwot have been cligible. Garficld offered o reso- lutlon stating that the four persons named in the Hayes certitlente, giving thelr names,wore the Electors of tho State of Florlda uuder tho Constitution of the United States, and that tho certificate declaring them to be such Electors was valld, and that thelr votes should be counted. Bomuof the Conunlssion- erswunted o decloration to the effect that whether Humphreys was uu ofticer or not hla vote was valll, but. they gave' way In favor of Garfleld's resolution. Hunton offered a subst!- tute strlking out tho names of tho Hayes Elect. orsy sl fuserting those of the Jilden Elggtors, This was loat Ly " A STRICT PARTY VOTE— ayes, 73 noes, 8. Afterwards Gartleld's resolu- tlon was passed by a llke vote of uyes, 8; noes, 1_. A motlon was then agreed to thut Messrs, Edmuuds, Bradley, and Miller be appoluted a Countmitteo to prepare a formn of report, with the reasous sustainlng It, nud the Commission thereupou adjourned at 6 o'clock for one hour, Ou reasicmibling, the Committes submitted o draft of o letter for Preslding Justive Clitford RUIVON TRANSMITTING THE DECHuS totbie President of the Nenate, This wus duly siued by Cliford. A accond Jetter wos also slgned fuloring the Bpeaker of the House of the thuding of the Commibysion, and of the fact tht §t bad bheen transmitted to the President of the Seunte. Au order was then adopted direct. fugg ull the papers fu the Florida case to be yo- turued to the Fresldent of the Senate, THEY BTILL BOPR. UOne of the Democratie Commlssioners depre- cated to-night, in couversation with members of Lls party, thelr despondent expressions, He #atd there were poluts to be ralsed fu the Loukst- anu vuse quite Jitferent from those which en- tered luto the Florida case; that he had confl- dence fu the Commisslon, snd thouzht the Democrats ought not to disparage it, und that there was still a chancs to win if a vigorous con- test wus 1oade over tho Loulsfana returns. There was also a point In the Oregon vase in the Goveruor's certiticate autenticativg the Tilden returs,which ought not to be abandoned because ©f to-day’s reverse. Ho waa in favor of preserv- Ing a cheerful appearance and of fighting the battle through, and he thought that If this course were followed there was yet n falr chance of winning. A I'ROTEST againat counting the vote of Florida In aceond- ance with the verdict of the Electoral Commls- sion, slgneil by six Senators and six Representa- tives, all Democrats, has been prepared to-night and will be submitted to the Joint meeting to- morrow, The two hours' discusslon which will follaw the separation of the Houses for the conslideration of this protest will, it {s expected, be exceedingly heated and interesting, This Conumnlraloners® report I signed by the clght Commissioners who voted for its adop tlon, and was sealed and tranemittsl to the President of the Senate. No minority report will be made, because no provision is madein the law for the transmission to the two Houses of any other fnformation touching the proceed- ngs ot the Commlisslon exeept fts report and the reasons therefor. WUAT IT MEANS, ‘The implicatlon of the decision to-day as to the effect of o Governor’s certificate § that §t Is not valld unless made In accordance with the legally constituted authority of o State for the canvassing of its returns. The main contest of the day was upon the forta of expresslon In the report of the Commis- slon, regarding it not competent to contradict Ly outside. testimony the certllicate of o Gisvernor, founded wpon and agreeing with the decislon of the Returning Board, The applica- tion of this to Oregun consists inthe fact that the returns are by the law of that State cane vassed by the Secretury of State, and in the presence of the Governor, who han 1o voler In the matter, and the Ropublicans will elalm that the Governor's certiicate to Cronfu bs nelther founded upon, nor in accordance with, the de- efsion of the lawfully-constituted cunvassing authorlty of the State. THE ILLINOIS CASE. Mauy skens were vilble umonyg the Democrats to-duy of a desire to postpoue the report. of the Electoral Comimlssion to us late an hour as pos- slble, in order that certnin court rerords might be received from Hlinels touching the ineligt- billty of ane of the Electors of fhat State, named Chaffee. 1t seems that this man held the oftice of United States Commissioner fn the Houthern District of 11linolson theday of the Inst eleetion, nnd, acconding tothecurrent report, still continued in ofllee on the day the Elestoral College met. It 1s dountful {f he has ever resigned to this day, ‘This fact was not known 1l few days ngo, nd certitled coples of papers in the court showing the facts were at ouce tels grophed for, They cannot reach Washington until Inte to-morrow, aud it fa helleved that sotne of the Democrats desire to obstruct the proceedings of the Jolnt Commlttee in order that these papers may be recelvedand used as a basls for n protest agalnst the vote of this Elector, TO-DAT, © The course of proceedings to-morrow will be these: The Houses will meet in joint Conven- tion ut the hour to be fixed on the assembling In the morning. The report of the Commissfon will be annotinced to the Conventlon. The Houses will then separate, and each will have two hours for debate, From the temper of the Democrats to-night there will be a stormy time ot each end of the Capitol. The eall of the yeas oud nays {u the IHouse wlil oceupy balf to three-quarters of an lour, so that about three hours after the Couventlon arsembles it will be ready to proceed with the count of the Btates aest after Florida. THE LOUISIANA ELTCTORS, ‘The cases of the two Louislaun Electors, Lev- lece and Briwster, rulsed o question not pree sented by the Florida ease of HTumphreys. One was a United Stotes Commissioner aud the oth- era Surveyor, Both were disgaulifled at the ine of the eleetion, bug they subscquently ree signed, and thelr resignatious wore accepted prior to the mecting of tho Electoral College, 1o order to rentove, If possible, any remalning doubit as to their authority to uct us Electors, they absented themselves from the firat meeting of the Electoral College, thus causing yacau which were filled by the othe er Electors appoluting them. There con b no fssue rafsed, it would scem as to their cligibility to act when they voted, for they were not then in poasvssion ot any Federul oftice, and thelr appolntmeut to fill the /ncanvies they themselves caused was ju_nccordance with the Louisiana statute, "The Demovrats will no doubt set up the theory, however, that by the choleo of fnelgible persous the State 1OST TWO OF IIER ELECTORAL VOTES, * ‘There keens to be o doctrine, however ab- surd, unjust, or destructive to the rights of the states, which the Democratie party {3 not ready to advance, provided it opens a chanve for gahi- lug that missing vote for Tilden, * PREFABED POIL CONTINGENCIES. Que of the citrlous things connected with the composition of the Electoral Commission was an ugreenient entered fnto In writing by which thie four Chairmen of the party caucuses {u the two Houses bound their respective partics ton wpecliied metbod of Mlime uny vacuney which night veeur in the Commirslon after ita sclec- tion, A puper wus drawn up und signed by Benators Cragin and Btevenson and Representa- tives MeCrury ond Lamar, by which 1t was agreed that fn vase of o Vaenuey from any cause, it should be tillied by the sclection of u mun of the same political any a8 tho person creatiug the vacancy. It was further agreed that the selection shutild bo made by a cuticus of his purty In the House to which be {:)ngl:nl, ang that’such coucus nominee should i) SUPPORTED 1Y OTH PANTIES in o viva voes vote fn open sessfon. Fonr coples ot this agrecment wern made, and oue 1s re- tadned by cach of the four gentlenen named sbove, “If possible, the Demoerats of the House were bound more strongly than the rest by the actlon of thelr caucus Chalrman, Mr, Luamar, sinco he, in addition to .signing the paper, udded en lndorsement in turther support i its purposcs. TUE DELIDERATIONS. 79 (he Western Auociated Press, Wasiunuros, 1), ., ron 0.~Tie Electoral Commtvsion was fu sceret vession from 10 4. m., until holf-past 8 this evenfue coutinuously, with the ption of two short recedses. Almost the entire titne untll tho cluse of * tha session was oveupled with debate, in which every onve of the fifteen anembers ot the Comn n by turng Iputed. ‘I'wo or tureo of the Judizes and of the Senatorial suewbers read elabo- repared oplutons upon the maju poluts apd the discussion 13 understood to Liave been, from its cominencement to (ts close, of extruordinury power aud ablli The ques- bility of Huwmphreys wes not Lof inuch discussion, Hor was g 1. At one stage «w, however, Senator Thurman uffered a resolution decluring there was uo sul- fiefent evidenve offered to show that Hume plireys was i n‘lnq:pmz ‘ommisstoner an the 7ih of Novewber, This fution wus eriticlzed by several Republican members ou the ground that it nlght eutry an fuplicetion that, if Humphlireys had been such Connnlssioner ontlio Tta ot November, b4 vote would have heeu fu- valld, und the resolution was uot urged, there seembng to be practically a unanlmity that Humplirey’s reslzuation was : BOALLY EPPECTUAL, beinz teudered and aceepted beture the election, About 0 u'clock p. hn, the debate belng ended, Senator Fdwunds submitted o resolu. tion declaring, in substunce, that the four Re- publlan Electoral votes of Florkla should be counted, usud embodylug various reasons for snch declamtion. Representative Hupton of- fered tho fullowing as a subatitute: . Jlesolred, Whst the Electors named fn Certldcate No. £ 10 wit: Whkinsen Call. J. E. Yoage, Mol est Ballock, and Robert 1. iltow, are tho four porvoiia who were duly appoluted Electors by the tats of Florida ou the 7ih day of Novunber, sud that thele voles as cortlfied by such ceruicate are the vutes provided for by the Constitution of the Unlted Statos. X Rx;h substitute was rejected by the following o VEAS, i\,bbal‘l‘. fim’k X yue, 2 ayard, i 4 -7 Hayard, uuter, Lurasn, xATd, lzl:lwdlwa fi:rflcld. :lofln‘n_,s miunds, oar, Stro 3 huysen, Billor, 2 Freli Mr?xl'.dmuuus then withdrew hia resolution, and Mr. Garfleld offered the following, which waa adopted by the furegolng vote reversed : Rergleed, That peraons, to-wit, : Freder- Iek €, lfamphreye, Cliarles W, Pearce, William If. Itolden, and Thomas W. Lony, were duly appoint. ed Electors of Preeident and Vice-Prerident for the State of Florida, and that the votes st by the aforesald fonr personanre the votea provided for Ly the Conatitution of the United States, The vote In detall on the adoptiun of this resolution was as follows: Bradley, Marton, Edmunis, Sinar, Sirong~8. Freilnguipsen, 3, 2 Abbot, icld, Payne, finyard, Hanton, Thurman—7. Clitford, OFFICIAL RETORT, On motion of Mr, Garfleld, Messrs, Edmunds, Bradley, and Miller were appointed o Commit- tee to draft a report of the declsion of the Com- mission with a brief statement of the reasuns therefor, 1o by eigued Ly the meinbers agrecing thereln, and to be tranamitted to the joint sca- lhllll of the two Honses as required by the Elect- oral act, The argumentative resolution previously of- fercd and withdrawn by Mr, Edmunds” was adopted by the Commltter of three, with a few verbal changes, as thefr report, and sbout ¥ n'clock 1t was siencd by the efzht members of the Commisalon who had voted for the sdoption of Gartleld's resolutjon. TIR FORMAL DECISION or report to Congress fs very brief, but its com- plete phruscology is withlicld from publicity to- night from considerations of etiquette, as it is 1o be trantmitted to-morrow murning to the President of the Senate under seal, to be by Lit laid Lefore the jolut scsalon of the two Houses, It points, however, can be ncctirately stated as olluws: 1.The Commisslon, exerclelng the powern af both Houses under the law, snd having examined all certificstes and papets referred to them, find that they have no authority to hear evidence ** eliunde,* or, In other words, to hear evidence outalde uf the certificate of the Governur of . the Ktate of Florlda, founded npon determination of the Canvaselng Bosrd of the State as (o its vote, 2. The Commlsslun rould not conslder aw evl. dence any act of the Legiulature or courte ju de- termintug whom the State had appointed ax Elects ora, after the day sald Electors gave thelr vote, 4. In regard o the alleged eligibility of F. €, Mumplreys, there was not suflicient proof that he held ofiice on the Tth of November, SEST TO £ONGHESS, The Beeretary of the Commission will to-mor- raw morniug deliver to the Preajdent pro tem, of the Benute the formnul decision obave de- seribed, together with all the eortificates and nmmumnyln}; papers in the Florida vase, which were referredd 1o the Commbsston, and the Sec retary will alse deliver to the Speaker of the House a formal notitication, signed by ‘the President of the Commiseion, that their declsion has been communieated to the Prestdent pro tem. of the Senate. There- upon, in compliance with the Electoral act, the two Touses Will ncain meet, aud the declsion will be read und eutered on the journel of cach House, und the vote of Florida witl immedia 1y be counted for Ilayes and Whecler, uu upon objection helng smade in wrlting by at Icast five Senators and flve members of the Ilonse of Representutives, *the two lous shall separately coneur fu ordering otherwia It belng known that the two Houses WILL NOT §O CONCTR, it 18 not thought likely that any objectlon will be made to the Immedlate counting of the Flor- fda Republican votes, as this would be an up- necessary waste of thne FLORIDA. 0OV, STEARNS' RTORY, Wasmxatoy, D, C., Feb. 0.—In the House Privileges Committee to<lay ex-Gov. Steurns, of Florlda, was called to the staud, and replied to questions by Judge Lawreuce, that le never recelved or sent any telegrmin saylng that we (meaning the Republicans) must have Loulslaus, Florida, und South Caroliua, by falr teans or or foul, Never received o telogram from any- body outside the State requesting him to send coutlers for returns which must befmade to show a mojority for Hayes, Wilhess. gave Frauk 8herwin uo dispatch to anybody in which troops were asked for, ‘fne dispateh from W, E. Chandicr, * Bismarck ought to come hiere nt. onee,"” wassent to C. D, Willard, of this clty, lad reference to raflrund wiatters. Gov, Stearns stated that he knew the operatar ficberry. who professed to )‘(m tobea Repub- ca, Mr, Fleld examined Gov. Btearns with refers enco to the returns from Buker County, and uskod him whether he was not informed before griving the Electoral certliieates that two out of our Prcrlnm {n that county wers fraudulently omitted by the Board of Canvassers. e re- plled that” he had no such information. e urther stated that on Nov., 8 no teleerams passed between himsclf and partics 1 the Nurth, Gov. Stearns stated that on Nov. §§ he telegruphed Secretary Chandler that a train wboard of which were'the couriers had been WRECKED BY KU-KLUX, and that he thought there was a majority In the State for Iluves, i on livuest cauvoss can Lo had, and troops to preserve the peace. He ex- platned that in about ond-tenth of the countica of the State there were Democratle officlals who actedd a8 coutity eanvassers; that on the train which was wrecked thers were only two persons who had been (nstructed to go to " the western countles, which were larwely Democratle, and turn the result of the election, He was appre- henslve of vivlence, Inssmuch ‘as the people were in & very exclted state of miud, and hence Li¢ desired truops to PREJENTE THE PEACE. Qov. Stearns stuted that on the same day he n.-cvlmlnn-plf- from Sccretary Chandler say- Ing, “ Your telezram yeceived “and referred fo the President at Philadelphia. Communicate with hiw.” e recelved anothertelegram from Chandler ahout the Bth or 10th, asking * Whut is the gituation?” and requesting to bu kept fn- formed, to wijeh be replied that the situation was unchanged. He did not l.cIcFmEh to the Presideut. nor Al Bhersin, to bis knowledge, About same time he recelved the telegram from the Beerctary ot War, sayiug that a sufliclent number of troops had been eent to ‘Tallabaseee, I ne recollection of any telegram from_ Secretary Chandler saylng thot he (Chandler) = had seen the President and Secretury of War, and that groops would bo sent. On’or about Nov. 8 hw recelved s alspatch from Scerctury Chaudler saving: “Grave fmportance ntfaches to the Electoral vote, and we fuvite your careful at- teution and supervision to theotliclals canvass- ing thy vote,” or words to that etfect. Nothing was sald about money in any telegraatn which assed between himsell and persons In the Norih, and ho also sald ho had no kuowledge of any monuey having beeu received from the North elther befure or atter theelectlon, without concluding the examination of (lov. Btearns, the Committee sdjourned untll to- morrow, LOUISTANA, MORE LRIBERY. Special Dlspatch 40 The Tridune. Wasuixaron, 1, C, Feb, 9.1t Leviseo’s testimony before the Benats Louisfans Come mittee to-day s to be credited, the Democrats were pulliug more thati ong string In thelr efforts to prevent the Electorsl vote of Loulal- sna from beimg given to Huyes, While they were endeavoring to babe the Returning Board, they wern' negotiating with Leviiee 1o induce Dim to get up fu tho College, inuke u sprech wukivg higy, morul grouuds, and then to give bls vote for Tilden. Acvurding to Levissee's uecount, Asher, the ugent ol the Demaocrats fu the tramsuction, begun by offedog blm $80000 o SI0000 und finally got up to §400,000, beyond which he would not go. Leviser hold vut for #200,000, and thenegotiation J FINALLY VELL TUROUGH. Levisee's story fa thot ho set the tigure bigher than ho thought could be pald, and that his purpose fn the uffale was only tosce how farthe Detnocrata would go. In ronnection with this story it Is Iuteresting 10 recull the ac- count given last Decvsber of the meeting of the Loutsfana Electoral College. It was then reported that the promineat members of the Callege, suspesting that some of their vs- soctates bad been bought by the Democrats, locked the doors of the room Whers the meeting was beld, und, drawlng revolvers, anuounced that if any suau betruyed his trust be should uever leave tho pluce “wiive. The report, *of course, was nut true, STUE DYNAMITE WITNESS." Wheu Dudley Fleld's Cominittes et this wornlug, Fleld way {u gu extrewely petulung wood. 16 was o testy audirascible that, to con- ceul his exbibltlon of tewper aud cloak his ed for half an hour that the differences might be adjusted. - When open sesslon was resumed, Charles Cavennoe, who was privately introduces! by Fleld as * the’ dynamite witneas” of the Hemorrats, wae put on the stand. Iis testl- mony proved ta be a dynamite to the Littlefpld consplracy, and to all’ those who have aided to unpllnecr It, including, apparentiy, Gov. Palmer, of iilinols. LITTLEPIELD'S GREAT POINT has been to prove that the Vernon Parlah re- turn was chunged from two Hayes votes to 173 votes at the express order of Gov. Wells, and that this change was taken advantage of by tho Returning Boanl “The dynamite witness™ Cavannoe proved clearly that Whatever change was made in the Vernon Parish return could not have affected the votes for the Hayes Elec- tor. Cavannoc was a Democratle lawyer befure the Returning Board. He testified tliat he saw the rcturn from_Vernon Parish opened in the presence of the an 3 that it contained the re- turn of twy votes for Hayes when opened; that It was counted, tubulated. and canvassed by the order of the: Boarg two _votes for Iuyes, and that \hie procecdings were soon after VUBLISHED 1Y ORDEIL OP THE BOARD In a public newspaper twa votes Tor 1lnyee, e also swore specitically that, If any changes had been made in the return increasing It above two votes, they were inade subsequent to the tine of the canvass by the Board, Sly the testimony, therefore, of o lealing Deiriocratic witness, Littlcficid's storv thak the return was changes by urder of Gouv. Wells to Increase the vote f.{..','i” Hayes Electors wasu trausparent false- TESTIMONY OF A, Il LEVISEL, fsce, an nllegzed Inelizible Hayes Elec fore them to-day nation the wit he- 1 Iu the vourse of his exami- s ekl that s proposition wus mude . for a° consideration to cast his Electoral vote for Samuel J. Tilden, On thedth of December the witness was at the residence of Mra. Barlow, on Coustantinople #treet, New Orleans: had dined out, and was returning home. Mra. Barlow and her daugh- ter belng present, one of them gave withiess n note, asking him to meet C, W, Jolington at Cassldy’s Hotel on lnportant business, Jolin- son wrote the note at Mrs, Barlow's. The Indies asked witness what. it meant; he replied Le had no fdea. The ladles thonght Johnston wanted wituess to vote for Tllden. ~ Mr. Johu- #on, un acl Democrat, came next morning and “asked the witness to meet 8. M. Ashur, whom the witnesg had known ss a banker at Bhreveport, at Cassfily’s. The witness dld so, tirst Informing Marshal Pitkin of his suspielons. Axhur and the witness walked to s retired port of the town. Asbur rall Jhe had important husiness to prop.se, and would makea falr proposition as a broker. He then presented his offer, whether witness would be willing to re- ceive o certaln #um of money—soy £30,000 or #10,00—ynd NEPUSE TS CERTIPICATE 88 Elector. Witness gave no direet answer, o hie Lind arranged to do_with Pitkin, and asked several questions, and finally safd the price was too small; that he might as'well recelve $200,- 000 ns $40,000: that it was o blg chance to make u bl thing; that it only happened once I 2 hundred years that one inan had un appor- tunlty to make a Presilent; and finally that Jolnson might eny to his friends that Levisce was vot unwilling "to listen to the_proposition, but that they had not got up 1o his price yet, and left him, alter appointing another meetlng that nicht. At the sccond meeting Ashur suld the wituess would be required to cast his vote for Tilden. Witness replicd this was o nesw question, and put him off, and STUCK 70 I3 PRICE of £200,000. Fiually, sfter o more close Inquiry, witners wanted to know who his backers were. +Then he went off to sce his friend or prumpter, and war back fu_balf an hour, Witness nsked whon he had acen, and le pave the name of Waulter Pugh. = Ashur sald - £100,000 was the ut- 1most that could be ralsed for Pugh or his buck- cra, and asked the witness to go with him next morning to the Connnon, and they would meet two tneu, Pugh and the moneyed nan, Witness and Ashur went to the place appolnted, audmet. the two men as deseribed. © The wan sald to bo THR MONEYED MAN the witness recogulzed as Hernandez, n promi- nent N Orleaus broker. Ilernandez apoke to witheas and witness |ntraduced Ashur to him. Hernandez wished to talk and witness declined, uylnfi lernandez could talk to Ashur, as he was the party to talk to. Witness then went home after making an appointincut for the next morning at the St. Charles Hotel. Met Ashur next day ot 11 o'cJock, and made an upgulnb- ment for noon, when they nzain met and Ashur aald that £100.000 was all'that could be ralsed. Witness stuck to hifs $200,000, and said it wos not worth whil to talk about it any more, Ashur Is a Jew, o fine business mau, and o good nelghbor, Witness regrets to have tp exposs his nume. Witness reported all tnese procead- {ugs to Pitkin as me{ toolk place,and Pitkin was well satistied with what withess had done. "1l Liad never acen Johnston st Durlnzz the cruss-cxatmivation Levisve stated that when Johnstou came to Mrs, Barlow's he rentarked thut he would like to be fn witness’ shoer, as he could make 2200,000 in two days, Witniess named $200,000 a8 n 1ore proper con- stderation for so big o thiuz, Never suggested he would accede to thelr propositlon and “muake a speech to the Returning Board placing bls ne- tion for not voting for Haves ou high morat grounda, Such sugeestion was made by Ashur, but didn’t agreo. to it. At the lust interview (and all took place within twenty-four hours) Ashur stated the £100,000 was walting for him at the meeting of the Electors, Witness un- nounced |Iml|i|u hnd been offered $100,000 to cust lis voto tor Tilden. NOT KELIARLE. ‘At the aesslon to-day of the House Committes in connection with the Electoral vote, Capt. C, Irving Ditty, of Baittmore, testificd that the reputation of J. I, Maddux as to truth and veruelty among citizens of Baltimora fs uot good. ~ Witness would not belleve him under wvath, Maddox's reputution for honesty is not yery good vither, Mr, Lawrence offered to prove that Maddox offered to furnlh a Confederute regiment with clothing from the North; that he svliclted von- tributions of money aud tobaceo, but never fur- nished the clothhye: asd also that Muddox fur- nished the Confederate Government with sup- l:linn. but witness states hu had o personal vowledge of the facts cnumerated. The only persons who could give proper testimony upoi theao polnts were Geu, Bradley 1% Johnaon and djutant-Clennral, th. The general runior was that Maddox did not furnish the clothing he had ugreed to furnish, Witness saw Maddox fn New Orleans last November, und Maddux told witness Le was In New Orleans ostenslbly us u revenuv agent, but that in reallty he was the confidentisl sgent of the Fresident of the United Btatess that he was sequaluted withs peuple in New Orleans who sup- posed him to Ly u Democrat; that he bad re- celved YERY VALUABLE INPORMATION, which would be uf reat service to the Commit- tee of which wituess was o mewber, und ye- uested an intreduction to Mr. Uarield or Benator Suermsn, Wituess mentjuued the mat- ter to Senator Sherman, who sald Maddox was probably uot trustworthy, Witness went to L’u w Orleans at the request of the Preslaent of tho United SBtates to me“ the count of the vute by the Returuing Board. Witness hus been s Democrat all his life, but voted for Hayes uud Wheeler, Was in the Confederate sniny. THAT BALL. ‘To Mr. 8parka—While wituess was fn Ne Orleans he attended o quudroon ball sud danced there. He told his wife about it, und u pumber ol other Judics uud gentlemen, The Hon, Ly- man Trumbull was there ulso, and dunced with the girls, Mr. Sherman und Mr, Qurlleld were not there, but u uumber of gentlemen of Lotk Visltiug Counmlttces were there, An excited wur of words oceurred at this polnt between wembers of the Committee und wit- uess, Mr, Sparks baving sald be betleved Judge ‘Trumnbull would designute wituess' story us stufl, Capt. Ditty replied angrily that If "the Chuirman weant to islndute that bls (witness’) statbement was uutrue, be (the Chatrinan) ssumed sumiething which be had no right to contiued—Al partica weut to the uatter of curiosity. Onc of the fea- tures of the bull wus a woman with pluk eyes. The Committes Jaughed heartlly at the close 1ug portion ol Cupt. Ditty’s evidence. BAMU L SUOCMALEL, reshident manuger of the Aduims Express Com- pany, Baltimore, testbled bo kuows Muddox by sfzht. His reputation for truth aud verucity ls bad. Witness would ot believe him under oath. ‘The transactions of Madduz upon which this oplujon Was based oceursed ubout sevew ‘years wro. LEPORK THE LOUSE COMNMMITTEE. , Judge Cowan, couusel Lur the Devjocratic par- ty before the Loulstany Keturning Bound, testh fled to the House Comupltice to-day thut soure utlidavits duted Nov. 18 were reecived by mul frow Do Sote Purish Nov. 2% Asked Abell, the Clerk of the Board,'when those stlidavits Lad been received, sud the Clerk replled ' Nov. 18, A Quarrels with bia assoclated, the room was clear | minute lates the witucss saw Keouer go to the ;3 Eid) i B PRICE FIVE CENTS. Clerk and whisper something, and then the Clerk made some changes on the receipt-book. Witness asked Abell what he was doing, sod the latter replied, ' Nothing. Witgess then took tho recefpt-book, and found Abell hud changed the date of the receipt from the 18th to the 5th, The afMdavits were all sworn to_ be- fore Wolllery, the Clerk tothe Court {n New Orlcans. al Din 0 The ne. NEW ORLEANS, la., Feb, 9.—~The wife of Littlefleld, Gov, Palmct’s witness, to-day sold what little furniture she had, and will leave to~ morraw for New York with ler two children, thiere to Join her husband, She stated to<lay to a friend that she had recelved a letter from Lit~ tefleld atating that he had made enough money lately to Jeave the country, bidding her to meet hiinin New York, and ‘sending her plenty of mouey to enable lier todoso, As hie has al- ways bedn lmpecunious heratofore, it is proba. blé that bis suddenness of fortune {s the reward of his services to Gov. Palmer and bis asso- ciates os a witners. JFINICAL, Mowts, The display of the Knlghts 8f Momus Jast night wag very diifercnt from those usually uiven in New Orleans during the caruival sca- rom, in that 1t was a gross and vulgar, political carieature of - Presklent Grant and leading publican stateswen of the country., . MORRISON’S COMMITTEE. MAJORITY REPORT ON THE LOUISIANA ELEC i TION. Wasitinaros, D, C., Feb, 9.—~The Louse Special Committee oo Loulslara Aflairs made thelr report to-day, In the course of which they Byt In the late cunvass the volicles pursued by the two parties were essentially different. Tho Republicans do not appear to have made any streniuotie eflforts to malntain order and secure o peaceful election® The Democrats, uot solely It I belleved on the part of all of them because of thelr love of onder,,but for prudential sea- sund, also knowing that any violence or dis- turbance would be,selzed upon as o pretext for reversing the actlon of the people at the polls, did conuscl tho preservotion of peace und obstrvance of law. Uponsuch w course could they woly hope to aucceed. The interests of the Republican party Iny fn the dircction of disturbance and violence, and the past history of that orzanization fu Louielana nssures us of its readiness to consult its advantages, without seruplesos to the mesus to be employed. The Comtnlttee . concelve that the means by which a large number of colored votes were se- cured for the Democratte tlelet at the Inte clec- tion were not such ascan be yghtfully or lee gally characterized ns = INTIMIDATION, They were, when stripped of the fulse pre- sentatfon made of them Ly knavery of thoso wlio are to profit by the success of thelr scheme, no more than such as are resorted to fn alt clties and 8tates of thla-Unfon at every election in which Inr,]-\l: nublic nterest fs elicited. . Con- ceding for theRetuming Board all the judiclal diguity dalmed for it Ly the admirers of. its nufl:mlllcled {uiquitics, It cannot be de- nled that, In order to give volidity snd effect to its declsions ™ where it las attemoted to throw out and refect returng from poils, the jurisdictional fact required by stat- ute must atlirmatively appear, and unless that fact does 80 appear its action fu the case was without jurisdiction, and on its face null and vold, The Boand lind 1o riht under the laws of Louisiana to throw out or eount dut the polla and votes they have thrown out and counted out, sud their action In that behalf is WITHOUT AUTUORITY OF LAW and null and vold. The Comuittec further state that if thero is any law in the Btate of Loulsisna providing for the clection of Eleetors of President and Vice- President, the cauvass and compilation of the vote for Electors nust be made under special ucts of the Blato upon that subject, and by s Bourd composed of other persous or officers than those constituting tho Returnivg soard. THE ELECTORS, 0. I, Brewater, ons of tho candidates for Elector on the Hayes teket, held, on_and after the 7th day of Novewmber last, the offlce uf Sur- voyor General for the State of Loulslana, and could not therefore bo and was not chosen or appointed Elector, . B, Leviseo, onother candldate for Elector on the same ticket, wan United States Comruls- sloner, and was not chosen or appointed Elector subsequent to Nov, 7 and _ before Dev. last ypast, Sald Brewster ond enld Levisce pretend to have resigned thelr respective oflices of Surveyor Geueral and United Slates Commissioner, When the other Electors pretending to be elect- ed on the snme ticket nat to cast thelr votes {for President and Vice-Prestdent Brewster and Levlsce did not” meet with them, and the places of Brewsterand Levisee were declared or treat- ed as vaeant because of thelr absence. The other Electors then filled the places of Brewster und Levissee, vacaut because of thelr ubsence, with the smne Brewster and Levisce, then being present, all of which do- ings were franduleat deviees to avold the con- stitutional provision which rendered the suine vold and OF NO EPPECT * inlaw,* Even bad any of the Eloctors on sald ticket been clected by the prople, us they were not, the dilling of such vacancies was without suthority of law, and conferred no right upon Brewster or Levisce to vote for President und Viee-Fresldent of tho United States, The Committee made only such Investization or fuuiry futo the election and canvass of votes for State oflicers fn Loulsiana as was {ncidental to the fuquiry as to tho genvral fulrness of the ¢lection 1o sald Btate, und the result thereof, Thio testimuny taken discluses tho fact that by bothi the voies aoctually cast and the votes as forwarded to and recelved by the Board of Returning Officers, Nicholls was elected (Governor of Loulstana by a majority approxle matiug the mojorities recelved by the ‘fiklen Electors, and, frecd from the condlilun growing out of the Presidential contest, he would bo se- cepted as the duly-elecred Governor of Loufst- ann by the almost universal acelalm of her peo- . ¥ It 13 luipossible to got the minority report to- night. —— NEW YORK. VIEWS OF ‘TUB JUDGES OF THE COURT OF AVPEALS, Bpecial Dispaich 1o The Tridune. New Your, Feb, V—A corteapondent of the Timesot Albany writes that the seyen Judges of tue New York Court of Appeals, five of whom are Democrats, are all opposed to the Electoral Commission as fllegal. - Chlef-Justico Church regarda the whole schemne us uncousti- tutfonal and the greatest furce of modern times. ‘Fhe Coustltution gives elther to Congress orto the President of the Scuate the right to count the Electorsl votes und detlare the . result, but It does mnot give Congress the right to delegute thls power o any outslde party, and any attempt to do su 13 a direct violation of the Constitutlon, or an unauthorized evasion of u duty expiessly fine posed by §t. As to the power of Cougress, or 1u( the Comtisslon ereated by it, to ko bebind the properly-autbenticated Electorul vote of u State, be Is equally positive fu_his opiulon thut 1t has no such puwer, 1 alluding - TO THE CASE OF LOUISIANA, lie took this position: ‘The Constitution gives to every State exclusive coutrol over the wman- ner of electing or appointing Presideutial Flectors, M Loufskas hus seen fit to create & Heturniug Board Invested with authority to de- clare who 13 elocted 10 ofiice b thal State, and stich Returnlug Board has ucted In parsusnce of law, there is no power in Congress, or in ay o] othier body outside of Loul:filaxxu, to £o bebi its action. REGARDISG THE ORRGON CASE, Judge Chureh said that the Governor of Orezon hal given certiticates 1o two Republican Eloee torsund oue Democrntie Elector. With relercuca to the Democpatic Elector, Cronlu, he had no vight, aceordlug 1o the declsions of the Courts of this Btate, fo a certitlcate at all. Walving that, and granting the Governor's right to give Mmoo certificate, after the certiicates were given the functions aud duties gf the toyernor of Oregon ended. It vow rewaius for the Commission to Inquire what thoss thres persuns baving the certiticates actually dic. Iv uppears that thy two l(u{llhllc‘.mi met to cast tLulr Elvctorul votes, uud, Crontu belug absent, they proceeded to U1 g vacancy, Cronin,on the othierbund, wiet by bijwsell, und, the Republicans Deligg ubsent, Lo prum:ch to till two vacancles, N6, sald the ChictJustice, S THELE CANNOT LZ ANY QUESTION a8 to which vl thuse Lo Elscturad Callezes wilk IS MO T S L