Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXI. CHICAGO, TRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1877. ¢ Chicage Daily Tribun RLUL GLASS. TTNAZARINE BLUE GLASS. A CARD. I take this mothod of announcing to the public that I havo carefully oxamined tho Fronch Mazarine Blue Glass, offored for salo by Mossrs, J.B.Sullivan & Bro., Of Nos. 260 & 288 North Clark-st., in the city of Chicago, in the Stato of Illinoig, and find that it is of the propor tint and quality, and I here. by authorizo thom to uso my nasme in approval of the tint and quality of the Bluo Glass that they offer for salo, as adapted to the purposes of my discovery. AUGUSTUS J. PLEASONTON, No, 018 Bpruce-st., Phila. Phliadeiphia, Feb. 11, 1677, NOW OPEN. Our Sp;i—;g: Styles (hoice Woolens., Spring Tashions Issmed. 15 PER GT. DISGOUNT (IF PAID WITHIN FIVE DAYS,) UNTIL MARCH 1 EDWARD BLY & (0, Wabash-nv. &-Monroe-st. " XEATS AND CURS, Wo inrite onr gentlemen friendn and acqnalnt- ances to step in and soe tho LATEST of every- tiing In both Dress and Buslness TATS AND CAPS. 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LEA & PERRINS BIGNATURE Is on EVERY BOTTLE. e i JOHN DUNOCAN'S SON8, N’ PIROFESSIONAL. Dr. JUSTIN HAYES PALMER I'rlguv:;m;;:ocx. ON_AND APTER ¥FEB. 19, NOTIOE, O TR Lol 4 T TOP S ATTENTION, LAKE VIEW, Pq jour Pei ‘Taxea without delay. My tima Tuoslug short now, | cannot Hvu ol prowises any luufr 6 Gonsequencee 1 Wik L du PN o maTOw Ity oanLks, Collectar of tha tawn of Lake ¥iow, Oiics, Jivom s, Hiol Louty ing. 2 n i mxnfl{"‘é;fl? Yreatooru-st., bolweed Michigad W Y PIFE CUTTER, The Acme Pipe Cutter. Cuts Wrought Iron, - Urass, and Copper Plpes, Iron, ihalllu&plvle. llml Clean Cut, no Burring. bolid Cas Rend 1o; Glrcatug s, 01 Cust Stecl throughoat. PANCOAST & MAULE, ' 227 Poar-st., Philadolphua. Vi DIVORCHS ' sud quictly ubialned for all couseay residence Bt Al s«l 1 i L, 3 o L THE END NEAR. Counsel and Commissioners Hammer Away at the Oregon Case. Evarts, Matthews, and Merrick Take Turns at the Torensio Sledge. The Former Deal Heavy Blows at the Grover- Oronin Trick. ‘While the Latter Unblush- ingly Upholds the Fraud of the Poriod. A Deoision Will Probobly Be Reached Some Time This Afternoon, Indications that Some of the Democrats Will Ignore Cronin, . And Voto for iho Admission of Two of the Republican Electors. The Nbstructionists Still Concoct- wg Plans to Delay iha- Count. Thoy sre Few in Numbers, but Have the Bpoakor at Their Back. Conkling Stilt Striving to Retain His Title, ¢ Tho Great Mystery.” . ‘Wiseaores Have Him in Olote Communion with Leading Tildenites, THE COMMISSION. * NEPUBLICAN ANGUMENTS. Epectat Dispalch to The Tribung. WasmiNeToN, D., ., Fob, 22—The Electoral Commiselon did nut have eudurancs enough to carry out its programme of getting through with tho Oregon casc last nlght. Alter Judge Hoadley's specch, the members folt that they could stand . mo more, and so adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning, leaving a pretty good day'swork still to bo done. Staunley Mattlews sud Mr, Evarts srgued tho Republican sido of tho case to-day, and Itichard 1L Merrick mado the closing appeal for the roc- ommendation of tha Cronin return, The fact that the two Republican ndvocates wero tospuak drew a large arowd to the court-room, lncluding many distingufshed members of the barand a number of prominent Congrossmen. The seuts of the Democratic counsel wero not as briltlant- Jy filled, however, as in the carly part of tne trlal. The great lawyers who then appeared aro no lougor scen. Mr, O'Conar, Judze Black, oad ex-8enator Trambull appear to take | NO PURTUER INTEREST In the controversy, and the Democratic case is munogel wholly by Merrick, Astabel Green, and Howdley, Theso pontlemon have, It must ‘by .safd to tho ‘credit of thelr learning and obibty, wado s strong legal fight for the Oregon froud, and it won from the eminent Republican lawyers tho complinent of a vigorous defense. As far s the cligibility ' questton 1s concerned, the pro- ceedings have duveloped nothing whatever that 13 new. Although Judgs Hoadley took great palns to beap up stale arguments in support of theories alrendy. advanced and overruled (n the Florida and Loulslana cases, the real polid upon which thy Demoerats have made thelr fight is the valldity und finallty of 7 UOV. GROVER'S OERTIFICATE, They malntaln that because this certificute 18 slzned by the Seeretary of Blate, as well as by the Govennor, that {t cmbodies the decision of both the certifylng authority and the canvansing nuthority, und {3 therofore conclusive, Tids s thelr way of escaplug from the ruling of the Commission in the two previous cusvs, which -wag that Congresa lias no power to go beyond the Governor's certificate, bused upon the de- termination und declaration of the result of tho cleetion mado by the canvassing uuthority of the Btate. In reply to this the Republlcan law- yers asserted that tho signature of the Secre- tary of State n the Governor'a certificate uncre- ly attested tho correctuess of tho Ucvernor's slgnature, and UAD NO OTUER XrrEct. is signature upon the sbstract of the voto cast futho Btato is, thoy bold, tha evlilence of determination of th result by the cauvaasing uutharity under the Btate luwes, Mr. Merrick to-day went into sorne very fipe- 8pul arguinents to get over this ofleial roturn of the vote, and endeavored to make out that a return was one, thing and o canvaas anotber thing. ) ' All thres of tho specches made to-day were ablo efforts, Thut of Mr, Matthuws was ‘vigor ous, logleal, aud origtnal, ‘Tuat of Mr. Evarts wus In his usuol veln of intricate snd curefully waven logic und oratory, and that of Mr, Mer- rick much surpassed s former speoch in the Florida case. EVIDENOE, In the midst of the arguments a halt was called by Justico Btroug to have the evidence introduccd. Mr, Mcrrick offered the commis- lon of Watts as Postmaster ag Lafayette, Ure. and that of his successor, Mr. Il The Iatter was datea in January, and the obvious Inteut in offering it Was fv treats the fmpression that Watis had continded to actuntll tbat date, Alr, Evarts promptly brought out the whole facts fn the case by putting Postmaster-Genoral Tyner on the staud to tostify to the ACCEPTANCE OF WATTS® RESIONATION on the 14th of November, and to present tho cor- respondence in the case, amoag which were let- ters from the Special Agont of the Department for Oregon, showlng that be took charge of the Lafayotte Post-Oflice two days alter Watts ro- signed. Mr, Watts himscll was next sworn. He {s aman of striking personal appearance, be- ing cousiderably over six foet in height, uf marked muscular development, aud of an intel lectual countonance. He placed his retircment frown office beforo he acted as su Eloctor beyond ull further question by testifylng that he turned, over the Post-Office to the Bpecial Agent on the 1dth of November, and that on tho 15th it wus removed from his store to auother location. TUR CROSS-BXAMINATION OF WATSS brouglit out the fact that ko hsd not receiwed notice of the settlemept of his. gocounts wih the Departaient, having beea abacot fuom Oas on sfice the 15th of December, The Demo- cratle lawyera maintained that & bonded ofifcer cannot get out of office umtil his accounts are settled and his bondsmen released. Mr. Evorts colled J. M. McGrew, Bixth Audltor of the Treasury, to the stand, to tes- tify to tho scttlement of Wdtls' accounts. His cvidenco was that thiey haid been settled, and his salary pald up to and Including the 14th day of NovembUer. No further evidence was offered on cither stde. The arguments closed at half-post 4 o'clock, and the Commission went Into scerct scssion fmmediately afterwards. Democratic members of Congress who have been catching *at straws ever since tho tribunal Legan ity scaslons ex- preas some hope to-night that a verdlet will bo given fu favor either of recognizivg Cronln's vote or of counting only two Elcctoral votes from Oregon, Evidently the wish is father to the thuught with them. IN ARCRET SESSION, + As fcon ns the Comnmissloners got into their retirlag rooms Benator Morton took the floor and made an honr's speech T bix characteristic car- neat, and vigorous style. He was followed by Justice Fleld, who took the Democratic grouni that Orecon Jost one of her legul votes when she chose an ucligible man, Justice Mliller afterwards delivered a carelully-prepared arga- meng on tho question of eligilfiity nnd In sup- port ol the Repnbliean theory that a Governor's certifleate has no valldity wihien it falsely vepre- senta the facts to Lo certitied tu. When Miller — flutsbed 4t wos 8 o'elock, Bomo of the Commisstoners said they were exhausted, and could not remain Jonger without injury to their health, An adjourns ment seemag fnevitabie, Gen. Gartield secured an azreciment that the vote should be taken at 4 u'clork to-morrow, whercupou the Commis- ston sdfouricd untfl 10 o'clock In the morning. TIIE DEMOCRATIC HOPES of galniug Crouin's vote havo been based on Judgze Beadley, who was reported yestenday to bave rald that Oregon gave bim more trouble than eltlier Florida or Loulsiana, A question which Bradley addrassed to Merrick to- day dlssipated these hopes, Mersick had Leen urping that the Seerctary of State's declaration ot the rosult of thu élection was a certiticate of the canvass 3 that a return of tho result was not a tanvass, and that the signatura of that offlclal nttesting tho overnor's vertili- eate was the real declaration of the canvass, Judgre Bradley asked {f a canvags was not an act. purformed, 10 which Merrivk assented. . Where- upon the Judge remarked that a cauvoss must then be a fact, and not a mere shect of paper. The conclusion drawn from this remark I that Bradley holds that thestatoment. of the result of the eleetlon mado by the Becre- tary of the Stato and attached to the Iayes re- turn I8 the substantial fact, to reach which the Cummlssion can ro behind the Governor's cer- ilfieate, and that the certlficate hns no valldity, Lecauso it does not truly certify to the fact. Republican members “of the Cominleston say no sfzniticance atta-lics to the adjournment be- voud the fact that all were very tired, and some t‘lm not prepared ther oplilor d wauted ime. WIAT PELTON THINKS. Whatever hope the Demotrata gcncml‘y have 1t obtainimez s vote tn Oregon for Tiden in hav. o the Watts vote refected, 1t {s wot shored by Pelton. He said this evening, atter having had a long confesenco with one of the Democratic Commiraloners subscquent to the final nd{uurm ment, that the Democrat was n fool who ex- pected anything from this Commission, Pelton did say, however, that ho was not entlrely hope- Jess from othior mcans, Ho evidently referred to the filibustering schemcs, the oatsiie part of which ha Is fudustriously ongineerlng. JUBTICE CLIFI'ORD, President of the Electoral tribunal, Is reported to nave announced fn the Commission to-nlght that he voull Mot voto for Cronin, and shiould vote foronly two Electorsin Oregon, The Detno- crtis on the Commission are uxpected to take Lhois position, . _PILRSS REPOLT, To'ths Western Associated Press. WABHINGTUN, L Uy Fen, zh—=Tus Electoral Connnirrlon was In aesslon from 10 until halt- pust 4, hearlng arguments fn the Oregon case, At B u'elock “the Conunlaslon went Into sceret sesslon wnl ruinulned thoreln until twenty mine utes pust 7, when it aljourped thl to-morrow ut half-pust 10, The questiung presented by coun- sel were discusscd in socret scsslon, but, owlng to the fatizue of tho members, and in order to cnatlo thomn. to cousult authorities which een referred, to )y counsel, an ndfoummenl was thouglit to be advisable, Many law polnts wore sugaested, ang these will be eritically examined, there being more ol them iu tila cuse than In the cascs of Flonda and Loutslana. 'Che Commis- slon ugreed to take n vote 1o-inorrow alternoon at 4 o'clock unless tho members shall ba pre- pared to do so at un carller hour. Should the vote be taken at 4, an hour or more would ba wecupfed before thelr verdlet could be ofticially prepared, and unless the two Houses shall ro- main I sesafon tY ovening, the declsion In tho Jolnt scssion of the two Houses will not be Elven antil 8aturday, COMMIBIIONKIE' ANGUMENTS, It1s underatood that fmmediately after the Cotnmisalon went into scerct seasion My, Mur- ton made an hour's speach In favor of counting the three Electoral vutes of Oregon for fayes and Wheeler, Mr, Edmunds, th some ncidental remarks, cleariy ‘Indicated that s would vote Inthe satu directlon, Justice Mitler theu made Au elnborate urpaament tu show thers was nothe dog s the Florlds and Loutsiana decislons of the Conunisslon fuconsistent with giving TIE ENTIRE YOTE OF OREOON * to the Republicen candidates, s Mesars. ‘Thurman, Edmunds, Strovg, and Brudley wers pot well, and an adjourniment wus taken at ghelr suggestion, It was ordered by & unanimousvote, aid had 1o political siznificancy whatover, 1t can bo udded that tiere wers uo Indications thls evenlng of a break among clther the Democratle or Republngan members of Lhe Comumisslon, and that there was no vote or sny lll[mrnnl:h to & voto on the maln question at stie, % TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS. ” Ml MATTHEWA' ARGUMENT. Wasminaron, D, C.,, Feb, 2.—The Electoral Commission met fn the Supreme Covrt-room at 10 o’clock, Mr., Matthews made an address In oppoaition to the Crountu certificato No. 2, commencing with adenlal that they had asserted In the ¥lorida casa that the certileato waa final and conclusive, and sald they had undertaken to draw the lins of demar atlon between the actof the State and the Federal authority, which ook the matter up after it had left tho Btate. Thoy also under- 10uk to.draw a liuo betwoen thinwgy snd proots, between tho cortificato and the thing certliled, to show that the certificats was but the shadow, the thing cortiffod belng the substancy, snd that whera the cert{ficato did not show tho thing cer- fitled truly, B IT COULD B COKBECTED, It waa rpriso, he sald, to find that theso advarsarios bad not only taken phelr position on the Plorida aud Loulslana eases, but had goue beyorud them, snd accepted the dogma which Ahioy hiad dmproperly aseribed to the slde with which bie was fdeutiied, He maintained that thoy stood to-dsy on the ground which thay vo- cupled fo the beginulng, aud which had licen followed by the declplon” of this tribunal, yiz.: that a cestificate based on the returns was con- clusive evldenca of au eloction. In the Florida and Louhlm!n casca, offors to o behlud the re- turns were” menaciug, and the offers grew stronger and larger as the certalnty obtained that they would not be called to wake them good, and a great deal of patriotle tadiguation was lndulged fu at the allegod countenancing of FIAUD AND WHONG. Mr, Mathews roul an extract from the de- eision of Justice Ficld, In tho caseof Bradley vs. Flaier, fo which the teadency to complalng by tha parpy doleated s shown golug on from tives. 1le entered bis protest sgalnst the hollow pretcuslons to morality that had been made the substratum of com- plaint fu this case, Cronin had been mounted on & pedestal for the public admlration by his inventor, as n model of purity sud honesty of elcctions, aud there was no offer to prove that b was pald 3,000 undor & preteusa of cxpenses to Washlugton. Therv was no offer to prove the contcnts of the supposed hleroglyphlc char- acters that could not be read. Thers was uo offer to pravo that this was tho result of A DEEALAID SCUBMYN to defcat the will of the people. He wondered, when his fricod (Hoadley) referred to Webster and Worcester last night, that ho- did not pro- duce that {ittlo pocket-dlctionary and_show the correspondence between Gramerey Park, New Yark, and Balum, Urezon. - Hu contended that the Governor's certlileato fell to the ground when it was shown that ft was not a warrant to 1he Electora for the performance of thelr dutles, ‘The Jaw of Orezon requirod that the votes for Electors sbould be given, recelved, returned, .and carivasaed the mame as for members of Congress, and In tic case of nem- bers of Congress It was made the duty of the Beeretary of Binte to canvass the votes, and there the atatutory dircctions end, The statute kn relution to Electora furtlier providedthat the Secretary of State shoukd cer- tify twvo lists, showing who hal reccived tho bighest number of votes, and there THB CANVARA ENDED, The Canstltution sud the Jaw stamped that record the Jecal and constitutional reault of the electlen. They had made n proffer of the thing 1tsclly not the proof ol the thing, bub the actuai and substantinl- reault of the canvass,—that was, the appointment of n State inveatiture by the state of the real rank and title. Al elss wag mere proof, mere prima tacle evidence, to Ue taken ae proof only tdl confronted by proof and showu as falso. he certifleate of the (ov- ernor was soughit to be intended hers as a sub- stigute for the canvass. It was signed by the Becretary of Btate simply a3 an attesting wit- nces, and not as the canvasser of tha voles. Thit thie possesaion of the conunisalon was not eseentlal to the dls:harguof the dutfes of the ofilee, he contended, was a WELL-BETTLED PRINCIPLE OF LAW. The certificats of the Governor of Oregon did not conform_to the stat'ites of the United Htates or of Orezon. Buppose that the certifl- eate had been authorized to give the clectlon to Odell, Cartwright, and Cronla, a body of three lmm“' to neet, consult, deliberate, and vote ogetier In the College, which ne.casurlly con- siste:d of three. He contended that one conld not set as o body; that an act of & quorum vonld only be nccepted 88 acts of the bodv. ‘This view of the case had heen sustalned by de- cistons in the Supreme Court of Oregon. In regard to what constituted s vacancy, he cons tenided that wien tue object was to keep up bidy to ita full number, for the protection of the iuterests of the people, when it was - sought to guard azainst every possibility of the Collegs not belng iull, the word Y otherwise® shonld be cunstrued liberally, and that it was intended to cover il the vacsucies that "'IH"" veeur, 1t tho Uoveruor waus a competent tribunal to set nsido the electlon, that vacuney extsted, which the re- maining members WEILE XMPOWERED TO YiLl, Mr. Matthuws combated tho proposition that the inellgibillty of Watts made o nou-clectlon, or thut the yutes east for an ineligible candidate were voul. e alse conteaded that the English dedistons, which declared 8 candidate whio was elgible, but_recelved a less number of votes thun bis fnelizibie opponent, elected, had noc been adopted as an Amerfean rule, which was that wnen such_a case occurred nelther was en- titled to the offive, *It, howeser, an_ inehgibly oflicer was obfected 10 by nobody, is officlal nets stood o Ioug os ho held office, In relation to the seli-cxecution of tue Cunstitution, by argued that unless there wasa lezislative pro- viston, {t COULD NOT D% EXECUTRD. The prohibitiun of the States from making laws impairing contractd could never bo exceuted, but for the legislatlon which gave the courts Judlclal power to try alleged violations of its provisiona. Mr, Matthews closed with thedeclaration that he had appeared nov as the counscl for any party, but In support of the great constitutionul privuiple, regardieas of any popular clamor that might be excited, For the Governor to take upun Wimselr oxccutive, judicial, und leg- fslative powers was to bring svout a comnplicas tlon that would inoke tha confusion of the Gov- erument {nextricable. JUDGB STRONG sald that the counsel na:d nuw consuined two hours cach, and stil) the quesion vl tae numis- sibhity of evidunce waa beworo the Commtssion, He thought 13 shoula be received tow, subject 10 the )[!ldl_.'ment of the Comnlssion as to its eifeet, The prupasttion was udopted, but neither of the papers eatled for in the subpwas duves tecum, served upun the Postmaster-General, were ub hund, hor were the witnesscs presenty aud the Uammitsson took o recess, LY 12N After the reeess My sterviek offered a certifi- cats copy of the cownitglon of Jatw WV, Watts as Postuinater, duted Fob. T 1578 '+ Mr. Evarte objected ‘to the paper as not au- thent{vated, but bald that the Postmaster-Gen- cral was in attendance, ready to verify tho pa- pers troin his oitlee, Judgoe Clifford sustalned the objectfon, but s2id they nul a rizht to Bave thow certilod under | tho order of the Commission, Atr. Evarts walved nla objection, and Mr, Mer- rlvk next presentud the cuiuissiun ot Henry M. Hill ps Postinnstor, dated Jan, 3, 1877, o wald it was rocited tunt ho was uuu.alu(euf on the dd of Novemuver, 1870; that oun the L1th day of December he exocuted his bond und took'the outh of oftlce. WITNENSES, Postmaster-Generad Lyner was ealled by Mr. Evarts, A telezeawm froi Mry Watts resizolug his Postmastership wus produced aud admitted. ‘This was recelved Nov, 14, aud tiue suswer ne- ceptigz the revgoation was sent ou tae aame, day,. Onthedth of November the witness ree ceived n Jetter, through Npeewl Post-Oltleo Agent - Underwood, oddressed to Mr, Under- woud, fwiskeh Mr. Watts tendered his restgna- tion, On the Hth of Nuvember the witiicss teicgraphed to Unduewood to takie charge ofthe office till Mr, Watty' successor was appuinted. On the ith of November he recuivul o Jetter from Underwood, stating that Lo fud taken charyze of the otlice weoruing to mstructions, Other telegrams aud lettens weres produced to show tne detuls lu connection with the reslguas tiun of Watts and the appolutment and quulitl- cation of his suvceasor, Mr, Tourman inquired If thero was ngs 1aw or rule of the department that reguired the ne- counts of a Postinaster to be sottled Leiore rosignution could Lo aecepted. e Postmast General rephed that ho was not aware of uuy. v JOUN W, WATTS z waos talled, and teatified to tie same facts rela- woioplaiot to charges of imoroper. mo-: tive to his resiguntion and It seceptance, do M, Metirow, the 8ixth Auditar, was and testiied that tuo acounts of Watts had been udjusted und settled to aud {ncluding the 1ith 01 November, ik EVARTS' AROUMENTI. Mr, Evarts comuouced his argunient at half- past 1 o'clock, With o clali that tue coursy pur- sucd on tnat sldo {u cunnection wita tuls case was consistent witn tholr clonns {a the Flonda and Lounstans cades, In tiuse cuses, bho cers titleate bati been dn accordance with the canvass, aud tuey beld now that ko certitleata snould confurni to the canyass, ‘Theso wo conform- ing, the ovidence was cuuclusive, 'Tha canvitss, he malutalned, was tho subatance, tho certlilvate the form. He charwed that tho epposition bud changed their clalwa with tho ditlereut coses, and for that feason had been compelled to chunge counsel. Ar, Kyarts then took up tho certifleate of Curtwright, and Watts, clalmiug chat in ftevery requirement of tue Constitution had been complicd with, Ta Insisted that TIH EVIDENCR OF TIILZ rested In this certlticate, und not in the ono wlich had the Governoe's slgnature, The ab- senes of certilled lists was through the defuult o the Guvernor aud Becretary ol State, aud not through any neglect of Kwectors, ‘fhio refusul of theas olflcers to furniah tho list was a de: tlon of yuty, aud such Juscrilons of duty alwal hiad an object, The extldedte cuntaned more, It contalucd un abstruet of tho voted cast for Presidentlal Eloctors s on flle in tue ollles of, the Bccretary of Statei a certlicato by 8, F, Chadwick, Seeretary of Btate, that he was the custodian tiw seal of the Btate, sud that Inclused wus o true g .ny of the abstract, and had affixed the great sval to vopy, Besldes this there were the wioutes of the Colleze; thy resizuation of Watts was recelved aud secvpted; tho act hul been done openly under au uncertan 1dea that be mlght have been disquathled. WATIS LLD 118 DUTY, for be would not put fu perd oue of the yotes of the 8tato of Oregon, The votes had beun cast, sud the ballots wero biere. Under the Cunstl- tutlon, act of 17V, and laws of Oregun, those minutes were ph:nnrly wvidenco ol the validity of the wet of these Elocturs, Therefore, unless you hold that the Governor's certitleate aud jts subtraction by vivlation of tho Governor’s du- ty lssutticlent to suppress the Etectoral Col- icge and vote of the State, you have bere overything that you- heed une der , tbo " wct of Coug without looking st the cortificatea which they put fu, to support their title. Nuw, wo Lavo another vere tificute, and that coutalus nothing that coutra- dicta the othier, sad uathiug that by st caa :‘knund on its lnspection wy an adequate transae- 1, v Mz, Evarts then called pttention to the word- log of the Uovcruor's certlicate and coutended that it did not vomply with thy act of Cougress {u that ho undertook to fgsert the word xLicigLe befors ths word *‘electida’ to cover himselt H , { eertificate purport to bet It - 1o the statutes of “abstracts Lhe from condemuation of open and recognized fraud and falschood, Instead of obesing the Canstitution and laws of Oregon he has fven reason for actlan to save iimaell from sabsolutely * disregarding his duty. Whatever may have happened to Cronin by his extruslon, that did not make him the Collere. Otherwlse you wounld have the atrange stato of facts that under the laws of Oregon chio could have three Electoral Col- legoa, composed of one man each, who conld enst hia vote In his own way and Ly hls own authority; but, it {uu adopt tha rule that the majority constituies the College, yon put your- self under she protection of the princlole whi-h governs all corporative action, that there can b bt vne Coliege, and that & majorty anchars to ftecll all tic lpuwcr.- of such College. The law of Orezon itsell says they shiall Al a vacancy in the Electorsl College by A PLURALITY OF VOTZS. Can you have a plurality of voles when only one vote iseast! Oregon had by provisfons of the Efcctoral law of the Unlon power to pro- vide for the fallure of an electfon, Wit was that! Why it waa when the election falled to produce the number of Electors rc‘?ulml the majority procecded to 1emedy that defeet, and 1t 18 only on that case that they are allowed to substitute their actln In, ‘]»lu»a of the urdinary mode ot election, But it does not require them to make a different mode of filling 3 vacancy arislng (rom o failure to eleet than that ‘caused Ly = vacancy alsin) In any other manner. Oregon Lus settled that question for iteclf. The statutes determine that by nu chance sliould the vote of the State Le lost, and they l’"’""’ In that wag for filting of a vauancy in the Elcctoral Collezes. Now, upun na examinatiun of all these certiflcates, I have heen pratided to find that, although tisesc operators up 2 Oregon were as harmiess a3 serpents, they were not any wiser than doves, Nothitg hns been done. there that defeats the Constitution of the United States or that de- frauds the State of Oregon, or that defeats the clection of & President. All that has resulted from an attempt to perpetrate o consummute fraud I8 to exhibit the fraud to public condem- natluni but the safety of the State remslus un- harmed, &, ity MERRICK'S ARGUMENT. Mr. Merrick then addressed tife Commission on the Democratic slde. fie safd that ho ad- dressed himself to tiie tribunal belloving they would ndhere to thelr previous de:lsions, and apply the same principles to the decislon of the Oregon case that they did to the Loulstana and Florida cases. He inust conslder that the real meaning of thelr judzment in these cascs was that tho certificate of the Giovernor was the con- clusive nnd ultimate nct performed by the State, beyond which they had no power to go, Mr. Merrick argued that the laws of Loulsi- ana aud Florida tu rufercuce to the ascertain. ent of the result of the sppolutment of Elecs tors were similar to the law of Oregon, and sub- mitted that to withhold the vomnmission or to withhold the certifizate trom the Y“" deemed Ly the tovernor to b {ellzible to the oillee, wasthelegitimate performance of a constitution- ol and proper executive trust, You have told us, sald he, that the Beate cannot interfere with nn Llector, whethier he be eligible or incligiblc; whether hfs election besccured by falr means o foul. You have told us {hat fttannot be loter- fered with except between the time of the con- clusion of the Returning Board and the thne of Iis vottug. Now, the 8tate of Oregun, secking to perform her duty, and this nmc‘ulmled Exccutive, secking to protect that State from the odlum of havine wantonly violated the Con- stitution of the Unlted States, hove solemnly determined that an Elcctor clalming to be ¢lected was not clected, The Uovernor of Oregon could nat have given the certificata ta an welizible cindidate without vlnl:mnz; hin oath and belng puilty of an infractivn of the Federat Conatltution. Mr. Merrick clumed, 18 Cronin held the certifl- cate with tho broad scal of the State attached to ity hie had TIE MUNIMENT OF TITLE fo tho office. What had Wattsi Nothing. The apbosing couns<el sald, in consldering the cvidence of the title posseased by Wates, that hio bt the corttiieate from the Seeretary of Stato as to the canvass of votes, What did thls {s' headed * Ab- siruct of voted cust at the Pres dentlal elestionin Oreon' f1dosnot say canvass of thevote," t0 wake It uppear that “abstrazt ™ and *cau- Vass "' werg aynouyinons.torms, s He- referred reizun, which reqaired clerks to mdkio oul ceruur abstracts, and send These ubsira e Governur and Bccretary of Btae w ruquired to canvass, and Whon they have canvassed these canvass ‘makes aunother paper, which stiould be the paper of record in that alfiee, und which {s not licre In this certificate, Onsubjeet of n vaeaney, comel made tho point that unless the ofllcé had been ance Al thery could Lo no vacancy, and unless once filled there COULD DE NO RESIGNATION, The vacancy allezed to be filled b‘vJ Electors was mot created by Cromu'’s absence, bur by Watta' resignation, If they hud the power to flll the vacancy at all, they exceuted that power by fllling & vacancy created by the resignution by Watts and not by the nou-action of_Croutn. & The l{mnkvr concluded in tno following lan- giwes 1elaim that vou adhere to the spirit an prineipie of the docision you have rendered fn the cases of Fiorlda and Loulstana, It Is quite fmmateslal whether they conformed to iy vplnfon on the subjeet of constitutionality ur They bave beets rendered by th's tribunal, onled tpon the joumnal of ‘each House of Congress, passed fnto the history of this coun- try, and are In u?ern.vn eifect in tho provess nuw going on of determining who shull be Calef Mugistrato of the Republle, Cousistent adhusiun to the solemin conclusfons reached by thuse great men to whom the people have coumitted the settlement of thelr righta fa cssentlal to the preservation of loyal respuct fur thelr anthority aud character, and, whilst initigating the panes of disappointinent often accures an uequiescence in o judgment, secingly the hastiest and tho most unjust. But whun thess judgiments Autugnolzs ons an- othor, und fu thelr very conflict and antugonlsm are comulued In operative clfect to cocomplisn oue und the same result, and that result {s one with which {ndividual sympathica are cloaely und warmly congected,” unpleasant thoughts witl wtir within the public mind, and angry viio- tluus wili swell the povular heart, 'The Supreme these Court of the - United Btates 18 ono ol the idols of the peonle. y have in their esthnate of fts clharazter fnvested it with o sanctity und dignity beyond that of any othier tribunal on the face of the earth. They belleve that ull other departmients of the Government are liublo to duterivration, and puulul{ defilement, but they leok to the Su. premo Court us lifted above the current of - pure alr thut Hoats upon the surface of tho earth, und s still moved by the virtues and -!n:-.\kluz with the wisdom of the fathers of the Republi, When this faith i destroyed the nleht will hava come, At the conclusion of Merrick's argument the Commlsstun went into secrot sesslon. THE OBSTRUCTIONISTS, THE LATUST DODGX, Hpecial Dispalch o The Tridune. Wasuvaron, . ¢, Feo, 23,—The Demo- erutle caucus on Jgst Saturday evouing ad- Journed to meet after the decision of the Oregon case, Bpeaker Randall, David Dudley Field, Bpringer, Proctor Knott, Southard, of Ohlo, und & few otliers whoare working fn concert with thew, bave drawn up a bill to provide for a new clection of Prestdent to tako place during the coming'spring, and authoriziog the President of the Benato or the Secretary of Stato to act s President ad juterim until after such Bn election shall have beou held. This bilLY wil bo preseutsd to sn attempt will be made to secure approval. Wil be reportod to the House from Proctor 1790tt's Comumitteo on the Privilezes and Du- tes of the House, which has the right ta report’ st auy thue, and will uudoubtedly be ruled by the Bpeaker to be a question of the highest privileze, Having seut thu ta the Beuate, the illbusters tako the ground that they will be jus- tifled in resortivg to FARLIAMENTARY TRICKERY to prevent the further count of the votes. About Hfty Duemocrats are engaged in this conspiracy, and the - leaders of 1t Bave bevn (n consultation to-uight, They wilt imake ooe wore effort to obtain su spproval by the cauzus of the course they proposs to pursue, but falllog in that will take the responsibility upou thewselves to repudlate tho suthority of the caucus to govern themn in this sction, aud resort to the usual expedients to consumo time. The repeal of the 165th and 107th rules of the House adopted ju the last Congres) to prevent tibusterlog will put 3¢ fu the power of @ migor- \ thu csucus, and its Sbould {t be wzreed to, the bib.j My ity equal to opefifth of sll the members present to o FILIBUATER INDRPINITELY, 1t 18 understond that they profose to postpone beginning this as long as possible In order that it may not be necessary to continue It more than a day or two to effect the desired purpose. The revolutionists have been engazed all day to-day In perfecting their plans, and thera Is not the lJeast doubt that they will attempt to put them in operation. Whether they will succecil or not remaina to be seon. ¢ \ In wnticlpation of the deciston of the Oregon case in favor of flayes, the clique of Democratlc revolutionfsts wlio have determined npona face tious course have been very busy to-day In can- vassing the HHouse sccking to pledge members to filibuster until the 4th of March. Ther haye xmcnled their scheme to many Democrats who ave DECLINED 70 GO INTO IT. From persons of this character the following de- tajls are learncd: The revolutionists request co- operation on the ground that it s sufficient number can be induced to stand together to call tho yean and navs, & mew elece tiov will be certain, They also present the draft of a bill providing for a new election next May, and making the Sccretary of State Regent untilthe clectlon is determined. Some of those who were approachied declmed to enter tain the subject for the reason that they could not be ronyinced that a new election would be the result. Each of the persons engaged in tirds undertaking has a list of Demowratic met- bera uf the Huuse, with the persons checked off who are pledeed to the scheme, Up to this cvening the inanagers CLAIN TO TIAVE 45 VOTES. That Is not envugh to furce the ealling of the yeas and nays wlen there is a full House prescnt. It {s certaln that a conslderable nminber of fuctlous Democrats, possivly . not so nany as !urlf, are determined not to'abide by the caucus of thely party, but to Insist upon Al bustering to defeat the PFresidentlal count. Moderate Democrats who have cxamined the matter earelully to-day, say the pumber will not reach thirty, At all hinzards the names of the comes next, and wider the terins of the Elector- persuns are substantlally ns “alrcady publishoed. They arc * WORKING IN GREAT S8ECRECT, and are carceful to ayokl attracting the attention of Republican members. Tey miet to-night to vompare lists of persons who are this revolutlonary course, A part o gramme I3 to make every ‘mnnlmu objection tothe remalning nine States. When Oregon {8 re- turned to thedolnt Convention for Hayes, tnese revolutiontsts witl Inslst uti o motion of a récess of o day to conshler the objection. Und>r Randall's ruling a motion forone recess can be enicrtained, They will ubject to_Penneylvania on the ground that two of the Elcctors were Centeunt.l Commissioners, They lave been busy all day éndeavoring to obtain evidence to that etfect, und Lave caused to the Interfor Departinent TANSACK THD PILES in the hove of discovering evidence of allezed {neligiility which is not there. If the ob,ection Is sustamed, and the two Houses sre compelied to scparate, these factlonists will endeavor to obtaln a receas of another dny ou Pennsylvannia, It in scarcely probable that they wiil raise objec tion to the Centennlal Commissioners tn Rioda rvlmh:ml to the pro- Eerwm to be sent ) Island, gs the State Leplslatury has already cured whatever defecta there may liave been there; still there Is possitly ground for objec- tion which would delay the Joint Conuyention for several hours. SOUTI CAROLINA ol luw, as Vice-President Ferry construes it, Ib will be sent to the Electoral” Tribunal, Ono &chemo for flibustering in connection with this State will b to lnslet that the evidence taken by the South Curolina fuvestizating Committee, which clearlys shows that Hayes carried the Btote, must be road In fall w3 part of the ob- Ju.tions,” To read all thiz, it 18 sald, would v “"3' five hours, The Mepublicans Lave consid- cred the possibility that such an attempt MIGNT B MADE, and If it shoold’ be, the Viee-President, who is presiding oflicer of the Joint Convention, would undoubtedly decis that objection pre- sentod fu suchia furm would net bu the clear and conclie_objection whizhthe Electoral law preseribes all ubjoctfons ehall ho, In Tennessce thero Is sud to be & Tiiden in- eligible Elector, and it IiJm ol thut the ex- treme factiontsts tay endeavor to force a new election by objections to ono of thelr own men, Iu Vermont tis clalmed that thero s anin- eligible elector,~Tullace,—the firet Postmaster- Elector who was discovered, The Demvcruts will endeavor to make out that Lis resizuation wua antedated. This case cannot go to the Commissloners. The nlleged inelizible Electur In West Virginia has already proved bis ciigibll- ity. In Wiscunsin there 16 ANOTIIEN OPPORTUNITT for objection to Electors, so that In’ the nine States remaining tv be counted ater Oregon there are six tu Which the {iLbusters can ralse pussible ob! eclh:ml otieof which must be submit- ted to the Electoral tribunal, This fiHibustering will recelve, so far as rulings and urn‘mhy g0, thesupport of Boeaker Handall. Tho Republied effort 15 undoubtedly formidable, and it is sal aus and Demovrata who are opposed to it say that it cannot lmnlbl{ be successful, The claun for ¢ new clectlon has not many friends, NEW SCHEME OF TIE EXTHEMISTS TO DELAY THE COUNT. Disputch o Cineinnuti Commerelap, WaginaroN, Feb, 2L—Durlug the day the riunor was ullvat that Randall was dissatised with the tourse of cvenis, and had deterinined to reslign tho Bpeakership of the House of Representatives, ‘Tno Bpeaker himself t the subject lghbtly, It s igtinited, however, {n usually well-advised quar. ters that such a step I3 contemplated {uconnection with the scheme to defeat thy further count of tho Electoral vote. Bpeaker Raudall yoted for the Electaral bill, but, slucs the result dovlared fu the case of Luulslang, bo has Juined the ultra Democrats, who are bent on the interposition of dilatory nedsures, so a8 to consume thoe between this and dhe dth ot cha It tho recent caucus he has fgured lxmmlnunlly ju the runks of the Extrewists, and {n bis rutings of late bas shown very positive Jeanings fn that direction. ‘Thero has“been o fullure thus far to bring the Democraey up to g umited front [nthe Glbuster- {ug plony and it Is believed that the reslyuation of tha Speaker, which would necessitata the suspenslon of afl busiucss uutil u new Speaker 18 ciceted, would fnsuredelay which the divisions of the Democrats bave now rendered imprage ticable. It {a cxtremely doubtful, howeser, whether this progrumme would: avcomplish the purpose, as 101 of the Hepublicans fu the House would Inevjtably unite with any ffty Democrata on any sultable candidatg, aml wind up this plot {u about thirty minutes. The ouly chauces of success would be to divide the Demucrutic votes among o uumnber of cuudidutes, As far w2 ndi s concerned, wuch u movenent on his part would be futal to hbs chunees for the Speakership of the Furty- th uw::imu. ‘The fact is that a strong obpo- sltion {3 wireudy orranizing sealnat hit amongst. thy moderute Democrata of the present Con- eress who have boen electad to the next. FOLITICAL COMPLEXION OF TiK NEXT HOUSE. Gen, Adwing,Clerk of the Huuse seys that he hus yet 1o houe ofllelally from seventy-thres Con- freasional Districts, mnd has thercfors not pre- pared lis llst, and equently cannot gdve s ore Jutellrent estlinate of the strength of the two partics in the next Houso than an outsider, ‘The cusy of Froat ve. Mctealte, in Missouri, 18 bo- furc the Bupreme Court ou o agreed stateiuent of fucts. The cave of Wigginton ve. Pachoco, fn Californly, s also befure the Supreis Court. In~ each case the K licau clalina bl clection by & umajurity of oue. A Democratic estiinate grives the Democrats a wajority of three I the nex ouse, conceding all the doubtiul scats and tho New Hampshire delegation to the Republicaus. NOT ANXIOUS YOI THE KXTKA bE3S|ON, ‘Tho Detnocrats ure nut s0 suXI0us for sy ex- tra susslou us they were, Conceding the ndu- i Hayes, they fear that he will pursue polley towands tha Soush us to qive tlio Republicans the organtzution by the ineausuf Bouthcrn votes, 1f an extin seaslon should be calld furtuwith the Democrats might capture tho orgaulzation, but as the uppropristion nade luat scssion will bo sutliclent to weet the ex- cusvd of the Guvornwent 1l the 80th of June, mu Yresident would not probabily call the scs- slou to'incet earller, and by that twe the requie site majonity would Lo sccurcd. By ressoniog in this way they do not seo the finperative neces- sity for an extru session as they did some time ULN H SOUTHEKNERS AND TILDEN. THapaich to Cineinuaté Knguirer—Dewocratic. Wasuinaton, D). C., Feb, 3L—Southerners say, iu view of the disutlectlon of thelr mewmbers .anid thelr refussl to unite ou suy Dlibustering mcvements, that probably if Tilden had not written thyt letter on the paywent of Southern clalms he might have wmore trends fruw the Bouth, now that the real ploch bas vome, They it —_— 1} ;R g 3.ICE TIVE CENTS, &8 1 to think they have mot gone any furthc back on him than i:u did on llpc%n. e i TIE DEMOCKATIC EXTREMIBTS, Dixnatzh 1 St Louls Republioun—Demrratte, - Wastisotox, D. C,, Feb. 21.—Whilst there Is no rmhnllllllv of ¥peaier Randall lending himself to such an cxtraowdinery s:heme {re- signine the 8peakerahip In order {0 prevent tho comoletion of the Ele:torai_count oulon the 4th of March), there s no douit that hels {n full ssmpathy with the oxtreme Demo.ratz, aml tiat theyare becoming more and more deternuned every day to unse all lemthmate mcans to onforce” the rnlnvy wiilch they ndvouate, Instead of ylelling to the fiat of Lhe carreus and beinze disyurazed by te Jn- varfable fallurc of all their efforts to control tire astlnt of the 1ouse, they appeat to be- come holder every day. Yestenlay and today some of the feading apirits tn this wag of the party have ULeen busily nt work oninnlzlng thelr forces, amd ft {8 sald that n wrltten pledee has been clreulated and vsen siened by miore than thirty members, fn wi % — rgu 155" Ly &) they ogree to atand by eaéh other b using every means which the ralea of the flouse give the. to accomplish their purpose of preventing th compiction of the count. . There are lnnumerable wags by which an orgganized tinority can tl:.-ln{ the “prozeedingy of the Houste aud of the Joint Conventlor, and It 1s possible, therefore, rivea great deal of troutle (f.they want to. Thus it iz spid that when South Car- ohna is reached, among y which will " he offered will vompanied by the written testimony taken by the Bouth Carolinn InvesiieatiuT Comniftice, which will take live daga at Tuast to read. Then It {s possible jor & member to change his yote on nroll-call a3 often as he pleases, so that the rolt can be indeitn.tely pro- onged. In many other wayan emul majority can dmpede the business of Congresss and recognlzing this . fagt, somey of the promineat mewmbers of the l[\mm whoare really opposed to filibustering, hnve vuted fur several of the motions for a re esr, in orderio keep in the goud era-ea of the flibast- ers and retain thelr cantrol of them. The tears of the Repubilicans, however, are not altogesher allayed 0y o kuowledige of this fact, sl they wat'h cvery motlon with an anxicty that 1= Indle It ecems, tao, that the Prestdent has caughe the geserat alarm, and * ap.es bluod ot the 1ne of the mysh once more A few weelis aggo he nrlered most of the truaps Btatwmed here tu otuer paints. but i w v short time countermanded the onder,*and no¥ he - has_ondered miore droops liere, It i reported to-day that clent companies of fn- fantry ond thrée of artllers wil b od lid ti the rarridon at this post nexi week, thua s the ollical reconds of the War Departinent do not as yet show wach orders. ‘The explanatiun made fs that they are ordered here i aecordans with the time-lunored custom to nsslst In thb parada on fuauguration day. INCIDENTALS. CONRLING'S MOVEMENTS, 4 + Bpecial Dispatch (0 The Tridune. ‘Wasminetox, V. C., Feb. 21—A startling rumor is In circulation to-night, which, whether it bo true ur not, shows how decply roated in ninds of Republicans Is the fecilog of distrust towards Beoator Conklicg, The story 1s that he was closeted in his commit tec-room for o long Vorhiees, of Indtana; that Voorlices afterwards ‘went over to the Ijouse w.ng, nnd shortly after returned accompanied by Speaker Randall, and that these two prominent, Democrate, both of whom belong to the faction that {3 secking to filipuster Gov. Hayes out of the Presidevcy, werv shut up with the Now York Senator for some tinie, 8 messenger belug stationed outsida the door to refuse adinittance to all comers, ‘This report has traveled with such smazng rap.dity tuls evening that it may literally bo said to be afl over town, TILDEN'S LETTER, Becretary Chiandler, Chalrinan of the Natlonal Republlcan Committee, Is both smused and in. ddignant at "Tilden's Tetter fo Benator Kernan, eiveu to the presa this forenoon, Chandier says that auy agreement made hetween tho Inuvestle gating Cowmittees of the two Houses as to the examination of the. bank accounts of the re- spective Nutioual Committees {s 1o concern of s, The fa.t Is, that. the Lank accounts of Becretory Chaudler, 83 Chalrman of tie Nus tonul Republican Cowmmittee, and of Richard MeCormick, os its Sccrctary, have been for six weekaln the posseasion of Fivld's Committee,and that Field’s inquisitors have not chosen to pub- list them to the world ts good cause to Lelleve thery is not any scandal in them. ‘1he came. palen was conducted on strictly business pringl- Plesy aud the amount of monev receved and expended was surprisingly small. The Demo- cruts have fnvestigated the Republican bank a>- count oll thcy can, bevtse they have it already befure themn, and have not a wond to n{ Against it. Inforination, on the other nund, has been recelved as 1o TILDEN'S NATIONAL COMMITTRE ACCOUNT. From thls, It nppears, the starting fund was &500,000v waile the fund ot the Republicans usil not exuedl - 813,000, this 2a(KL00), which was the nucleus. of tho Democratic wam- ruh;u Tund, Tilden is credited with hav- ing coutributed 8500,000° and Howitt £100,000. Hewltt, {n conversation rocentl; a friend upon the floor uf the Klouse, sl hie had contributed $HU,KK of 1 to the Tilden campuygn fun lTears, with it s own mnoney Heuve his FIELD'S COMMITTER. Dudley Field endeavored to force his Com- smittee tu work to.day without a quoruin. ‘to the credit of Marsh, of Pennaylvania, Demo- crat, It must be sald that he with much fndugon- tlon refused to vousent to any such unparils- tnentary proceeding, and told Fleld plu uly ln the Committee-ruomn that he wus thoruughly tired of auch vxtreme proceedings, BENATOM SHERMAN, ©of Ohfo, was not 11 his scat i thie Senate to-day, Bomo of hisfrlends stute contldeutially that bo leit this morning carly for Columbus to visit Hayes. Onestory fa that bie has vone to consuly with Hayea sbout his Cablnct, und espocially a3 10 his owni appolntuent to the Treasury portfo- Jlo, Anotner la that be has gune 10 accodipany Hayes to Wushingion. YOSCER'S RIRECH wpon Hayes’ Suntheru polley, it 13 learned, was nut delivered uutil after consultation witi sev- cral Tleputlican leaders, and 19 fn u measure au- thoritutive. MISCELLANTEOUS, OIl0 PLOKILITIONISTS, Corumpus, 0., Fety 32.—Thc State Probibl. tiou Couvention et here to<iay and adopted a watform favonug the prohiblition of the Jiguor tralle; ogalnst thy employment In the putlic sorvico of persous who sell llyuor or ure audicte ed to the habit of drinking lquor; demuuding female sutfrage and compulsory education; fas variug the use of the Bitle 81 a text-buak fu the ublle schoole, aud the observance of the Cors- tun Sabbath. The tutiowfug ticket was nomfuated: For Governur, 1 A, Thotnpeuu, af Westervilta Licutenant-overnor, George K. Jenkios, ol Jeflerson; Brate-Treasurer) Arza Aldermun, of Morgas Auorn»y-Umwm]. D, W. uage, of Cuyahoga; Bupreme Judge, D. C. Montgomiery, of Knox; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Georzu Dodd, of Greene; Member of the Board of Pube 1le Wurks, Awos Miller, of Logan. TILDEN'S VOTING MACHINES. : Duspuaich 10 New York Toase. Bavmisons, Feb, tS.~Parties Lere have no trouble in {dentliying the lewder of the Balti- wore pallot-bux stullers at tae Cincinnat! elee- tion of October last, wentfoned fu Holland's testimony concerning the Democrstic frauds tben perpetrated fn the latter city. He ls well kauwn to bsve been Herry McCoy, Chalriman of the Maryland Democratle Executive Coms mittee, and oo of the leading Democrata of the Stute. Heleft here early in October, lu charre of s large gang of exverlenced ballot-px stut- feys aud repeaters, whomw be divided Eetween Clucinuati gid Indlasapolls, and brought back stter they had doue thefr work. McCoy was o the slate for Culiettor of Custowns or Naval UIl- Hicer at thls port, Lo the event of Tiden becow- Ing President. . SOUTUERN DRNOCEAT 1N HAYES' CABINET, Wasaington (4:0a1¢4 do Lincinnatl Gazelts. The Republicans are busily enguged fu Cabl- net making, sud the latest susgestion ls that Prealdent Muyes might, with all propriety, lu view of tho extraorainury clrcumatances under waich be will take bis aciit, iivite some south- ern Dewocral 10 & seat Iu bis Cybluer, ‘The numes of Buyund, of Delawure, aud Huneock, of counnsndy more fully, perbaps, than sov vtuey Democrat, the calw coulidence snd respect of it party, &nd would be regarded by the Repuir Jleuns us u_wafe, conservative statesiuan. Hao. covk 18 8 Dewocratic Reprecutati ze trom Texas, h for the cxircmlsts to - time with Danfel - Texas, are paned in this convection. Bayurd . ‘ i