The New York Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1877, Page 3

COUNTING THE VOTE The Joint Convention Again in Session. FLORIDA COUNTED FOR HAYES. Georgia, Ilinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky Disposed Of. LOUISIANA REACHED AT LAST. A Burlesque Certificate Mars the Decorum of the Scene, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC OBJECTIONS, The Case Laid Before the Electoral Commission. THE TEN MINUTES’ DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. ———-—_—_—— FROM OUR . SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasuixorox, Feb, 12, 1877, The counting of tho electoral votes proceeded to-day 4m regular order and without delay after the House had debuted two hours and voted on the Florida report. ‘The debate was ,neither lively nor inceresting. Few ‘men can say much in ten minutes, and as the result of the vote was certain it was of little consequence what any Man said, Mr, Knott endeavored to offer a reso- Jution referring the matter back tothe commission, but this Sppaker Randall very properly ruled out of Order. Mr. Field and others declared thetr belict that Florida could not be counted for Hayos except by atraud. Mr. Frye retorted by charging fraud in Other States on the democrats, and Mr. Carr, the suc- cessor to the seat of Speaker Kerr, who threatens to become a democratic war-horse, told his party friends that thoy had sold themselves in voting for the com- mission and deserved to lose the election. It was remarked by a democrat after the adjourn- mont that Mr. Carr has succeeded to nothing of Mr, Kerr's except his seat inthe House. There was no Stoppage at Illinois, it having been determined this morning to make no objection to the ineligible elector ‘there, because it would be futile and only cause need- leas delay. The whole session in joint meeting was eminently good-natured. THE LOUISIANA CASE. When Louisiana’s turn arrived three certificates were read, two of which were from Kellogg, and then came a ridiculous and somewhat disgraceful scene in the reading of what proved to be a sham certiticate in Javor of Peter Cooper, apparently got up as a repub- Nean joke on the McEnery certificate. Senator Mc- Donald and Mr. Hoar tried to got the reading stopped, but when it was once begun some members wanted to Bee it through. The Vice President said that he had Fecoived it through the mail. ‘The objections to the Louisiana vote came from both sides, Senator Howe with others offering one set to She reception of McEnery’s certificate, on the ground that he had never been Govornor of the St: and that the McEnery electors had not been appointed in accordance with any legislat:ve authority. From the democratic side there wore three of dbjections, the material parts of which have already deen mentioned in the Hzratp, Senator McDonald and othors objected on the ground that there is no law m Louisiana appointing electors; that McKnery is the tighttal Governor of the State and Kellogg is not; shat the Returning Board had no lawful authority to count the electoral vote; that if it had the statute 1s ‘sold, because the authority they exercised was greater than is permitted by the State constitution; that ander the statute they could have no jurisdiction because the Board was unlawfully constituted; that they exercised judicial functions in a manner ex- pressly forbidden by the statute; that the result they declared 1s in opposition to the truo result; that the Returning Board offered to sell the vote of the Btate; that two of ‘the electors are clearly ineligible and therefore in any case only six Hayes electors ought to be counted; that Kellogg, who as Governor gave a certificate to himself as elector, could not law- fully do so, and was under the Louisiana statute in- eligible because that forbids any one holding two offices at the samo time. Mr. Randall Gibson and others objected to the Hayes Slectors and to the reception of the vote on the grounds that Louisiana bas not a republican form of govern- mont; that no canvass was made on which to base a certificate; that the alleged canvass was an act of asurpation, and hence fraudulent and void; that Kel- logg could not be elector because he was acting a Governor; Jofirion, because he was a Supervisor of Registration; Marks, because he was District Attorney and candidate for District Judge, and Burch, because he was Senator, mamber of the Board of Control, Ad- minietrator of tho Deaf and Damb Asylum and Treas- arer of the School Board in his parish; and section 117 of the Lousiana statutes forbids one person to hold more thau one office. Jofirion was especially ox- cepted as an elector because the statute also declares bhatino Supervisor of Registration shall be a candidate for office. Mr, Wood and others objected to the Hayes electors om the ground that they wero not appointed in the Manner directed by the Legislatare. MERTING OP TUK COMMISSION, ‘The commission met at the close of the proceedings $0 receive the certificates and pupers and thon agreed by an wupartisan vote to adjourn to cloven o'clock to- morrow. The open bearing will take up ten hours and ruo through two days, and the commission should, therefore, begin to sit in private for consultation on Thursday. Mr. Matt Carpentor will open for the dem- deratic ido to-morrow. : ANXIRTY CONCERNING THK RESULT. | Both sides uro oxtremely anxious avout Louisiana, |t is admitted by republicans that the case is very dif- ferent grom that of Florida and that same of the objec- sions raised ure very strong. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE. Wasutvatos, Feb. 12, 1877. ‘The recess having expired at ten o’olock this morn- ing, the Senate resumed it sessien at that heur with but fow Senators present. In response to # question of Mr. Davin, (dem.) of W. Va., the President pro tempore, Mr. Fenny, replied that it would uot be in order to take w recess exeept upon ® question raised iu the jomt eonvontion, A question Was raised therein ou Savurday and the Senate had availed itselt of its privilege by taking a recess GMb this morwing, Ho further stated that no business NEW Y of a legislative character was tn order pending the con- | other point -of importance, which was that the ap- sideration of a decision of the Electoral Commission, By twelve o'clock uearly all the Senators were Present, but no business whatever was transacted, ‘The Senate having affirmed the decision of the Elec- toral Commission in the Florida case awaited notifica- tion from the House of Representatives that thut body was ready to resume the joint session to continuo the count, At twenty minutes past two o’clock Mr. Adams, Clerk of the House of Representatiyos, appeared at th bar of the Scuate and: announced the decision of the House that the counting of the electoral vote of the State of Florida shall uot proceed, in conformity with the decision of the Electoral Commission, but that the voles of the democratic electors be counted, &c., and algo notified the senate that the House was ready to meet it in the hall of the House. The Senate then proceoded in a body to the House of Representatives. When the Sevate returned from taking part in the proceedings of the joint couvention Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, from the Commities on Privileges and Eieo- tions, sabmitted a rosolution providing tor the issue of an attachment for Conrad CU. Jourdan, cashier of the Third National Bank of New York, he having failed to appear botore the committee and produce the accounts of Samuel J. Tiiden, William T. Pelton and A. 3, Hewitt with that bank. Mr. SaULsuURY, of Delaware, oblected to the con- sideration of the resolution to-day, and it was laid over until to-motrow, He said he objected to the resolution because it was pot reported by the unani- mous cousent of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, Besides, there were matters connected with it which should be inquired into before any such resolution wus passed, “By unanimous consent it was understood that no business should be transafted by the Senate between ten and twelve o'clock A, M. during the time the Elcec- toral Commission have the Louisiana case under con- sideration. The Senate then, at forty-tive minutes past four o'clock, went Into ‘oxecutive session, and when the doors Were reopened took a recess until ten o'clock to- morrow, PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE. Wasuincton, Fob, 12, 1877. ‘The House mot at ten o'clock A. MM. Mr. McCrary, (rep.) of lowa, rose for the purpose of opening the discussion upon the objection to the de- cision of the electoral vote of Miorida, Mr, Cure, (dom,) of Pa., raised the point of order that there was no quorum present, and unanimous consent was given that the debate on the question | should not’ commence until nalf-past ten o’clock ahd that no business should be transacted until that time, The House resumed its session at half-past ten o'clock, when Mr, Fiaup, of New York, tor the pur- pose of bringing the matter before the House in duc form, offered the following order:— Ordered, That she counting of the electoral votos from the State of Florida shull not proceed in contormisy with the deelsion of the Kiectoral Commission, but that the votes of Messrs. Cail, Youve, Wilton and Bullock be counted ax the votes from the State of Floridy fer Presi- dent and Vico President of the United Ststou. Mr. Haux, (rop.) of Me., moved an amendment, as follows :— Ordered, That the counting of the electoral votes from the State of Florida shall proceed in conformity with the do cision of the Electoral Commission, SUBSTITUTE OF MR, KNOTT. Mr. Kxort, (dem.) of Ky., offered as u substitute an order reciting the language of the Klectoral act, that the commission might take into view such petitions, depositions and other papers ds shall, by tho constitu- tion and now existing law, be compytont; reciting also the fact in the Florida case the commission had de- cided and determined that po evidence would be re- ceived or considered which had not been submitted to the two houses ia joint convention by the President of the Senate; that certiticate No. 1 (that of the Hayes electors) contained no evidence whatovor, whilo cer- titicates Nos. 2 und 3 (those ef the Tilden clectors) did contain evidence tully mad speciticully showing the fuct that the latter bad been duly elected and up- pointed as electors, und thurefore orderimg that the decision of the commission and the grounds thereof vo remanded and recommitted to the commission with tho request that the same be so corrected or explained, and that the commission be further requested to fur- nish in detail the true reasons of its decision, so that the House may be enlightened as to the course it ought to pursue ip the discharge of its duticg, and that in the meantime the votes of the Hayes electors be not counted, Mr. Hate, of Maine, made the point of order that unaer the Electoral Comnnssion law ‘it was the im- perative duty of the House, at the end of thet wo hours’ debate, to vote on the main question, which wus whether the votes shoald be counted in conformity with the decision, and thut nothing in the shupe of delay, in whatever form presented, could now arrest the wheels of its decision. Mr. WiLsoy, (rep.) of lowa, added to Mr. Hale’s point of order that this House could refer nothing to the commission that would require at jeast concurrent action. Mr, Woop, ) of N. declared that any 1: timation of # desire on thg part ul the democratic side of the House to 1 R faciious opposition to uny decision of the Elect mirsion was entirely atuitous @nd Unwarranted by anything that bad taken piace Mr. Haux, of Maine—Has anything been said this morning w indicate auy charge of thut kind? Mr. Woop—the gentieman bas just spoken of delay and has inUmated thut there is an intentioual disposi- tion on the part of tho House to delay action. 1 can assure the gentleman that there is no such intention, While we ure reauy in good faith to curry out in all re- aspects the Electoral Commission law and the result that may be reached in pursuance vf it, still, at tho Sametime, wo demand the right of free expression of opinion, | should be done if several of them, pointmetit of electors, made and certified in the man- her prescribed by State jaw prior to the time when the clectors were \o incet and vote for President and Vice President, was tinal aud could yot ve set aside by sub- sequent State action atter the votes had been cast and the return thereof had been duly made to the Presi- dent of the Senate, ; GROUNDS OF THR DECISION, This decwion rested upon the following, among other grounds : First—For reasons of xreat public importance it woviged by tho constitution that the electors should meet in the States upon the same day aod cust their votes, and Congress was authorized by the constitution to fix tno dey for such meeting, This power was exercised by the passage of the act of 1792, xing the first Wednesday in December as tho day ou which clectors should meet and vote i all the States, The great wisdom of this provision of the constitution was apparent, ag 118 purpose was to pre- veut the very mischief which was attempted tn the Florida case. It wasto prevent a State from with- bolding its vote until 1t could be seen how it would af- fect the result. 11 was tu probibit a State trom chang- ing its vote after it had onco been cust in order to change a result; and, above all, it inust be seen that the constitution could not be su construed ax to allow @ new State administration coming into power in June uary to proceed to set aside and revise the action of the State government, under a previous administra- tion in the matter of appointing Presidential electors, especially where it uppoared thatthe electors were chosen and returned «3 duly elected, aud met avd performed all their functions, including a return of their votes to the President of he Senate on or prior to December 6, and ueurly a mouth before such new adimimisiration cate into power, Second-—Ift procvediugs either vy the State Legisla- ture or the State courts had in the latter part of Jan wary could be allowed to set aside the constitutional uction of the State in this respect bad in December, it must result not only in a violation of the coustitutional Tequirewent that the votes of all the States should be cast on the same day, but must also lead to tho most serious consequences in the future, If a judg ment in an inferior court in Florida, rendered on the 2ith of January, in an section of quo Warranto, could annul the vote of that State cast on the 6th of Decem- ber, it followed that similar judgments im any or ail the other States might be certilled to the Prosident of the Senate und must govern the count The vote of the great State of New York would generally be de- cisive of the result of a Presiaential election, In that State, he suid, he believed there were more than thirty Judges possessing Jurisdiction tn quo war- Tanto, und asked whether i should be decided (hat any one of those might, alter the Presiden: election was over, transier the voto of thut Stato trom one candi- date to the other. If so, how many of those judges would hereafter enter the lists and contend lor the first chance to determime the Presidency? And what euch claiming priority of jurisdiction, should render coutheting judg- ments? Who could fail to see that such a doctrine would result ip coniusion, disaster and rum. ‘He wanted to kuow if, bv an ex post facto judgment in Ope State, one party should secure av advantage, why, by asimilar movement in another State, a cor: responding advantage inight not be sought for by the other party? and claimed as a result of such policy that instead of counting the votes under the constitu- tion and law at the ume proscribed, 11 Would become necessary to count the judgments in quo warrupto rendered im the various States and enter into an in- quiry agto the regularity and. conclusiveness of these Judicial proceedings. ‘there must be authority some- where and dt some timo to decide who were appointed electors, und that the only sale or sound or constitu. tional rulo that could be found was that adopted by the commission, to wit:—Ihat the decision made by the proper State authority, prior to the time tixed by the constitution and law tor electing the President unt Vico President of the United States, was final, and not subject to be sot aside by Congress. The power of Congress was to count, not to reject duly certified votes of the States, SPEKCH OF 3M, TUCKKIL Mr. TuckER, (dom.) of Va., followed on the opposite side of the question, He said he did not propoxe to criticise, much less to censure, the action of uny mem- ber of the commission, but be did propose to eriticise its Judgment. ‘Tho members of that commission had tuken an oath to render judgment according to the constitution and law. The commission in passing upon the eligibility of Humphreys bad declined to puss upon the question of the vahdity ot the vote of an in- competent elector. Did the commission mean to de- cide that the ineligibility of the elector was to huve po effect upon tho validity of his vole? It a Stito up- pointed an tueligivie elector, was he, notwithstanding, to be declared by the commission’ and by the two houses to be a competent elector and his Vote to be counted a valid vole If so, then the uchof the can- vussing board of u State was valid, and the constitu- tion, quo ad hoc, was void, In regard to tho maih question, tho decision of the com- mission was te the effect that the ouly vice permitted to speak for a Stato im that matter of a Prosidential election was tho voice of a canvassing board und of an Executive, and that the voice of the Judiciary and the Legislature must be husned into silence before the omnipotent vuice of a canvassing board and Executive. © contended that ull the or- gunisin of & State inust speak its voice, but the com- mission had decided that the only organiem to speak it was the organism of the Canvassing Board and the Executive. Mr. ‘lucker’s time expired before he had Qnished his argument. SPRECH OF MR, BANAS. Mr. Banks, (rep.) of Maos., suid that it would be one of the highest priviieges accorded to him to be able to cust his volo in support of the decision and report of the Electoral Commission, In regard to the question of the ineligibility of Humphreys, there was, according (to the decision of the com- mission and according to the tacts of the case, uo pretence of ufeligibility. He had been a United States vilicer, but he had resigned his office, Unless the tact tbat. a United states office haying been once held tncapacituted a man forever from veing an elector, this mun Was clear from any objection upon that ground, If the people used due diingence in tuforming themselves of the eligibility or ineligibihty of an elector, aud, notwithstaudimg the elfurt to gain that information, an clector should be incapacitated, the people ought not to be deprived of their choice on that account. Tb regard to the main question, he held that Mr. Kxorr, of Kentucky, contested the point of order and thought there was nothing 1 tbe law which pre- vented the House, with the coucurrence of the Senate, from remunding back to the Electoral Commission tor their further consideration the decision which w bad mde in the Floriva case in order thas it might have au opportuniy to explain the glaring :nconsistencies which existed in that decision, Mr. Banks, (rep.) of Mass,, sald that under the pro- visions of the Electoral act the House was compelled to give ap affirmative or negative vote upon the decision of the commission. 1t would not be respectiul to the commission to remand the decision ta it, ‘The Speaker overruled the point of order made by Mr, Hale, but sustained that made by Mr. Wilson, holding that there was nothing im the Electoral Com- mission law that authorized a recommittal of the ques- tion back to the commission, and also ruling that 16 Was not competent for one house to refer a bill or any otber matter to au outside commission, The substi- tute offered by Mr, Knott was, therelore, not In order. ‘The House thereupou, at a quarter past eleven, pro- ceeded to the discussion of the objection to the decision of the Electoral Commission, SPRRCH OF ME. M’CRARY, Mr. McCrary, of Iowa, addressed the Houso in sup- port of the vommission. He said that the decision of the commission embraced several important propo- gitions upon the correctness of which the two houses Were to decide; thut these propositions were em: neutly sound and fully supported’ both by reason and authurity seemed to lim entirely clear. fe said the tirst point decided was that the (wo bouser of Congress, in the exercive of their powers to count the vote tor President and Vice President, could not go into the inquiry as to the number of votes cast at the polls tor electors in the several States, In other words, 1t was held that the decision of that question was left to the proper authority in the States, and that when that authority had canvussed the votes ueclared d adjudged the result and certiliod the election of the electors in due form, thatis the appointment of clec- tors required by the conesitution. Ho ciaienoa that (his Was In accordunce with the precedent establisbed Mr. Fave, (rop.) of Me., denounced the unbiashin; oat oan ae Oty’ lost Lyn turer tO ae ato y | eftrontery with which cliarges of fraud were mado rmn‘of a single provision. ‘That Lill, heamd, created | Uatbst the republican party. (Derisive laughter on a grand committees, to whom were tu be referred ques. | tue democratic side.) The gentieman trom Lilinor tong aring upon the count ofthe electoral vows of | (VE Sbunger) im wit speech ad charged gigantic tho States. But it was carefully provided, both by the | tleman from N he York Mr. ¥ old) our Ghavges leew | | | | | when an elector bad cast his vote bo had tuitiiled his duty and exhausted his functions, and no State court nor United States court could chunge that act. There was no court In Florida, nor any political party, nor any defeated candidate who had a right or a shadow of a right to reverse the decision of the Klectorai College. Mr. SvRINGER, (dem,) of LIL, opposed the decision because the commission had adopted an order to re- ceive and consider no evivence that had been submit- ted to the jomt convention, and because that order excluded evidence which would have showa conclu. sively that a majority of the legal votes actually cast and canvassed was in favor of the Tilaen electors, He quoted dir, O'Conor’s declaration, that “there lives ot a man, so far as 1 know, on the faco of the earih, who, baving the faculty ot blushing, can look an hou: est man in the were traly elected,” and ssid that, it being a conceded fact that the people of Florida hud not voted ior te Hayes electors aud the commission having adopted the procustean rule which protiuited it from considering any question of fraud in’ the case, the House was brougnt tuce to face with a gigantie fraud, and the decision of. the corminis- sion rendered it utterly tinpossible to defeat the ac- complishment of that Iraud. He also opposed the de- Cision because the commission had held Usat it was ins competent to go into evidence aliunde of opened by the President of the Senate. that decision was not law, and quoted “Cushin, Manual” in support of his’own view, Ho regret that the decision had come with the significant vote of 8to%. He regretted it the more because trary to the spirit of the law and disappotnted the ex- pectutions of those who framed it, thut ft would ve curried out in a spirit of patriotism and justice and not Of partisanship, He irom Str, Hoar'’s bin support of the Electoral bill, where at was asked whether thore were not in all this Sudom ten men who would obey iny Olver inandate than that of party, and he (Mr. Springer) replied that this decision gave the answer, “No, nut " SPKECH OF MR, PRYK, "8 Gerace” ty ager Meu ae againet the republicin party, There waa Gu Fepabl e 4 cnn int ewho Would not court investigation {or the cloctors at sho polis, that being regarded vy ull | into the frauds of Louisa of the fragds of Florida clusive control of the States. He said the House bill Ra AEYE the, PLUMS i ee Hee elie TR aharaced Cnet WANES GRIEG Goer ce, port and Hartiord’ Connecticut, und the frauds. in fa: shall, afterward Ctief Justice of the United states, fs 4 embodied the views of thus great constitutional lawyer | “42% upon this question. After providing tor this grand committee it defined their jurisdiction in these words ;— And the persons thus chosen shall form a Joint committee and shall have powor to examine inty all disputes relative SPEECH OF Mi. NERD, Mr. Hoarp, (dem.) of Onto, suid he did not rise to complain of the decision of the commission, as it might allvet the candidate of his choice; but, as a member of the legal profession, and as 4 member of the How&e, he {o the election of President, und Vice President uf ihe | Wished to enter lis protest against ubis novel and dan- United Stutos, other thun such as might relate to the num | gerous doctrive upon which that decision rested. b votes by whieh the electors may have beon ap: | When the President of the Senate submitted to the pointed. Jomt Convention the certificates trom the State of He hold that the raling of the commission was also abundaptly supported by most cogent rousous, and that to have ruled otherwise would have been to assert a jerisdiction to Inquire into and overturn the action Florida, certificate No, L vad been objected to on the ground that 1 bad been procured through fraud, and ‘was the result of a conspitecy entered into by the Ke- turnmg Bourd, by the electors and 0 and Assert that the fayes electors | that might have arisen | the papers | He held that | 1 was con- | charged Irwud | by tho Gov. | | ofall the States in the appomtinent of thoir electors | ernor wf the State. dence hud been also sub- and to institute proceedings in the nature of an acti mitted tending to show fraud and conspiracy; of quo warranto to try the title of every one uf the | the commission had excluded this evidence and Persons appointed us such. He argued thatthe power | refused to hear it, and he solemuly protested of the two houses, and therefore of the commission, | aguinst that action, Fraud vitiatea everything. It was conferred by these words of the consiitutio: powoned the source of ali judgment It cancelled “And the vot shall then be counted,” that the commi: ion had decided upon th and soundest Feagons that theso words conter no judicial power | whatever, and that they describe, and very aptly | prescribe’ ministerial duty only. ‘the words of the constitution, be maintained, would be the lust words that would have Leen chosen by which to confer ihat immense power, that vust jurisdiction, which bas Jat r the first timo, been claimed for the two houres, and that the impossibility of exerei power wus 8 strong argument against 18 ox . How could the two houses of Congress, he asked, en- tertain and try a suit to determine the Litie of electors to their offices? He claimed that if it could be dove vue case it could be cone in all, and that there might be brought 369 contests over elections lor clec- tors With Witnesses numbered by hundreds tn cach, all to bo determined within the Driet interval betwoon the mecting of Congress ia December and the counting ofthe votes in February, He said it was plain that to cutablish this doctrine way to give the election of President and Vice Pr lent bereafier into the bands of Congress wnd take tt out of the bands of the States where the constitution placed it. Tho conn Hon had, therefore, very properly, he thought, decided that the record of the tinal Canvass and decision and declaration of the result made by the proper s thority was final and — conelusive, when this record was presented, duly aatty and accompanied by the revurn ‘required by law aud the constitution, there Way but one thing thateouid be done, and that was to obey the mandate of the vonsti- totion, which declares that ‘tho votes shail ve counted,” The commivsion, be sald, decided one every obligation, avuulicd overy contract and repealed every law, The juggment of the bighest tribanai might Le regarded us null and void I there was a taint of fraud attuching (o it; and yet, the commission hud decided that fraud would ve secured and protected im this greatest case of all Une. Any jndument reachgd by that commission by the exclusion of evidence which would prove the fraud would not satisty the country und Would not be sustained. Peace and pros- perity would not come, und whoever ventured to as- sume the duties of che Pre ideutial oflice on a title ob- scured by fraud (which it would be possivie to prove) would be regarded us an usurper by a lurge majority of the American people. (Applause. ) BCH OF MI, CARR, Mr, Cann, (dem.) of Ind., (the successor of tho late Speaker) next took the tloor and made a speech which created much amusement on the part of the repabli- Ucuns and of those democrats who opposed! the Kives toral bil, He said:— I have no hesituney in saying that the Electoral Cominin- sion in retusing to ‘receive any other evidence ws tot genuil sot the elvetornl votes tian that presented in the certitiente of the Verner ofa Stute has song t tublish # destructive principle, und in this particular, partisan putvoso, hus inored its duty ty inquire Inte the twets, which was plainly Imposed upon both. shese hones and throngh then upon their commission by the constitute 1 have no tyrthor hesituney in saying that my convictions. are that un er the paipavle facts vehind the Governor's cortitiont He of the state of Florida should have been 1 und Hendricks, Wut, sir, at the same domoeratie majority ot thie House hus plain that tis commission has ren. ad moral right to eon parcisnn deeis Halt, opertIng the four, electoral votes of Florida tur Hay wler, While J assert that this decision fy contrary to the facts and contrary to the will of a large majority of the yon) of the United States, ily assert that the wroms is chargsaule to % lisn the couminion, ‘The wrong rests Upon the sloulders of those who established this partisan tribunal, When the cemogratic majority of thix House aulopted this inw wich the (ull knowledge that # majority ot the commission would be repuuticun, governed by republi- ean instin ‘ontrolled by republican iuterests, warped bY republican biasen und moved by republican motives, they daliverately soundoned overy claim whieh | the demove our cratic tional TMMSsCs HEE affalrs, The bo tore nor less than what could or should exnected or required of them. You e tribunal, invested it with politicn attritiutes ated them political questions to determing, waieh settled politica! standpo they believed that the republic to ave been’ a dw politheal gare In makieg th and tuithful to their polit ation aud associations. No legal wron| to them for t democrats sentiments and rizhts yo politics! udversaries, I arise majority that in common deca Mensure have ex upped you tron word of eriticist asabnnt te a tts your own offspri eit and pow the resu w for y pate & result; ve tw y Your vote: inaulyginng n of that t vel At you, and you being one, are to assert that you did not antici. that yon “expeet-d higher wad better things from your foundling. You had no more right to expect a tribunal so constituted to produces a dilfere gnt result than to expect a thorn bush to bring forth fy, Nor will ae weak an apology save you trom the just © dewnation which your betrayed and outraved wen will foreve ie treacherous hewds, (Lauzhter and applause.) 0. sins. The wrong, the great. and burning outrage, at your hands, wud your hunds along, Nor withthe democratic poople be slow in Ascertuining the truo source of their discomfiture and defeat, It may suvnerve your purpose for a briet time to attempt to. shield yourselves under cover ut hollow denunciations of your tribunal, ay the ery of "Stop thief!” pinent may Uelude the odivers of tha law; but when the mad populace shall have vented unmerited anger uupon this tribunal for « its lie brief hour ft will Just dudignation, and whiero It properly inelomce wok the true object of the Diane will at last ne few only who had the ix floor, nud umid the denis! ¢ to complain of the ond of this day's Inbor fave dep Fegrots as to. the wy have bitter den But, sirs, the’ com? ‘und con- pnatious to heap up ing $0 be leaders of tho jag hour of its Ives either incom: petent, ron ns. (Kes newed laughter hice Hore, then, in thy verney of the whole ull charges save it ay uo that of an h ine of the same grent this House as being Texpo rantly or corruptly recreant, to posed in thom und Inithlens to th (Applaune.) hus been tu. rusts contided in them, SPEECH O8 MR, THOMPSON, Mr. Tiompsoy, (dom.) of Masa, declared that the finding of the comu jon Was nut 1D accordance with the tacts, but was declarimy the falsehvod to be the truth, 1p had refused to examine the evidence, which woult prove beyond a doubt that the Tilden clectors had veen olected im Florida, What a spectacle tor the eyes of the whole world! A goverament which, though it could delend itself against its enemice, was helpless belore internal fraud and corruption; that the known fraud of 4 low men coaid usurp the govern. meut, and the people were not only powerless to resist that act, but the army and navy could be used to put into execution that fraud and compei the people to ac- cept the usurper us their law/ul ruer. SPEKCH OF MR. DUNNELI, Mr. DoNN&KLL, (rep.) of Minu., who had been a mem- ber of the Fioridu luvestiguting Committee, denounced the action of the committee in exciuding from evi- deuce all that bad been velore the canvassing board of the Stale im influencing its decision, aud be charace terized the statcment of the majority, that that Suto had gone for Tilden ag surely as Massachusetts hud gone tor Hayes as a stupendous fiction, showing that tke age of romance had not yot passed away, Mr. ‘Thomvsox, of Massachusetts (chairman of that committee), desired to ask Mr, Dunnell a question. Mr. Dunnxkut declined to yield, stating that he had ten mimautes now. The rest of his speecu was devoid to the question of the Florida election, SPEECH OV MR. WaLKKR. Mr. Waker, (dem, ) of Va the democrats Who had supp good faith, und he would to the Judiana (Mr, Carr) that it would take more than him find the fow democrats who vowed with him uguinst that measure to read the majority of the House vut of the democratic party. ‘fhe vote for that measure had been oue of the graa ext and lofticst evidences of democratic tuth in the honesty of mankind, it the. commission had uot risen to the full height of the great vccusion the democrats who supported the bill Would bave the satisfaction of kvowing that they, at loast, had done tueir duty and made every eilort to settie the great question accord. ing to law wnd right. He did not agree with the de- etsion of the commision and be was glad that ob- jection bud Leon made to it, vecause It gave the demo- eratic party un opportunity to enter its suiemn protest against the consummation of an outrageous wrong under # mero legal tiction. Mr. Kounixs, (aem.) of N. C., said that he had ex- pected that a decision would have been reached on the lolty principics of right und justice, but he hud beea disuppotmted. He was, however, proud of the position of his party; 1¢ demanded the Presidency on the mers of the case, ‘The other party said:—"1f you can give us the Presidency througa any legal techoteality give it to us through shat technicality,” The country would take notice of the moral uttitude of the two par- ties—oneusking that the question should be decided on the truth of the matter and the other resting its case on iegal quibbles, If the latter party received the Presidency on those grounds it was welcome to take it, But history would write that party down, would write down the man who took the office, aud would write down the Klectoral Commission to a piace trom which the hand of resurrection Gould never raise thon to the respect of mapkind, SPEECH OF MR. KASSON, (rep) of lowa, submitted that the debate had wandered rather widely from tho main question. The commission had made its report, objec- tion to it had been tiled, and on this objection the wo houses had Leen asked to uct. There was no evidence betore the House op which it could uct im the cuse of Florida, Tue question presented was purely & ques- tion of law, and that question wa» whether the com- mission bad ucted coutrury to the consti law, If it had it ought to be overruled, w not the Hoase, of course, ought to concar. Mr. Kassoy, If the commission was right the House had no jurisdiction iu the recunvass of the vote of Florida, If the com- mission was wrong then possibly 1 might be urged that tue House had that right, The di ton that the republican party was reiying on legal fictions to elect the President Was incorrect, unless the constitu- tion itself was alegal fiction, Uniess the gentieman could poimthim to some clause or phrase in the constitution which to the - two hous the power to revise the action of State govern- ments {n canvassing votes, then the attempt to do ib was & usurpauion of authority | on the part of the House, or whatever body made tho | attempt. Thore were here improvisea charges of iraud, and the House had been told by the gentleman from Olio (Mr. Hurd) that fraud vitiuted ev | Ow that declaration he took direct aud poi with the genUemau—even if the fraud existed, Por example, ta bill passed the House by « inajority of one. vote, wad if it afierward turned out twat one of | the members voting tor it bad nos been daly elected, and if he were unscated, or if it were shown shat lis vote had been purchased by bribery or fraud, that fact would not affect the bill itsell; it would stand as law, and could not bo impeached, The courts had decided that principle over and over again. 1 was, therefore, incorrect to say that fraud vitiated everything in the ense of its Vit allug a public und completed act, SPEECH OF OM, PU The debate was closed by Sir, Ft . ot New York, who said:— jearcoly had tho election taken place in the President Invited representatives of th to visit States in th sing tHe counting of the votes, declarin Prosident could afford mxress inet in Dee 4 committees of ertuin the truth. + honts of witnesses have bi have been inid upon the table, Mt osdipcovered that the invescrgs wet of supertluous folly of this Hi discovery there is ot & democrat i aress who docs not disuw: W HoW Whether the republic ow to be that theyre: great words and herbte de Evil be Thou, my tion the Chief Magistrac: all the history past, the hus resolve into the Staten have bee! and the eomimit republicans, house i party has so lorg ds of itn early days wn 6 * and endeavor to ot the Jind ¥ Conran oral Commission which you first, that no evidence ean be recel the certiticute submitted to the two houses by the of the Senate, and se that of those cer pavers none can be received of uny net after th | wstate. ‘This decision, Mr, Spedker, | mean nothing else—that the certineate of 4 State, in wecordunce with the vertiticnte canvuasers is to yovern, unless before the ote is cust the State rejects the wet; and this, as AC tn, way ubont ty say, ‘insolent mockery. We know that in searcely a Stute is the canvass | made until within wiew days of the electoral votes being cust, and We know, moreover, that in the State ot Floride | the Canvassing Bourd completed its canvass at three o'clock in th ng und Chit th tors voted at twelve o'eluck id by this commission that within those nine hours had | roused its ing through its departments—and rejected the wetion assing Board there 1s no power todo it. In 9 trine is thin: if the weneral comin: ing In Florids had on the morning of the Geh of becember marched & corporal’s guard into the State House, told off four of his soldiers and forced the Returning Board to cer- lily their eieetion, the Governor to superudd his certitieate, there is ne power in the tand to prevent the votes of these four soldiers trom boing counted, Ww ave to see whether it Judgment of the House, the solemn judgment of #, composed of both parties, that that tx the law the sane day. uniess the State of Florid ‘And yet we are t of this lun A CONVICTED FRLON, Let me show you what is the consequence, We offered jo prove fraud; we were forbidde: Whow does itturn out? One of the electors of tue State of Florida, Charles Uy Feures, ts certitiod by one vote of the commission to be & lawful ‘elector of the state of Florida. Here (oolding up ® volume) is the record in the reports of Ploriuw thut this man is « convicted elo, In the F enth district of Florida is the record of a case Jos Hl. Pearce (colored), & minister of the Gospel and & Senuter of Florida, showing thar he ber of the Legistature to vote. lie was convicted b ho appeaied to the Supreme Court; the Sup Adirned the sentence, nnd that man, «pardoned conviet, ty the one mun whose vote clects Uf he a eiected at ally Me, Hayey to the Presidential office, Ne Boenker, the decision of this tribunal made Is entitled to no respect. Tis fs itis usound in Taw and injurions and porutelony in Ite consequeuces, The spectacle of successiul villany is cor: the theatre on which it wing, The Presi- Mered a bribe of 8500 to Mt int morals, Tupting 1 proportion to the extent « it Isenaeted, nnd to Che prixe whic! deney of the United States hus never yet been won by fraud, Af it te won he example will be more injurious gourd 0 ore corrupt to our people than all the peculation and robberies and the trauds of all. our history. THK vorE. The debate having closed, at Ufieen minutes past one P.M. the House proceeded to yore on the question. The amendinent offered by Mr. Hale was rejected by yeas, 97, gays, 167, and the original resolution oflered been voted duwn in Florida, bat proposed to have his | ORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. by Mr. Field, ot New York, was adopted by yeas, 168; )}—There being ne further objection, all of the Baya, 103—a party vote, except that Mr. Whitenouse, | certilicates trom that State, with the papers accom of Now York, Voted with the republican i byluy the saine, tazether with the oljectio! be It wes then ordered, on motion of Mr. Field, that the ; now submitied to the Kiectoral Commission for jude? Clerk intorm the Senate of the action of the House, | ment snd decision. The Senate will now withdraw to and also that the House is now reaay to meet the Sen- | its chamber, The Sevate therupon withdrew and the curtain fel) upon the thirduct of the Joint Convention, THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, ate jn the ball of tbe House, Arecess of five minutes was then taken to allow Preparations to be made for the reception of the Senate. During the divcussion and voung the seats in the ares ironting the Clerk's desk wero occupied by Messrs. Evarts, Stoughton, Matthews and sbeilabarger, coun- Wasmyorox, Fev, 12, 1877, sel for the republican party before the commission, The Electoral Commission was called (to order at und by Messrs. Merrick aud Greon, counsel fF tb8 | pair nase four o'clock P. M. to-day aud received iho democratic party. The galleries were {fully occupied by spectators, some ladies baving to couteut themselves with im tho gentlomen’s gallery, irom which, however, the colored people who Usually loungo there appeared to be compictely exciuded. Young Mr, Utysees 8. Grant eccapied a member's seat ou the republican side, After the proceedings of the jot convention, Mr. Cox, of New York, from the Comnutiee on Rules, re- | rteda resolution so amending rules of the Hoase thut, pending the count uf the electoral vote, aud when tne House is got engaged therein, it shall on assembling every calendar diy after recess from the day preceding proceed at twelve o'clock with 1a busrnes: though the legislative day bad expired by i adjournment. He expluined that there were but seventeen work- ing days before the end of the session; that there were eloven of the regular appropriation bills andis- posed of; that there were 241 bills ou the private cul. eudar abd fiity ou the public calendar; that there were thirty special orders, that the bill to pay the ine terest on the public debt of the District of Columma and the Sississipp! Levee bill wero belore the House, and that in order to get through this mass of business the resolution should be adopted, Alter being amended #0 48 (o prevent the resolution from interfering in any Way with the counting of the electoral votes it was adopter i ihe House wt balt- pust four took a recess until to-morrow at ten o'clock A.M. certificates aud accompanying papers in the case of Louisiana from the presiding officer @f the joimt ses- sion Upon the arrival of the various counsel (Messrs, Field, Campbell, Trumbull, Carpenter, Merrick, Houde ley and Green tor the democratic side of tho question, und dMessra, Evarts, Matthews, Shellaberzer and Stoughton for Tepublican ide), the presiding Officer inquired who would represent the ovjectors Mr. Fikip respouded that Seaator MeDouaid and Mr, Joaks, of the House, would appear us objectors to cer: titicates Nos, 1 and 3. Mr. Evaxrs announced that Mr. Howe, of the Senate and Mr, Hurtburt would appear as objectors to cer. Ulleate No, 2. Toe commiasion then, on motion of Justice Fietd, ad- Journed until eleven o'clock A. M. to-morrow. REPU. DIATED. F “Cnieas , L The Journal's Davenport (lowa) despatch saya ston, Ira M. Gilford, who Clerk Littlefield swore offered hina money to go to Washington with the Vernon parish re- Feb, 12, 1877. turn, saying he could get $100,000 from the National Republican Committee tor the suppression of that evi dence, this morning publishes a dental of this story, Me says Littleteld said prominent democrats, inctud- ing Governor Palmer, approached hun and offered bi large sums of money v0 discloxe what he knew Returning Board. He being 4 republican, howe preferred to keep silence for a less sum that the crats offered. Governor Palmer appro: various Ways, aud intimated be could get $10,000 lor his information. Mr, Gitford says he is ready to wake these statements under oath, COMMITTEE. Wagmyarox, Feb, 12, 1877. At twenty-five minutes past two o’clock P, M. the Senators arrived in the hall of tho House and took their places, and as soon as order was restored the presiding ollicer rose and salu:— ‘The joint meeting of Congress resumes its session, ‘The two houses soparatoty have cousidered aud determined the object: ubmitted by 4 memoerol the Houve to the de- eislo uo the vertifivates from the state of Florida The Clerk of the Senate wil now read the decision of the Seuute. ‘The decision of the Senate having been read by its clerk und that of the Houso by its clerk, the presiding officer said ‘Ube two houses not concurring in ordering otherwise the ion of the commission will stand unreversed. The ting will now proceed In contormity with the degision of the commissifu. ‘The tellers will announce the vote of Florida, THE JOINT The monthiy meeting of tho New York Association for tho Protection of Gamo was held at the rosiaence of Mr. Charies H. Housman, No. 19 East Fifty-fourth street, last evening. Mr. Clinton Gilbert presided, and Mr. Thomas N. Cuthbert acted as secretary. Counsellor Whitehead reported that no new cases were to be presented, and the few commission mer- chants ot this clty who deal in venison were tho only violators of the Game laws ty be found at this seasdu, The commission men were in the habit of receiving large consignments of venison trom remote distanees, and much of it arriving after the close season com- ‘The Vick Prestpeyt then opened the certificate from | Menced, they hid it away in cellars and sold 18 the State of Georgia ana hunued 11 to the tellers, | only to those with whom they were porsonally ac- Jt was read by Representative Coox, of Georgia A | quainted. The speaker had recently seen several slip mthe reading by which tho lulat yeur of inde- 4 pendease was rendered us the 1,001st, created a ripple | Bead of the black tail deer trom Wyoming Territory, of laugbter throughout the audience and this fact illustrates most forcibly that the en. The PResipixg Orrick asked whether thero waa | forcement of the game laws in the great centro of any objection to the vote of Georgia. | sales inust bave constant attention, otherwixe the ob- None bemy made he aunounecd that the vote would | Ject the society bas iu view will not bo attained. It be counted, and directed the tellers to declare it, Was suggested that much might be done to this end Mr, Cook then deciurod that the Staie of Georgia | by correspondeuce with the sister associations uf had given cloven votes tor Samuel J, Tilden, of New | Penuslvauia and other States, so that when dealers York, as Presidvot, und cleven vote# for Thomas A, | 19 New York are prohibited from exposing for salu Hendricks, of Indiana, as Vice President, gate out of scason they may not tiad a marker In ad. Jacent large citie Next tollowed 1 succession the States of Hlinois with 21 votes tor Hayes and Wheeler; [ndiana, with 1b Mr, Seth Green suggested that in the future legisia: tion should be particularly directed to tue practice ol votes for Tilden and Hendricks; fowu, with 11 Votes for Hayes und Wheeler; Kunsas, with 5 voies for Hayes | spearing tlgh, so much in Vogue in sume sections of she and Wheeler, and Koutucky, with 12 votes for Tilden | State. No more monstrous evil existed, and it shouid bed bo #00h as the offenders can be reached, and Headricks. Mr. Green thought that the workbouse was the place for ali such culpiits, Vive President Roosevelt indorsed the statoments of Mr. Green upd said that the Fish Commissioners must protective legislation in New York. Much none; beimy exponded 40 stock the streams with tov but it seemed impossible for the work to be of any fature service if the practice of spearing fish from eff their spawuing beds 18 Not discontinued. Concert of action und immediate attention 9 this matter mast be had to obtain suitable laws to prevent the continuance os this great wroug. Toe umended game law, vow up for passage by the Legtslature, was read and’ approved, with the excep- tion of @ singlo section, which will be stricken ous | when itcomes up tor final passage. This relates to game killed out of the State, and found io this market during the close seasons. ‘The meeting adjourned until March 10, ORIENTAL ART. A most fascinating collection of Ortental art wa! | On exhibition at Leavitt's Clinton Hall walesroom yea. terday, to be sold on Friday and Saturday afternoons, The urticles wore directly \inported trom Turkey, Japan and China, and consist of embroideries, tapes tries and rugs of foe patterns; portic and tabio covers, and an olaborate satin embroidered Chinese bedspread, We have rarely ever seen a more beautital display of cloison.e enamels, on voth porcelain and copper. There are several cloisonne jars not down on | the cutalogue thatare of the most delicate workinan- ship, Then there ure flue Hezin porcelain urus, kaga, kiow, crockle ware, bronzes and curious Chinese cary FLORIDA, Senator ALLivox, one of the tellers, thereupon an- nounced that the State of Florida had given four voies | for Kk. 8, Hayes, of Unio, us President, and tour votes for William A, Wheeler, of Now York, as Vice Presi- dent, GROKGIA, LOUISIANA. ‘Then came the certiticate trom the State of Louisiana, showing vight votes lor Hayes and Whee ceived by mail, und that uo corresponding one bad been received by messenger, (The messenger ap. pointed for that purpose was Phomas C. Auderson, of the Returning Board). This was authenticated’ by Kellogg as Governor, he being himacif one of tho elec- tors. ‘The certificate having been read the presiding officer handed Co the teliers another certificate trom the sumo State, with a corresponding ong received by mail, showing cight votes tor Tilden and Hendricks. This was wuthenticuted by McKEuery as Governor of the State, Still a third certificate was opened and read, a cor- responding oue having been recvived by mail, with votca fur Hayes aud Wheeler, authenticated by Des- londe, Seeretury ot State, The Peesiping Orricky opened and presented another Certiticate received by mail, no corresponding one hay- ing been received by mexsenger. A NURLESQUB CERTIFICATE, Mr. STONE, Of Missouri one of the tellers, proceeded to read it, but it was obvious trom the first seutwnce thas it Was a inere buriesq It commenced vy ceru- fying that John Smith had been cbosen an eles from the First district; Join smith, No 1, from the Second; John Smit, No, 2, trom the Third; Johu from the Fourth; Joun Smith, No 4, trom ; John’ Smith, No.’S, trom the Sixth} and mith A uod Joun smith B electors at lurgo. When the reading bad proceeded thus tar, Sonator SARGENT rose aud said Lhat it Was obvious that the cer- Uticate was not bond fide, ‘rhe PRESiMNG Ovricen said it was his duty to submit | all the pupers reveived by him. He asked whetber the | paper sboula bo suppressed, (Voices—*'No, no!” | tugs. The whole room is hung with rags and taposs “Read 1t!") Tho reading was proceeded with, to the | tries and decorated with bric-a-brac, and the effout is great amusement of the audience. It followed the | ¥ery rich, There are some valuable antiques in th: lot which, take it on the whole, contains more really usual formalities, showing that Joha Smith had been good things than one often sees outside of some privato | reading. vnly chosen as chairman and John Smith “B" as sergeaat-at-aring, and that Jobo Smith No, | and John Sinith “A” were uppointed tellers; that the eignt Votes of the ptate tind been cust lor Peter Cooper, of | New York, and Sain Cary, of Ohio, At this stage of the reading Senator McVonaup, of Indiana, suggested that the two houses should not be compelled to listen to the reading. ‘The PResipInG Orvicen dirceted the address on the envelope to be read, It read-— To the Vico Presid f the United States, Washington, 1 the Electoral College of the State of Louisiana for President and Vice President—1 He then directed the tellers to proceed with the Alter afew more sentences bad been reud, Mr. Hoan, of Mussachusetts, inquired whether the Chair held that it was not in order to dispense with the further roading of the paper, The Presiping Ovricer said that he had asked uoani- mous consent, bat that objection hud been made, Mr, Hoan ‘requested that uny person objecting should rise 10 his place and do so, Mr. Mts, (dem,) of Texus (risiug)—As this is a burlesque act, 1 object, the reading wa h proceeded with to its close, it purporting to be sigued by Johu Smith, company two, bull-dozers, Governor of Louisiana, and winding up with the motto, “Such ig hfe tn Louisiana.” Subsequently the PRESIDING UPFICKR directed tho Paper to be omitted from the proceedings of the joint convention, ‘Senator McDoyarp, (dom.) of Ind, initted an objection to the Hayes and cates, rose and sub- weler cert. DEMOCRATIC ONJKCTION, Tho objection was based on the ground that the Hayes electors had not veen duty ciected, and that their election had been certiied by Wilham P, Keilogs, who claimed to be, but im fact was not, Governor of the state of Louisiaua, and because the Returning Byard of xuid State was without jurisdiction ior the Feason that the laws of Louisiana conterred no power on the Returning Board to canvass or compile the votes, since they constituted vut four of the five persons’ required vy law, since those four were ol the same political party and since thore wos a Vacancy in said Board which the tour members had retused to fill; because the four members of the Re- turning Board had til knowledge that a true compi tion of the votes would have shown that the Tilden electors had been duly elected; because said Board had | istane, aod Brewster, of the re puvlic cf trust undor the government of the United States at the time of their appointment as electors, because A. B. The objection 1s signed by Mossre, McDonald, of In- | diana; Steven: ware; on, of Kentucky; Saulsbury, of Dela y, of Missouri, Senators. Messrs, Jenks, of Pennsylvania; Gibson, of Lousiwna; Tucker, of Vir gina; Levy, of Lousiana; Ellis, of Louisiana, and Morrison, of Lino, members, Mr, Grnsc the Hayes aut! Wheeler cortiticates, becuuse— First—Vhe governmentot Louisiana was not lean in form. Second—No canvass was made on which the certiti« cates of clection were iseued, Third—Avy alleged canvass of the votes was an act of usurpation, (raudulent and void, Fourth—Soine of the electors were ineligible by the pub Of Louisiana, also sent up objections to | collection, Among the rugs are Dogastan and prayer rugs of unique patterns. Tne exhibition was largely attended yesterday, and the visitors were very busy inarking their catalogues, OUR M President Lerdo do Tejada, of Mexico, and his suite, who are quartered at the Windsor Hotel, passed the day agreeably. Sefor Lerdo remained during the day at his hotel and did not go out, as might have been ex- pected, to see the cisy, He is in excellent spirits, aud received several calls from friends in the course of the afternvon, General Escovedo aud Senor Manuel Romero Kubio took a promenade down Broadway, and expressed themselves as being bighly gratified at tho Appearance of the commercial prosperity which on all hands marks the condition of mercantile and trading estadlishments on our principal thoroughfare. Inthe evening the President, Kecovedo, Rubio aud the other gentie:nen of the suite dined together at their hotel. LADIES’ DAY Al THE LOTUS CLUB. It was Ladies’ Day at the Lotus Club yesterday. The parlors were crowded with invited guests, among whom were many ladies well known in social and Mterary circles. The following excellent programme was given at the entertainment in the parlors ;— Piano solo, “Tam O'Shanter,” George William War- ren; ballad, *Murgharretta” (Balto), Tuomas Whitten; elections trom “Mun o! Airhe,’’ A. 2. Burbank; ‘Non Giova il Sospirar’’ (Donizetti), Mrs. Izora Elder; piuno solo, * of the Brook,” George William Warren; Miss Addie F violin solo Wilham Withers; ballad, for Thee’? (Otte Sutro), Mr from Max Adeter, W. 8. An *, Qual, To! ” Mrs, lzora Kider and Mr. R. Rouse Jad, Mme, Clara Bri hoi, ‘The walls of the art gallery and parlors were hung with pictures, most of them the production of members of we club, ICAN VISITORS. ballad, “Old Folks wt THE JERSEY WATER QUESTION, A powerful spur to tno agitation for a pure water supply in Hudson, Essex and Passaic counties has been given by tho recent report of the State Geologist, Pro- fessor George H. Cook. As already announced in the Hekarp, tho Newark Aquedoct Board has under consideration «= §=proposition to pure chase the Morrig = Canal with a view to obtaining permanent possession of its great teeders, Lak jopaicong aud Greenwood us supply sources, ‘fhe Bourd favors the purchase, but hus @ very wholesome four that the people will not agree Vo the enormous outlay required, $5,000,000, Tux- payers are prone in there days to dread & huge Job in ull such undertakings, and will not give their consent until fully satistied that there ar hittle Airicans in the fence aud no chance for ularities’? in tho matter of expenditures, irr Jaws of Louisiana, and were disqualitiod trom being electors as holding State olflces—Keliogg bommy acting de facio Governor; Joitroin, supervisur ot ion for the parieh of Potut Coupe Attorney, and Burch a member of the State’ Sen rotthe Board of Control of the State Pen administracor of the Deat and Dumb Asy surer of the Schoo! Bourd of Eust Buton pahelice nre O FATAL RESULT OF A DRIVE, Mr, Thomas Skelly, ovo of, Brooklyn’s wealthiost bulldors, while driving tu his carriage on Ocoan Park- way, on the afternoon of the 6th inst, collided with, the carriage of Charity Commissioner Storms, The occupants of both carriages Wore thrown to thezround and the vehicles badly broken. Comtnissioner Storms Was found to be but slightly injured. Mr. Skelly, how- over, Was removed to ils home, No, 205 Sixth avenue, in an inseusthle condition, Wis shoulder being dis. located, two ribs broken and having yustumed severo mternal iojuries, Mr. Skelly, notwithstanding the eflurts made by the attending’ physicians 10 save his tenuary / Jum and tr Rouge #yu—Because Jofroin was specially disqualified by the thirteenth section of the ac® of the Legislature, Passed July 24, 1874, which provides that ho super: Visor of registration shall be eligible to uny office ub that election, and because Joflroin was at the last elec. tion supervisor of election for the parish at Point Coupee. This objection {3 signed by Senators Saulsbury, MeDonalaand Keroan, and by Repres lite, Hingered ta great pain until yesterday morning, Tucker, G uy Field, Levy and Kebert, when he died. Commissioner Storms lias tully recov. Mr. Woop, of New York, submitted furthor ob- | €P¢d from his shght wounds, and expresses deep tes Jections to the Hayes and Wheeler certiticates, on the | Set Over the sad termination of the drive and says that he thinks the accident was brought about by the horse of Mr. Seetiy vecoming trightene:t at something of the road, The deceased was weil nown throughs out the city. si llalaatatcait A THIEVING ‘TAILOR. Twenty-six worsted couts, valued at $200, were the proccods of Bernard Zowadski’s fest burglary, and ho now lingers in jail. Zowadski, who lives at No, 20: Kasex streot, isa tailor, aod was employed in the ore of Mr, Bernard Cuben, No, 29 Kasox street, Un jug the store Was broken in coun . Lowads A woman, On bemg the Teath precinet, ho Essex Market Justice 81.000 baad Kround that the electors were not electea as provided by the Legislature. " REPYHLICAN OBJECTIONS. Mr. Hows, of Wisconsin, submitted objections to the Tituen and Hendricks cert 3, On the ground that there was no evidenve that those cloctors had been ap- pointed in such manner as the Legislusure directed, while there was evidenve conciusive iu jaw. that neither of them had been ao appointed; also On the ground that thero was wo etmeneo hab Koery was Governot while there was cot daring the year 1816, and tor several yours prior thereto, Governor of that State, and that Le was reco; wived as such by the judicial legislative depart. 8 of Louisiana, and by all the departments ot the government of tne United States, © The PResiornG Orrickn—Are there farther objec- Hons to the vote of the Stato of Lousiana? (Alera rotestod his imnocence. Ab ‘andelt fold uim for trial a