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Show J EIGHT TO SEVEN. Hie Tarty Division on the Louisiana Louisi-ana Steal. Which Hakes U. 15. Hayes the Next President. And (jives Molten Republicanism Republican-ism Four Years 3Ior of Life. AND PLACES A PREMIUM ON POLITICAL RASCALITY. .llortou uiifl Clitiuriler the CIreutcMt Jlodcru Ntnicsiucu. Washington, 10. The commission decided that no evidence can be received re-ceived in the Louisiana case except the electoral certificates. The vote was eight to BOvon. The commission have Sent for Mm ennncnl nnnn rolin.o arrival they will open their vote. LATEK. Commissioner Payuo moved thai an hour's time bo allowed counsol on each silo for further argument, but the counsel of both parties indicated no desire to occupy any further time, and the commission theroupon went into secret session, with a view of reaching the final decision of tho case this oveniug. flTIi.n LATER. The commission, in secret session this evening, by a vote of eight against bovcd, adopted a resolution submitted by Morton, declaring that eight Hayes and Wheeler electoral votes in Louisiana should bo counted. ( .., ' "HO UCOIBIUU will be proseuted to congress to-morrow morning. From noon until five o'clock this afternoon there was a large crowd in front of the supreme courtdoors, the number gradually increasing to more than fivo hundred mou and boys Congressmen occasionally mixed with the throng awaiting impatiently tho opening of the court room, which occurred oc-curred an hour later. Humors prevailed pre-vailed about the capilol an to tho disunion dis-union of the commission. These reports re-ports wore so contradictory as not to gam credence. There was much ex- cuemunt. everybody supposed to havo an opportunity for knowing the proceedings of the commission wag surrounded and quizzed. A more inquisitive in-quisitive crowd was never bolore, perhaps, per-haps, seen at the capital. At five o'clock the counsel was sent for. They had been waiting for tho summons sum-mons in a private room of the supreme court, and when advised that the commissioners were prepared to receive them they entered the court rorjM in a body. Some time elapsed before the doors were opened to members mem-bers of congress and those who had tickets of admissio i, and when they wero opened a frantic rush was made for the interior, which was soon uncomfortably un-comfortably filled. The following are resolutions aclcd upon by tho commission com-mission iu their secret session and afterwards reporfed to the counsel. Hoar submitted the following: LLt,c(., mm me evidence be not received. Abbott offered the following as a substitute: liesohed. That lho evidence be received re-ceived to show that so much of the act of Louisiana establishing tho returning re-turning board for that state is un-constitutional, un-constitutional, and tho acts of said returning board are void. This was rejected by tho following voto : Yeas Abbott, Bayard, Cliflord, Field, Huuton, Payne and Thurman Nays Bradley, Edmunds, F.-cling-huysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton Mor-ton and Strong 8. Mr. Abbott oO'ored another substitute, substi-tute, as follows: Boohed, That evidence will be received re-ceived to show that the returning board at the time of canvassin" and compiling the vote of that stale at he ast election in that state was not legally constituted under the law ..b , lll(3 ulilt lt wa3 composed ot four persons ol one political po-litical party, instead of fivo persons of difleren parties. Rejected by the same vote. Abbott then oflered auother substitute substi-tute : licsvlvcd, That tho commission will receive testimony on the subject ol the alleged frauds in the specification of counsel for objectors to certificates one and three. Rejected by the same vote. Abbott then offered a fourth substitute. substi-tute. JlcKlcid, That testimony tending to show that the so-called returning board of Louisiana had no jurisdiction to canvass the votes for eloir.- r. president and vice-president is admis-sible. admis-sible. Rejected by the same vote. Abbott offered a fifth substitute which was rejected by the same vote, n .? , ' Tlw,t evidence is admissible admissi-ble that the statement and affidavits purporting to havo been mado and forwarded to the said reluming board in pursuance of Ihe provisions of section sec-tion of lho election laws of 1872 alleging riot, tumult, intimidation and violence at or near corlain polls and in certain parishes were faha and iabricated, and forged by certain disreputable dis-reputable persons, under direction and knowledge of said returning board; that said returning board knowing said statements and afij' davits to bo false and forged, and that none of such statements and affidavits were made in the manner or form or witnin the time required by law, did knowingly, wilfully and fraudulently lailand refuse to canvass or compile more than 10,000 votes cist, Z is lion"1 "10 c&mnlissioaers o' eleo- Hlltllnn nfl..-l (!. ., . .. ; as follows: w """ SUM'"" BatKj,Ttu evidence be received to provo that the voles cast and given at said election as shown by the return made by the commission, ers of election for said polls and vot-ng vot-ng places in said state have never been compiled nor canvassed, and said returning board never pretended to compile or canvass the returns bv Kejected by the same vote. i J BMiCn , '"ktituie was offered by Daynrd as fellows: J LnA-'m'vThat no Peraoi boldin an ofl.ee of trust or profit under the Ln.tcd btates u eligible to be up! pointed an eleetor, and this commission commis-sion wul receive evidence tendine to (prove such ineligibility as o tiered by the counsel for the objectors to cer-: cer-: tihc.ites number one and three. Kejected by the same vote. I Justice Fieid oflen-d tho eighth and iast substitute as follows: Jtuutrtd, That in the opinion of the commission evidence u admissable upon the several matters which counsel coun-sel tor objections to numbers one and three oriered to prove. Kejected by the same vote, and the question on the original order submitted sub-mitted by Hoar came up, viz; that the evidence o tiered be not received. I Jyne moved to strike out tho word lot. Ktjectcd by tho wme vole. 'i The vote on the original order wa3 then taken and was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Bradley, Edmund-?. Frehng-huyat.-u, (iartield, Hoar, Miller, Morton Mor-ton and atroi.y 8. r aye Abbott, Bayard, Cliflord, Field, Huuton, I'AViio and Thurman 7. After aconclusiou had been reaohed by tiie commieaiou counsel were admitted ad-mitted and the above resolutions were read by the secretary. As 6oou aa the final vote had been taken Justice Field moved that the injunction of ieerecy be removed from the proceedings. proceed-ings. Adopted unanimously. Hoar inquired of the chair whether any of the time 10 which counsel wore entitled under tho order of the commission com-mission remained, or whether it had been exhausted? The court replied that the time for I the objectors to numbers one and three was exhausted on the part ot the objectors to certificate number two. Ho believed ten minutes remained, re-mained, but the time had been substantially sub-stantially exhausted. Payne moved that an hour bo given each side for the respective counsel to (.iarlield Baid that an order had been already made that each side should have four and one-half hours, and so much of that time ehould be used as they chose on interlocutory questions. He considered that he ought to stand on the order, and shouldvote against tlie motion. Couu sel themselves had not yet asked it. Judge Cliflord inquired if they were satisfied to rest their case. Evarta said they were satisfied with the CM9 as it stood. Justice Cliilbrd asked if the opposing oppos-ing counsel also agreed to it. Judge- Campbell said they had noth-1 iur to add under the circumstances. Commissioner Abbott I understand under-stand you, Judge Campbell, to say tuat lue commission having ruled out the evidence you oflered you have nothing further to urge ? Judge Campbell Yes, sir. Justice Clifford said the moiion was withdrawn. Commissioner Morton moved that three members of the commission be appointed to prepare a report in the Louisiana case, and that a recess of one hour bo taken. Strong said: The question that had been passed upon was a question of I the admissibility of evidence, and he thought they now ought go into the merits Of the Clae. Thftn nn mnfcinn of Hoar, tho commission, at 5.3( went into secret session for consultft' tion. Payne movtd that one hour be allowed al-lowed each side in which to make ar guments. Commissioner Garfield objected, saying the whole question had already al-ready been discussed bv taking extra time. Morton said unless couosel desired he should vote against the proposition. Ho would not invite counsel to argue the question further. Evarts said his side had argued the wholo question fully, and covered the whol3 merits of the case as they had considered it during the time allowed them. The motion was withdrawn.-Hoar withdrawn.-Hoar then moved that the commission commis-sion go into secret session for the purpose pur-pose of consultation nn thn nnosKvn Adopted, and the crowd waa directed to leave the room. Immediately after tho doors wore closed Senator Morton oflered the fol lowing: Jtcsotvcl, That tho persona named as electors in certificate number one were tho lawful electors of the BtiVte of Louisiana, and their votes are the votes provided by the constitution of the United StateB, and should be counted for president and vico president. presi-dent. This resolution, was adopted by a vote of eight to seven as follows: Yens Bradley, Garfield, Morton, Edmunds, Hoar, Frelingbuysen, Miller and Strong, 8; navs Abbott Bayard, Clifford, Field," Hunton l.iyue and -Thurman, 7. Justices Miller and Bradley and Representative Representa-tive Hoar were then appointed a committee to draft a report of the decision, with a brief statement of the reasons therefor, to be signed by the members acreeine therein nnrl to be transmitted to the joint session of the two houses. A recess of about an hour was then taken to afford time for drafting tho report, which upon the reassembling reas-sembling of the commission was presented, pre-sented, and after being read was signed by Miller, Strong, BraJIey Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Garfield and Hoar. The report is to the following eflect : THE SEASONS. The electoral commission having received certain certificates and pipers purporting (o be certificates of tho electoral votes of Louisiana, and I certain papen accompanying the same, and t hp. r.hiPt,nD n,.T port that it has duly considered' the same, and has decided and does hereby dtcide that the votes of William Wil-liam Pitt Kellogg, 0. H. Brewster, A. i. Levissce, Oscar Jail'roin, Peter Joseph J. H. Birch, L. A. Sheldon and Morns Marks, named in the certificates of William P. Kellogg governor of said state, which votes' are certified by said persons as ap-i pears by the certificates submitted to tho commission as aforesaid, and .marked number one, are the votes provided for bv th rnnsiiiMti.. ; United States; that the same are lawfully to be counted as therein certified, namely, eight votes fnr Rutherford 13. HayesS,or Resident nnd eight voles for William A Wheeler ior vico president. The comm,sa,o also decides and reports tint the eight persons first before named were duly appointed electors nad by said state. The ground ol this decision, stated briefly, is (hat jt is not comnetent to go into evidence aln,d,, as to the papers opened by the president of the senate iu the p.cseuceoi tne two bouses, to prove oat other persons than those recu-larly recu-larly certihed by the governor of Louisiana in and according to the determination de-termination and declaration of their appointment; in other words, to go behind the certificate of the governor so tar as it rs founded upon Ihe action of Ihe returning board. The report will also slate that the commission could not receive any evidence to show that any elector was ineligible on the 7th of November, on the ground that it was not essential to show that an elector was eligible on that day, so lone as bn w;l i;;v.i wnen bo cast his vote in the electoral college, and the fact appears that alleged ineligible electors, Brewster and Levissce, were chosen to fill the vacancies caused by their own absence trom tne college, and there was no allegation of ineligibility at the time they cast their votes. . Tne commission remained in session ses-sion until y o'clock, when an adiourn-iinont adiourn-iinont to i p.m. to-morrow' wi ordered While the commission u secret session remarks were made by Morton, Thurman, Garfield, Bay! ard, Edmunds, Uunlon, Hoar and Bradley, the last named closing the DEMOCRATS COXSIDEKIXa THE SITfi-TIOX. SITfi-TIOX. Thero will be a caucus of democratic demo-cratic members of the house to mor-row mor-row morning, when they will determine deter-mine whether they will act upon the commiisioner's report to-morrow or defer proceedings until Monday the latter being the more probable. Tuere are no present indications, however, that an attempt will bo mode to deter final action upon the report beyond Monday's session. Representatives Field, Springer, Abram S. llewilt, M. 'Merrick of counsel and soveral other j ( prominent democrats, after the do-1 cisiou of the commission, held a brief consultation in the supreme court room. After they separated, one of j them, on inquiry, said the democrats would present a strong protest to the I counting of the electoral vole of Louisiana. A privato conference of leading democratic members of the house was held this evening at Colonel. W. T. Pelton's rooms, and lho call of the caucus was then agreed upon. The action of the commission is Ihe subject sub-ject of universal comment to night. HtrUBLlCASS ARE It&IOIOlNd. while democrats are correspondingly depressed. Several republican members mem-bers of tho commission Bay the decision de-cision not to go behind the roturns ol a state settles the Oregon question so far as the commission ia concerned, as thev have no doubt Watls was eligible at the lime he caBt bis vote in Ibc electoral college. HAYES AND WUEELEH. The electoral commissioners' decision deci-sion of the Louisiana caso is almost universally conceded aa equivalent to the inauguration of Hayes and Wheeler, Wheel-er, unless Ihey should die before the 4th of March, or the house should filibuster to delay the final count be- j yond that dato. Postponement of ac- ' tion by the house till Monday, which now seems probable, will be based upon two motives; first, a desire to make a more effectual protest for future political effect, and second, a visionasy hope that Conkling and a sulllcient number of other republican I senators may unite with the demo- J crats in voting to-morrow, to overrule over-rule the commissioners' decision. It need hardly he said that there is no tangible reason to expect any such coalition in the Benate, and on the other hand there is no present pres-ent probability that any considerable number of democrats will consent to engage in the revolutionary attempt to defeat the operation of the electoral act by factiouB delays or filibustering. Tlie presidential contest, therefore, can now bo regarded aB practically seltled in favor of the republicans. |