The Great National Returning Board Sits on SC Votes
The Electoral Commission met in Washington February 27 to review South Carolina’s electors. Debates featured Hurd Cochrane Blair Black Morton and others with vigorous exchanges over registration, troops at polls, and the legality of certificates. A final report declared the Bowen Winsmith Johnston Hurley Nash Cook Meyers electors valid and counted seven Hayes and seven Wheeler votes.
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Wasuixctay
Electoral Commission
Shad
South Carolina
Hurd
Ohio
Cochrane
Pennsylvania
Tilden
United States
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Montgomery Blair
Jeremiah
Black
Lawrence
Shellabarger
Matthews
Mr. Hurd
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Jupiter
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Hoar
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Hunton
Abbott
Bayard
Kernan
Messrs
Washington
Case Committee
Judge Black
Blair
Ruger
Beaufort
Charleston
Charleston County
C. C. Bowen
Ule Laboratei Ag
Congress
Christiancy
Mila
South
Edmunds
Yeas
Morton
Congress of the United States
Con
Uni
Field
Rior
Army of the
Department of Justice
Payne
Bradley Edmunds
Frelinghuysen
Miller
Strong
Mr. Frelinghuysen
Theodore R. Barker
M. McGowan
John W. Harrington
John Isaac Ingraham
William Wallace
John B. Irwin
Robert Aldrich
Mr. Morton
J. Winsmith
Thomas B. Johnston
Timothy Hurley
W. B. Nash
Wilson Cook
W. F. Myers
Justice Strong
John Winsmith
Thomas
Johnston Timothy Hurley
William Cook
William F. Meyers
Gov. Chamberlain
Rutherford B. Hayes
William A. Wheeler
New York
Benring
Senate
Sendecon
Kidnapers Discharged in Habeas Corpus Case
Turtle and Bull, Chicago detectives, indicted at Lincoln for kidnapping John H. Blair and taking him to England, were discharged from custody after Judge Dundy’s habeas corpus decision. The ruling tackles intricate points of law and is regarded as important.
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Omana
Nea
Turtle and Bull
Chicago
Lincoln
John H. Blair
England
Dundy
Uni States Court
Montreal Lumber Agent Thos MacDuffey Absent On Defalcation
Montreal February 27 Thomas MacDuffey the Canadian representative for Gilmour and Co. has absconded. He is reported to be a defaulter for about 40000 dollars.
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Montreal
Thos. MacDuffey
Canada
Gilmour & Co
Dudley Field Tactics Spark Senate Count Battle in Congress
Washington February 27 Field and Randall clash over bills to make the Senate preside if the Hayes election fails Democrats aim to block the count while Conkling denies collusion with them. Morton chairs the Privileges and Elections committee as debate and filibuster tensions mount in a volatile Capitol scene.
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Washington
David Dudley Field
House
Randall
Senate
Field
Hayes
Gov
Morton
Neal
Ohio
Nicholls
Hampton
Dudley Field
Commission
Judiciary Committee
Conkling
Logan
Electoral Commission
Sargent
Wadleigh
Cameron
Wisconsin
McMillan
Minnesota
Senator Conkling
Indignation Meeting Called by Tilden Hendricks Reform Club
Circular signed by the Executive Committee urges Washington citizens to attend an indignation meeting to address political concerns. The dispatch notes a February 27 date and involvement of an apostate Julian and others in the effort.
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Washington
Julian
Cincinnati Gazette
Washinator
Tilden and Hendricks Reform Club
The New Vice President
Washington on February 27 reports no immediate move to elect a president of the Senate. The Electoral count timing depends on the House action and potential outcomes this week. If Hayes is installed soon Wheeler may preside with Ferry as pro tem. else Morton could be placed if the count remains unresolved and Republicans back him.
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Prema
Washington
Hayes
George W. Julian
J. W. Steadman
Donn Pratt
Mary Walker
Julian
Bright
Tennessee
Washinaton
Senate
House
Sargent
Wheeler
Ferry
Mr. Morton
Purim Ball Near Bloomington and Trial News
The Hebrew citizens in Bloomington held Purim festivities at Mennerchor Hall with a ball and supper. Circuit Court term closed. Judge Lipton departs to Washington to serve as Congressman. Impostor John Pierson jailed for swindling Bloomington and Normal residents. Frank Elthorpe, who killed Leopold Kesler in 1871, died in Joliet penitentiary from pneumonia after a thirteen year sentence. Bloomington bar plans an early supper. Eleven jurors chosen in the Sullivan murder case. a twelfth may be picked today for a rehearing drawing public interest.
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Curiaco
Bloomington
Mennerchor Hall
Judge Lipton
Washington
Thirteenth
John Pierson
Gen. McConnell
Normal
Frank Elthorpe
Leopold Kesler
Joliet
Sullivan
Reception for President-elect Governor Hayes in Columbus
Columbus readers report a crowded scene as Governor Hayes prepares for a citizens reception. Visitors include old citizens, neighbors, and curious locals. most seek no office, only to see the Capitol and meet the President-elect. Programs, committees, and speeches fill an elaborate, ongoing schedule.
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Lanche
Cincinnati Gazette
Columbus
Gov. Hayes
Goodby
G.p
Senate Chamber
Curtiss
Senator Warnock
Mitchell Avenue
Hamilon
Cincinnati
Burckhardt
Hamilton
Parker Dixon
Theodore Cooke
A. T. Wikoff
Col
Chas W. Karr
Mr. Stone
Mr. Davis
Delaying the Count Sparks Protest in Philadelphia Exchange
At a February 27 meeting in Philadelphia the Commercial Exchange, with about 700 member firms, urged Congress to complete the Electoral Count and pass government funding, decrying delays as harming national business and prosperity. Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg also pressed Congress to block Hayes’s inauguration.
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Lavecenia
The
Commercial Exchange
E. Malone
Philadelphia
Congress of the
United States
Harrissura
Causus
Congress
Hayes
President nominates Aiken for Baltimore postmaster
The President nominates John B. Aiken as Postmaster of Baltimore Maryland. Treasury reports show 745328 legal tenders destroyed equal to 80 percent of monthly national bank notes issued this month leaving 364239484 outstanding. Naval Observatory chief awaits Greenwich astrologer notice for sun transit March 21 22 23 with Western states best for observations. Treasury bond redemptions likely soon but may wait until presidential issue settles. Senate confirms Morrill as Surveyor of Customs San Francisco Powell as Consul Peru M Washburn Receiver Sioux Falls. Postmasters named including N Boles at Ks Alonzo Tipton Glasson Corry Priscilla Wilson Belvedere Eidwood Menesha. President notes Baltimore delegation pressures on postmaster vacancy distract him from private affairs.
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Naval Observatory
Astronomer Royal
Greenwich
Senate
Paul Morrill
San Francisco
T. Powell
Eee
Peru
J. M. Washburn
Sioux Falls
Dakota
N. Boles
Ee Ks
Alonzo
Tipton
Iowa
C. E. Glasson
Corry
Priscilla’ Wilson
Braid B. Loop
Belvedere
Eidwood
Menesha
Wis
Hampton or Chamberlain in a South Carolina case
The court room was crowded as the judges deliberated on a habeas corpus appeal in the Tilda Norris case. A strong guard stood outside while the jailer refused to release Chamblain, who was identified as governor by the jailer.
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Pape
Willard
Wright
Sre DD
Hampton
Chamlain
Cage
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