Elan

[Fr.) Ardor or impetuosity; brilliant dash, as of troops. El'bert, in Colorado , an E. co., area , 1,880 sq. miles. Rivers. Big Sandy; Bijou and Kiowa creeks. Farming, dairying, and stock-raising are the principal industries. Cap . Kiowa. Pop . (1897) about 2,400. El'burn, in Illinois , a post-village of Kane co., 9 miles W. of Geneva, on Chic. & N. W. R. R. Has flour-mills and tile-works. Pop . (1890) 584. Eldon, in Iowa , a post-town of Wapello co., on Des Moines river, 12 miles S.E. of Ottumwa, on Chic., R. I. & Pac. R. R. Pop . (1890) 1,725, El Dora'do Springs, in Mi ouri , a city of Cedar co., on Des Moines river, 10 m. S.E. of Harwood, the nearest R R. station, on Mo., Kans. & Tex. R.R. Pop . (1890) 1,543. El'dred, in Pennsylvania , a post-borough of McKean co., 20 m. E. of Bradford, on West. N. Y. & Pa. R.R.; has extensive shipments of lumber, leather and bark. Pop . (1890) 1,050. Electoral Commi ion. ( Amer . Pol.) A commi ion appointed under an act of Congre , approved Jan. 29, 1877, " to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon, for the term commencing March 4, 1877." It was composed of five members chosen by the Senate and a like number by the House of Representatives; these, together with five A ociate Judges of the Supreme Court of the U. S., formed fifteen in all. The act pa ed the Senate thus: Yeas- Republicans, 21; Demo crates, 26; total, 47. Nays Republicans, 16; Democrats, 1; total, 17. Not voting-Republicans, 9; Democrats, 1; total, 10. The House voted: Yeas-Republicans, 32; Democrats, 159; total, 191. Nays-Republicans, 68; Democrats, 18; total, 86. Not voting-Republicans, 7; Democrats, 7; total, 14. The Commi ion was composed of Nathan Clifford, A ociate Justice Supreme Court, First Circuit; William Strong, Third Circuit; Samuel F. Miller, Eighth Circuit; Stephen J. Field, Ninth Circuit; Joseph P. Bradley, Fifth Circuit. Senators George F. Edmunds, Oliver P. Morton, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Allen G. Thurman, Thomas F. Bayard; Representatives Henry B. Payne, Eppa Hunton, Josiah G. Abbott, James A. Garfield, George F. Hoar. The vote in the Commi ion upon the Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina counts was: For the Hayes electors-Me rs. Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong, 8; for the Tilden electors-Me rs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne, Thurman, 7, which practically gave the decision to Mr. Hayes. This result was reached March 2. The vote in the Electoral College was: Hayes and Wheeler, 185; Tilden and Hendricks, 184; and thus was settled a question which at one time threatened to result in civil war and anarchy. Electrolier', n. [Analogous to chandelier .] A branching frame for holding electric lamps.