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

VOILUME XXXI. COAL:: MAIN OFFIOB AND DOCK: " Ofics and Doak, No, 1 North Market-at . Office and Dooky No, 267 Archer-av. _Offics nod Yard, No, 711 Weat Lakest, ‘Brazoh Office, Mo, 146 LaBalle-at, &hy. ?'3ialn oni thont exira charge, ‘“1!-3'5:," Traverse U:egh and Maple Wood. . ARTISTIC TAILOL Qnall Garme, e February, 1877, {f pald within ive doys’ from dellvery of goods. Tadie Servants' Livery made to nieasura. ' PIROPOSALS." Crtcaao, Jan. Pursuant .to the annexed resolution pai Tatrd of taok County Commusionors, sesied #als will ha receivedat tha affice of tae Counts Ter for tne sulg, of ofiy 75 Sonine ot T dennigation of 8.0 " e denoninatio wntl} 10,910tk 81 et TueRIAT, 06 0th, (nsiant, * iyt Treasurcrs aanual report inking. Fund New 'In ihey ars herel N A said bonds be fatd bt Sor thelr sction $hergop." . X0 3 AR AN ?‘ 1, ‘0ol of CONVICT LABOR. Comm |nYm|¢n of thes ‘mnoll do'clock, LIET, by the unders ¢ hers mon aro able-bodted and kind of tabor, and & purtton of tie: with knitting-mach rower wiil e farnished. Gontracta o run net loager than elght yeass, 11 must_ bo aceompanicd by nd, 11l be ent it 3 arden al 300 © vrui)‘sm(}'fi\' M 'q&ni)fi. Jol M. soyTtonTI HOBERT D. NOLEMA Commiastoners Coal Dealer, Car. Market and Randolpt. 1 of a]l sizes, Belar Hill and Erle, delive hat (fyrnmi I:! R\‘lol’l order to all paris of the co and Docka connectcd by tele- graph, insuring Promnt delivery to ail partaof the Otders from ¢ity or country will raceive prompt attentlon. # Codl by the ear-load at market rafes. 15 PER GENT - DISCOUNT! ts ordered of us dnrlng January and a Wedding Garments a Specialty ckets and Overcosts mada to messure. EDWARDELY & CO., ‘Wabash-av., cor. Monroe. “Offico of tho Couhty Treasuror. 23, 1877, ssed by the ¢ $1.000 esch, " thers ebteds erefore ‘ommittee snd Tress suihygized to adreriise issioners LG JUCE, Trewuter, ropossls to sell to th k bonds of the B R L Dt o famia ors the Bord of Ci ance Committee. TLLr¥ots BTATE PAXITENTIART, ol 1077, X igned ate Penltentiary unto Feb. 13,1677, for {he Labor of Use lapted to moat any nnva hoen working ics. Ample shop room and steam Al proposal and aufiidnt bor Sopditloned thit Cantrace aad bond ress tha undersigned, or litnola Gtate Prison. FINANOIAL. crty, at 7and 8porcent. P A, U 4 X 0. “dbben & 3450y, 107100 Dearborn by FILANCIS B. PEABODY & CO., 15t Norteage Loans Made in sums to sult, on Chicago Improved Trop BHAW, Dearborn-at., Room 4. 7 PER CENT, “‘;:vguennlke loans at BEVEN: $10.0008t 7)1 85,000 7 PER CENT J and 8 per cent Ioans an anvroved eity real estato made 174 Deathorn-st. MUSICAL. Herstoy Sehoolof Musical A7 HERSIEY FITSIC AL, 83, 86 and 87 EAST MADISON-8T., and 42 BOUTH ANN-8T. L. CLARENCE EDDY, Gegeral Director, W. 8. B, MATTHEWS, Vica Director, RS, &5 TERSUEY, Voes) Director, FARWELL HALL, to coma. J Every Night this woek, 't 8 o'clock, conducted by W..0. LATTIMORE, Every ons in sympatby with the work Is fovited OLD PALERS, FOR BALE, AT e omnn OLD PAPERS 60 cts, per lundred. 3 _ Apply ab Tribune. Connling Room. PIH‘N- A ettt e s URS the Jot. 20 Beal sud Mink Bacques Wil ba sald at cost ta close ont These goods aro of our own well-known make, ny ted, J. 8, BARNE?&‘&;" n“c) Madison.st, {thier whole or proximlty 1o J. 0., 80 oior wel: 0IL TANKS, LSON a. EVENDEN, KS QI':I'IOAL INSTRUMENTS. MANAREE, GPTIGIAN, Tribuse Dailding, GAINING GROUND. % | The Opposition to the Electoral Bill Developed in the Senate. Senators Morton, Sherman, and- Cameron Take the Lead. Messrs. Edmunds and Fre- linghuysen Urge Its Specedy Passage. The Measure Will Get & Good Majority in the Upper House, And Is Likely to Pass the Lower Houso with Little Oppo- sition. The Bill Further Indorsed by Gatherings of Busi- ness DMon. Solid Argument Used in Tilden's Favor in South Carolina. A Colorcd Eleclor Offered $50,- . 000 to Desort Hayes and ‘Wheelers A Houso Resolution Concerning the Use of Troops Effectually An- swered. B Presldent @rant Furnishes tho Docu- ments to Justlfy His Actlon. Georgla, Mississippi, and Alabama So- oured to the Demoorats by This Moane, Sult Degon Against Tilden to Becover $150,000 of Unpald Income-Tax, THE COMPROMISE. MORTON'S ANGUMENT. Special Dispatch fo The Tribune, WasmnotoN, D. C, Jun. 22.—Dften as he has discussed Important public questions in the courso of his long Benptorfal expericuce, Mor- ton mever bad su audlence like that which listened to-day to bis speech inopposition tu the Electoral Count bill. On the floor and in tho crowded gallerles therc was aflenco and the closcst attentlon. Senstors tarned thelr chalrs 80 23 to faco the orator, and lose no westure or cxpression, Many distingulshed men not mem- sbers of the body were presenti smong them Gen, 8hicrman, Minlster Thornton, Willlam M. Evarts, and Col. llobert Ingersoll, aud a number of lesding members of the House wero down from tholr wing of the Capltol by tho all-ab- sorbing intereat felt jo the debato, Morton was in feoblo hicalth, and Lad uot expected to speak 80 8000, but lio saw that NO TIND WAS TO DE LOST if the tide running In favor of the bill were to ‘bestayed. Ho did not speak with his usual firo and emphasls, but noue of Lils accustomed clear- nces of statement and forible colierencetofl argument wero wanting, Finding his strength giviog way, he bLastened forward to his con- clualons, gondensing in five or ten minutes his strongest polnts sgalust the bl and closing abruptly after holding the floor only fifteen minutes. Morton maintalned that in the sbsence of Jeglslation the Presldent of tho Semate must couut the votes to provent o dead-Joek. He did nat hold that this power shoutd be exerclsed. in opposition to tho will of both Llouses, but its exercisn now ho licld to b no more of on usur- patlon that had been committed fu every count down to the adoplion of tho twenty-sccond Jjoint role. His chiet objection to the bill way that it gave the Commlsalon power tu GO DRIIND TUE REFUNNS, sna ascertaln aloue what Electors were duly appofuted, which he holid to be uncoustitutfon- sl, and regarded hesides ns 3 changeof the cxlating status {u favop of the Democrats. THELINGRUYSEN followed Morton in a writteu speech In favor of thoblll, He denied that It gave the Conmis. slon power to go back of the papers submlitted tolt to sce bow Returnlng Boards perfurmed thelr dutics. Here wero twa diverse Republican oplalons at tha outset us to the must Important feature of the measure, After Frelloghuystn took his seat nobody roso to apeak, Mr. Edmunda wanted to push theblll toa third reading, a8 no amendmeuts werooffered. Mr. Sbermtan pleaded for delay, He was ot propared to speak to-day, and had no amendment ready, but might have to-mor. row. Evldeatly tho pollcy of the opponents of the measuro wus to gain time, fo tho faint hope of gotting relnforcements, They wore flke scat. tered rocks in & reat river, causing some com- motlop, but powerless to stay the rush of the current, The tomper of the Senate, 03 shown fn the faces of fts members, and, plainer still, in the siznificant absence of & disposition to debate tho propositlon, was 1N FAVOR OF ITS BPEEDY PASIAGE. Mr. Mitchell moved to adjourn, and it was voted down, Then Mr. Edmunds exploincd the nccessity of prompt declajon for or ugainst the bill, the firsb act required by it having to be performed pext week, Mr. Skerman wanted the mewbers of the Committeo to glve thelr views upon ft. Mr. Thuran sald they had dene so fo thelr report, and its opponenta should now make themselves heard. Mr, Bay- ard said he should torega epeaking in order to basien the passoge of & fust mcasure, essential to tho publicwelfare. Mr, Murton CAME TO BUERMAN'S ABSISTANCE, but for awhila 1t looked as I they two wers alone {n thelr demand fur fuller discusslon, and $or time to hoar from tho country. At last they got belp from an unexpected quarter. The venerablo Benator Cameron, who hss not ad- dressed the Scoate for wnany years, wade a peppery five-minutes’ spesch agulust tho bil), denouncing it 84 a Democratic affalr, gotten up by throe or four Republicans ta gratify their po- litteal oppoucuts. 1t created, he sald, a pojitical court to cheat onc party or tho other by trick or lot. Tbis diversion produced little effect on the determiostion af the Benstc. Edmunds was ovidently MABTER OF THE HITUATION, and be could probably bave put the bill through to-night if bo had faslstod,'but alter convinclug bicself that ho had tbe relng well in his grasp,’ -#t | o became colrteons aad evea’ defersatial to vea CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8herman, and withont inslsting on the third readlng, to cut off amendments, consented to Ict the blll go over until to-morrow. He gave nutiee, howeser, that he should then demaad a Oual vote. 1 It ‘docs not scem possible to-night to raily more Lhan fiftcen Senalors to vote agalnst the blil. Of these two will ho Democrats—Eaton and Merrimon. To-morrow's -debate may strengthen this little pualanx of opposition, but 1t must be admitted that these are but fecble indicatidns of such a result, . PREPARING EVIDENCE. Republiéans recognize the fmnortance of Im- medlately eecuring the services of threo of the ablest fawyers In their partyto prenare evidence and arguments wnon thelr side to present to the proposed” tripartite Commlssion. The Nattonal Committes will no doubt move ln this matter, There (s no time to losc, because the bill pro- vldes that the count shall begin on Thursuay, the 18t day of February, and If the lawyers were ot work now, the interval would be exceedingiy short, fn view of the importance of the task. 'The name of Willlam 3. Evarts s mnaturally euggested on all hands n the same breath with the mention of the hinpor- tance of such actfon belng taken, and that of E. W. Stoughton fs also much mentioned. The preliminary argumenta sre to be on the power of the commission to go behind the returns. It Is thought that one lawyer should take the case of Floridg, aunther that of Loulsiana,and the third that of Uregon. The Republican opponents of the Compromise ill sre . DLIECIED AND DISTRZGSED at the chanpe it has already nifected (n the posl- tion of thelr party. Instead of hav- fog the wpper hand fn the strugglo for the Presideacy, they feel that they are at a disadvantage. If they accept the proposed settloment they throw away what scemed like a certainty, and what with firmncss and unity of action might have been made o certaluty, for something that fs at most a toss- up between suceesa and failure, If they reject it, and it should be Joat by their voter, then they will forfelt In rome measure thelr hold upon public opfufon by refusiog tosubmit Hayes' calms to AN ATTARENTLY FAIR TRIDUNAL, They would, in such & case, find that they had put new weapons [ato the hands of the Demo- crats to reslst the carrying out of the schemo toinaugurate Hayes agalnst the opposition of tho House. They remember with bitterness thelr ready assent to the resolution for a jolnt commlttco offered by s Republican, and sus- talued by an alinost unanimous Kepublican vote. NEW TORK REFUBLICANS. 'Tho conference of New York Republican Rep- resentatives at 5, P. Chittenden’s liouse last evening was attended h&» Senator Conkling and Representatives Chittenden, Adame, Townsend, Miller,Bogley,Buker, Leavenswarth, MasDougall, Lopham, Davy, and Perkins. Wheeler, of courac, {8 at home, and wlll uot be {r*Washing- ton untll after the Presidential questlon is «e- ¢ided. Ilathorn and Bass aru sick, and Piatt Norton,.and Willlams, belng out of town, wot attepd. Each Represcotative in turn was invited to make such camments upon the com- promise bill as he deired, and, after all bad conciuded, Senator . Covkling *cxplained ita rovislons and reclted rame of he most forcible arguents fn favor of its adoptiop. From the remarks of the wentlemen present it was found that Messre. Cluttenden, Adams, Mller, Bagiey, Leavenworth, Macee Dourall, and Davy were IN PAYOIL OF THE PASSAGE OF TAF BILL, although scveral ot thewn, including the last named, would preferto have it slightly modjticd in sme reapects. Townsend and Lapham are strongly opposed to the bill, and will vote ogalnstit. Baxer and Hosklns scemed some- what undeterwined, but those who favor the bill do not expeet them to mako anv active op- position to ft. Ta recapitulate, therefore, of the cleven members at the meetlog, seven will voto for the bill and two agalust it, and the courso uf two i3 undecided. SENATOR CONKLING has been accused by kome of the more extreme Itepubticans in both Houscs of belng fncllued to Qesert bis party lu tho present Presideutlal sl sla, and to accept Democratie theorfos in rezard to the counting of the Electoral votu,ratherthan those lield by 4 majority of the Ropubticaus, it the pending bill should not. be agreed to. A Republivan metber of the Joint Cuminittee who attended ol) the meatings and was prescot 8t severnl of the private vunsultatlons held by the Republicans of that Comunlittee, saya thatat no t{mc"d(d Senatdr Copkling indieate o disposl. on to YIELD TO THE DEMOCRATIC DEMANDS reater extent thau In tho acceptanco of Every vote bo gave, and overything he saf on the subject, both In the sesstuns of the Commltteo and in private, were In completo hagmouy with hin public acts slucn the clectlon of Novetuber Jast, end fu go caso did thoy fndl- cate a want of fidelity tu the {uny with” which 1o has ¥o loung beea {dentified, « The Demoystie memvers of Congress deelded to-day to bold nu causus tor the conslderation of thie Compromise Electoral bill. " After some pri- vate consfderation among the leadlng roprescat Ives of the party u hoth Meuses, 1t waa thought hmbmtnxu o steps looktng foward m o bill . o A PARTY MEASURE, ond & bricf confercnce was held by tho Demo- wratfe members of tho Tlouse after'the adjourn- mont of that body this afternoon, wt which it wus voted to postpone the mcennp}‘aumlnwd fur this ivcnmg indefnltely, “No ~action in favor of tho "DLill that could be taken by the caucus would bo considtred bindiug upon members of cither louse who ure u[uposcd to ft,and It wus therefore thougut better to leave cach member to act in- dependenily and ou hls own responsibility. Durlug the briel scxafon of the caucus this af ternoon o question was ralsed n rogard to the faper presentation of the Democratle case to lio ltlr partte conunission, proviaed the LI pag:ed, ; TIVO FLANS WERE SUAGESTED, one being the sppolutment of members of tho Senate and louasc ta take charge of the case, aud the other the einployment of einloent coun- sel nmot connected Cwith either brauch of Congress. No dlscussion a8 to the relatlva morits of thesa twouvlaus took place, and vo decision was sre nived at, A report was o circulation at the Capitol this afternoon that ox-Senator Carpenter, of Wiscousin, biad been rotained by the Dowmucrats, A '"fi stion in favor of uls mnulufl'meul may havo Leen made, but the report of Ll coguige- ment Is, to say thu least, premature. Luyue will not call up the Compromlse Lill for activu fu tho House bafure Wednesday, aud 1t [a now proposed to call the previous question EOME TINE THURSDAY, 1f the dobate sbould coutinue in the Senate after that tiue, the vote upon the Lill inthe 11ouse would probably be pastponed a day or two Jater. Itls tho purposs of thoso baving chargo of the ur::mm in the House to disposs of {t betora the closs of tho preseut week. oitlo, Charles Foster, of Ohlo, reccived fifty lotters In tus wall this mornin:_urging him to oppose the comproinise plan. The leiters were from all parts of Lis State, Ho s3ys that he probubly will #tand alons smong the Ilo’wubllmllu fn bis delegution in supporting the b, AN BXPLANATION, ‘The question is.ssked why the New York Chambur of Comtnerce ducs tvt folluw tho ex- ample of other Chambers of Commerve with ect 1 A letter Liss cived hero muking the fullowlug ex- Wili: . Dudgze und the wsjority uf the fmporters are unfrlendly to Beuator Conkling un account of his attltude fu the ooty casew,aud deslre ito do nothing which wouldscem to fudorse him. They aro a large element o the Ciinmnber of Cominerce. David Dudley Ficld Las & vast wumber of encmies in the Chamber of Commerce, who will do' wputhing which ~would secu u 10 indorso him or his byother, Judge Field, wh 1 uawmoed us ans of tue. Joint tribugal. The Dor unm-u‘iy within tho Chawnber of Commerco ary divided, und tho Johu K:Il‘y Ring bLas strong supportevs. Kelloy has just beenousted from Tuinmany, and Iy VEBY ANGRY AT HEWITY AND TILDEN oo avcount of -their persecution of bim. It lsppens that Hewith has been voo of the wmost n&-m‘v fdf“fi olK :l’f“ Julut ‘Cnu o iy 6 Kelly me, 1 bo . “Sely to ,lmlauln dii | individoal opinjons of members asto the mer- its or demarits of the Comprotnlse bill.. Benator Morton, b( 4ifs manner and by his pri- vale conversation, plalaly fodicates that he has LITTLE HOTE OF DLPEATING TUS COMPROMISE BILL. A Republican Benator who Is opposed to the measure i dissatisficd st thespe-chi of Cameron, of Peunsylvania, which he says was of a0 politl- cal and’ partisan a_character 8s to lave o tendency to unite the Democrats of the Scnate 1n fasor of the bill, and Induce them to make It a party mearure. There can be no dount that, if the Detnocrats are united fu the = Benate, enough’ Republicans will act with Edmunds, Cunkling, and Frelingtuysen to pass [t Its pasgaze by the Tlouse Isa ainty. Edmunds clalms that the LU wiil reccive a two-thirds vote In the Benate. DIMOLRATIC CAUCES. .. 10 the Reatern Avinciuted I’ exs. Wasitixeron, D, C., J. crats of the House held 2 caneus tals afternoon, and conelided to postpone the caucus called for to-night, to which the Democratic Scnators were fovited. There was no discussion of the merits of the bl reported by the Jolnt Committee on the subject of the Elcctoral vote, While leading Democrats sny it s desirable the party should act In concert, some of them declare lilfll they will not be bound by the action of a caucus, but will act (ndependently on a measure of such yast Importance. Itian be stated that the bill has the nm;ruvll of the Joint Caucus Commit- tee herctofore appolated 1o lowk after the several interests of the Democrat- fo party, This Committce conslets of Raucatl,” A, 8, Hewitt, Wood, Lamar, Watter- son, Sparke, Atkins, Warren, Payue, and IHol- man, of the Ilowse:; and Thirman, Bayard, Btevenson, Eatoun, and Duzy, of the Senate. Several jrominent Democrats to-night say that the bill will certaloly pasa both Houses fu the form reported. MORTON. 1118 $TLECH IN OFFOSITION TO TUE BLECTORAL DiLL. Wasmxatoxn, D, C., Jan, 82—In the Senate to-day the bill {n rezard to the counting of the Electoral vute belng undor consideration, Mr. Morton spoke os follows: Ho belleved Rutherford B, Hayes had been elected President of the Unfted #tates under the forms of Jaw and sccording to law, and should ho be counted in, as efzhtecn otlier Pres- Idents had been, and (naugurated, there would be no revolution. There have been many loose oplnlons expressed, beeauss of first impressions, without cxamInation on this question, T have done somyself. Thave the bad habit of saying what [ think at thie time, but codeavor to atonc for it by really correcting it when I flod I am mistaken, Iamuo sdmlrer of political retf- cence,—~of political owls who keep silent aund look wise until they think they are out of the woods, and then give a prolouged hoot. { had supposcd that all agreed; In the absenca of leg- fslation, that the President of the enate MTST COUNT THE VOTE. The President of the Bonate did count the vole for seveuty-tiwo years; tellers were mere facilities for inaking caleulatious and keeping acoounte. They counted what the Presldent handed them down to count, and handing them down the certificates to count was the declara- tion of the vote. It contivued from 1739 to 1861. The resolutions sppofuting tellers pro- vided they were to make o list of the votes as they were declared. The counting of the votes was a ceremony to which the two Ilouses were witnesses. The Constitution provides that the President of tho Senate shall, In presence of the two Houes, open ull the certificates, and the vote shall then be counted, and, if no candl- date has & majority of oll tue Electors uppolnt- ciJ, tlL\e Housc shall linmediately proceed to cleet, ‘The process contemplated was very simple— ane Mmply to open the certifeates and count the votes, bt contemplated no tinie or place to try questluns of ellgibllity, elther of the candi- datcs orof tho Electars, * Whether the Electors were cligible was o matter left with tho Btates under the Injunctions of tho Constitution, The handing down of tho certificate by the President of the Scnate wus a declaration of tha vote con- talued fu lt. ~ Very fow Hc?uhllclnu respect thls biiL, 1t will be taken by Republicaos, it taken at all, 08 a dose of castor ofl. " Beuator Edmuuds buened hin ships behind bim when he dented the wer of the President of tho Scnate to count he votes In absence of legislatlon. Il thus scemed to make it a ncce:sity to accept this bilt, It has been annonnced by o member of Congrees thut 100,000 men were to be here_on the 14th of February—10,000t0 come from Ken- tucky alone, Inope our Keatucky Beuators will “make arrangements to entertaln them baudsoinely, We hear notes of preparation everywhere; Senators are APUAID OF VIOLENCE, of some desperate rovolutiooary act. Wearp told we dare not count thia vote “as it was done for tho first scventy-two years of our exiateuce, I feel that Tam [u tho prescn.cof o pulitical situation I cannot describe. The dangers to which wo are subject du not spring from vie- lence, but from weaknesson our own part. Geologista tell us that there was a period In the earth’a crust when thero were skulless verte- brates. Now we liave got to the perfod where thero are vertebrateless skulls. 'The power to count the voto resdes in the President of the Senate or {n the two Houses of Congroess, If ft resldes m the two [Touses it eannot be delegated 0 a commisslon or to a court, Mr. Morton, replying to the position taken by Mr, Ediounds In reference to the count of the votes, suld that the position of the Senator Is that melther the Prestdent of the Scuate s vested with this power, nur are the two Iouses of Congrees: that nelther can exerclse it in the absence of o jaw passed for that purpose, and this brings us toa very great fact, which fs, that for clghbty-four vears Presidents were counted 10 und fnaugurated without any authorlty IN TOINT OF LAW, ‘The President ot the Senate had no power todo it, because thero was no law authonzing him to do It. 'The two Ilouses had no nower to do It, because thers was no law authorizing them to doit. It wasa part of tho Coustitution which bad not been carrled inte operution by legislution. Now, afr, I8 it trus that for efghty-four years Presldents wore counted and {naugurated without autnority of law. That would be a very great discovery IT 1L were tru 1t woulil show thut the wen who mude the C. stitution_did not understand it. To the ab- seuce of legislation tho President of the Senate must count tho votes to preveot the Gaver ment coming to a balt, and be has counted t -3 for efghty-four years,~at least furseventy- two years, from 17507 and until tue adoption of the twenty-sezond folntrule. Idonat {ntend now to go info ouargument ns to the rizht uf the President of the Sguate to count this voteagainat the pawerof Congress, [ am sluply stating what I have herctofore understood to Lo the izcuenl dactrine, that fn the absonce of leglsla- fon the President of the Senate MUST COUNT THE VOTES,~ that it mow wa fail to agree upon the bl we should slmply leave this question where it has been leit for elzity-four years, und that the Dresigent of the Senato In countins this vote would be gullty of no greater usurpution than he has beengulley of for three quarters of a century. T'bis blll 1s o contrivance, to uso the very mild- cst words, a contrivauce, a patched-up’ thing. Five Represcutatives, five Scnators, fove Jidxce first, and tuey to <hooso a fith, and thus tuls tribunal 1s to be created thut §5 10 muke o Presl- dent ot the United States. There are no anal- aglea for it in our Constititlon, or lu our laws, or o our histors. e have bad wo tri- Lunals made up fu this way., I wish briely to call the atteation of members of tho Seoate to this blil, Ispeak of the furis- dictional part of that part conferring ‘ju sdle. tlon upon thls Cmmzuulnu. and it {3 the yital part of the bill. We need not decelvo oureelves for w moment about this buslpess. We kinow that both partics ure looking futently to that question and at that particular polut; We uuy atfoct to b oblivious of it Lers, but wo tind stand that the decision of the Presldentlal que tion depends absolutely upoa that n‘uunuuu; for if this me' le shall sthud and thy actlon ol tho Stuie authoritivs Ia final, those who are upe Imlnlnu to count the votes and to suy by Stale aws who are elected, tnuxt say Rutberford B, Uayes elected, and Mr. ‘Tiden cannot Lo “counted jn exvept by overturniag that principle. It §s all in that, and tho sble lwyers of the Democratic party un this tloor and eve: where yuderstand that just as well us we do. Thedutyts 4 SHORT AND SIMPLE. Tho President of the Scoats shall olpcn the cer- tifleates Ju tho prescuce of the (wvo Houses, sud tho votes shall ‘then be counted. Theruls ono 4 todo, and that isto count the vutes. There is 0o tim3, therg {s no place, to try the Lut ol ity of ‘Electars. . Buy it should be S Yo e b o Bt an. 22.—~The Demo-’ . The Chicage Baily Tribu 23, 1877. States; that ho is not eligible to be elocted, and that the charge should be mads WHEN TIIE ¥OTES ARE COUNTED. The candidate takes isane, Lo savs he isa citl- zen, was borp In this country, or he says he was 35 years old. That _may be denied, and the ls- AUG of fact arises. Can you try that ixsse then? Will you count bl out becaitse yon eny lic is 10t 3) years old when he says he [sf You can- not try that question of fact then, Wiil you count him out because it 18 said ‘he was not born In the Umted States! Ho saya that he was; that there arp those living who were: pres- entand can prove It. I that {ssue s tnade, you cannot possibly try it at that time, and so With regardto Electors, Tf Lhey suggestthat an Elcctor was ot cliglule, that he was post master, §f v l'lme' he may deny tho fact; be may fusist un e fact that hie had resigned before that time, atd his resfiznation had been accepted. Is thera any time or place, there 1o try the 1ssue of fat, whiether he was a'Pustinaster or noti whether e was qualiied or not tu beeome an Electur! No, Mr, Pro<ident, Whotver may count the votes, there §4 no time or place when you count tire votes to try thatqueation. The two Houses arc to come together. The President of the Senatc I8 taopen all the certificates. That docs not mean every kind of certifieate that may be placed fn his possession, It does mnot weau any paper, that may purport ta be o certifivate, bus he is to open i the certif- cates from Electors of the scveral States, and the votes shall then be counted; the voles in those certilicates, Le they goord, bad, or indiffer- ent; he they for an alen, ur be they for a citl- 2zt of the” United States: at that time and place there Is but one thing to do, and that isto COUNT THE VOTES, The President of the Henats has the custody, and that (<10 onea the certificates that cama from Eiectors of States, Ie {8 not bound to upen certiticates from pretended authority, frotn outsidure, from persuns unknown ofticlully, Mr, Mortun contioued: The mere matter of counting votes I» clerical, and to be performed by the tellere, It any questlon arlses that re- quires judgnient or dlscretion, ft CANNOT BE DELEGATED TO A COMMITTEE. ‘The decsionof the Conference Committee s binding only upon belnz rutilicd by both tlouses, but the'de.isions of this Commitiee are binding unlees reversed by both Houses, 1t s in evers respect o court invested with high judiclal owers, to declde questions of law, as well as act, with s right ‘of appeal, not to_another court, but to the two Housesof Congrues, The ~ power to count the Elcctoral vote {s cither a political or & ju- dicial poser: It it s o politieal power, it must be declded by the political departinent of the Government, and cannat be delegated ta aConrt. If 48 s & judicial lvuwu'.n must he excreised by a Court, and not by the political departieni of the Government, and au appeal must be taken to spother Court, nod pot by the two Houses of Congress. For Judges ol the Rupreme Court are selected by clveults, aud clreuits are selected beeause of the polltical antecedents of Judges. The Benator from Yermont docs not do himself justice when he represents that thesc Judzes havo been selected becauee of thefr geograplical distribution, and the bll, in scleeting them by cireuit Instead of by naine, sets up A MARMLESS LITTLE SIAM that derelves nobods. ‘There fa no power to go heinnd tha retirns of the clection of an Elector 1f certified by the proper returning or canvassing oficers of tho State. Statc courfs cannot ilo ity nor can Congress, nor Uplted States Courts. Tue Electors nffl to be app.inted in euch a man. ner aa the Legislature of * the Btates preacribe, nud when the sppointment has been cortitied lu the manner preseribed by the Lerislatures of the States, that fa tinal and bindlni on all par- ties, and this without regara to the questfon whether the votes are to be rounted Ly the Preeldent of the Nenate or by the two Houser. For Congress or this Commission to go behind the deciplon of the retarning oflice the States would be utterly subrer! State's riznts, and would draw to Con tress the power that was Intended to be Ieft to the Btates. t would transfer to Congres the right o de- elde who Biave been elected by the Btates, tnstead of leaving that TO THE ATATRS THEMSELVE: Aswell might Congress assume (o determine who have been elected Governor aud otherState ollicers. The bill {s a compromise In which the Repub- lican fiarly has yvielded fis vital polnt, ana wiil take a place alongside with the compromises of 1830 and 1820. By tho compromise of 1820 all the territory south uf 38 degrovs 30 minutes vielded to - slavery, and {t was repealed when slavery needed the territory north of that line, By t58 compromlze of 1550 the Bouth received its fmmediate benefit in the passage of the Fu- Eitive-Sluve law, whieh gave 1t a prestize and power that made it asplre to the conquest of the whale country, Compromisc measiures gener- ally succeed for u time, aud RESULT DISASTIIOUSLY, ‘Tha sital part of the bil}, and the most objee~ tlonable, fs that whicls_confers tho jurlsdiction of this Commlisslon. They are fuvesied with all the puwers which belungto hoth Muuecs, or to each llouse a:ting scparately, They are eue trusted to find out who have been duls sppoint- ed or elected ns Lle:tors; not who have been properiy certitied to by the Btate authoritles as having been ele ted, but who have fn point of fact been electel, and are thus required exe pressly to o bebind the returns from a State. ‘They are outhorized to recelve and consider petitions, unsworn petitions, depositiong, other papers, ond, fn = fact, ol papers, ool 1o gct upon them, for they have tho same power to vt upon petitlons, reports, and any kind of paper that both Houses of Congress {iave, and the two Houscs of Congress bave, as Wo know, power to act upon liformation ot petltions and reports on any kiml of evidence that satisfies the minds of ‘its members, 1T these petitions, deporitiuns, and reports are not to be made the basis of judgment the reference {5 usclees, Petitions and reports are unthorlzcd by the Constitution aud laws, and Conress, 8 wo know, may aét upou them, and this Com- mission Is clothed with THE SAME ACTIORITY We stand In the presense of . case that {s tade up, This b purports to ‘be one cusv, ani i fers {rom a propostion which 3 to be 4 continning law, aod not madein the presencs of » purtlcular ease. It Iy cliimed that the Cuin- misson fs lett free to declde whethier 1hey can o behind the tinding of the State authoritles or not. Not so. It exprestly requires the Cominis- son to go hehind them by requring them to find out who I fact elected, “Could any lawyer of uny party have been fouad six moutis ago, who would havo eald that elther IHouse could go behind the returns from the States, und Inquirs who got ~tho votesl! And perhaps “you ean bardly flnd o Demo- cratic Inwyer who will® now deny that praposition. Such are the mutations of public opinlot. It the bill of last year there was nu anthority to go behind the relurus, or (o con- slder other papers than the certiticates from the Btates. Iu the bill of 1800 it was expressly pro- viued that they sliould not go_ behiud thie re- turns to count the votes for Electors. I we concede, for the sake of argument, that the twu 1onees have the right to count the votes, thera fs atlll a question lying behind that, and fnde- vendent of ft. and that is as 1o what papers the resfident of the Scenate i3 required to open (n tho vresenze of the two llonses snd hand to the tellers. ‘Tho Electors in the several Stutes arg 10 eend up their votes, and the Hats made up by the Governor,aud In lose them to the Presldent «f the Sena ndorsiug the names of the Electors upnn the outside of the cavelope. e {s thus notiied WIIO THR ELECTORS, OR PIRETENDED ELECTORS, ARE who have voted, whose Yotes are contajued fn the envelove, It s a certitcate from the Elect- ors, and notie other, that hie {3 required to open in the presence of the two Houses. Ho is not, In fuct, required to recclve the certificates of wuvboly but the true Electors of the State. Ho 18 1herelora required, in the discharge of the duty of his ofllce, to determius and preseut the Lrue certillcate from the Etectors of a State. o is bountd as an oftl-er of the Government of the United States to take untice of those who have een do:lared clected by the proper authoritles of ths State, aud” when ‘4 certitlute comes Into his bunds it la his buelness ut once to Investizate and determine for himself whether It comes from tho Eicctors of u State. lic must dechde that question upon his peril, and present thas certiieate to tbe two ouses of Congress, I B. Hayes oueht to be Inaugurated, aud must be fuaugurated, ynless the bill should be vtased to count him out, in detlance of the well- known principles of law, Ho was not well cnough to-day to argue this question_as fully us e would like to. "The Demiocratle Scoators would nut support this bl if it Jid not give tken; 8 chance to couut 3r. Tilden in by golog behind the returus. . At 3:10 Mr, Morton eald he was uot able to Rfi\.-ud further to-day,and thereforo suspended remarks. - - | ————— FRELINGHUYSEN, BEPLY .70 MORTON'S $PEEOK. ; \Yul;ntou,.‘ 4 Jau. 2. =The fallowing ] 4 0 $383G47 1y 3§ V32810, tho Senate to-day In reply to Mr. Morton's e marks on the bill to provide for the counting of the Electoral vote: Mr. Frelinghuysen said, having been sppolnt~ cd s mamber of the 8pcclal Committee which framed tho LIl In regard to counting the Elnct- oral vote, and havinz to the best of his ability discharged his duty, he felt he could not remain silent while the reflecting and patriotic people of the country were infercsted in this ineasura to tha cxtent thiat the dignity of tho Government shoul be malntained, thit no bad precedent should ho sel, that the peace of suclety should e preserved. There was a hope that the ereat Natfonal Leglslature would do just what was rigit. The carly commentators on tha Consti- tution predicted” that the greatest peril of this country would be In the succession to the Prexf- denc; he administration of tits Government. with'lis Immense patronage, was tobe handed over tu tho next Eresfilent by ONT YOTE out of 33 in the Electoral College. There were many persons who Lel d that some States where majoritles were given for one partv re- turned majoritics for the otber party, Thera sure nany hionest men in both pol.tical parties who believed they were to be duprived of thefr | while office-holdcrs and office-seekers unly added to the excltement. I there ever was a time wlien the represcntatives of the Amer fcan peuple should riec above party prejudices and party feellog, It was now. and with true courage ‘und patriotism they should determine that they would avert this peril from the coun— try. Thedutles of the faithful Scoator were aliways responsible, but it scemed to bim ay i€ they now touched the highest polnt of responal- bility. At all events, Senators: must do thelr duty, whetber it pteased thelr constituents or not. 1o had no doubt that the complication which now ecemed to imperil the Government would be adjusted by Congress and accepted by tho people, and the streneth ot this natlon, de- veloped aurivz the War, would carry her forward INTO A NEW EZRA, as all would have renewed contidence in our fn- stitutlons. e believed this nation would enter upon a degree of prosperity which bad but few paraltels, He then referred to the bill, and sald he be- leved toe measure met with more_opposition fron Republicans thon it did from Detnocrats, He wouli seck to take 1o unfuir advantage of the urnmlng party, and he would be tne last man to sacriflce the honor of that ereat party of Hucrty which had stoed by’ the Guvernment fn its hour of peril. He then referred to the late twenty-sccond Jolut rule, und sald it bad been used for ten years when both [ouses of Congress were Re- publican. These who were vpposed Lo this neasyre must sec at once that wunder the rule whlch had prevalled for ten years while botti Houses were Republican, or cves under the LUl witch passed the Senate ot the last session, there would be a sosry prospect for basing the votes of clthier Loulsiana, Florlda, or South Caroliua counted. WIth tho rule of the lust ten years ngatnet the Republicans as precedents, the "Democrats {u Coogress lud acted with creat fatrness In folmnz with the Republicans In reparting the bill, 1o then referred to the power clatmed by the President of the Scnate to count tlie Elcctaral vote, and safd: If the power to count that vute was vested lo the Prestdent of the Senate, why had it been exercised by the two Houses of Con- gress during the last ton years? He deled that fae puwer 1o determing ‘snd count the votes wus vested in the Presfient of the Benate, and sald it would be a wonderful power TO AEZFOAL I ONE MAN, Buppoae, durlug the late Rebellfon, the Prest- dent of the Seoate bad held that the Unlon conhl put be dissolved, and insistad upon rount- ing all tne votes whichi might come up from the Southemn States, would the Scnate and House have been eompelied to st quietly by and take uo action! He argued that e Constitution Impored upon Congress the duty of decding upon and countinx the Electoral votes, awd Congress was bouud to perform that duty. It would be great negligence now not 1o have leg- {slatiog to that end. Mr. Frellnghuysen then spoke of the powers snd dutles of the 8tate In choorinz Presidential Etectars, and {n regard to the clause forbidding any Goverument oflicer from beluw av Elector, anil sald that provislop wae a mundote to the #tate, and the Btate must culorce it. The State, w0 doubt, could pestraln by proper judlcial mcasubes such ofticlal from acting, bat after he bad nctad even n State " COCLD XOT BRT 18 VOTE ASIDE, The appo.ntment_of Electors was confined to the State, auil Congress must_uccept the State’s conclurlon, just ss the ludznent of ocourt must stand. ~ Congreas eould not he a grand re- turning_ board to Investigate the votes of £,000,000 or 100,000 people, He dented that Congress bad the right to 2o behind the Elect- otal certlficate, aud suld the provisions of the Constitutlon were Incousistent with tho idea that Conerees coulil do so. 1lo then spoke of the Conumissfon authorlzed by thhe bill reported by the Select Committee, and sald it would have ouly such powers ay wer now eonferred upon the two Houses of Congress. He had no hiea that the fifteen members of 1hls Commisslon would desdde that Cougress hnd the pawer to o belund the returns from a State. It mizhit be enid, it that doctrine was true, there was no neeessity for sending Con- resslonal Comnifttces to Lumasdana to take tes- timony, There wis use fu eending auch Com- tnittees to that State, us the President should Kknow the true condition of affatrs, ko hie mlsht know which Goversuent to recorulze in vise there were two, e beljeved that the Repub- lican party, which was the purty best calculated o promoto the interests of this country, would rule {t 1or g generation to vome, He then referred to THE ONEGON CANE, and eafd it was not necessary i that case to zo tehiud the returus. Cronin rald there weru tWo vacuncles in the Electorul College, white Cart+ rucht and Odelt sald thero was but_ove. ‘The ouly questlon tu settle in regard to Orexon was whether two or une was a majorlty aud quurutn of throe, and, a3 two was the majorlty which le- gally fijed the vacancy, their retuen must be couiited. e arrued at some length in favor of the constitutionality of the proposed measure, sald the faflure of Conxress to pass the LI would cast upon the oatwong Presideat the duty of aeteriuining to whony he should traus- fer” the Guvernment. ery | considen- thon of Justice anded © that Con- gress thould pass the bY, I all the natriots of this country shoull usseimble on one vast plalt, thelr prayer wo'tld not be for riches, but {t would be that this Jaud mizht be de ered from the banefud influence of puity strile, 1In concfusiun b spoke [ favor o placing the best men fnpawer, and auid If the present il culties should be adinsted, the pation would profit by the lessou, and would. bu the must happy uud presperous ouo on the fuce of the eacth TIIE OPPOSITION. SHERNAN, OF ONLIO. Wasiietos, 1, C., Jap, 22.—~The Flectoral 10I Lelug reported to the Bcnate from the Com- mittee af the Whole, the question being on its thicd resding, Mr. Shermun eald the Senate should te conteut with the arguments of to- day. The vote upon this LIl should not be wressed. He therefors moved that the Scnate proceed to the consfderation of txceutive busi- ness, Mr. Edmunds ¥aid {f this bill was to be paceed the first act to be done under it niust be done one week from to-morrow. He dld not care whether the debate proceeded 1o-day ot not, bud the bl should be dispused of to-morrow, and he would feul it to b bis duty to usk the Scuate to vote upot it Lo-porrow, no matier it Smlmluu did give s nizht to thelr country, Tho Lill ACST GO TO THE: NOUSE, 14 would take at least three days to cougider it thery, und the President of tho United States should have ressonable tine to consider at. With the debate ou this very subje.t at the last sesriun of the Ecnate, It wis now unreasonable to ask the Senate tu be svuewhat prompt tu dis- posivg of the matter vbe way or the vthier, Mr. Sherman vafd there Was no neccisity to vote to-morrow upon this Bl It took u Com- miitee of the two Huuses of Congress several weeks to frame 1t, and uow it Was propused to pass it after the Senators bad unly an vpportu- uity to devote a day or two to it.” The bill pre- seuto:l novel questions. Ofcourse both Huouses would debate it, and thero SUOULD LE NO WASTE about passivg it. He thought Lis houorable friend from Vermout i&imundn) would con- tribute to the order aad dignlty of th Seusts by not hurrying this matter, He (Shermao) was \perfectly whling to take a voto on thw bil} this weck, aod thero would be swple time theu for the Houso e‘l Represcotatives and the President 2o consider it o Mr. Edwunds deoled tbat thero was an; novel prapositions in the bill. It ‘was'only novi and atartilog es it might affect the views ol cec | stile should enter [nto a race to eea which could’ ffl posacssion of the White Houae first. His riend from Ohlo (Shierman) had discussed tha, yery principles of this bill at the laat sessfon. ‘The Benate was drifting day by day towards the :::'clv'x'l‘nlfior "m:f wtg: the lalvr.u it ‘stood at pres-, ed for the Electoral coun! a cuuld say what R unless uch a eRtre a3 hls amosai be passed, L h & measuic as this shoul sed. ’ Mr. Suerman gaid when b declared I.Zl‘: biif contained novel propositions hic only sald that' whict esershady (n tue country knew, It pro- posed the blending of two distinct departments of the Government, Ho argued that the Prest! dent of the Scnate had the puwer to open and count the Electoral votes, but under mh bill the whole of the ‘mn question of etecting o' Prosident was to be transferred from the Elcct- oral College to a tribunal of fuur Justives of the Bupreme Court, who were named, and a fifth one was left in doubt or chance, ‘The zentls. mcu of the Committoe had examined this meas- urey and had a careful comparison of each othe cra’ views, but there was no reason for haste in paseing it, e thought members of the Com- m{{(cc should be heard from [ regard to the MR, TIURMAN sald the members of the Committee had been . heard {rom by witten report,which accompanied the blil, by the elaborate apeech of the Senator, from Vertmont (Edmunde) on Saturday, and by the able speech of the Senator from New Jeracy (Frelingnuysen) to-duy. There had beep ‘brig* wne very briel rpeceh ‘on the other slde. There was a duty on the pn of those who opposed the bill to say on what grounds they opposed it. He was sure that there was cuough Lumnn.y displayed in the Committce to warrant him in saying that the Cummittee dld not deem ltsolf infallitle, aud they would he glad to have their work czitleised by thosc opposc to the measure MR BAYARD said the time fixed for this bill to become a lat, I it should ever L one, was_measured now by dags and not by weeks. While his gencral vicws were contdlned in the report which ac- compaufed the bif), yet he felt that every wem- berot the Commlitee should give cxpression 0 his faithsu it, though he would not retard . the vassare of the bill I order to cxpress his views uoon it. le would bave zat fu ellenco rinitted this bill to bave been voted on o-niht, beliesiug ftto be just, sud essential 1o the welfare of the country. Those who were opposed to the bill should give thelr reasgns : for opposiug it 110 hoped 1t wouhd bo disposert of to-murrow, so far us the Scnate wascon- cerned, Mr. 8herman insisted upon his motion that the Herate proceed to the conelderation of cxe ecutive buslness. Rejected. Mr. Sherman safd if the Senate of 1he United States, under the ieal of the Senatur from Ver- mont, wanted to carry this bill through without dehate, while popular opinfon was covalderiog It, let it be done, He wanted to say something about it bimself, and might want tosmend it. A MMILE. Mr. Edmunds eald the Senator from Ohio act- ed a guod deul Jike_the satlors In o boat ap- proach n(: o cataract, Oue said, Put an oar out on thia slde; and another sald, No, that wilf do no good, put It out on the other side. So while they were srguing the bost went over the cataract and ot were lost. It waa a part of the duty of this Scnato to lexislato upen its own opinjon, and not upon popular opinlon. He thought he had heard the Senator from Ohijo (Sherman) fay something of thic same charaoter whea the eicetions had gono agatuat the Republicaue. Scnators must act apon thelr own responsible Judminents whetber this meas- ure was authorized by the Coustitution.and sece ondly, wacther it was expedient. His honorable friend from Ohio (Sherman) wae not a bit slow, even mouths 8o, when a stinflar bill was betors the Scnute. Now ha had discovered ft was-a dif- ficuit and novel subject, Why were the amend- ments to the bill Dot ready now! Everyday devoted to delay wasdevoted to adversity,” Ac- cording tu the customs of the “Henate o year might be spent in high debate. Tho Scoator from Ohlu hud no rigut to say that he (Fd- munde) or any onc else was unduly pressiog the mceasure, but PROGHERS MUST BT MADE, . Ar. Morton said the bill ougatto be discusscd. Ho did not bellese tuat this bh] must be ses'- copted or we would have wur, Hedid bot be- lieve there was any.danger. Thero had been _THKEATS OF VIOLENCE. . 1t bad been zald by a inember of Congredd fn this citv that 100, 14th of February. Thore bad been an effort malde to terrorze over Congress, tobulldoze the Senate sud Houso of Reprerentatives into tho adoptlon of this bill, [te dld uot telfeve thore were a hall<lozen Republicans on this toor who would vote for tho LIl if left to themsclves. He thought the dunger cume from weaknesd un‘d ihe opurclicnsions of Republicans them- selves. . Ar. Edmunds safd lig was afrald to do wrong, but ho was not sfrald to do right, Nubody fuared 100,000 mew. . fe had not evon thouglit of them. The statement of the Senator from Indiuna that angtuxly was to vote for this biit on account of {ntimfdation was entirely in Lis fiungination. The cvent for wulch this propascd leglotation was to provide was coming rapidly upon the country, and it must be met, After all that had been eald, e would conseut to u motion lor an cxecutive session, hut gave notles that e would ask the Senate:to vote oo the bill temurrow, The Benator from Obio (8ber- max) could take thu floor now aud go ou with hls specels to-marrow, 3t CAMENON (Pa.)rald he could see nu usc in forcing this sntyectnow. In his opinton the bill was wrong. He looked upon it as @ Democratl: measure, w meusureinthelnterest of THien,andcaleulated to elect Mim Prestdent. Ho would lke to hear from Democratie Sepators in regard to the bitl, Hu was prejudiced against all’ compromises Every compromise made had been ruluous to the country und destructive to tho party make itz st Flic author of the Missourl Cumrmmhc was rulned, nnd he (Camerun) hoped the Sen- ator from Vermont (Edmunds) would not place himselt in a position to bo ruined, because he (Cateron) loved him. Toreo wembers of the & Committee ou the part of the Scuate had voted fo prauly thelr oppuncuts. Ho did not. Dbellevo thers were threo membera of the Demu- veatic party In the Senute who would voto, uguinet tufs bilh o objected tothe ol bee cuuge It made Judges of the Supreme Court partls: The Comnission authorlzed by thu. bhil wus a pulitlea) court, and each party was trylne to delvat the other by getting the fith Judge on {18 side. How soon would it bo alter thut court declied who was President, that every member of it would be aiter pluces for his sone, | sons-in-law, and cousins. * (Laughter.) Ho thoggnt the Republicans in thy goodness of . their hearts had given away too much to thelr Democratic triends, Mr. Fiiunds wealn gave notice that hie would endeavor to have a vote taken betore the Senato adjourued to-miorsow, Atter exceutdve sessiou, adjourned. 1LLINOIS. DEDATE IN TUH HOUSE. Hpectal Dispatch o The Tridune. SprINGHRIELD, Jan. 2 —=The motiou Lo recou- sider the vote by which Pluney’s resolution iu- dorsing the compromiss plan for the count of the Elcctoral vote cume up. A Mogrison,0f Morgan, favored a reconsidery- tion of the resolution slmply for thy sake of its phrascology. Kedzle raid he had vowed for the resolution, but destred o ofer it in another forom. Easton sad the tutent of thu resolution passed Baturday was plain. It was to instruct our Fen- ators and Representatives fu Cougress to sup- port the Comprowise plun for a vouut of the Electoral yote. The recouslderation was . MOVED FOIt A MLUE MATIEW OF WORDH— o ditference of hair-splitting. Whetber the Compramise plan wus cotstitutional was a guestion be did wot take {otu cansld.: eratlon. The question wus ung of peace, There were but two stundpoints from which the question could be regurded,—that of par- tannship and that of the ywuod of the country., We find on oue sids ‘AGfilcl. uuns‘gslx‘fil‘%nh‘l’.. aiming for Cobgress full power cido the - :Iucl::laigl (nwl\'cd.fi Whetber thoso bolding this yiew were actuated by partisan coustduratious Do ehould nut guestion. * Wo tigd others who hold that the VicePresident bas the power tu decide. Whetber theas were actusted by pare: tizan cousiderutions he would not question. BUT NOE A4 4 PALTISAK, oir but as a clilzen, boldlug that men hold offlce la - thi$ country stmply us frustecs for the people, b belloved thy whoto questivn {ovulved ubould Do arbitrated. Ko dieusilun of {t could lead 10 @ botter understanding of tho questlon.. Ho. there{ure opposed the reconsidegstion. . Afer further discusslon, the motion to table the motion to reconsider was lost by 79 sycate. T4 nocs. o BECOX$IDEBED. Tho motion Lo recunsider was mnw;ri}dibl' % LY vote. . - - ‘5:{";{0!&9». offered an amendmers strike mew would bo hers o the - s a 1 I W11 { i S A AR 5 4 Y st %s 1