Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1877, Page 1

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U EAvy WaslINU10X: kS oy . 1T, The uaderstgned witl purchass. b e | Hace T €37 577, aitle Dextr Park J.Mmfll (1) Cavalry Horses for L B, Ar) Tho burses uurt be of dask colors. sound (n all pare Py Guick s woti ey ciss couled. well Lroken fu full esby (roud 16 (o 15K baads bigh, frow 6104 I&mvuwummeu il 6¥Ery WAY 10 1RO CAVBITY MOTV- No burse witl be uccepted uuless fully up to the stand- bid AS. l‘l‘{{‘(&ol(m' b uy Mafor and Quiriermanicr C. 8. A, Wo are pow recelviog the Springtyles of Me and Boys' Hate, Buteof svery hind closlog uut st cost Ju S BAUNKY & CO., %0 Madison-st. CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1877. ' : LAST AND LEAST. The Electoral Tribunal Dis- poses of the State of South Carolina. As Everybody Expected, It Has Besn Declared for Hayes. The Partisan Seven Cannot Vote for the Demo- cratic Electors; Hreferring to Elect Tilden by Throwing Out the State. Field Manages to Push His Eleotion Bill Through the House, It Goes Immediately to the Sen- ate, and Probably to Iis Death. The Democracy Still Fertile in Desperate Expe- dients. A Mournful Meeting of Reform= ers Evaporates in Harme less Gas. Notes of Warning to Filibusters from Prominent Commer= cial Bodies. President Hayes Still tho Centre of At- traction for Office-Beggars. TIIE COMMISSION. A TAME AFPAIR. Spectal Dispateh to The Tyibune. WasmiNGTON, D. C., Feb, 27.—The Electaral Commission held to-day what was probably its last publie sitting. Tho procecdings were g0 unlmportsut and fnsigniilcant as to suggest the Down-East comparison of *the last run of shad.” Commissloners and counscl seemed to realize that there was nothing in the South Carolina case worthy of attentlon or cffort, and were In evident haste to get through the formalities prellminary to a declsfon. At 10 o'clock, when the scssion bezan, two-thirds of the chafra reserved for lawyers were vacaat, and the spoutators’ benclies were but acantily fllled. Hepreacutatives Hurd, ot Oblo, nod Cochrane, of Pennsylvanis, twoambitious youngmembers, ap- peared ag the Demozratic objectors. ‘They were unwecompanted by couusel, and did not appear to expect any asaistance, for ITurd {nformed the Commission tbat e belleved no cotinsel had beeu engaged. 1t Jooked as if the sirewd and able lawyera who had been laboring in Tilden's behalf since the trial begyn had TUROWN TP TRE CASE as likely to be protiticss ju both pay and lonor. Hurd spoke for un hour fu a pleasing and seosi- ble manner, taking the ground tbat, owing to Democratfe rifelubs, uegro militls, Unlted States Marshals, Deputy-Sheriffs, and Federal troops, there was so much Intimidation on both sides that & frec and falr clection ‘was out of the guestion. A state of anarchy existed fn South Caroling, be malntained, snd thero was no Qovernment republican {o form. Besides the constitutional requircment for a registry 1aw had been disregarded, and the clection was V81D ON HUAT ACCOUNT. e did not pretend that the Tilden Electors were cliosen, and the logical consenquence of his argument was taot Hampton had no claim to be cousfdered clected Governor, Cothrane, the other objector, declined to speak, but read an offer of evidence covering & dozen pages. While he was readlug, Montgom- ery Blalr and Jeremiah 8, Black came fn. They Lad been, suddenly and unexpectedly to them- selves, retalned as counsel, but for what pur- pose wos os wuch o mystery after they had spolien as Lefore, for they had made no prepara- tlon, aud ) DID NOT UELP THE DEMOCRATIO SIDB a particle. ¥ Representative Lawrence, of Ohlo, spokp as Republican objector. Last night he:sald he should leave the arqument to the counsel, but Lo {4 & man who bas nover fu his life been ablo to reslst the tempta- tion of an opportunity to mako a speech. He read a pila of manuscript for about sn hour. Then the Republican counsel, Shellabarger snd Mattnews, were told that they bad the floor, but Judge Bhellabarger ssid they did not desirs to argue the case, and were willing it should be decided on the pupers submitted. Montgomery Blair talked for half an hour In a rambling way, and with evident effort and em- barrassment from total Jack of preparation, Ho elaborated a littlo tnore fully some portions of Hurd's specch, and mado the additionsl polut that the Hayes certificuto waa Irregular because it did not stata that the Electors had voted by ballat. Tho duty of closiug the case thus shiltlessly and fecbly opened aevolyed upon the Democrata and the eccentric Judge Black, He begau by frankly avowlng that he knew pothing about the matter, and had not cven leard the obfectious read, and then launched futo a tirade against tho result of the Presidential controversy in gencral and the Commission in partieular, His speech was GROSSLY DISRESFECTPUL to the Tribunal, and {n some featurcs positively abusive, but its bitteruess was relleved now aud then by gleawms of the good-patured humor which is so much a part of Black's nature that he could not wholly sup- pressit. Ho talked about fraud belug scep- tered snd crowned, aud of the yation belng cloted In fulquity from Lead to “foot by the wetfon of the Commission, and sald there was no wmore usc of pleading for justice thao of praying to Juplter or any of the Olymplan gods. 1f he could avert the horrible calamity by leading & forlorn hope or giving up his life, he would gladly doft. Afier Lalf uu hour of fuvective hie vlosed by saying that TUE DEMOCHACY WOULD WAIT aud bide {ts time. “The wils of the gols grind slowly, but they grivd exceeding fine," Lie sald, lvokiug lercely ut Gartleld aud Hour, us If they eapeclally were to be put lnto the hopper. Tuen in o siguilcaut toue ho added, srand wo shall turu on the water pretty soon,” aud, turniug hiv back on the Cowmmntssion, ke strode out of the court-room. A moment of silence cusued. Afterwands the public sesslon was declared closed, snd Judge Clifford motioned with bis ivory paper- kults for the spectators to leave the room. At ubout 3 o’clock the Comunlssion weut lute secret session. A DELUGE OF DRMOCRATIO TALK ‘was poured out for the evidunt purpose of con- .of the Btate. suming time until the iHouse adjonrned, so that the report could not be made to-day. First, Hunton spoke an hour; then Abbott for pearly as long a time; then Buyard for an hour, and finully Kernan used up all the time remaining except fifteen minutes, until 6 o'clnck, when it had been agreed that the vote should be taken, The first orgument of the Democrats was that the layes ceriificate should bhe thrown out because It did not state that tho Electors had voted by hallot After an hour and n half had been spent jo this misetable pettifodging technicality,arfleld and Hoar read the statute of 1702, which prescribes the form of certificate, and which docs not. re- quire tnat {¢ shall (nclude o statement that the voting was by tallot. After this the Demucrats BUISTED THEIR GROUND, and declared that Lbe elcction was Inyalld be- cause troops wers sent into the State without the Legisiature callivg for them, and were stationed wmear the polling- places. The ftepublicans fnterrupted this argument to rend * tho constitutional proylelons requiring the President to furnish troopson application of a Governor, and the clauso fn the Recopstruction act which em- powers him to employ the army to keep the peace at the polls. Tho last arguments resorted to by the Democrats concerned the fallure to enact s registry law, the employment of United Htates Marsbals, and the general lawleseness provaliug In tho State. When It came to vot- fng they showed how insincere fs thelr position " In regard to NZARING RVIDENCE by eolng on record In a body, all seven of them, In favor of taking testimony sbout the be- havior of tho troops all over the State, and about the coniduct of over 1,000 deputy mar- shals’ festimony which, it already jo print, could not be tead In leea than & week's time. i) tony be satd; without exageeratlon, that, if all the evldench the seven Dewocratle Commissioners liave voled to receive sloce the trial began had been sdinltted, over 8 year would hiave been re- ulred to hear it read, ‘The ouly speech proceeding from the Repub- lican side of the Commission was a filteen minutes' pungent criticlsm of the attitude of the Democrats by Scnator 3orton, which closed the debate, Judgo Bradlcy proposed the resolution reject- fog the evidencs offered. It pointedly ‘sets forth the ground of rejection, Yeld moved a substitute which virtually declored It awful to obey the law,and proposed todisfranchise South Carolina becuuse of the rrzseuu- of troups on her sofl, and the appolutment of Deputy-3Mar- shiuls to keep the peace.. This was n’fiefllfl’, by the customary party vote. A resolutfon reject. fugs the Tilded return got a unaulmous vote, but o the nal declaratiun that the regular return should be couuted, the seven Democrats voted No. —— = TRIBUNAL PRO CEEDINGS. DEMOCRATIO ARGUMENT, ‘WasmiNagrox, D. C., Feb. 27.~The Electoral Commlssion met at 10 o'clock. Mr. Hurd stated that un rounsel would appear for the ob- fectlons to certificate No. 1 (the Republican cer- titicate), and then submitted nis reasous why the Commission should refect that certificate, hiolding that a republican form' of government must exist in a State to give validity to the vote of that State. e inalsted that 1f Jogal disa- Dilitles wero Imposed, or intimidation was prac- tlced, the republican form of govesrnment was vot malntalned, and be proposed to show by tes- timony taken by the House Committee that both conditions existed. Mr, Hurd held that us the Constltution of Sonth Carolina required the rewistration of Electors, and that requirement was utterly ig- norged, the election was vold. He next went to the objection that the presence of United States troops in the State overawed the people aud proventeg d fres expressiun of the will of the” pevple.’ Ye read tho proclamation of the Pres- Ident of Oct. 17, 1870, declaring that an insure rectlon existed in that State, and contended that he clauss of the Constitution authorizing the Interfercuce of the Federal Government con- templated an fnsurrcction against, and resist- ance to, thie State authority, and not dlsturb- auces NETWEERN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEXS Rifle-clubs riding up and dowp, mundering some peaceable citizeus, tated i the President’s proclamation, he argued, did not amquut to such an Insurrection agaiust tho United Btates or the State authoritles as ware ranted an Intorventlon in tho affalrs of tha Btale. ‘Tho presence of troops was not to keop tha peace, but to Influenco the election, When Mr, Murd had Ouished. Mr. Cochirane, stated that Judge Dlack and Mr, Blalr would appear as counsel for the objectors to certificate Na, 1. They hed been uncertalu whether they could attend, but wers now here. Mr. Cochrane then submitted certaln proffers of proof, which ho propoescd to muke good, ad- mitted by tho Comumisstun as follows: That there has been A PAILURE OF REGISTRATION, as provided by the State Constitution, and through such fafiure ovee 50,000 frauduleut Yotes for ‘Hloges and Wheeler bad beon cast; ‘sccond, that ju August, 1870, large uumbers of soldlers had been sent [uto the Biate, under Gev. Ruger, who telegrophed that all was auiet, sad no more troops wera mceded, snd that, {f more were needed, ho would call for them; tbat, uotwitistonding this, on the next day’ (Oct, .17), the President {ssued lis proclamation, and a large number of additional troops wepe sent into the Btate; that durlng 1876, there was no tinie when the Btate suthorl- tles could not preserve peace; third, that, troops wero sent loto the Btate witnout the request of the Legislature, which could have readily been quell an Insurreetlon aud preserve peace, but to overawe yoters and JNVLUENCE TRE ELECTION, and that they were presout st the polis and did not Intimidate and Influcnce voters; ith, that tho. presepee of troope ¢mboldened the mors deaperate of tho negrocs, and that in Beaufort snd Charléston they inaugurated a system of rlot and vivleuce, in which they were protected by the State oufficers; that the police of Charleston, composed inalnly of desperate negrocs, employed its time in sbooting duwu fnulfenuive white citizens; Ihnl.d'lhe negroes at the lls were srmed, . and pre- Vuuw‘d mln:p:d men who would have vuud‘:hu Vemoeraip teket from doing 03 that the State wilitla, consiseing of the worst class of nezrued, were at the polls, snd assiated in preventiug col- orod men from voting she Democratle ticket} that oue of the Electors, who was tho Sheri® o Charleaton County—C. C, Bowen—sppoluted hundreds of deputies, who weat about AUNESTING CITSLENY at thelr pleasure, unwnnnuhl{’ interfering with the election, sod that the United States Marshals, i large numbers, wers ut the polls, ll‘l"-‘-'r,"flnl with the free vote by the people ug ¢ State, My, Lawrence bezan hls arzwment for the Hayes ubjectors, shuwing that & waut of regue tration did not eilect thu election, ‘The Coustl- tution of the United States gave power to the legislatuse of the Btate, und the Cous stitution of the State could put no re- strictions upon this constitutiousl govern- sent to the Leglsisture, He went futo.s hrief argument to sbhow : fhat the form of Guveraweut iu South Carvlina was republican, The shird vbjectlon, that troops had Leen sta- tioned fu the Ntate without suthonty of law, was untrue; fo fact, Yt must be presumed thal tls oticers of the Government uuderstood aud EBEXECUTED TUR LAWS. Iu relation to thy presence of United States Marvhals at the polls, the Coustitutlon gives Cougress power to enforce its provisions. 1t evidencs was t0 bo wdhinlited, thers would be sbundauce of proof to sbow that the presency of these inen wis tiecesssry. [t must be pre- sumed, n the ubsencs ut rm( ¢ the coutrury, that the ofticers bud dono their duty, Tu reply to the tifgh objection that there bad been 0o republican forml 0f goverument from Juu. 1, 186, to Dev. 10, 1876, o cited authorittes 10 3how that the Listory of "tie Btste must be sceepted as evidence of an established repub- lcan furm of guvernwent. Alr, Lawsencs closed st 14 and Sepstar convened; fourth, that troops were sent, ot to. Chrlstiancy walved his right to be heard 28 an objeutor. ML BLALS, for the Democrats, sald they would offer to pruve that owing to violence and [ntimfdation angd the presence of United States troops on the day of election there was no full and fair electlon by the people. The first point on which he Tafd atrees was abecnce of any regis- tratlon of voters. He charged that this wasan upen, mllmlvlc violation of the Constitution, notoriously done to perpatuate frand, Ie next B“m, to the use of inilitary In the dtate, which, e said, was just and sufliclent grouud to throw sside the voie of the State.. This, he said, was done by proclamation, and known 1o all men, that troupa were used to control tho election, e malntained that Congress biad taken notice of the vondition of the States in the South, and thac as representatives of Con- Ems this Comisston must take notice of what vt been done In- Suuth Carolina in - connection with the electlon, N At the conclusion of Mr. Blalr's speech, Mr, Lawrence sald counsel on the other side, in yiew of the brevity of the tine, had concluded to submit the case WITIHOUT ARQUMEXT. .!udfie Black then addressed the Commission, He sald be ad po time to consider the case. The Court knew as tiuch nbout it as le did. 1t was hils [dea that a counsel should speak only to assist the Court in coming to a cun- cluaion, and when hecunld not do that he should take his seat, With much feeling he sald lie 1elt that bie had lost much of the dignity of an American atizen, and that this great nation Lad got 118 fout fu a crack from which it could not be extricated. 1f a fotlorn hope could go out to avert thls great calamity, he wwonld gladly Jead it. He did 1ot know how he would [ieel if called upon to lay down his life, but if he could with his liie redeem the nation irom the fnfatny with which It was covered, hie ought to give his 12 g freely a8 he would o to his bed, He went into an exsmination of detalls in Bouth Carolina, branchivg off at fo- tervals into slmilar stralns of complaint against the acts of the Commlssion, and concluded by esving that he never expected to see suother clection. He corad ot to ask hiow the people had expressed their whll, He only wanted to know what kind of rascals tliey had ot for a Returnlog Board, At 1:10 p. m. the Commlission went into sc- cret sessfun, but at once took o recess until 1:45, SECRET RESBION. The Electoral Commission remalned in sceret sesafon from 1:45to 7 p. m. After the discus- #{ou bad continued three and u balf hours, Mr, Edmuuds subwitted s mnotlon that the volng sbould commence at 6 o'clock. This motion ‘was agreed to—yeas, ¥; nays, 7. After 0 p. m. prupositians were offered and voted on, as follows: Mr. Morton submitted the followlng: That it {8 not competent for the two Hour seinbled for the (urpou of coumln{ the Yool President and Vice-President to Jnguire by evi. dence whether & Stale regularly represented o the two Houses of Congreds, and recogulzed se o State of the United Btates by the other departments of the Governwent, has & goverument republicsn in orm, Jtesolved, That while the existence of publle distarbance and anarchy in apy Btate to such sn extept as to make it lmposvible for the Btate to exerclne ite rights to sppuint Electors of Preeldent »ud - Vice-Fresident, and 10 express ity wifl in that bebalf, {a suficlent cause for rejecting ny Electoral votes purporting to be the voies of ilecl- ora_appointed thereby, - yet that when a Btste is regularly represented as ‘a Siate in the Congress of tha United States, and [s recognized asa state by the oller departmenta of the Government, and h3s & government republican in form, and dovs op- oiut " Electors in the wanner prescribed by tno gislature thereof, uvidence cannot be recelved by the iwo Houses of Congress assembled to count the votes for President und Vice-President ns aforessid o whow that disturbances existed at the thwe of the election which oy have iuterfered to 8 grester or less extent with thie frecdowm of elec- tion at the polls In yald State, Jteaolced, That it |8 not competent for the two Houses of L‘anr when aasenibled to count the votvs for Presldentand Vice-I'resident, by taking evidence to inquire Inlo the regnlsrity of theaction of the President of the United States In sending & wilitary forcy into auy State for the preservation of order, supgresion of lasnrrection, aud do- westle violence, In order b{ such proof to lay & ground . for tejecting the Klectural vote of wald Biate. . /sesolred, That lu view of the propositions con- taloed In the thrue foregoing resolutions the evie dence ollerud to show that the Stateof Bouth Carve lina ut the lato election did not have a sepublicon form of govcrament, and the vndence offered on thie sohject of dlsurder and violence, and the pres- ence of troops in sald State during 'sald election, is not compoetent, but that netwithstanding the offer of such evidence the Electoral votes of the biate of Buuth Carolina ought to be recelved and eounted, if not abjectionablo on other grounds. Llesolved, That the other objectlons to certifl- c:xa No. 1sbow nu valid causa for rejecting tha ¥we, . POR THE DEMOCRATS, Mr. Fleld offered the following subatitutes: “Resolcdd, That evidence is admlssible to show that prior fo and d\lrlnfi tho olection on the 784 day of Nuvember, 1870, In the State of South Carulina, thers were unlawfully stationed In va. ris 0f the Stute, at or neur the polling- detechments of troops of the sruy of the nited States, by wliose presence and intutference the qualided voters of the State were deprived of the right of mnifruge, and a free cholce by the peo- ple of Prevldentiul Electors was prevented. Aund the folluwing: Resolved, That evidence {s sdmissible to show that at the election on the 7th of Nuvember, 1571 in South Carolina, there wore stationed at the eral polling-places ln the State Deputy Marvhi the United States exceeding 1,000 1o’ number, by whose unlaw(ul actlon and Interference, under or- ders trom the Depirtmeat of 8 Justice, the qualle ned voters of the Btate weea depnived of the right of suffrage, and & fres choice b( the people of Preaidential Electors was prevenied, Thesc substitutes were rejected. TEAW. Fleld, Abbott, Kernan, Layard, Huaton, Puyav=7. Cligord, Nate, Dradley, Qarficld, Morton, Strong—8. Edmunds, losr, Frelloghuysen, Miller, The questlon recurring on the adoption of Mortun's resolutions, they were adopt vas, 83 uays, 7e~the abovo voio Leng revers Mr. Freinghuysen offered the followlng: W, That Theodoro UL Barker, 8, McGowan, Jolia W, lilrnnfiunh Jubn Ivasc lugrabiain, Wil fam Wailace, Jubn U, Erwln, and_Labert Aldrich, the persone oamed s Electors tn Certiicate No, £, wure not the tawful Electors for th State of South Carolioa, aud that thele votus sro not tho votes rovided for by the Constitution of the United tatos, and should not be connted. Adopted unanimously. Polt HATES, 3r, Morton offered the following: Resolved, Thay ©. €. Bow Thuwias I3, Johnston, Thinothy L o b, Nash, Wilsou Cook, and W, ¥, Myers, th 0ns Baue a$ Electurs In Cortideaty No, 1, were the lawful Electors fur tho btate of Bouth Curoliua, aud taut their votes arv the voics provided for by the Con. atitution of the United States, and should - be counted for Prestdont und Vice-Pruddent of the United Statos. Adopted,—yess, 8; nays, 7,—the sume as the vote on Murton's previons resolutfon. A huronr was drawn up, to be preseuted to the two Houses, givivg the &;mumu oo which the Com- wlssion reached 1ts dectsion, © TUANKS, Mer, Morton offered the following: JResolved, That the thanks of this Commission are dus to Comnussiouer LHflord for the sbility, Jmpartiality, and urbanity with which be bas pre- slied aver (s dellberutivas, Adopted unanimously. A resolutiun olfured” by Justice Strong was adupted, suthorisiug the wembers of thy Cou- iniselun to tile the remarks made by them dur- ing tho consultatious of she Commbssion, and have the same published with the proceediogs ot the Commiss.on. A resolution removing the injurction of se- crevy was adopted. ul“" mul.h.ulxl ’ul A, U'uii‘!lt'hl, :{Ja S.’on'lulnl:llllun Jourued till 1t 8., Friday, Murch 3, oSS svoner called together by the presiding otiicer. KEFORT O CONOKEIS. The report of tue Comulseivn s b substauce as fullows? The Electoral Commpsion baving recelved cer- taln certiiicatos and papers purporiing tu be cers tlicates sud papers Beconpanying ke vamse of {60 Electorul vote from tbe Swte of South Carvllua, aud the ubjections therelo, reports tuat 1t hes duly cunsidered the suwe, uud hus by o wajonty ol vutes ueclded und does bereby decidu tuat the Votes ot &, C. Bowen, Jutu Winswith, 't bowas B, Johu- aton, Timotby urloy, W. B. hasb, Willisw Cous, und Williaw 5 Meyers, uaed ju the certilcatv of Uuv, Cbawoerlaln, which votes are certiiod by ould perous, us ' sppears by - ceripucates mith, supsitted Coullision us atuze- s, eod - berewith rviurned, wre ihe votes provided for by the tomstitution of the Unlted Btates, and the sanic arv lawfully to by counted & thereli certifcd, namelys Saveu votes for ftutherfurd B, Usyes, of tho Stats of ULy, for Preswent. ond svveu votes for Willlam A, Wheel- ez, of the Stato of New Yorw, for Vice-Presldent. ‘The Comuwisslon, by u wafority of votes, declus svd report that the seven persuds et bofure saued were duly -p‘:uluufl Electors tu aud forsatd State of bouth Uarollua. 'lue brlel ground of tule declslon is, Ihat it appesrs upon such evidvoce by the Constliution aud Law creating ib.e Cumul #i0n 18 cowpvient and pestluent 19 tue cousldeis- tlon of the m t, th the before- mentloned Rlectors ] to have been awfnlly nppointes snch Eleciors of I'restdent aud Vica-Prealdent of the Unfted States for the term bezinning March 4, 1877, of the Biate of Soug's Caroling, and that they voted an xachat the time and in the manner provided for by the Canstitation of the United Atates and the taw, and the Comniarlon has hy 2 majosity of votes d cided hat it fa not competent under -tha Consti papors opeued by the President of the Eenate to rmve that other perwons than those reguiarly cere Jied to by the Governor of the State on and ar. cording to the determination of the appointment by ibe returning oMcers for elections in sald State nr.or i0 the time required for the performance of tielr dittes had been sppointed Rlectors, or by countes proof to show that they had not, or that the determination of sald returning ofticers wan not in accoruance with the truth and fact, tne Commis- 100 oy 1najority uf yotes belng of opinion that it 1 not within the furiediction of the twu Houses of Congress aaecmbled Lo count the votes for Preal- dent and Vice Prestdent to enter upon the telalaf anch question, The report will also et forth the fact that the yotes of the Democratle Electors of South Caro- 1ina were rejected by the unanimous vote of the Comnmission, DESPERATE EXPEDIENTS. THE FIELD PRESIDENTIAL BILL. 8pectal Dispatch to The Trbune. Wasuixarox, D, C., Feb. 97.—Dudley Ficld succeeded In having passed his bill which makes the President of thc Senate acting President in case of & vacaucy in the office of the President arlslng out of the fajlure of the twu Houses to ascertaln and declare the result of the election, orincase of & vacancy from any other cause, 'The debate un this important measure uccupied less than one hour. The bill was brought before the House and pressed to o passage after a ferles of the wost violent aud revoln- tionary ruliugs on the part of Speaker Randall. Three times hie was compelled tu revise his rullnga In order to msintaio even the pretense of followlag parlismentary law. The Epeaker's haste to foree the bill through the Intermedlate’ parllamentary stages to o flnal vota lends color ta the theory of .some Republicans that the bill, in sume nysterious way, Is to defest the Presidential couut, and to seccure the clection to the Senate of some Senator who, by the limited Democratle vote, and at least seven Repubticans, can be elected Presi- dent pro tem, of the Bepate. Neal, of Olfo, Demacrat, in bis speech in opposition to the bill admitted that such theories WERE ENTERTAINED by tie Democrats, for he warned his colleagues thut they were belug deluded by o snare, such as the Electoral Lill bad proved to be to them, and that the pereon to be elected President of the Senate would not be the Senator of thelr cholce, but Oliver P.-Morton, of Indlaua, four dayR of whose rule, he thought, was more to be dreaded than four years of Hoyes. Some of the Democrats very confidently predict atlll that Hayes will not be fnaurursted, They undoubt- edly rest their bopes in this bill. Some des- perate revolutionary enthusiasts claim positively seven ¥enators who would unite with the Dem- ovrats to elect some Senator. Cummon report sends Conkling to the Presidency of the Senate. All the Southern Republican Senators aro clalmed, focludiog five whose terms expire Mareh 4; aleo, Beoator Jones, of Nevada, Five of the number clalmed Indignantly deny that they bave entered futo ooy such compact, and Intiwate that ft would not bo safe for any per- son to suggest ft to them. There may have been a time when & few of the Southeru Repub- Itcan Senatora might possibly bave been juduced to enter into such a combination, but now that the luanguration of Ilaves scemns poaitively assurcd, the steps of these zentlemen DON'T TAKE THAT DIRECTION So far ns rumor copnects Senator Conkling with this moverment, bis friends for him to-day azain deny with emphasis that tha story {s any- thing but a slander. The strongest poiuts agaivst Field's bill were made by Mr, Kasson, of Jowa. He malntalned, firat, that it wasunconstitutlonall Second, that toral vote. Third, that it offers Inducements to the Senate to defeat every Presidential election body President. The bill wus passcd by a vots of )34 yeas to 100 paye. Theavarchista pretend to have considerable ussurance that thelr ranks will be foereased to- pleased that the Republicaus of the House voted salidly to-doy azainst the several resolus the Nicholls ~Government '[n Loulsiats and HHawptos In Boush Carollns. Tue positien of t:m l:cpuhllmnl of the Huasu fs that this ques- tion I3 ESTIRELY BEYOND TUEIL JURISDICTION, and If thers aro noy disnosed to recoznizs the Nicholls Government they would not comunit themnsclyes {0 suul o propusition in advauce of Prestucot Ruyes’ decluration of bis own palley, ‘The digpateh referred to fu the Watteraon res- olutions that was sent to. New Oslvans yester- day, to tite effect thut Cregident Grant thiuxs Nicholls unould be recognized, 18 understoud to uave been seut by Burde, vne of tus lesding Nuw Urleans Couservatives here, Grunt 13 rep- rregented to have expressed isel 1o 8 simllar mauner to several Persons Jutely, There can Le no doabt that the dispateh mentloned 1 the Watterson resutution wus sent, or that {t co- deavored necurately to state TUE OPINIONS OF TUE PRESIDENT, It was o curlous plece or assumptiun en the part of the Democruts to wek the itepublicaus tu recoguize the Hampton Government in Suuth Curollun when the man srguwment of the Deme ocretic objectors lutte Electoral Comulsssion {0 the South Curolina cuse was thal nvitlur Hlampton nor Chamberiain was elucted, and there fs Do State Guvernwent there, aud thut anarchy andsevolutlon exists, The ples of the Democratic couuscl was that Thden sbould be elected beeatse theso was nu election fu South Carollug, yet In the sumne atternovn the Repab- licans are usked to recoguize Huwpton. *Flae tlibusters tried to get o dittle kope from by a mn{umy uf ouv Yuie, the vote standing 119 uisys to 120 yeas; but inusinueh that the Scuate had ulready tukicl u recess, aud the yute In the Electorul Commnsion wus not tu bg taken uutil b o'tluck, su that tho Jolut Cunyention curld not postibly ve held w-day, it {s dulicuit tun- derstaud ujpou what ground the Democrats base their comfurting retlections, The Democrats say that [ the Dudley Field il passes the Seu- atu Huyed WiLL NEVER BE PRESIDENT. It was the purposs of the Lewmuocrats manag- 1ng the bill to buve it referred ju the Scuate to the Committes o the Judiclury, Unthat Cowe- wlrtee Conkling stauds scoond, and durlng the ubsence of Edmuuds lu the Electoral Coustals- wion be Is weting chairnan, They had coulldent. Iy hoped st u favorsble n-t»n. on the bill aigut b oulatued frow this Committes; but the opponents of the Lill were not caught nup- ping. Directly it wus recelved at the Scuate, o iuution was tude to refer it to the Commities ou Prvileges aud Eiectlous. No serious or proper pnrnumeutnry objections vould be made to such refercuce, ws the bill had come from the Committee on Prerogutives und Privileges fu the fouse. Accordluply it was sent to the Election Committee, O this Commiitee Mor- tun {3 ctialrinen sud Logun second, and in Mor- ton's absvnco ou the Electorsl Comuision ud 16 acting charman. A glance et the names of tue Seuators composlug this Coms nuttee fudicate HOW FOBLOKN TUE HOPE of Duvid Dudley Ficld is tu sccure- a yeport from it, such wwossur: being 1ikety to fujurd the chances of Gov. Hoyes: Mortou of fudigna, Luau of Llinols, Sergent of Californts, Wad- Jelgh vt New Humpsuire, Camerou of Wiscous sl MeMUkiu of Aiwvesots, Howe of Wiscou- s, Oglesby of Itlinols, Baulsbury of Delawase, Merrbuos of North Carollua, Lvoper of Tens uessee, Kerman of New York, Chrlatiauey of Micudgun, Kelly of Colurado, uud AlcDouald of Judixna. The Committee evidently cores Dot for tue bl sud it certatuly Wikl not be reported trom thut Committee unless by sume astound fug chauce it nugmuu fu the closing bours of the seasion ol b 8 that sowe teporary ex- pedicut s necessury, g GONKLING. The Dewocrats fu thelr inst desperate revolu- tlonury expedicnt have reckoned witbout thelr bost. 1o gascrting that Swuator Conkliug wus cuguzed {u way sort of cowbination to defeat e Prestdeutlal count to further hla porsonal swbition ut the expguss of bis party, lg‘neklug s alllancs With the Dyiaocrate 1o defva the n. |- tion and Iawfogo [ntu the evidence allunde the 1t offvrs & premium to the two fousvs of Lon- gress not to do thelr duty fu counting the Elee- In order to make the preaiding officer of thelr morrow by Svutbern Democrats who are dis- tlons presented providing for the recognition of the fact that thy House took B recess at 8 u'clock | PRICE FIVE CENTS. Presidentlal connt, to become himsclf President for a year, the Democrats have slandered Sen- ator ‘Conkling for thele own base purpose.” Cunkling himaelf to-night authorizes tho state- ment to be made that the whole alfalr {s an un- mitigated, wnalignant, sad mallcious falsclicod, #o far g9 he Is concerned, and that thero is, he believes, nothing in any part of the story. sker Randall has, it {s lnmkulomphaul to all Democratic members of tha Forts-fth Con= gress requesting them to be here Ahih [N IN THE HOUBE. FIELD'S LITTLE BILL, WasmiNoToN, D. C., Feh. 27.~In tbe Houss this morning, Mr. Fleld, from the Committes on Privileges, reported the bill providing that, incascof afallure to clect a President aod Vice-President, the President of the Senate, or, incaseof vacaney fn that office, then the Speak- er of the Housc, or, In case of there being no Bpeaker, thon the Bccretary of State, shall as- sume tha office ot President until the Prealdent has been elected. M Mr. Burchard raised s polnt of order that the Committee bad no authority to report by bill. The Speaker overruled the point of onlar ralsed by Mr, Burchard, of Illinois, and the mo- tion to reject Mr. Fleld's bill was defeated. The Lill was then read a second time and discussed, Thebill wasthenordered to beread a third time, and, having been so read, It was passed,—y2ag, 183; nays, 103,—a party vote, exzept thatone Re- publiean (Purmag, Fla.) voted for It, and the fol- lowing-named _thirteen Democrats against ft: Buckner, Goodin, Hancock, Knott, Neal, Pot- ter, Savaye, Stevensou, Tarbox, Thowmas, Ware ren, Whitehouse, azd Villlams (Del.). ;rm- eu‘}i text of the bill {s as follows: n case of the removal, death, resignation, or ln- sbIliy of botn the Presidont aug Vice- brepident of the United States, or In case of vacancy in thoae oflices ariging from fallure of the two IHouses of Lougress to arcertaln and declare an alec- tion hefore the commencement of the term of ofice In respret 1o which 1he Electoral voles were caat, or In case of vacancy crising from auy otber cause, the President of the Seunte, or, If ihers bo none, the Speaker of tie 1oure fur the time boing, and If there be no such Speaker, then the Secretiry of State fn oflice whon thevacancy happens. shall nct an Peeldent untll the disablifty [« retioved or a Prealdent elected. LOCISIANA AKD 8OUTH CABOLINA. Mr. Schieichier moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution reciting that the princt- ple that all free government derives its power from the cousent of the people cannot bo disregarded by the Cougress of the Unpited States, und that It s evident that the Uovernment kuown a¢ the Hampton Guve erutnent {u South Caroliny sud the Nicholls Uovernment in Loulsiana are the unly Govern- nuents fu those States that coinmand the support of the people, and do not depend for their sup- port on the milltary Interference of the natiooul tiovernment, and dedariug that the Stato Gov- ernment represented by Gov, Hampton, end the State Uovernment represcuted by Uov. Nicoolls, sre recoguized by Congress as the lawful Gov- ernments of the Stutes of Louth Carolina and Loulstana, Rejected,—yeas, 150; nays, Y, —not two-thinds In tae atiirmative. Mr. Watterson moved to suspend the rules and adopt & resolution reciting the text vfa telegrau sent ¥esterday to Gov. Nicholls, of - Loulsiana, by nuthorlty of the Pres- dent, to " the effect that the Nicliolls Govermment should be sastalned as representing the best cluments of the State, and declarlug ‘that the oplufons exoressed by the President are sound, aud rre the sentiments of n large majority of the American people. Calls were tnade on the Repnblican sideof the House for the author of the telegram, but bls natne was not gdven, ‘h’l‘ln.- u\lul'llou 10 n:]lpcnd &Fe rules fi';d adopt e resolution was dereated,—yeas, 3 he) $,0t two thirds fn the ailvaaive, THE BEREAVED. COMMUNING ONE WITIf ANCTRER. Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. WasminaroN, D, C., Feb. 87.—A clreular *3igued by the Executive’ Committee of the Ti- den and Hendrivks Reform Club, califog forn meeting of citizens of Washivgton nad 30journ- ers uere to protest againat tho Radical conspir- acy to fnangarate Jlayés, was liberally distrib- uted around the city to-day, The circular ao- nounced that o numberof prominent Demo- crats would speak, fncluding George W. Julian, J. B. Bteedman, andothers. At 7 o'clock, the time appoluted fur the meeting, the o)l was vacked with & motely crowd, representing alt ¢lusses, The miceting was organized iz tho usual manner Dby the clection of a President, a number of Vice-Prealdents, very few of whom were present, snd s number of Recretaries. Argong the Jatter was the name of Doun Platt, which was recelved with three ter- rific cheers, which denoted tho approbation with which his course was reccived by the unterrified, At this polnt, DR, MAY WALEER, accompanied by another lady, dressed in her perubiar atiire, entered the ball, and wero re- cetved with chieers and ealls for a gpeech on all sides, Ble, however, declined the howor, sod lett. Mr, Jullan was the first speaker. He denounced the Commission in his strongest terms, calling the members consplrators, aud thelr work iufernal worlt, He did not, however, make any suz- geatlous as 1o bow tho completlon of the count was to be_ obstructed. e was followed b Bright, of Tennessce, and scveral otbers, al speaking In the sine general atraln, and alling forth at cach freah denunciation of the Com- misalon aud its aeclsfons bursts of opplause. ‘Thers were no meu of promiuence other than thoes yamed prescut. Wasuixatoy, 0. U, Feu, iu tho House are nu- merous, und are dally fu receipt uf telegrams and letters grom political triends to stand tirm und delay a furthier count of the Electoral vote, yet thoss of the sane party who ure o] d to den‘y. and sctiug i conjunciion with the Re- publicans, constitute a sullicient force $0 pro- veut the defeat of the tinal count. VARIOUS. THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SENATR. Special Dispaich to The Tribune. Wasmsarton, D, €., Feb, 27,—No steps wil bo taken to elect a Prealdent of tho Bevate to huld over tho 4th of March until it 1s seen whetlier the House will permit the Electoral count to ba brought to o close, If tho count 1s concluded on Thuedsy or Friday, Bargent's resolution to proveed to an election will lle Installed vext Suudsy, Wheeler, as Vice-Presi- dent, becomes the regular presidiug oflicer of the Senate, and Ferry whil be recliosen Presl- dent pro tem. 4f Saturday moruiog fluds the count still untinished, and the Demucrats are able to further delay it, the Senate will prob- ably proceed to put Mortou fu the chaly, From present appearances o majority of the Republl- can Seuators favor hilin, VEBMONT. It can be asserted on the authority of Prest dent Ferry thut there are not two certlficates, as has been curreutly reported during the past fuw days. No other cess will therefure gato tho Cowmtsston, aud that political body has ‘closed 1ts 1abors, Tt will meet again on Friday to determine upon the compeusation to ve pald, {ts ottleers, and will then adjourn slue dle. CABINET SPECULATIONS. The best-Informed politiclans in Washiogton assert posltively that, duriug bis recent brief ed the Sccretaryship of the Treasury in case tho Republicans Inaugurate their candidate for the Presidency pext Moiiday, Sherman is very un- position. Qov. Hayes® friends say that be bas cestalaly concluded to sppolut SONE BOUTHEMN MAN 10 a Cablnet pysition, und of all those thus fas wentloued ft 18 believed that be 18 wmoure fn- ciined to selecy Benator Aleorn Kepresentutive John Huucock, of Texsa, than wny other. One is a Hepubleas snd the other a Democrut; the forwer s Cone federate during the War, sod the latter 2 Unlua- ist. Jurecurd to bis Southeru uppolutments, Uoy. Hayea' most iutimate rivods say that Ls will select ouly wen whbo hive fu the Soutb, 1o Identlled with Its material loterests, and ure re spected by the upeurla. for the loval Fuders oifives. 1n selocting thode wen be wili nog bed untouchied upon the table. 8Should Nages be ° visit to Gov. Huyes, Scuator Sherwau was offer- declded Iu requrd to' acceptivg this bnportaut -