The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondents Of the Democracy
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Dec IL 1874

Dec. 10, 1oIo.) Il
For fear that the investigation ofe Q
The committees appointed by tbs
to inquire into the late elec-Ji
lions in Louisiana, South Carolina {
and Florida, might develop scmeIl
facts calculated to conflict With the h
so-ealled returns from those States, Z,
the Senate has deemed it necessary
to anticipate their report and supply
remedy for the malady which is to
be feared by the Republican party,
in appointing Senate committees to
90 over the same ground with gen
orally understood instructions to
contradict anything that the House
committees may report. This is
very dignitied and patriotic in the
Senate and shows an alacrity in that
body to promote unity of action be
tween the two branches of Congress.
The charge widely published by
the Republican press that the House
Appropriation Committee did not
intend reporting any bills until the
Presidential question was finally set
tied, thereby intending to intimidate
the calculating and money making
element of the country by u prospect
of even harder times than we now
suffer, has been positively denied
and refuted by Judge Holman, chair
man of that committee, who assures
us that there shall be nc delay upon
their part in reporting all necessary
appropriations. The Radicals can
not Shoulder the Democratic party
with the responsibility for the tinan-
cial distress of the country.
The Senate has split on the Ed
munds resolution for a count of the
Electoral vote by the Supreme Court
Of the United States, and it has been
practically swamped. Morton, Spen-
Ger, Conover and Patterson, are OPP
posed to it and that of course settles
it. 1t certainly would be q very
dangerous measure to organize the
Supreme Court into q permanent
Returning Board. The unsettled
condition of the Senate upon the
Presidential question has given rise
to great hopes here that the final is
sue may be ~peaceably and fairly met
and determined, and it is expected
that the step in that direction is to
. be taken by Conkling. There seems
TO be but little doubt but that he is
at variance with his Republican as
sociates and as he can afford to be
independent we may expect to hear
: from him soon.
!, On Wednesday the House passed
the "Silver bill" by a vote of 1877 to
SO, the members voting according to
interests or locality of representation
without regard to party lines.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, in
troduced a resolution charging fraud
and malfeasance upon Gov. Grover
which has given rise to some debate
for the past two days without any
result. In the meantime Senator
Morton has discovered q set off in
New Jersey in the case of Benjamin
Williamson, ~elector, whom he alleges
was o Z. S. Commissioner at the
) time of his appointment, and the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
elections have summoned all the par
, ties here for examination.
: Colorado is still denied admission
to the House, and will probably bt
out until the Presidential issue
is met.
The Shcrman-G Garfield report oil
the louisiana election afforded tn,
subject Of an exciting and heated
l debate in the Senate yesterday, ant
. Stephenson, Bayard and Thurma!
, completely routed Sherman, Morton
and Wells who tried to defend it
In point of fact it is the very fimsi
: est excuse for a violation of Consti
tutional law that was ever presented
e to a reasoning people. The tout
, RACES" are mere ghosts Of %trifins
disturbances occurring in many in
stances a year or more before tn
e elections.
The President has replied to th'
: resolution.of inquiry regarding til,
occupation of Petersburg Va. by .
: s. troops on the day of the cleo
ton, and his reply is insolent, defian
and insulting. His excuse is SINH
e lar to the one offered in the Louisi
ana case. There aoas a disturbanc'
in Petersburg some time in May
:, and therefore there was great DANCE
of intimidation. The whole teno
and language of the message is out
e rageous and it should have been re
turned to the President without an.
action upon it.
The President has broken d
bounds of law and decorum, an
Il rants and swears like anything els
e but the "silent man. he las been S
often called. He declares, publicly
d that the large majority of the voter
in the country, to wit: those VIII
y voted against Hayes, are unworth
VI iuSI, louOlco duV ulSlON di, al
adds his determination to inaugr
" rate his candidate at all hazards.
Men are now engaged erecting
line of telegraph to connect the Cal
itol building with the United State
n Arsenal. What this can mean W
It can only surmise. 1t is quite Gel
l. tain that Congress has no desire t
communicate with the occupants {
the barrack.
Notwithstanding all these outrage
l and evidence of a determination I
resort to violence on the part of th
Administration, everything remain
d very quiet and there is NJ evidenc
It whatever of excitement. Does til
Y history of any country in the worl
afford so grand an instance of a gre;
:. people rising by moral force alon'
IS superior to their rulers, and forbeaI