Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-14
Final Steps Of the Election.
. BY telegraph 10 y. y Tribune


WAsHINGToS. Dec. l0.-The Republican
programme la relation to the Pre-, idencv
j. now pretty distinctly outlined. Rrpub-
lican- hold that GOV. Hayes ha- les elrcto.
raj votes cast By electors duly appointed
according To the forms OF law IN their s,y-
ersl Sistcs AND properly certified to by
state executive authority. The Oregon al
iair gives them no trouble. AcA iowltds
iss that the Democrat. Cronin. was De fic.
10 an elecior as FAR a. the Governors Ger
tihcate could make him one, they claim
that his action created a vacancy which the
other two electnr, had right la fiil H.y-
ing. therefore. ls5 votes. the Republican.
see no reason why they should accept any
pr opo,Al from their opponents for com
promise. The proper way out OF the ii nj e
Guilty, they say. i To- iuAusura;e the caudl.
date who ha, majority OF the electoral
votes according to the returns No other
would be either constitutional or reAsoua-
Bile. Recognizing the fact however. that
there i doubt IA the pubic mind a, 10
tue real result, they viii occupy the Tim.
until the 10Th OF February IN dcmnn.tr.-
ting that Gov. iiayes has a moral "A, we'll
a. legal night 10 The Office. The Repub-
lican member. Who have. gone south " I'M
the House committees Will get What tc>ti-
mony they can IN their side OF the que~-
ton. and prepare >trong minority report :
A minority l. always hampcTea ia getting
at iIcts that work against the conclusions
desired 10 he reached by the majority oi a
cumiuilier. and the Scnat. will therefore
sub committees of its Privileges and Flee
tons Commute. South, On each OF which
there will he majority OF Republican
members. About the 1t OF February
there will be large b1icn OF reports TO
l...sl 1 a 4. &
timuny which. however nobody will pro-
badly read The Democratic report, " III
nai..taiu that the fact, show that GOV.
Tild-n carried the three disputed southern
State. and Wa. swiudl,d out Of their votes
I By fa>eally returning boards. The Repub-
| licau reports will assert that Gov. HAYES
carried all those states ou a :sir sud legal
count. and Mas deirauded of the States OF
Mississippi aud North Carolina
The day for opening and counting the
electoral votes Viii iihd the Iublic mind
/ divided Just about As IL : now. but not la
a. cuinbat.ve a mood. and much more
ready To acquiesce ia result reached
through the forms OF law. For the pur-
/ pose Of Witnessing The count. the Two
I Houses will meet ia the Senate Chamber.
T Formerly that was the customary place of
meeting on such occasions. but OF late
( yrars. owing 10 the greater capacity OF The
/ Hail of Representatives, the custom has
been changed. The obi tine custntn vii
! now lie restored. because the SENATE Wii
| insist upon it. and as the President az the
! Senate has the custody OF the returns. the
( propiieiy OF the House coming Ia he >r4l-
+ ate ChlE;aer cannot he Saig>aii. There
i are grave reasons why thr sc.ite should
+ not put Itself 10 the power Of the House.
which need not now bc more than limited
at Especial care will be- taken to pre-
d serve street order ia the galleries OF thu
/ Senate Chamber duriug the count. II T.
/ probable that only ptreons having card. Ui
admi> sion from the Sergeant-at arms " i'll
! be allowed TO enter, because the crowd
seeking tnirance will exceed by hundred
/ iold the capacity Of the galleries. The
1 Senate having maintained by an oyer
whelmning ma jority, including majority
OF the Democratic Senators. that the 32d
joint rule is abrOgated. the presiding OIL
Ger viii rule that nothing is in order eX
cept TO open the certificates aud count the
votes. lie will permit no debate and en-
+, terrain no motions. II the House DYmo-
Gratis still insist n the privilege of throw
| jug out the returns from one or more
States. aud withdraw. under the leader
ship OF Speaker hand.l. 10 carry out such
project. they will not iiud the doors lock
ed. As some OF Them apprehend They
will be admonisned ne they depart that the
proceeding lie wholly unconstitutional and
will not interfere with the completion OF
the count. The count will go on. and the
result will show that Rutherford T. Hayes
| Is President OF the United States.
Over two weeks will elapse between the
| counting OF the votes and Inauguration
day. The Republican programme does
| mn 10
movement on the part OF the Democrats
during that period. 4 special session of
the Senate to begin on the 4th or Sth OF
March. will be called by President Grant
before his term expir :. 10 confirm Presi-
dent HAYES Cabinet aud other appoint
/, wents. The new Executive. with the sup
port OF that body. will take immediate
possession OF the GoyeJunenl in all its
branches. III the Denioeratic House re-
fuses Ia make appropriations during the
present session. AN extra Session of the
| new Congress will be called. IL will not
be assembled. however. Immediately after
the 4th OF March. Some date after the
New Hampshire election will be- fixed up
| on. The appropriations will uBQuestiona-
| bly, be made before the end of the fiscal
| year.
As for the Democratic programme thus
| far with all the caucusses aud tbs many
private consultations of their leading poll
ticiaDs the Democrats have discovered no
way to prevent the working out OF the de-
signed result They are held rs la d vice
by the Constitution and the forms Of law.
There b no way Of escape except BY re-
sort 70 revolution. anl II they should seek
spcessf BY the dreadful expedient OF a
civil or the ODDS they know would be
heavily against them. A. prr=ept they are
disposed to take only the sensible course
liticsf committee will in day or two issue
az address 70 the people. urging them to