Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-21
The situation To-day.

The election excitement having in q great
measure subsidized nearly every interested per-
son has developed into a constitutional law
yer, and the principal topic now heard on the
streets is the Interpretation of constitu-
tional law to meet certain contingencies. The
dryness OF the subject is enlivened to some ex-
tent by the gossip concerning the presence of
the military. One meets group, discussing
legal lore, and the separate powers Of the legis-
lative branches OF our government, and at the
next corner finds group of alarmists, declaim-
ing in regard TO what is called the invasion of
the Capitol. There are those of fertile imagina-
tions who construe the presence OF the forces
now here, with an Indication that President
Grant means to have Hayes counted in at all
hazards and inaugurate him at the point of
the bayOnet. Then there is another class,
more mo ierate in their views, who think the
ff,ct, ard that Tilden will i'm the
triumph. They look upon the army not
a. precursor OF a sanguinary conflict. They
have faith in the truism that "might Is
right" and that
TIN ice is he armed W no hath his quarrel Just
Some OF the explanations offered for the
necessity of troops at the capital are as ludi-
ness that President Grant has received in
formation of plot To seize the executive de-
partments, and that acting upon the accepted
truth of the advice that "an ounce OF pre-
ventive Is worth pound of cure" he is TAX
ing precautionary measures to foil any such
anticipated sefreme. Next one hears that the
ton to prevent the anticipated jubliate of the
Tilden and Hendricks club of this city an
nounced to take place on the 18th instant
Again, IL Is rumOred that there is danger of a
conflict between the races and that antici-
pating that IL such a collision occurred the
police force might not be able To Quell IL I'M
til blood had been spilled; that the President
has called portion Of The army here to
"bull doze" any who may have conspired to
provoke such an encounter.
The quid nuncs of newspaper row have
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say IL means an intimidation to the House of
Representatives, where lively times are an
ticipated when the electoral vote is counted.
others say that the "Old man" meaning the
President, feels the qualms of an oppressed
conscience, and has bayonets dispOrting In
his shadow for his own protection. Some are
proposes TO repeat Napoleon's famous coup
ddQ, proclaim himself the dictator, and
use the army to make away with those who
viii hot pow 10 "1essiers- cap. Others mere
and don't care.
II is reasonable TO assume that the Presi-
ident has good reasons for bringing the forces
here, or they would not have been brought.
There Is, too, good reason to assume that
some information Of an alleged incendiary
movement has been communicated to the
authorities. Gentlefnen who assemble in bar
roQms and predict war, assassination, and
indeed an uprising OF the commune, in case
Hayes is declared elected, may, after all, be
to blame for the presence OF the companies OF
soldiers, so distateful TO them. The Ebbitt
House is enlivened with the presence OF
The officers in their snowy uniforms.
They look upon their quartering here
only in the light OF obeying orders, and
NJ tieipate no trouble. Some of the ON
Gers, however, when they were hurried out
OF South Carolina, were of the impression
that they had eome TO Washington to "go to
work"
The study given to the Constitution is i'm
mense. Old bun, rs, who never read our
Magma Charta before or even knew of its ex-
istence, are reading up. They imagine that
Interpretation. The republican expounder
finds in IL solace for his unsettled mind, and
his political adversary is equally comforted.
IL Is all In the construction one places upon
IL, and doctors never were at such variance
are these self-imposed Constitutional law
yers VINO propose TO save the nation. "a"
are OF opposite political opinions and the de-
MAJ is made. Both rush to a secondhand