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THE DEMOCRATS TO EXERCISE GREATCAUIIONri
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL QUEsTIoN-THE NEWS
FROM OREGON CoNFIRMED-FHE REPUBLI-
CANS soRE--sESAT0R KELLY'sl DISPATCH
THE CASE OF THE COLORADO. MEMBER OF
THE HoUSE-sPEAKER RANDALI'S FIRST DE-
C1sION., .r.t--l...,. :. ~. J.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I III
WASHINGTON, December Tt is evident
ly the intention OF the Democrats to exercise
great caution in the management Of the
presidential question. On the Senate side
the session has been long, the debates able
and interesting. Thurman, Bayard, and
Whyte addressed the Senate with more than
usual ability. The latter, with thrilling
denounced the Louisiana outrage,
and gave vivid description OF the manner
Of preparing intimidation afiidayits by the
Republicans who now control that unfortu-'
nate State. I. =. .'' =. -
A telegraphic dispatch to A. S. Hewitt,
chairman OF the National Democratic Conn
mittee, confirms the report from Oregon
that the Governor of that State had issued
certificates of election to two OF the Hayes
electors and TO one. .Tilden elector. The
certificate appears to have been issued
jointly, SO that the Tilden elector is neces-
sarily included, which win bring his vote
squarely before. the Joint session in Febru-
airy, which removes any apprehensions
which may exist as to refusal Of the presi-
dent Of the Senate to receive any certificate
not bearing the seal OF q State.i The Re-
publicans are very sore over the result in
Oregon, and denounce in unmeasured terms
the Governor Of that State. @u.r
The following has been received by Rep
resentative Lane - , 2 1870 sea"
! = SALEM, OREGON, December 6, 1876. Z
To Hon. L. F. Lane (per' Western Union
- Telegraph Compa1y): - ."z45:
Joint certificates issued by Governor to
Cronin (Democrat) and two Republican
electors. Republicans refused to recognize
Cronin, when he appointed two others and
cast two votes for Hayes and one for Til.
and cast three votes for Hayes, but have
not certificates OF Governor attached to
their, certificates. Will leave for Washing
Il. 3. ..a-a .as JAMES X. KELLY,
United States Senator from Oregon.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
received dispatch to-day from L.. Cass
Carpenter, collector Of internal revenue at
Columbia, S. c., in which he says: "Things
remain about as they have been for the past
several days. Great excitement. Cham
berlain probably inaugurated to-day"
The House Committee ON the judiciary
held meeting this morning, at which the
case Of the Colorado member, Mr.. Bel}ord,
was considered. No vote was reached,
but the unanimous feeling Of members Of
the committee was that the representative
of the new State should be admitted. Il
. This morning Mr.. Monroe, OF Ohio. made
a motion to take a Senate bill from the
Speakers table and refer it by unanimous
consent to the Committee on Pensions. Mr..
Randall said that the motion could not be
entertained, even if unanimous consent
were granted, as the joint rules Of the. two
houses prohibited it. This is the first deci-
sion made by Speaker Randall that the joint
rules are in force, although. it has been
known for some time that he regarded
them as in existence. r<-:..s.i tfd,t.i@1 ;.
The Union, a Democratic journal, with
Montgomery Blair as editor, appeared this
morning. ;. 800 e3 ~ sa-
XLIVTH CONGREsS--SecondS Session
]r}" WAsH1NGToN, December 7, 1876.
SENATE .@res ~
A motion to print 1900 copies OF the
Louisiana Republican committees. report
to the President occupied the day. During
the debate the Oregon Electoral College
came up. Numerous precedents for. and
against the action OF Governor Grover were
cited, and authorities quoted at great length.
Finally the motion to print was passed by
vote of 40 to 13-Key, Mcdonald, Ran
doIph, Wallace, and Herman voting with
the Republicans.
Mr.. Mitchell introduced the following,
which was ordered to be printed:
Whereas at the late presidential election
in the State Of Oregon the people, by ma
jority Of over eleven hundred, chose electors
who were pledged to vote for IL. Is. Hayes
for President and William A.SWheeler for
'Vice-President; and whereas the Governor.
Of that State, upon the pretext that y. W.
Watts, an elector thus chosen, was at the
time OF his election deputy postmaster,
certified to one L. a. Cronin, who had been
a candidate upon the Democratic electoral
ticket, that he fCronin} was chosen and
elected 8 in the face of the notorious
and undisputed fact that he had been
defeated by the majority before stated
and whereas the Governor placed in the
hands Of the said e. A. Cronin the certifi-
Gates OF the other two electors chosen TO
vote for Hayes and Wheeler instead OF put
TING them into their own hands,: as the law
required, who retained them in his posses
sion and refused to exhibit them; ana
whereas this E.. A. Cronin assumed to ap-
point two electors, and with them pretend.
ed to cast the electoral vote! OF the State, ana
certified it up to the president OF the SEM
ate: and whereas the action OF the SAID GOV.
ernor in issuing certificate OF election 70
said Cronin was wholly unauthorized, HE
cal, and fraudulent, and gross violation OF
the rights of the people of Oregon, and the
action Of said Cronin In assuming 10 act as
an elector and to appoint two others was
wholly fraudulent and wicked; therefore
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Priyi-
leges and Elections is hereby instructed to
the facts attending the appoint
ment OF said electors and pretended cleo
tors their action as electors and pretended
electors; the action OF the Governor and
Secretary of State IN regard to them, and
report the same to the Senate, and for TINS
purpose may employ q stenographer, SEND
for persons and papers, administer oaths,
and examine Witnes ses.
Ordered to be printed. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. !.