The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-12-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, d. C., Dec. Is, AS76.

Washington, d. C., Dec. Is, sS7e.
For fcarthatlhe invesaigs stlnnss Of stbe
committees appointed blythe .Housa to IN.
auire into The late elections in Lottisinn-
M, South Carolina, and Florida. might
dayelop aOme facts calculated to conflict
with the 80 called returns from those
States. the Senate has deemed it necessa.
nv to anticipate their reports and supply
q remedy for the .malady which Is to be
feared by the Republican party, in ap-
pointing Senate committees To go over
the same ground with generally under
stood instructions TO contradict anything
This is very dignified and patriotic in the
Senate and shows an alacrity in that
body to promote unity of action between
the two branches Of Congress.
The charge widely published by the
Republican press that the House Appro-
priation Committee did not intend re-
porting any bills until the Presidential
question WAS finally settled, thereby in
tending to intimidate the calculating and
money making element Of the country by
a prospect of even harder times than we
now suffer, hes been positively denied
of that committee, who assures us that
there shall be nc delay upon their part
| III reporting al! necessary appropriations
The Radicals cannot shoulder the Demo-
cratic party with the responsibility for
the financial distress of the country.
The Senate has split on the Edmunds
resolution for count of the electoral
vote by the Supreme Court of the United
States, and It has been practically
swamped. Morton, Spencer, Conovcr
and Patterson are opposed to it, and that
of course settles it. II certainly would
be very dangerous measure to organize
| the Supreme Court into d permanent re-
turning board. The unsettled condition
Of the Senate upon the Presidential ques-
ton has given rise to great hopes here
that the final issue may be peaceably and
fairly met and determined, and it is ex-
pected that the first step in that direction
is to be taken by COnkling. There seem.
to be but little doubt that he is
ut variance with his Republican asso-
ciates, and as he can afford to be ildc-
pendent we may expect tn hear from him
soon.
On Wednesday the House passed the
! "Silver bill" by vote Of l67 to So, the
members voting according to interests nr
| locality of representation without regard
to party lines.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, intro
luccd resolution charging fraud and
malfeasanre upon Governor Grover
which has given rise t. some debate fnr
the past two days without any result. In
the meantime Senator Morton has dis-
covered set off il, New jersey in the
case of Benjnmin Williamson, elector
whom he alleges was a U. s. Commits
sioner at the time Of his appointment
and the Senate Committee on Privilege,
and Elections have summoned all tho
parties here for examination.
Colorado is still denied admission tC
the Hnuse, and will probaly be kept ou
until the Presidential issue is met.
The Sherman-Garfield report on the
Louisiana election afforded the subject o
an exciting and heated debate in thu
Senate Yesterday, and Stephenson, Bay
ard and Thurman completely routec
Sherman, Morton and Wells. who at
tempted to defend it. In point of fac
it is the very himsicst excuse for viola
tiOn of constitutional law that wus eve
presented to reasoning people. Tht
''outrages" are mere ghosts Of trfin@
disturbances, occurring in many instan
ces year and more before the eec
ti0n.
The President has replied to the reso
luton of inquiry regarding the occupa
tion of Petersburg, Va, by United State
troops on the day of election, and hi
reply is insolent, defiant and insulting
His excuse is similar to the one ofTeret
in the Louisiana case. There was dis
turbance in Petersburg some time las
May, and therefore there was great DANCE
of intimidation. The whole tenor an,
language of the message is outrageous
and it should have been returned to tn
President without any action upon it.
The President has broken all bound
oI law and decOrum, and rants and swear
like anything else but the "silent man
he has been 10 often called He declare
publicly that the large majority of tn
voters in the country, viz, those VIII
voted against Hayes, are unworthy O
trust, dishonest and disloyal, and add
his determination to inauguratc his can
didates at all hazards.
Men are now engaged in erecting
line of telegraph tn connect .he Capito
building with the United States Arsenal
What this eau mean we can only surmise
1t is quite certain that Congress has n
desire to communicate with the occupant
Of the barrack.
notwithstanding all these outragcs AM
evidences OF q determination to resort t
violence on the part of the Administers
ton, everything remains very quiet, an
there is no evidence whatever of excite
nent. Does the history of any countr
in the world afford so grand an instanc
of n great people rising by. moral fore
; alone, superior TO their rulers, snd for