The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-22
IN, latest fro.R Washington.

the latest fra;a Washington.
.u<a.: wNKcE'S Rl!I TO PREVENT TuE
.,rorEg rSE or TROOPS At POLLING
s.E>-wtIo OPENED Mr.. uEwITr'S LET
So, :--rEE EsCUSANT TELEGRAPH WIT
TOW Tus SENATE MEMBERS OF. THE
~ CONFERENCES ELECTORAL COMMITTEE
.,l.--i MAJORITY PROBABLY OPPOSED TO
e.. .lyE-rESSIDEST'S COUNTING TIE VOTE.
From Our Own Correspondents
"A ,~HrGTuN. December 2l.-Goycrnor
.a,.- has introduced a bill designed TO
wa; Improper use OF troops at polling
.~.>. The sections which il is proposed
,.2ral are those which authorizes the pre-
Fl, 81 troops at polIing-placcS during any
9H, or the Use OF troops 10y the Presi-
~ ior other purposes than those pre-
....,d in the acts OF 1876 and 1907.
VI. Hewitt said to-day that he received
nDnymous letter about month ago
w one who claimed to be an cmploye Of
New York po>t-oilicc informing him
&; his letters We're being privately OPEN
in hat Office. Mr. Hewitt said he read
z i,,icr aud threw it in the wastc-basket,
, had carefully examined his letters since
y. and found that many Of them had the
rance Of having been opened and re-
led. He had perfect confidence in the
Z. .ritr Of Postmaster James. OF New York.
/, ~ efficient and faithful officer, and
@opcd he might b. retained, whatever
a-c might he made in political parties.
believed m investigation would not re-
in finding out the guilty party, because
nd no proof though he has 4 suSpi-
80 which amounts 10 belief that his
dependence has been tempered with.
y Mr.. orion Will probably order the re-
>.at witness (Harncs} 10 submit the tcic-
.naic dispatch. in view of the declaration
nc Nou-c Yesterday, the object OF the
.r ior H." operators arrest was only in
.l-i t. -a,iain ID" authority 0! the COM
...,. ana will rot be enforced uule,, the
,..>, contributes III contempt.
are j very little hope here that any
rams very valuable 70 the Louisiana
-.;-Jtion will b. obtained. II any such
e "a>-cd it i probable that they have
al Destroyed, hui ip 'raomt no fellow
.r.ry find ont.
.,n!H, the Democratic ricytOr from Ore
g.. aIiiyrd to-day, bearing the vote OF his
- iul. will not deliver il 10 Nico-Prc>i-
* Ferry until after II conference OF De-
,'rat~ has been held. He says he is very
a''icnt he can prove clearly Governor
-,'rr's act on was strictly in accordance
BIB the laws Of Oregon.
Iar Senate members OF the Joint COM
lite" 81 fourteen, which, it is hoped, will
able 10 devise some pcaccable way to set
liz presidential question. have been APP
ut"d al last. The most significant thing
oui the appointment is that Conkling was
cred place on the committee. but de-
Urd. His action has caused some comment
rr among the few who know of il. 4 few
NIX il means that hc has already determined
freak from his party on this question, and
did not feel that he ought to accept a
..,. ~ one OF the Republican members OF
committee. \ prominent New York
mQcrat who knows Conkling very well
.ona'ly is Of the opinion that it simply
THAT Conkling is planning TO come
u this contest as the great statesman
= 'rcclience, and this move is simply Il
It Vi MS plan 10 preserve il strict neu-
A. unit, TIE fitting moment arrives.
ld" committee is generally considered Il
oar one. There is wide diversity OF
nIun AZ to whether it will be able to
sc on any compromise. This difference
opinion is greatly increased by the
views which the several
mbcr, arc known to hold. EdmundS,
chairman. aS is well known, holds
pngly that all disputed questions should
left to the Supreme Court. Logan is
I'd set against this proposition, and
Is day before yesterday told me that
did not believe Congress had the right
der the Constitution to delegate such
wcrs to the Supreme Court, and he
uiy believed that il the court should be
cn such power it would simply result in
destroying the weight Of the
III is aiudicial body; for one half Of the
1rie would be sure to denounce it as a
!ticai and partisan body whichever way
iccidcd.
dorton's ideas have been embodied in
bin, which provides. In short, that no
ctoral vote shall be thrown out without
e concurrence Of both houses. Where
ii votes are returned neither shall be
Inlcd without the concurrence Of both
'a,s. AS he has announced within q
WIGHT he intends to push this bill, il may
RI, be supposed to cmbody his present
~ on the subject.
'rcliDghuyscn, during the debates last
,ion. fathercd the proposition that all
Iutcd questions should be settled by q
nlnittec OF three, to consist Of the Chief
,!icc, the president Of the Senate, and
Speaker of the House.
lr. Thurman opposed the proposition OF
h Edmunds and Frelinghuysen, and
lily voted for Morton's bill, although he
ected seriously to the looseness OF the
ond section, in relation to dual votes.
Ir. Bayard held nearly the same views as
urman, but was and is far more bitter il
dcnunciations OF the old twenty-second
n rule, which he will never agree to.
,ansom will follow the lead Of Thurman
Bayard, and neither of them will ever
&c to any measure which comedies to the
.idcnt OF the Senate the right to count
vote.
lorton and Logan would vote to give
president that right, and Edmunds and
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