The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-08
The Administration on q
Big Drunk
And Calls it Neuralgia.
Grant Goes Back on Hewitt
Don Cameron Snubbed.
Oregon Depresses the Chris
tian Statesmen of the
Senate.
Judge Black on the Situation
WAsHINGToN. Dec. 9, ll.30 p. N.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. 8, ll.30 p. II.
The Inauguration of Chamberlain sets
Zach Chandler and others of his llk
mad with JOY. This, added to what is
claimed to be Hayes election by :he
electoral colleges, was received with de-
! light, and Chandler ordered q salute of
1856 guns. There is no doubt but
that Grant will support Cham
berlain as he has from the
beginning allowed the troops to make q
part of the spectacle of the fraud of
the usurper's Inauguration, and will set
South Carolina going, though it makes
| no difference that the Democratic House
has more than constitutional quorum,
nor that the Chief Justice refused 10
administer the oath to Chamberlain.
A reprobste judge was ready for the
work, and federal general was
on hand to back up the job. In his
interview with Hewitt. Grant gave him
to understand that he would recognize
the house which had 63 members with
Returning Board certificates, and now
that the Democratic house has such 3
quorum he backs down. In another in
terview with Mr.. Hewitt last night
Grant said Mr.. Hewitt had
misunderstood him and did not
mean that he would recognize the Dem
ocrats if they had n constitutional
quorum with Board certificates. Don
Cameron thrust himself in the Interview
and received snubbing for his pains
from Mr.. Hewitt. The interview was
dieagreeable to all concerned. 1t is well
known that he has been coached by Don
Cameron, Chandler and Morton. Since
the first interview with Mr.. Hewitt they
have harly left him for an hour.
Grant is said to have been suffering
again from the old complaint of neural
gia, and his friends fear to leave him
alone, least he might perform some vir-
tuous act.
The temper and action of the Demo-
cratic caucus show that articles of i'm
peachment are not likely to be pre-
sented. Strange as 1t may seem,
the opposition to impeachment
comes most strong from the South. 1t
is held that impeachment would arouse
passion and sectional prejudice and dam
age their present cause, which is the first
business and overshadows all other ques-
tions. There is still a strong pressure to
arraign Grant, bat the members, regard
ing it in the light of policy rather than
Grants merits, will hardly yield to the
clamor.
There was a terrific explosion of right
eous sentiment d virtuous indlgna-
ton in the Senate to-day. Thurman's
strong argument against printed one
sided, bull.doZsg reports, gave etbgy
Sargent opportunity for pious declama-
tion against the Gov. of fOregon for doing
legally what the Returning Board did in
impudent violation of law. The Oregon
matter depresses the Christian statesmen
of the Senate, and do not know how to get
out of the snarl, unless Mr.. Howes res
olutIon shall point the way. Judge
Jeremiah Black publishes q letter to-
day on the duties of Congress in count
ing the electoral vote. He says the
right. power and duty Of the Houses Is
,o count the true votes OF the States
ONLY. which, of course, covers aad IN
cludes the duty of rejecting false votes
from their count, ifit be known that
spurious votes have been placed among
them by accident or design. He also
SAWS that in case of disagreement be-
tween the two Houses concerning their
duty TO count or reject certain votes the
Judgment of the Senate must prevail IN
regard to the Vice President and that OF
the House on the Presidency.