The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-30
WASHINGTON, December Is, 1876.
,u1> 1T yt~T01kI COUNT.

WASHINGTON, December IS, 1876.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
hin NOW being considered by the Sem
- committee appointed to determine upon
-" ,,nthod Of conducting the electoral count
,ha ONO which the United States Senate
.,sScd at The close OF the first session OF the
ii;~th Congress in March, 1900, when the
100 contest which ended in the election OF
Tnacrson was agitating the country.-Spe-
~;oI to Baltimore american.
rvc shall publish full history OF this
hill Soon.l .s
-,,, .uo,.ST OF SILVER DISBURSEMENTS
,,o Treasury to date aggregate $685.
~ ~, no IS, Of which SIS, 1882 was for
81 ''' rn3cnrtion OF fractional currency, and
Nv ~ oof &c was silver paid in lieu OF
E Nv o,d checks. The amount paid by the
ava ;.,ayt Treasurer in New York is $685.
~ IN Ro>ton. 1851 900; in Philadelphia,
~ w. Ir4 $50: in ST. Louis, S1,415,0S2: in Gin
E.;~,,..i :. $50. PSI; in Chicago, S2,63s,9T;
y, baltimore. $99I,0l2.
TREASURY BALANCES.
,.,,rrrpey. S9,459,1SS: special deposit OF
..,.i..rndcrS for redemption OF certificates
- Gcno>i.. $50. 900; coin. SS9.5S9,656,
.n,I,ijuc COIN certificates, S44. $4,000; out
ending lcgal-tcndcrS, $3G6,9ll.ooo.
THE SITUATION IN FLORIDA.
Tho news that McSSrS McLin and Cow
ill 81 the Florida Returning Board, had
-.fr..i 10 obey III" order OF the court, but
had subsequently done so, so far as the
,,,.n ticket was concerned, was the subject
-, eminent at the Capitol Yesterday. Some
moro DISPOSED 10 take a gloomy view OF the
matter. but the great majority were nope
mi moi only - toihiS but rs 10 the general
.;ruation. Hon. Alexander ii. stephens,
who j. confined 10 his room by cold, said
Ne had not anticipated from the first that
,bc action of the court would give the cleo
,oral vote Of the State to Tildcn: but the
moral effect OF showing 10 the country that
the Tiidcn electors received majority OF
the votes cast must he very great. 1t was,
moreover, cause for rejoicing that through
these legal proceedings the State officers
and two congressman would be Sccured.-
Washington Union.
INF SOUTHERN STATES IN NATIONAL POLITICS.
In conversation the other day Republic
can oiiice-holGcr admitted that Mr.. Tilden
mirht. and doubtless would, as President,
carr out much needed reforms, and pro-
mole the welfare OF the whole country, and
that The >uborning OF Mr.. Hayes to such
men ~ Chandler. Blaine. and Morton, left
Ii,tIr 10 hope for from him in that connec-
ton. But" said he. - am not willing
r. see this Government again under the con-
troll Of the South."-U.
roNKiiNG on tbs ELECTORAL COUNT.
AsuINGroN. December Ex-senator
Conkling is represented ms saying that he
thourlt an agreement could be reached rs
IN how the electoral votes shall be counted.
Also that he did not believe there would be
auy violent action on either Side.-Specidl
i,ti, Baltimore SNn.
GOVERNOR GROVER AND THE SENATE.
There ll.i> been 4 deal Of nonScnsical talk
aloui the Senate keeping Governor Grover,
II oregon. out OF his seat in that hody on
:lrrol,uI Of his action in the case Of Cronin.
Either Governor Grover is entitled to his
sal or he is not II he is not entitled to it
il can only he BY reason OF incligibility or
Il fraud. OF corruption in attaining it. 1t
ha, been said that Governor Morton, as
chairman OF the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, will object to Growers adj
mission because H. gave the electoral ccrtiti-
cate 10 e'ronin. Governor Morton has never
said ANYTHING of the kind, for he knows
very well that it is not question which de-
urndS upon political issues. No one more
than Governor Morton knows that senator
ships are not rewards for good boys. IL
they were they would he very differently
filled than at prcScEt.-lb.
TIE NEXT HOUSE.
Statements have been published in the
partisan press assuming to lay out the pro-
gramme which will be pursued by the clerk
a., IN In r,rari1ntinr ~ tha r1nS,t
House of Representatives. These state
mentS are simply manufactured for political
effect. and are entirely without foundation.
No programme has been determined upon
bv the clerk Of the House, and there is no
Democratic plan for organizing the next
House." as alleged. The Democrats have
no need to devise any plan, as the fact that
they have majority OF the members OF
the next Honsc is too well established
to bc questioned. As to any action
TO he taken by the clerk OF the House
in the preliminary proceedings, it would
be impossible for him TO take any arbitrary
course for which he would find abundant
presidents in the acts OF his Republican
predecessor. 1t is not so very long back In
the past that Mr.. Mcpherson, as clerk OF
the House OF Representatives, refused to
place on the rolls the names OF the entire
delegation from the State OF Kentucky,
every one Of whom had the Governors GER
titicatc, and although, with one or two en-
ceptionS, there were no contestants. The
Republican majority in the House Endorsed
this act OF the clerk, and sent the crcdcn-
tials OF the Kentucky delegation to its COM
mittcc, and that State was denied any repre-
sentation until the committee reported.-D.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES REPORT.
The subcommittee Of the committee dele
gated by the House of Representatives to in
quire into the election of presidential electors
in South Carolina and report the same for q
fair understanding by the people, after
careful examination Of the resurns from all
the precincts in the State, EAd that all the
HAYES and Wheeler electors have a fair ma
iorlty on the face of the retEEns.
[Signedl MILTON SAYLoR, Chairman.
JOSIAH G.. ABBOTT.
WILLIAM LAWRENCE.