, 1876-12-24
POOR PICKING.
Hungry Democrats Still
Cnawing at the Flor
ida Bone,
While Republicans Are Calm
ly Confident Of the Gen.
eral Result.
RandalI's Elect0ral.Count Com
mittee Framed with an Eye
to the Main Chance.
Prominent Ti1den Men Still
Hold Hard to Cronin's
Coat-Tail,
Fearful that That Electoral Embodiment
HAY Put His Foot in It.
Further Test stimony Taken by the
Louisiana Investigating
Committees.
Fearful that That Electoral Embodiment
HAY Put His Foot in It.
A Remarkable Crop of Independ-
ents Springing Up in
Illinois.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE HOUSE CCMMrrTEE ON TIE ELECTORAL
COUNT.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec 23.-The holiday
recess has practically begun. There were
scarcely fifty members present In the House to-
dav. The session lasted twenty minutes The
only important action was the resignation OF
Monroe, Of Ohio, from the Committee to ascer-
tain the right OF the House with respect to the
Electoral count. This is eminently a 1aw CON-
mittce Of the three Republicans, ,-Burchard,
sec1ye, and Monroe, ,-Bnrchard alone has had any
legal training, whereas the Democratic mem-
hers include the ablest lawyers that party has IN
the House. Monroe and 8eelye felt an
noyed at their position, and Monroe re-
signed. The Republicans will endeavor to
force Randall to appoint Republican lawyers
On this Judicial Committee. Randall gave one
Republican to three Democratic lawyers On this
Committee, and violated the usage OF the
House and OF all parliamentary bodies In not
allowing the minority to name its representa-
tiyes for such important duties. Randall Is
criticised for thus seeking to mutt1e the voice OF
the minority at q time when the majority party
prctends to appeal to the general sense Of JUS
tice.
FLORIDA.
Democrats are enthusiastic over the granting
Of the peremptory mandamus upon the
Florida Canvassers. They claim It gives
the State to Tilden aud settles the cleo
ton. Republicans reply that there arc
no Presidential Electors to recount the vote,
since under the Federal Constitution their 1unc-
| tions ended and their Office expired Dec .;
that. moreover, :Yice-Prcsident Ferry has al:
read7 reviewed. the vote Of the Florida Electors.
| The Democrats have been trying to encourage
| their party with the statement that Repub"
lcan Representative has received dispatch
| rom Republican member Of the Florida Com
mittee that the State voted for I11den, and that
| the evidence could not be retuted. inquiry
proycs that the Congressman mentioned has re-
cciyed no such dispatch.
/ THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF OREGON.
w.sHsaTos S2S6 G. ftSs"& pee 9ft ot Is said that
| Cronin has delayed delivering the pretended
Electoral vote of Oregon to hlr Ferry at the
sidering the advisabilitY OF withholding 1t alto
| gether. Leading Democrats, including sena'
| tors Bayaro, Gordon, Thurman: Ransom, Repre-,
| sentatircs Hewitt, Speaker Randall, Lamar, and
Watterson viii go to New 1ork To-Day to con; a,1G
/ other matters The opinion very generally pre-
walls that the Joint Committee to consider the
| question of counting the Electoral vote VIII not
! Be able to agree. The appointment OF He"1tt
on the Committee is regarded as In 62d taste'
| 1u4 H1H EAECLAanJ tAVF[A4" %*A1
ment OF the disputed points.
| SOUTH CAROLINA.
A dispatch from Columbia, s. G., says that
the members of the opposing Legislatures have
ronc to their homes, and that Hampton is 1eft
to ns Struggle u Gle tor the Governorship without as
sistancc from his pretended Legislature The
Democrats al1ege that proposition has peer @
submitted to them by the Republicans Tor tne
! annointment Of committee Of five Democrats
and i've Republicans, to meet at an early day II
conference see e94Psomse 9Pe sanp9f ;:
nronnced that Hampton shall be recognized a
Governor Governor, VIII a Republican Lieutenant Coy
ernor, the other State officers TO be div1det
equally between the Kepub}1ssann5 and nem4 nj
vote for chamberlain as United States Senator
and recognize Wallace as Speaker OF the HOUSE Sc
As Chamberlain is in possession Of the Gov
ernor's office, with q legal Legislature PACK
him, and recognized By the Federal GoVefn
ment, it is not probable that the Demo1atl
proposition will be accepted