New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-14
The Presiden tiaI Outlook.

The political situation improves almost
| imperceptibly. The Democratic Governor
| (Grover) has been burned in efigy in Oregon
| for commissioning Cronin as Tilden
elector On the ground that one Of the Re
| publlcars elected was ineligible. The Dem
| ocrats Ut Louisiana talk Vt setting up q
| State government with Nichejls at its head.
| The Democratic House in South Carolina
| demands the withdrawal of United States
| troops from the Capitol General Ruger
| will reply to day. The Circuit Court has
| issued an Injunction fOrbiddiDg the banks
from paying money to Cardoza, the Repub-
| lican Treasurer under Chamberlain. If this
| sction IL sustained it will leave the Repub-
| ican government without funds. The ma
| iority Of Governor Stearps in Florida seems
| to be 458.
A Washington Republican paper sug-
| pests o plan BY which the Democrats can
| be checkmated if they insist en- repudiat
| ing the election Of Hayes. It says:
1.-THE constitution explicitly provides
that the counting OF the electoral votes
| shall be done in the presence Of the Senate
and House of Representatives. If the
| Senate will not attend in the hall of the
| House, and if the House will not attend in
| the Senate Chamber, it il very evident that
| the vote can not be counted. If the vote is
| not counted the President Of the Senate
| con make no declaration % to who is elect
/ "a r.. sdept, AID the House might then
| proceed to elect aPreeident. Bat the con-
stitution provides that when the House 10
called upon to elect President q quorum
| for that purpose ehall consist of two thirds
| of the States. > More than one-third of the
| States represented in tho House have a ma
| iority of Republicans, and it would be in
their power, by absentipg themselves, to
prevent quorum. Then the Senate could
elect Vice President, who would succeed
| to the presidency" . . .l.
But the Democrats have members in
twenty.nine of thirty. eight States, and one
! member can cast the vote of State IN the
absence of the others. So this scheme 10
| impracticsble,
Vice President Ferry says there is no
cause for alarm. II is conceded that Gro.
J min, the Oregon eleotor, had q minority OF
| the votes cast, and of course hs certificate
from the Governor will do him no good.
l He said there was no rule Obliging the
senate to 20 over to the House, for one
very plain reason, namely, that there are
| no Joint or concurrent rules between
tho two houses of Congress. 1t had
been merely matter OF sccomm oss.
the Senate had hitherto gone over
| to the House because its chamber was
larger. According to the constitution the
presiding officer Of the Senate will, in the
! presence of the two houses, count the votes
ON the day set apart for doing 80. The Pres-
ident of the Senate will probably give no.
tice to the House at the proper time that be
is about to proceed to the performance of
his duty under the constitution, and the
House, 60 notified, will be invited to be
present as contemplated by it. The Senate
| will not. he believes, 70 over to the chamber
of the House. He is also of the opinion that
tho electoral vote will be cou:ed by the
President of the Senate and that no tellers
General Garfield Gays the President Of
the Senate will reject the certificate of the
Governor of Oregon on his own response
biIity. His functions are partly Judicial.
A forged certificate might be offered. In
doubled right to use his Judgment that it
was 9 forgery, and discard it accordingly.
When the two sets Of certificates came to
be opened the President Of the Senate
would have judicial power, - in the casa
given in the illustration.-New York
| Graphic.