The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-30

ainOuHt OF courage 10 enable her 10 uil-
cover he. face, and see that the great eyes
that had SO frightened her belonged to
John Patterson.
1t is strange that neither she nor John,
during the half hour they tarried under
the apple tree, thought Of Hctty or the
gun she had gone to bring.
Perhaps neither would have rencm.
bered Hetty's boasted nerve in conncc.
ton with the use of that weapon again,
had not the young lady herself, two years
later, reminded a certain happy bride.
groom aud his equally inppy bride OF the
incident, and informed them that she
knew all the time that John was i'm the
!iogshcad, as she saw him put himself
there, ard that her part Of the converse.
tion under the apple tree was INDUCED
in solcly with view to encourage the
bashful lover to propose.
Mrs. John Patterson scOldcd her cousin
bridesmaid for her duplicity, but for all
that it was plain to be seen that she was
not angry, especially since Hetty had
that day acknowledged that she was glad
to class her cousins handsome husband
among her friends.
COUNTING TIE ELECTORAL VoTEs.-
II is conieclurcd by some perAons that if
Hayes be elected the House of Repre-
sentativcs will coEtond that the join.
rules are still in force, including the
twenty-sec0nd joint rule, which prov idsd
that in case of disagreement by tho two
houses rs 10 counting the vote Of any
state the vote should DO thrown ont
This conjecture, however, is without
foundation, for there caa be no joint
rules except by agreement Is both honsea
On this point the author Of "Bnrclny's
Digest" the very best authority in ,ucl,
cases will say in his next edition of tLp
Digest:
"Wh"nc.cr tie two houses may fail TO
adopt for the Cpngrc,, the joint rule, of
IL preceding Congress- (Which frequently
nccnrs) it would seem, ;indcr the author.
ity conferred by the constitution upon
each house, tarlicle |, section 81 TO de.
te:mine the proceedings to be the I'M
dJubted right of each house, ut pleasure,
to decline further ac9uic.ccnce in tho
enforcement Of any Que or all of them
And hence. although the joint rule. as
acquiesccd in during the Forty. third
Congress appear in this Digest the
following proceedings during the frs,
session Of the present Congress would
seen. to indicate that no joint rules grc
now in force"
There have been other close elections
but none so peculiar as this. In 1871
john Adams WAS elected by three votes.
Jefferson i'll 1901 received 73 votes and
Burr IS votes, and the question had Ia
be decided in Congress. In 1912 there
wn, difference cf only II votes between
Madison aud Clinton. In 1914 Polk wa.
elected by the electoral vote of New
York, the popular minority in that State
being only 5000. In 1S4S Taylor wa-
elected over Cass by only 10 electoral
ro;e-. Various instances urc known
where StMte elections have depended on
100 Yates or less, and the case IF March,.
Morton. chosen lis Governor uf M:.s,l-
chusetts in 1886 by II majority of 1t single
vote, hns long hcen famous. Blu despite
other instances of close elections thi.
Presidential contest IL perhaps the ;nost
remarkable on record. Aud not cnly fDr
it's cl0scness, but for iiu time CONSUMED
in settlement, mt i period when NC nee
claims To have nnnihila,cd time and
space.