, 1876-12-17
9UnE AWD SfGn
Are the Men Who Would
Hold Office Under
Tilden.
They Fume, and Fret, and
Breathe Forth Warlike
Prophe cies;
And Turn Their Harmless Pop.
Guns Against Southern
Conservatives.
The House Committees at
the South Becoming
Disguised.
Most Of the Frauds Discov-
cred Have a Demo-
cratic Origin.
Hanpton's Little Legislature
Still Playing on One
String.
While Chanber1ain's House Pass
esa Bill to Punish Ususpers.
Mr. Morrison's Smelling Committee d.
sires to Bulldoze President
| 0rton.
Mclean County Republicans De-
eide to Inaugurate Hayes.
CYRUS H. Mccormick and the Democratic
Central 0ommittee-George Ar
mours Citizenship.
Mclean County Republicans De-
eide to Inaugurate Hayes.
Cyrus r. Mccormick and the Democratic
Central Committee -George Ar
mour's Citizenship.


WASHINGTON: u. T., Dec lo-lL Is 8ScerIa1neo
that the purpose of the Congressional Investigate
Ing Committee on South Carolina is to disco7erM
error, if possible, which will enable them t.
claim one Tilden E1eetor in place o
Hurley, whose majority, owing to what
is claimed to be purely clerical
mistake, was only 258 The Committee has
not been able to do this yet. Gen MoEey, wh<
said 50 many Violent things during the cam
paign, in the course OF recent public speech In
Which he counseled his followers to commit nc
violence till commanded to do SO by thefr lead
er, Wade Hampton, is reported to have added
stand, when shooting does begin, commence
with Chamberlain and shoot downwards-"
The Democrats In Congress are disposed to do
their uttermoet to
PREVENT THE RlGHTFUL REPRESENTATION
OF South Carolina
Owing to the absence Of some Democratic
members Of the Elections Committee on the
Southern Investigation Committee, 1t happens
that the Republicans have q majority Of tho
Elections Committee. The Democrats who re-
main here refuse to attend the session. Tho
consequence is, there Is no quorum The Dem
ocratic Chairman announces his intention to
carry out this policy until the Democrats return
from the South. This, too, in the face OF tho
fact that there Is no contest
There Is some exciting talk here about alarm
Ing military organizations In the Western
States, ! good many Western Congressman
nave received letters within few days which
state that
ARMED ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORMING.
and that the claim is openly made that Wash
fngton City could te surrounded in ten days
with 00,000 armed men to inauouratc Ttlden-
Tie Democratic Scrgeant-at-Arms Of the House
proposcs to carry out the Hewitt fndammatory
programme in spite OF the National Democratic
Committee, and has made arrangements to call
na 7s-raeetlngs in Ohio for Jan. 8
+ Northern Democrats are endeaVor1n5 to
counttract the effect Of the published state
ments that the Southern Democrats arc not In
harmony with their Northern leaders, Ono Of
them, in the interests Of the Northern Demo-
Gratis, SAYS that Ben Hill does not
reflect the sentiments Of his colleagues, and that
he could not command 4 corpora1's guard OF fol-
lowers In any policy he might suggest In oppo-
sitiou to the will Of the Northern Democrats
The same authority states that among the
Democrats there is not the slightest disposition
to concedc the election Of Hayes. The attempt
is also making to
THROW D1sCREDIr UPON HILL
and that class Of Southern men, By cirulating
statements that their conservative position is
due to the fact that they somewhat
expect office from Hayes. The moderate
| Democrats will bring strong Influences
| tn bear upon Speaker Randall to
induce him to appoint moderate men from bis
| own partv upon the House Committee OF Seven,
which is to cooperate with the Senate commit
! tee. that will undoubtedly be eappointed Monday
| to determine upon some equitable alan Tor tho
adjustment Of the Electoral difficulty.
| The House seems disposed to make itself
ridiculous BY prosecuting
| ANOTHER CoNTEMPT CASE.
| Speaker Randall, by an apparently violent IN
| terpretatIon of the rules OF the House thlo
morning, decided that the telegram In this
mornings papers from one HAltaH
| r, Morrison was in the nature OF
q report from the Committee Of
which William R. Morrison, Of Illinois, Is Chair
man. 4 point Of order was raised BY the ne
| publcans, but not much, pressed, that It was
| curious parliamentary proceeding to cons1oef
that a telegram, which did not even purport IT.
| self to be official, had the character OF
committee report. But this telegram together
| with Nr. Orton's, was sent TO tue "uoNta&y
Committee with instructions to report at INC
| earliest practical moment what action snoo1a
be taken to compel Orion to produce these tel-
egrams. The inyiolability Of the telegraph Will
accordingly come up as
4 GRIND suBJKcT FOE DEBATE
next week. The belligerent Democrats OF tho
House may Is we'll occupy themselves with the
attempt to justify the violation Of the 1unda-
mental principles OF the Federal Constitution.
They cannot hurt anybody but themselves,for it
is undoubtedly fact that there was not dis
patch sent by the Republican Committee which
that body would not be willing that the world
should read. That Committee Is composed Of
men Of too much worldly experience to
trust matters which they would not desire ul-
timately made public to the telegraph especial
~ IN view Of the fact that some Southern agents
Of the Company have reputation OF leaking IN
| any case where the interests Of the United South
j.. .sf.