Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-28
CroniR, OF Oregon, Delivers the Vote OF
that State to Viee-President Ferry,
Who Refuses TO Receipt
for IL,
Randall's Letter to Orton, Who is Sub
penaed to Appear at New Orleans
The ExtraditiOn Treaty with
England.
Debate in the House onthe Question of the
Printing Of Petition as TO the
Counting Of the Electoral
Vote.

Il
lald before the house 4 message from the
President In regard to obtaining certain con.
| cesslOns from the Sioux Indians. Referred Il
| the committee on Indian affairs
A message was also received from the
| President relative to the extradition treaty
with great Britain, r. citing the conduct o.
| Great Britain IN the osisee al Nnslow anC
J 0rent, and annesncing that since Great
Britain had Voluntarily handed over Brent te
this government, he would continue to regard
| that treaty as still in operation, but he hoped
| that a new treaty would be soon entered
into. Referred to the committee on foreign
| affairs
Mr.. Hurter. from the joint committee to
provide form of government for the District
Of Columbia, reported bill which was made
the special order for January 9Th. The bill
provides that the District shall he governed
by three commissioners, one appointed by
the President, one elected by the house, and
one by the senate.
The speaker laid bejerp the house petition
from certain citizens of Cincinnati in regard
to the counting of the electoral votes. A dis
cussiOn arose to whether the petition should
be read, and therefore printed
Mr.. Garfield held that the reading OF the
petition was out Of order, even though pre-
sented by the speaker.
Mr.. Banning called M 3arfeld's attention
to the tact that number of citizens went tc
New Orleans and made a report of a partisan
nature to the President, who had Il sent tc
the house, and IT had beer printed. On the
discussion of printing that report the gentle
man l('arfeld had taken the position that
II must be printed, and now, when a petition
comes signed by citizens of both parties, the
gentleman objects to the printing of it. The
other side Of the house had also objected to
the appointment of committees to investigate
the frauds IN the southern States; and with
three exceptions voted against H. They had
also voted against the resoldiion calling fo1
information IN regard to the election of Gov
ernOr Wells from the gOyernorship of Louisi-
ana. The Republican party was attempting
to defeat the viii of the people by A-aud, but
if there was one thing the PEOPLE loved more
than another, mefe Than life, It was the lib
erty youehsti6d to them in an honest ballot
box. tApplause on the Democratic side and
in the galleries. He wished to tell the gen
tleman from Ohio Garfield that the people
would have an honest ballot-box though The
army might come with eighty rounds OF am
munlton; though the navy might be. called
on; though the eighty thousand office holders
might DC called 10 therescle; an honest people
would put them all down. Applause. he
hoped, however, that the members on the
other side would throw aside their partisan
ship and stand by the right
Mr.. Garfield said he was glad that at last a
gentleman had been found who could speak
for the American people, who could tell ex-
acty what the people were going to do. He
regretted that his colleague Mr.. Banningl
should speak on theme of real danger, ike
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wisdom, and all its fairness, and all its calm
ness, that he should have found it necessary
at such time to hint at what the people
would do; that they would defy the authori-
ty of the United Statesi thai the army might
come, that the NAVY might come, that the
trappings Of war might rattle, but that the
people would come down and overdo every
thing. 1t was the very essence of violence
for gentleman to appeal to the people to re-
slst the process of law, and in an hour ike
thus the men who attempted to shake a brand
OF fire over the country were men who ought
to be severely judged by the people.
Mr.. Banning said he thought the condition
of the country was dangerous, and that the
house ought TO proceed with cautiousness,
and certainly his side of the house was doing
it and would continue to do, but it would not
be deferred from its duty by anything or any
body. Referring to the high terms in which
the Republicans spoke in their report to the
President of Governor Wells, he sent up and
had read at the clerks desk the correspond
ence which led to his eiectment from the gov
ernorship Of louisiana. Was this the man
whom his collea -[Garfeld would have
run his dishonest Ittan honest ballct-box
and purge it Of aud which it contained ?
this man who denounced by General
Sheridan as disho I!
Mr.. Frye said to !act that men were talk
ing about war, ana gold stood at l091s and
not at 80, showed that the people did not
take any stock in the Democratic cry of war;
they were not easily frightened By the gents
who talked about the people coming and
stripping men of power some time ago
General Sheridan sent dispatch from Louis
lana, indicating that, in his Judgment. a
large portion of the people of that Statewere
banditti, and the gentleman TBannIngl and
his friends went crazy over the testimony Of
General Sheridan, and held public meeting
denounclng him for sending such dispatch
Mr.. Frye spoke for some time in defense of
Governor Wells, and In denunciatiOn of po-
htlcal outrages IN the south, particularly IN
Louisiana. Discussion was now devoted to
the Outrage question, and was somewhat pro-
longed, being participated in by Messrs. All
kns, Frye, Spencer and Willard. Finally
the petition was read. and referred to the
committee appointed to examine into the
subject. 1t contains a resolution declaring
that the president of the senate has not the
power alone to count and decide the result Of
the electoral vote.
Orton Subpenaed.
WASHINGTON, December 27.-The speaker
Of the house has caused a subpoena TO issue
against 0rton to appear forthwith before the
Morrison investigating committee with the
required kilograms.
Cronin. OF Oregon, Delivers the Elect
oral Vote of that state.
Cronin, the Tilden elector of Oregon. TO-
day delivered the electoral vote Of that State
to Vice-President Ferry, who declined TO give
a receipt, onlaccount of two returns from that
State as IN the case of Florida.
RandaII's Letter to Orton.
The following is a copy Of the letter of Mr.
Randall TO Mr.. 0rton, written Yesterday:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, d. C., December %, 1876
William Orion. Esq, President OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company, New York.
SIE-Reteuing to the copy Of the sub
pena, as accompanying your communica-
ton Of the twenty third instant, post
marked New York. Dec 2jth. pm. and by
me Just receive /, ] find that there is a clerical
error in the wit which escaped my attention
at the time II was signed, Of which YOU might
perhaps have availed yourself as an excuse
for not having brought with you the papers
they manIteStly desired to have produced.
Had you appeared before them. in Obedience
to the mandate about which you do not seem
to enterta in any doubt, namely: that Won
should be and appear before the select
committee in New Orleans on the twenty
sixth Of December, 1876, - what the committe
might have asked you, or desired to ask you.
had you appeared, either with or without the
papers, /, Of course, do not know; and If
did. / have no authority TO excuse YOU for
dlSobeying the plain peremptory mandate
that yOu should appear before the committee.
The house alone can do that. and suppose
that !. would only take cognizance Of the
matter when regularly brought to its notice
by the committee. As you have possibly not
ob,erved the resolutions adopted by the house
on December 2lth, expressing the sense of the
house m respect to It's powers and privileges
when acting through the instrumentality OF a