The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-26
WASHINGTON.
Concerning Florida.

Washington, Dec. 25.-There is an
entire absence of news from Florida and
apparent indifference as to what is
done there by Democratic schemers.
The Democrats claim that Cowgirl, the
Republican member of the returning
board, has promised to obey the man
date Of the court and make a new
count, and they seem to expect some
aid, bat are not very sanguine. Re
publicans here don't expect the return
ing board to pay any attention to the
order of the court, which "a considered
as illegal, but if a recount is made, it
cannot affect the Presidential vote.
The only way in which the electoral
vote can be changed is by the discovery
of such frauds on the Republican side
that reasonable men will be convinced
by the evidence that the state should
have been declared for Tilden. In such
a condition of facts, developed by the
investigating committee, the Republi-
can party, as opinion is gagged here,
would yield their present position. The
belief is strong, however, that the in
vestigation will show an opposite state
of affairs.
The South Carolina Investigation.
Private information says the South
Carolina committee Of the Senate, sent
there, is securing an unexpected
amount and strength of testimony as
the murders and intimidation by which
the election was controlled.
Cronin's Cussedness.
1t is not impossible that Cronin may
decline to deposit the returns of his
action at the Grover electoral college
with the president of the Senate. but
his reason is quite different from that
which has got into circulation. 1t
will not be retained because of the
lofty determination of his hackers 20
discard Grover and the infamous action
they themselves devised.
What Ferry Says.
Senator Ferry thinks it very probable
that some feasible plan will be sug-
gested by the conference committee
appointed for the purpose of bridging
over the difficulty about the counting
of the electoral vote, and that no call
will be made upon the president of the
Senate in February next to exercise his
power in the matter. He denies that
there is any concerted plan of action on
the part of Republicans in the Senate.
The Union Pacific and Uncle Sam.
The government directors of the
Union Pacific, in their report for 1876,
say that the frequency with which con-
ficts relative to the construction of the
Pacific railway legislation have arisen
has brought the government directors
to consider whether or not some adj
justment of the whole Ease can be
mutually agreed upon by the govern
ment and the company, which shall put
an end to the controversy between them
and settle definitely the and
time of the governments reimburse
ment. They say it is not practicable
for the company to pay the first mort
gage bonds and the S64 DOC, 900 which
would be due to the government ut the
end of the thirty-year term, and it
would seem wise for the government
and the company to agree upon the
establishment of a sinking fund which
shall reduce the Indebtedness to the
government at the end of the term, sa,
S25, 900, 900. If Congress should author
ize the making of such an agreement i
is believed the company will concu
and the result be that the government
will have all interest refunded in tn
term of thirty years, and have TIN
principal of debt reduced S25, 0OO, OOO
This would leave on the road at matur
ity of the first and second mortgages
about S52, 0O0, 900, as the bridge bond
will have been either wholly paid 0
such balance of said bonds as may re
main unpaid at the time, and sinkinl
fund bonds can be provided for b
mortgage on land, as land grant bond
|; will have been paid off by sales Of lam
to provide for the S52, 600, 900 frs