The New York herald., 1876-12-09
FRANK EXPRESSION FROM Mr.. FERRY.
The Presiding Officer Of the Senate Author
lied to Count the Vote.
THE WATTS ELECTORS TO Be PREFERRED.
Senator Morton on the Course To Be Pur-
sued by the Senate.
m GOVERNORS ACTION APPROVED At HOME

iM GOVERNORS ACTION APPROVED At HOME.
PROM ouR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1870
Governor Grover, Of Oregon, has caused more ex.
etement here than he probably anticipated Tho en-.
barrassment Of the extreme republicans continues
On Wednesday evening. when what had happened in
Oregon became known here, Il was al once proposed
by some hotheaded republicans that the Senate
should refuse to meet the House Tor q count the
consultation Directs and this wild project has since
been seriously discussed
A NEW REPUBLICAN DEVICE.
To-day device turned up-namely, that II tho
election falls into the House the republicans shall alb.
sent themselves and thus leave the House without
constitutional quorum for this purpose, OF . member
or members from two-thirds OF the States An
ing paper which sometimes expresses the wishes or
opinions Of prominent republicans throws out the fol.
lowing hints on this NATTER
HINTS rRox 4 WASHINGTON PAPER.
II the decision who is be President is 70 be set
Ned BY Congressional man0uvring, IL suggested that
she republicans may be able to checkmats their
opponents IN this way. The constitution
plicity provides that the counting OF the
electoral vote shall be done in tho pres
snce Of the Senate and Honse OF Rep
seesnsasiveA II the Senate will not attend
In the hall Of tho House and II the House will not
tend In the Senate Chamber II very evident that tho
vote cannot be counted II the vote Is not counted
she President OF the Senate make declaration
o. to who IL elected President and the House might
then proceed to elect President. But tho consttu-
lion provides that when the House called upon
elect President quorum for that purpose shall
ust oftwothirds OF the States More than ons-third
of the 11ases represented in the House have ma
lostty Of tepubcans, and would be In their power
By ahssntsng themselves, to prevent quorum. Then
the Senate could elcct Vice President who would
succeed 70 the Presidency.
VIEWS OF TIE xoDERArxa
1t should be said for the credit of the republican
party that Wild and revolutionary project gets no
here certain number Of members OF Congress and
others who It is very evident do stick
anything, however rash revolutionary, which they
may nnd necessary to elect their candidae but there
10 sufficient number OF members and Senators, and
those the most influential whom the test comes who
will not consent TO measures which they feel would
disgrace them The fact however. that such projects
are discussed sufficiently proves how extremely en-
barrassing to all tho projects and hopes OF the
tremists has been the occurrence in Oregon.
CONVENTIONAL PROVISIONS.
Tho constitution provides clearly against both tho
propositions far made It requires the Senate and
House together for the purpose OF seeing tho
counted, and the statute declares tho day on
which this shall be DONE Refusal to attend the JOINT
convention would be violation Of law The constitu-
ton provides that the election falls into the House,
quorum for that purpose 'shall consist Of member
members from two-thirds OF the States" and tho
democrats have member members in twenty nine
Of the thirty eight States besides which there
publcans in at least several Of the nine States which
have solid delegations OF that party who would not
lend themselves to factious revolutionary course
Mr. McCreery, OF Iowa, is undoubtedly such a man.
Under the constitution member may represent and
any such q deadlock as is suggested.
vzxws OF VICE PRESIDENT FERRY ON THE
srruATIoN-THE SENATE WILL NOT GO TO
THE HousE-THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF
THE SENATE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE con-
sTrTur1oN TO COUNT THE NOTES.-THE
WATTS OREGON ELECTORS TO BE PREFERRED
OPINIONS OF LEADING STATESMEN.
[rRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON Dec. s, 1876.
In brief exchange OF opinion about the Presidential
sontroversy Senators Edmunds and Norton each took
position that the republicans had nothing from
the Oregon case
VIEWS OF VICE PRESIDENT FERRY.
vco President Ferry questioned this evening In
regard to the Oregon difficulty. He did not to be
alarmed by the generally accepted belief that
Il threatened the OF tho republican Presidcn.
Senate TO 90 to the House tor very PLAIN
son, namely, that there joint or concurrent
rules between the two Houses OF Congress 1t had
been merely a. matter of accommodation from
Adams' time down that tho Senate had hitherto gone
ever 10 tho House because its chamber wus larger.
COUNTING VOTES.
According to tho constitution tho Presiding o0lcer
or the Senate WILL In tho presence OF tho two houses
coun, tho the day set apart for doing The
President Of tho Senate will probably give notice to
tho House the proper timo that he Is about pro-
ccea TO tho performances Of his duty under the
.u,on, aud the House. SO notified will be invited 10
bo present as contemplated by It. The Senate will
not, hs believes, go the chamber Of tho House