The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-12-28
THURSDAY, DEC. 28th, 1876.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec, 23d.
GENERAL REMARKS.

IL
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec, 23d.
GENERAL REMARKS.
But little progress has been made by
Congress during the past week, toward
settling the great question of Who will
be our next President % Nearly the
entire week has been devoted by Con-
gress to the discussion of questions con-
nected in one way or another with the
Presidential muddle, while the same sub
ject has leen constantly handled by the
knots of men, who form on street corn
ers, in the lobbies of Hotels, and the
corridors of the Capitol together with
the question of whether or not resort
to arms will be made to install Mr.. Til
den. The Democrats have been more
beIligerent than usual during the past
week, and threats that they Will 1nauSu-
rate Mr.. TIlden, at any cost, have been
frequent, and sometimes these threats
have come from men of whom better
things ought to be expected. At pres
ent these incenliary remarks make but
little impression, but they are made
enough to render it important that the
friends of law and order, and a painful
execution of the peoples will, should be
preparing to repel any attempt to over
turn the Government by force. The
news that an effort is being made to re
vive the s'Knights of the Golden Circle,
in the West, has caused some apprehen-
sion here but President Grant coolly
smokes his cigar and expresses full con-
fdence that he will be able to control
any such revolutionary attempts. Many
prominent men, who have not been
friendly to General Grant for years, now
express great satisfaction that he is at
the head of the Government in lhis crisis.
COUNTING THE VOTE.
Both Houses have devoted consider
able time to al effort to agree upon
plan for counting the electoral vote.-
The Senate has appointed a committee
of seven members to cooperate with a
similar committee of the House, in the
preparation OF plan for counting votes
This committee consists of Senators
Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghnysen, Lo-
gan, Sherman, Bayard and Ransom.
The House committee is not yet ap-
pointed.
SENATOR WRIGHT ) BILL.
Senator Wright. Ct IoE-a. has intro
,i;.ccd u Hill, which prar:,Ies, ;!Iaf, after
cou.tit. s',a electoral vote III joint con
veDtica t. II. t-:o ucuaca Il the as,fai
manner, if e.,..-r -:.jss ; i -: a.
fed, Ia may apps. ~ 20. ~.-i ) u.s.
tice if the United STAGES, who shall, Il
he finds the appeal based upon good and
sufficient evidence, appoint board of
arbitration, of which he shall be chair
man, to consist Of seven members, the
remaining six to be selected from the
United States Circuit and District
Judges three from each political party.
If the appellant is not satisfied with the
decision of the Board of arbitration, he
may then appeal to the Supreme Court
of the United States, the decision of
which shall be final. This bill Will come
mp for consideration, within few days,
with fair prospect of passing the Sen
ate. It's fate in the House is problem
atical the Democratic majority there
are not likely to consent to anything
which does not make the jug with one
handle, and that on their side.
PAYMENT OF ELECTORAL. MESSENGERS.
Tae Treasury Department Las made
up the accounts Of milage due the mes
sengers who bring The electoral vote,
amounting to eight thousand, eight hun
dred and fifty-seven dollars. This is
payment at the rate of seventy five cents
{: mile, one way only. Heretofore that
SUM has been allowed each wav, but in
certifying the laws, the change was made
by mistake, aud both Houses OF Con-
gress have now sanctioned the error, by
refusing Inappropriate more than enough
to pay for one way. Where two messen-
gers come from a State, as is the case
with Oregon, Louisiana and Florida. the
question of which shall receive the mile
age must be settled by some one, but
nobody seems to know By whom.
GOV. GROVER AND THE OREGON CASE.
The Senate has spent several days in
debating the Oregon case. The Demo
Gratis 90 not generally attempt to justify
the action of Gov. Grover, but claim
that the at, having been performed,
there is 10 power to change it, and the
vote must stand oae for Tilden, and two
for Hayes. Senator Wallace, Demo-
crat from Pennsylvania, proposes to
throw olt both Waits and Cronin en-
tirely, and thus give the State but two
votes, which would throw the election
into the House. Senators Morton, Sher-
man and others have exposed the rascal
ity of the whole proceeding, and plainly
shown that Gov. Grover had no color of
authority whatever for this act and that
the action of the two Hayes electors, in
re-eleeting Watts, was perfectly legal,
and NJ matter how much democrats;
may bluster and howl, the will of the
people of Oregon must be
respected and her three votes will be
given for Hayes and Wheeler. Gov.
Grover was elected to the United States
Senate last summer, and will appear On
the fourth of March to take his seat. bnt
several Senators have expressed the
opiniol that he stands about as much
L.. l. I l. L