The New York herald., 1876-12-09

Senate without any regard TO tho Cover
nors certificate Tho latter is required
only whom necessary to bo delivered to the
electors to recognize them electors on the first
Wednesday Of December at their meeting. pro-
vded Tor In section g. The certificate OF the Governor
does not make them electors but Is mere formal
declaration Of their character entering
tho essence Of It.
NO TROUBLE ABOUT IT.
Ho says there can bc no trouble about IT, as the
President OF the Senate require any certificate
from the Governor OF Oregon. The senate will not he
thinks 90 body to the House Of Representa-
tivss for the opening counting Of tho electoral
vote, but will very likely remain in its own chamber.
TELLERs TO APPoSTED.
Tho appointment of tclers will be dispensed with,
he thinks In conformity with tho Of tho rspub
ican Senator'S not required by tho constitution or
the law. AS 70 the Oregon he nclines to the
belief ,has the Watts electoral certificates will be
accepted and the Cronin set ignored
GENERAL GARYrELps OPINION
General Garfield was nterrogated onight to what
the repuAl,cans likely to find for getting
around the trouble created by tho certncation OF
democratic elector In Oregon He gave It his opin-
ion that when all the facts wsro At
hand q remedy would doubtless be dis
covered suincient 20 cure the trouble There was
ministerial duty performed by any official which
partly judicial For instance, forged cerssn-
might be orcred in such the official would
heva 0cdouhA ri0ht his INDIGNANT that
was . forgery, and discard 1t accordingly.
When the two sets Of certificates from
Oregon eame.e sos-be opAAsd sno President
Of tho Senate would have more or less OF
judicial right 70 exercise as in tho case given in the
illustration.
The question Of the relative legality OF the two
Of electors could DO settled by examination Of the
laws OF Oregon In other States tho two republicans
would have tho right MI tho vacancy bus he Gcn-
eral GarHeld) would rather see what the stat
Of Oregon provided Tho stream Of decisions had
beer all against the succeeding OF q minority
candidate except, - far as he remembered, in
one small case. that Of sheriff ,ne Indiana He
thought that II the Governors certificate had been
withheld from Odsll and Cartwright by Cronn il
only necessary TO get certified copy from the secre
tarY State's ofce and enclose this certified copy
along with their votes for Hayes and Wheeler. GER
tned COPY of paper of this character is efficient
as tho original
GovERsoE's sIGNAruRE NECESSARY.
He did not understand that 1t necessary that the
action Of the Electoral College should be certified BY
the Governor but If So 1t . feature OF the
created by the laws of Oregon. or course he would
admit that Cronn had becn elected an elector there
a statutory provision OF Oregon allowing minor
ity candidate succeed to ONCE where majority
candidate was disqualified.
WHEN THE TWO HOUSES WILL MEET.
He could not say what the Senate would do about
refusing the House to count the cleo
toral vote but he satisfied path would be found
by following the constitution and tho laws, which
would lead to peaceful settlement OF any con,ro-
versy. He believed when all the facts were at hand
the trouble about tho Oregon case would bc all
cleared up.
LORDS VIEWS
Mr. Scott Lord, speaking for the more thoughtful
qualifying Of the democratic Oregon ciestor Cronin
found favor in his eyes. lie did not wish 10 secure
success by any questionable process. He wanted to
Mr. Tiden elected by the prevalence OF right Hc
thought the Cronn matter marrcd tho moral beauty
of argument in this whole controversy
nIEsT.R cLyNYR.
Mr.. Hester Cymer, like Mr.. Lord, did not wish to
claim that Cronin elected an elector but he main
tanned that only two republican electors had been cho
from oregon. that at bcst Mr. Hayes had only
1s4 vetcs, tho Mr. Tidcn, a result which
throws the election into the House.
NO EXCITEMENT IN oREooN--rHE GOVERNORS
COURSE ApPRovED--rArLURE OF THE OFFICE
HOLDERS TO GET UP INDIGNATION MEET
1NGs.
INK TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PORTLAND, Dec. 8, 1876.
There is no excitement here whatever. On the con-
trary everything very quiet. Tho Office have
tried 10 get up indignation meetings, but ,ney did no.
succeed, the course Of the Governor very generally
approved except by that class Matters arc equally
quiet in Salem Mr.. cronn win go on TO Washington
with the Tilden vote.
STATEMENT OF WATTS AS TO WHAT OCCURRED
ON The MEETING OF TIE ELECToRs-
cIoNIN's REFUSAL TO PRODUCE TIE cFRIIrI-
cArEs-How THE ALLEGED VACANCIES WE'RE
sFILLED.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 8, 1874
press despatch from Portland, oregon, says Watts.