Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-12-19
Our Washington Letter,


Our Washington Letter,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. Is, 76.-
For fear that ihe investigations OF the
committees appointed 10y the House to
iuuuire into the late elections la Louis
lana, South CurUliua aid Florida
might develop some fucts calculated TO
conf lict with these called rejLrns from
those States, the Senate has deemed it
necessary To anticipate their reports
aud supply remedy Tor the maiady
which is TO be feared 10y the Rcpubli-
eau party, in appointing Senate com
mittees TO 90 over the same ground
With generally understood instructions
to contradict anything that the House
committees may report. This is very
dignihed and patriotic in the Senate
and show an aiacrity ia that body to
! promote unity OF action between the
two branches OF Congress.
The charge widely Published by the
! Republican press that the House APP
preparation Committee did not intend
| reporting any bills until the President
lai question was finally settled thereby
! intending TO inlimidate the calculating
| aud money making element of the
| country by prospect Of even harder
| tunes than We nuw suffer, has neen
! positively denied aud refuted by Judge
! Holman, chairman Of that committee,
| who assures Us that there shall be no
! delay upon their part in reporting all
| necessary appropriations. The Radi-
Gals cannot shoulder the Democratic
! party with the responsibility for the
! financial distress OF the country.
The Senate has split on the Ed
! mnds resolution for a count of the
! electoral vote toy the Supreme Court
! OF the United States and it has been
! practically swamped, Morton, Spen-
Ger, COnOYeF and Patterson.are Oppos-
81 to 1T and that of cOuTse settles IL.
IL certainly would be ve"y danger
eUus measure to organize the Supreme
! Court into permanent returning
board. The unsettled condition Of the
senate upon the Presidential question
has given rise to great hopes here that
the final issue may be peaceably aud
falriy met aud determined, and il il
expected that the fist step in that
| direction is to be taken by COnkliug,
There seems to be but little doubt hut
Jhat he l. "a, variance with his RepuU-
iiCau associates and as he can afford
10 be independent We may expect to
Heur from him soon.
On Wednesday the House passed
'he "Sjlver Uili' uy vote II 1877 to SO,
The members voting according to in
,eTcstS or locality Of representation
without regard to party lines.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, intro
duced a resolution charging fraud aud
malieasance upon Governor Grover
which has given rise 10 some debate
for the past two days without any re-
suit. IN the meantime senator Nor
ton has discovered 4 set OF ia New
Jersey in the base of Benjamin vii.
hanson, eIecEOr, whom he alleges Was
Il ;. Commissioner at The time o.
his appointment. and The senate Com.
mittcC on Privileges and eiec ion:
have summoned all the parties here
for examination.
!. Colorado il still denied admission tC
the House, and viii probably be KEEP
out until the Presidential issue is met
The Shermau-Garfield report on thl
Louisiana election afforded the subiyc
Of an exciting and heated debate iu
the Senate yesterday, and Stephenson
3 Bayard and Thurman completed,
routed sherman, Morton and Wells
J. | i
. # fact it is the very flimsisst eXcur,
!, tor violation of Constitutional Law
that was ever presented to ressonin.
people. The "Outrages" are mer,
ghosts Of trifiing disturbances occur
| ring i'm many instances year anC
more before the elections
D The President has replied to the res
Olution Of inquiry regarding the occn
y patton OF Petersburg, Va. by L. :
troops on the day Of election, aud hi
reply is iusOlent, defiant and insult
ing. His excuse is similar to the on
offered in the Louisiana case. Their,
IOdS a disturbance in Petersburg SOM
time last May, and therefore Their
u was great danger of intimidation.-
. The whole tenor and language of tin
ID message is outrageous and it shoulC
; nave been returned to the Presiden
u WithOuta ny action upon It.
= The President has broken all bound
A., OF law and deCOrum, and rants ant
] -wears like anything else but the 'si
D.. lent mHn' he has been so often called
b He declares. publicly, that the large
f. majority of the voters in the country
l To wit! those who voted against Hayes
4 are unworthy Of trust, dishonest anC
D dislOyal, aud adds his Discriminate OF
P to inaugHrate his candidate at al
\ | hazards.
t Men are now engaged erectnga lin
, of telegraph to connect the Capito
e building with the United State
- Arsenal. What this can mean w
can Only su.mise. 1t is quite certain
4 that Congress has no desire to com
) municate with the occupants of th
; | barracks.
! Notwithstanding all these outrage
q a1d evidences of "a determination {,
/ resort to violence on the part of th,
Administration, everything remain
very quiet and there is no evidence
; whatever of excitement Does tn,
history of any country in the wOrlC
, afford 80 grand an instance of grea
t people rising by moral force alone
superior TO their rulers, aud fnrbear
, ing Tor the sake Of their country un.
. der the rule OF a miserable despot,
! A.
pURIJD FEElINR oN THE OPEpON