The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-26
The Congressional Plan.

III lLti blOStSst ptst'lOh. W. NShtoi y
to say that the people OF the whole country
''5reathe freezer and deeper siuce the re-
port of the two Congressional committees,
appointed to devise plan for asccrtaining
and counting the electoral vote at the late
! election for President and Vice President,
was submitted to their respective Houses
on yesterday week. The full text of this
most important bill viii be found i'll another
/ part of our paper. The two committees
were constituted as follows: Senate com
mittee-Edmunds, of Vermont, chairman
of the Judiciary committee, Conkiing, OF
New York, Morton, of Indiana, and Fire.
/ linghuyson, Of New Jersey, Republicans !;
! Thurman. of Ohio. Bayard, of Delaware
and Ransom, of North Carolina, Demo-
/ Gratis. The House committee consisted
of Payne, of Ohio, IIunton, of Virginia,
Z Hewitt, of New York. and Springer, of
Illinois, Democrats; McCrary, of Iowa.
lIoar, of Massachusetts, and Willard, of
/ Michigan. Republicans. 1t will thus be
seen that the two committees were equally
divided in a strictly political sense, being
seren Democrats and secen Republicans.
The committees labored necessarily, each
acting separately. TO prepare bill which
would be satisfactory to the joint committee
> of fourteen, which result, as above stated,
WAS arrived at on yesterday week, when
, both committees held Il joint meeting and
( agreed upon the bill as published. The
only member of the joint committee who
refused to sign the report was Morton, Of
Indiana. The refusal of Morton to sign
the report Of the joint committee was an
ticipatcd. He is a restless but an accom-
plished political demagogue, and belongs
to shat peculiar and exceptional class of
/ incendiary politicians Of both parties who,
if they could have their own sweet way,
would "rather rule in he'll than serve in
! heaven" To use a common phrase, Nor
, Jon is the "5uH. dozer'' of the Republican
party. But he will signally fail in accom-
plishing his revolutionary purposes, and
will soon vanish from public view in obedi-
ence to the inexorab,e decree of both
branches of Congress, sustained, as it will
be, by the overwhelming public sentiment
OF the American people.
! We cannot discuss the merits of the bill
! in detail, and will therefore only report it's
provisions. The two Houses of Congress
on Tuesday of next week are required to
! appoint by UiUo Uoce vote fire of its mem
bers, who, with fire Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
shall constitute commission of fifteen,
/ whose duty it shall be.to decide all ques-
tiouS reSupc,iDu Go1ybIe ratt,rrc fra,,
State, which will include the two returns
from Florida, South Carolina and Louisi-
ana, as well as one vote from Oregon. The
{ bill in express terms designates by circuits,
four Of the fire members of the Supreme
Court who are to discharge the duties i'm
posed upon them, and whose names are
! Clifford Of Maine, the oldest Judge in com
mission, Strong of Pennsylvania. Miller of
Iowa, and Field of California. These four
Judges are to select the fifth one OF
course the Senate and House will each
elect five of their ablest and most distin-
guished members as representatives OF
their respective bodies, and the four Judges
of the Supreme Court will select the ftth
under the terms Of the BILL It is most
likely that either Judge Davis, of Illinois.
or Judge Bradley, of New jersey, will be
chosen.
1t is true that this bill is an anomaly in
the settlement Of a Presidential election in
this country but there must be. in The in
terests of order and the revival of confidence
among the commercial and business men
of the country, peaceable solution Of the
question. This result cannot be reached
by the armed interpOsition of the sup
porters of either Tilden or Hayes at Wash
ingt0n, on the 9Th of March next. but must
be arrived at by the calm, deliberate and
patriotic action of the brave and unselfisI,
members OF both political organizations in
Congress who love their country more than
they do their party. In this crisis Of the
Republic no man, in the language of Ed
mund Burke, ought to surrender to marty
what was meant for mankind Who is no,
in favor OF 'olessed peace?' and who but
an arrant coward advocates another crue
civil war?
=. The bill is right, and although selfish
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians, like Oliver p
Morton, John Sherman and Simon Gamer
on, are opposed 70 it, the peop1e from
Maine to Oregon heartily sustain if. anf
have demanded its passage by public meet
ines held in all the large commercial cite,
and towns in ali of which Democrats ,pf
Republicans cordially united. The bill
will pass both Houses of Congress. perbap
before we go 10 press. and Grant declare,
he is i'll favor of it aud will promptly sig.
it.
f DEATH or IERo.-Gideon G.. Frithev
, an old citizen Of Cumberland Md, died i,
that city ON Sunday. He was formerly ;
freight conductor on the Baltimore ant
Ohio railroad, About thirty years ago
| while serving in that capacity, he was III,
hero of a brave act. His train was running
rapidly, when he saw smoke issuing from