The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-20
ELECTORAL COUNT.
The Grave Senate Committee
SubmitS a bras-Siraw Plan.
Its PrettincSs lies in the Draw
and the Sentiment Comes I'm
Heavy on the Chance.
An Extraordinary frejcei. Which
Plainly Indicates that lbe Chances
OF Counting In Hayes Have
GrUsB Desperate.
Count, Congress, Count with Care Count
Ia the Presence Of the vox Populaire,
9Sfor TiIdsn and Hendricks Fair,
With the0reson Vote to Spare;
the Rest for Wages and
heeiaire.
Deprived Of Lemonade. she Committee
wants stro~ tn the Count.

Deprived OF Lemonade. she Inraistee
Wants - Stros tn the geuut.
NEW YORK, January I8.--A WASH
ingtnu special says the proposition of
the Senate electoral eommittee, which
wss under consideration at the joiat
meeting Of the Senate aud House com.
mittees yesterday, provides that the
Senate shall, on the day for counting
the vote, meet with the House il. the
hall OF the latter body. The vice pres.
ident shall open ali certificates, and
tellersr appointed for the purpose, shall
as usual read, record aaI sum up the
votes; but there are 10 he counted, in
the first place, only returns to which
no objection is made. Where there is
one return only from State. and that
il objected to, the two houses will de-
termine whether 1t shall be counted;
but
Concurrence of Both Houses VIII he
Required 40 Reject Any Vote.
When two returns are made from a
State, the dispute is to be referred TO
commission or tribunal composed of
nine members of the House and SEN
ate, and the four Justices OF the Su.
preme Court the longest in the saryic
The nine mem hers of the House and
Senate are to be selected by the ap.
Poin;ment OF five Senators and five
Representatives, and then dropping
one OF the ten by drawing Of lots. The
Justices who would ,become members
Of the commission by the terms of the
proposition would be Clifford, of
Maine; Noah II. Swayne, of Ohio;
Samuel G.. Miller, of Iowa; and David
Davis, OF Illinois. The commission is
to Toe authorized To determine all ques-
lions Of dispute, their decision 10 be
nuai. The disputed votes having been
counted in the presence of the House
aud Senate, In accordance with the de-
cision " the commission, aud the
whole mum Der OF electoral votes hay-
ing been summed up by the teilers,
The President oTthc senate viii An
noonee Ibe Results I'm the Usual
Form
which viii determine who is to he the
president of toe United states.
Justice Clifford is Democrat, and
Justices SwaiHe and Miller are Repu b.
leans. Justice Davis was appointed
by President Lincoln. He has heen
known for several years as a Liberal
Republican,. The bill has not the
unanimous approval of the Senate
committee. If reports may be believed
Senator Morton and Frelinghuysen
give very re Gciant and reserved con-
senito the proposition. 1t has become
eieai, however, that no arrangements
eau 10 made between the two Houses
when they meet in joint session.
mere can be no agree ment
In fact, unless the termina-
lion of tue questions in dispute is sub
united to some fair and able tribunal
outside of Congress, whose action can
not be absolutely foretold.
Tie Proposition Is Bssed on n mn,
Passed by she SENATE ia the Year
SsCO.
Wien ali disputes concerning Presi-
dental elections Were yet mere alb
strsetioDs, the bill authorizing the APP
pointment of six members Of the Sem
ate and six from the House to act with
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
or, In case Of his absence. the Justice
OF longest service who might be In
Washington. This was TO constitute a
grand committee to hear and settle all
disputes. The bill was lost by the dis
agreement between the two Houses
The House committee aco scI3t. Ill
upon the proposition Wit. gc:zz .sg'o7.
though the prospects fog r fnol
ment cannot nov be cc,.E-si