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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

But the main question remains: Why are
judges from the supreme Court invited In
TO assist - referees. Clearly because the
two houses do not agree to trust themselves,
they being the tribunal upon which the Con-
stftution hiss imposed the burden Of deci-
sion about the Electoral votes. Their fear
or belief appears 70 be that the two bodies
will divide and decide each question &c
cording 10 the partisan associations and OBJ
legations OF each member-the House thus
deciding such disputed point for Tlden and
the Senate for Hayes An umpirage Is
therefore to be called In from the supreme
Court bench. But has not the Constitution
declared what shall happen when the two
Houses 90 disagree that no candidate has =
majority Of the electors appointed. X not
the House 70 elect President and the Sem
ate 4 Vice. President,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02


For over eighty years Congress hss exer-
ci-ed the power OF counting the Electoral!
votes and determining who had been elect
Ell President and yice-President, and we
Thick Il il yet equal TO the task. II seems
20 US 10 be unnecessary to create a commits
sion 10 be composed ia part OF persons not
members Of either branch Of the National
Legislature TO determine whom the people
elected last November. and while we are
hopeful that an amicable solution ~ one Of
the most difficult profile ms hat were ever
submitted TO delibsrztive body i near 1t
hand there are some features in the plan
proposed by the joint committee well csIcu-
lated TO arouse approximations. Il Is 10 be
hoped that the committees deliberations,
the fruits Of which are 70 he seen in the bill
submitted 20 Congress. will result in the com
plste defeat Of the fraudulent purposes OF
conspirarors snd vindicate the majesty Of the
expressed will Of the people and the digni-
T. Of the bsllot-box. We are quite free to
admit that Nort0n's hostility 10 the plan
agreed upon BY the committee II primf IA
Gle evidence Of it, merits. but we prefer to
szRlyze the provisions OF the bill somewhat
more carefully before giving them our un-
qualified Endorsement, though we are quite
willing TO admit that under al circum-
stances the labors OF the committee more
than realize the expectations " the most
s4nruine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

al review Of religious progress for the
year 1876, which shows, 50 far AS ex-
ternal evidences 90, that the cause Of
Christianity has not gone backward
during the last twelvemonth. The de-
nominational memberships in this
country have materially increased in
all directions, which is the result Of the
persistent and organized revivals all
over the country. The Methodist Epis-
copal Church has increased its gain
from 900 in 1875 To $4,000. The
Northern Presbyterian Church reports
a gain Of 200. The Protestant Epis-
copal Church has increased the number
Of il communicates by nearly $4,000,
and the Lutherans report gain Of Co.,
600, partly through reyivals and partly
through German immigration. The
Northern and Southern Methodist
Churches have been reunited after an
estrangement Of 80 years, and other
wounds OF long standing in other do
nominations have been healed. This Is
a good domestic record; but the mis-
sionary labors Of American churches in
distant lands have borne fruit in graft
flying numerical abundance. Even in
Turkey, in spite OF untoward conditions,
the cause has prospered and the Cos
pei has been spread.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

The fact that the plan is supported by
such Democratic statesmen A. Senators
Thurman, B2y2rd and Ransom affords
strong grounds for the approval OF II by the
Democratic masses. The exigencie< or the
tory measure that snail honorably solve the
perilou- issue presented. All the interests
.. the republic call for peaceful settle
ment. War may become a necessity. but IL
T. an extremity that every patriot should
strive to avert: and while maintaining un-
saltertngly the rights and Liberties OF the
people. the statesmen can not disregard the
BE means OF escape from q calamity, the re-
eurrence Of which would likely subvert not
only the Presidency but the republic itself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02


The Democratic position has been that In
the case OF conflicting returns II rests with
Congress To determine which shall b count
ell. and II the two Houses are unable %
agree. the vote ~ the Stafe j. lost This
position has not been abandoned. The two
Houses are 10 exercise their power b. re-
ferring all conflicting returns 10 committees
of their owl bodies. which are 10 act upon
them precisely - Congress might art. To
prevent the possibility 81 disagreement and
% impArt jsdicial character 10 the decision.
the committees are e he reinforced BY htc
Justices " the supreme Court. just A. =
number Of ..cxperts' were added 10 the
Silver Commission. This tripartite COM
mittee will have power 70 decide between
conflicting returns, and 70 count that which
appears 10 be the true aud lawful vote
% a state, and in this respect Congress
becomes allie 10 exercise the power
which Democrats claim for Il much more
efectuslly than II could be exercised by the
concurrent action 0f the two houses. a. Il i
not 20 be expected thai Congress could sue
coed In doing mere, In The case Of > false re-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

what Prominent Democratic Journals
Say About IL.
TrFr CHANTS

A~-F~~" -N~-----%-4
Ii Il impossible 70 view the proposed plan
for dets rmining the Presidential dispute
outside the possible result II may yield. and
in fact. this j. the way nine out 0f ten per-
sons actually do view IL. The question: l.
II fair: ought 10 come Ersf; but IL does not;
il j. secondary 10 the question Whom shall
II eiects Will Il make Tiiden President or
Hayes Will il make Hendricks Vice Pres
idenf. or Wheeler; As 70 the plan itself. IL
must be admitted that II i - fair and just
a. the conditions Of the dispute admit OF. II
IL a. fair and Just . scheme 1s under tn
circumstances could possibly be framed: and
IL Il most credit2ble 10 the patriotism ard
sense Of justice ofthe seven Democrats and
SIX Republicans ~ the joint committee that
they have been able % agree upon it-----..
The Judicial apex in which the Commits
sion eliminates indicates thAt the ultimate
result will turn on constitutional and legal
poirfs--f0r Ii il sufficiently plain already
tEas the House and Senste constituents of
the commission will disagree on AL the ma
iefial points o. the dispute. and, therefore,
the i've Judges OF the supreme Court will
here i revealed the intrinsic
strength Of the Democratic cause-a
strength thai this plan Of settlement does
not impart. hut which IL MS possessed from
the beginning. There are four States In
dispute. with possibly one electoral vote In
NItI-Miuut<olA-lu Ue disputed Also.
These will present Al least four censritu
tionsl questions. and perhaps more. Al
these questions. he they four or more. will
have 10 he decided il fxyor Of Hayes 20 elect
him: only one will need 70 be decided In
favor OF Tilden TO elect him. Tilden will
70 before the tribunal with Isl undisputsd
yoies-needing only one more 70 elect:
Hayes with l65-needing ~ more 10 elect.
And here We see the aimDSf ridiculous weak
ness on the Republican cause. There are =
Electoral votes in dispute from south
Carolina. 4 from Florida, from Louisiana.
and / from Oregon. The Commission.
sworn on their conscience % well and truly
Try the cause must make a judicial award
OF ak these % votes 20 HAYES 10 elect him ;
IL he loses one Of them. he i beaten. Til
den. on the other hand. with Isl votes con-
ceded. requires but one Of the contested
votes 20 make him President. III. there
fore. the Commission decide either one "
the legal points ~ issue In his favor no
matter whether IL be the south CarOiina
question, or the Florida question. or the
Louisiana question. or the Oregon q11es-
tion-he becomes President, and Hendricks
yice-Presidenf-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

The final opening Of the door 10 a peace
ful settlement Of the Presidential dispute
% needlessly raised by Chandler. Cameron
ard Morton. with the aid of their chosen
lieuten1nts. brings an instantaneous feeling
Of relief 20 the whole country.
These provisions are remarkably fair and
Just 70 both parties. III not 20, the plan re-
ported by the committee can not be expect
ed 10 be adopted ~ Congress, nor would II
he acceptable % the country. The plan Is
not IL accordance with the views u extrem-
lists on either side. But II by It's adoption
substantial justice can be done. deadlock
OF the two Houses be prevented, and the
public mind be put ~ rest and ease. the
country will he relieved from an unex-
pecfed and difficult dilemma, snd provision
can BE- maize hereafter for such permanent
legislation on the subject a. tar wisdom and
cool Judgment or future Congress may es-
rahlish. II must by this time be obvious
that scarcely any other form o. harinoniza-
ti0n could he adopted. In calling
in the auxiliary and Confrmsforv judy
ment II the supreme Court, whstsver Il 70
be said against drawing that tribunal into
the arena Or politics, there II far higher rea-
son and wisdom than In letting things drift
into the inevitable gulf which the wreckers
% free government had prepared for their
own selfish ends.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

Cornell University has SO women
Students.
Dartmouth has students from Ja-
pan, Burmah and Brazil.
The cost Of conducting first class
church in New York City, with an au-
dience Of 500 70 1000, is about SIS, 900
q year.
The pcws in Mr.. Beccher's church
sold this year for S4s,42l 20, or SlJ,-
25s.50 less than last year. II. b. Claf-
In obtained first choice for a premium
Of 1925.
The Harvard Faculty have agreed
70 give their voice in favor of the admis-
SION Of women 70 the full privileges Of
the University. Their action has to be
approved, Of course, by the corpora
ton.
of the $4,000 Chinese in San Fran
cisco, about $50 attend the evening mis-
SION schools. Three hundred have
joined churches. Seven hundred are
members Of Christian societies and arc
studying Christian doctrines. Nearly
i'VVV regularly attend Sunday-school.
The Episcopslians Of Cincinnati
nave established a 'Bilical Institute
and School Of the Evangelists," under
whose auspices course Of daily free
lectures i TO be given, the subjects in
Guiding al the points necessary TO a
thorough theological training. The
leading Episcopal clcrgymcn in the city
are the lecturers.
At meeting Of the members Of the
walnut Street Presbyterian Church,
~. Louis, Rev. DR.. Brooks, pastor, a
proposition 10 sever their connection
with the Southern General Assembly
ana Join the General Assembly Of Pres
pyterian Church Of the United States
was carried by a vote o. 1877 70 2I.
"A New York journal gives gener.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

In recently opened mine near
Gainesville, Ga, have been unearthed
gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, titanium,
nickel, tin, molybdinum, lead, stealite,
kaolin, mica, rock-crystal, lumber, as
bestos, rubies, diamonds, garnets and
corundum.
An advantage over ordinary tea,
attributed to mate tea Of Paraguay, il
that its excessive use does not occasion
any nervous disorder. A beverage SUI
perior to coffee as usually prepared is
said TO have been INTRODUCED into Aus
tralia lately. Ii Is made from the leaf
OF the coflee-shrub, instead OF from the
berry.
Grapes have been raised in such
quantities in California that they are a
mere drug in the market, and some
farmers are pulling up their vines in
disgust. One man, however, finds ii
profitable 10 raise them IA fatten swine
with. In the vicinity Of one town four
farmers have just sown about 1000
acres each with wheat. The harvest
il in May or June.
1t is proposed bv an American CON-
pany 10 Introduce fur-seals from Alaska
into Lake Superior. The temperature
Of the lake is regarded as cold enough,
and petition will be presented TO the
Canadian Parliament and the American
Congress 10 protect the animals from
slaughter for 20 years. At the end OF
that period it il supposed the animals
will be acclimatized, and have accumu.
lated 50 as 70 afford valuable sport.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02
ITEMS or INTEREST.



Miss Lucille Western, the actress,
was 43 AZ the time Of her death.
Col. Olcott carries some Of the
late Baron de Palms ashes in snuff.
box, and the rest Of them are distributed
among members Of the Theosophical
Society.
George Francis Train says his pa
per il the largest and smallest Jour nal
ever published, and his motto is Live
IDEAS in this dead age from the most
sane man In this mad world"
Donald G.. Mitchell made his repu-
tation years ago in his "Reveries OF a
Bachelor" (by TX Marver he has long
been leading "A quiet farmers life; and
now his first book is being translated
into Italian.
The Obi'uaru is the cheerful name
Of London weekly newspaper. I'M
dertakers, embalmers, cremationists,
graye-diggers, ombstone-carvers, and
crape-makers advertise in 1t, and space
is gwen TO wills and obituaries Of the
departed.
George Eliot furnishes one Of the
notable exceptions TO what is claimed
TO be the rule, women engaged in active
pursuits are under paid. Her total
earnings from literary work during the
eighteen years she has been writing
amount 10 about $4,000, or an aver.
age Of about $4,000 per year. Her most
profitable work thus far has been
"Middlemarcb, which has brought
her in the snug sum Of $4,000; but
-" Daniel Deronda," her latest, has al
ready Melted her, il is said, $4,000.
james Gordon Bennett is said to be
brusque and overbearing in his manner,
but very generous 70 all who in any way
serve the Herald, treating them with
exceptional generosity. He has given
three five hundred dollar watches 10
employees who have shown marked en-
terprise, and To one editor, who was out
Of health, he gave a check Of fl, 0OO
with which 70 90 to Europe. "Why,
Mr.. Bennett" exclaimed the astonish-
ed recipient, 81 cant spend half Of
this" "Spend what you can and keep
the rest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02
FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL.
rCfnrlnnaff Tuauirer


If the House Of Representatives consents
20 the passage Of this bill, Il will be guilty
OF 4 grave fault-of .olitical blunder.
The report confesses that the Constitution
CLONES the President Of the senad with no
power. the two houses with all power, 70
count the votes. II the two houses nave not
the power. they can not delegate IL 10 SUI
premc Judges. 1.-THE power IL devolyed upon
Congress by the Constitution, II can not
delegate the power 10 A commission outside
OF ITSELF The Congress could = properly 20
a-hshing and select a commission 70 enact
laws for the people Of the United states.
The objections 70 the bill are fun smental.
IL would drag the Supreme Court oftne Unit
ed States into political brAwl. BY haulipg =
majority OF its members into this wrsngle.
Whether they should decide with or against
their respective parties. their motives
would be questioned, and respect for the
Court would be weakened. II comedies the
right, which i also the duty, Of
the two Houses 70 count the votes. and in
the same breath proposes 10 surrender 4
part Of that right, which might. in eject,
be AL OF it, Mr. Tilden has been elected,
or he has not been. The Constitution has
appointed a board Of arbitration, COM
mission, 10 determine this fact. That
commission l. the Congress. a. the pro-
po-ed bill comedies. The Congress Is COM
petenf TO decide the question without for
eign aid not only, but 1t has no power 10 re.
fer the question to an outside board. The
bill il pernicious one in itself. aud would
be dangerous A. precedent. The result Of
the arbitration would enr1ge, and not sat-
isfy. either party. The bill would be the
humilixting confession that, after Presi-
dent has been elected. the Constitutional
arbitrators, so men, with all the facts in
their possession. with their osths recorded,
are unable 70, or dare not. declare the re-
suit Of the election without lswiess as
si<fance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

Paris, has bequeathed the sum
Of $1,000 francs to the municipali-
ty Of Marseilles for founding an asylum
for unfortunate dogs and horses.
-When King Theodore OF Abyssinia
committed suicide, the English officers
found and brought away little boy,
the son and heir Of the deaf King. The
lad has been educated in England. in
fact the Queen has in manner adopt
cd him. The Prince Of Abyssinia Is now
at Rugby, visits the royal household
during his holidays, and is studious but
not smart.
A widespread association, under
the name Of :. Federation and Liberty
has been discovered in Moscow, whose
aim it is 70 make Russia Federal Re-
public. The Empire is 10 form five
separate States, united by federation.
The dynasty j. % be set aside, the aris-
tocracy abolished, and communal and
republican institutions TO be introduced
on the most democratic basis. Numer-
Gus arrests have consequently been
made in Moscow.
The Empress OF Germany is one Of
the most simply dressed of women, ex-
cept on occasions of ceremony. Her
bills are said TO be less in amount than
those Of the wives of many of the Ber-
lin merchants. She not unfreqnently is
seen driving out in a calico dress, and
the Princess Bismarck, fresh and come
~. though past 90 superintends her
farm work. goes about the house with
a great bunch Of keys nj her girdle in
the good old style, and her bedrooms
are filled with knitted quilts and such
articles, evidences OF her own skill and
industry.
The town Of Gheel, in the province
Of Antwerp, has been for six centuries
an abode IL madmen. There are H.
600 inhabitants in the place, and they
have charge OF 1900 lunatics from
abroad, who are among the families,
and are treated with great considera-
ton. The children from youth are
familiarlzed with the business, and all
the people know how to manage those
committed 10 their charge. One OF the
greatest social punishments that can be
inflicted On a family is TO declare that
II Is unfit 70 receive such boarders. The
lunatics are disposed OF among the in
habitants according to their wealth or
stations, the better families receiving
the weather. patients. The cures aver
age, II u said, from 60 10 IS 70 the
hundred. Ghcel Is divided into four
districts, each with its ovcrsecr and
physician. Large sums OF money are
spent in the place by the patients, and
families generally are dcsirious OF hav-
! ing one or more lunatics on their hands.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02
Inrn, iAan y throw oul .hs VOC q The

turn, than % throw out the vote or the
State.
A senator Eimunds well says. the right
10 declare who shah be President does not
rest with Congress exclusively until law
snail be passed 10 that eject. Tnis law has
been prepared for the purpose % carry ing
into execution the power conferred by the
Constitution, and i Il 20 fair and just that
IL might well. with seine notifications, be
enacted into = continuing law. Without
such law-eyen laying aside any as-ump-
fion Of power BY Mr.. Ferv-there mast in
esi,ably ensue deadlock between the two
Houses. and In that event II would ~ least
be matter Of serious question whether the
election would necessarily be thrown into
the House OF Representatives.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

Mrs. Susan Brown, young widow
living near Cambridge, o., committed
suicide by taking quantity Of rat ex-
Termination.
Miss Susie Hall, of Cleveland,
was SO badly burned by the explosion
of coal-oil lamp that she can not re-
cover.
AT Evansville, Ind, Mary Scrovers,
aged p, committed suicide by saturat-
ing towel with eight ounces of chloro-
form and holding it over her mouth
until she died. She is supposed TO have
a husband at Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Joseph Burgemeister, prom
inent citizen of Lacrosse, Wis, was ac-
cidentally shot by G. Grosskopf. The
latter, while carelessly handling re-
volver, discharged il, the ball striking
Mr.. Burgemeister in the abdomen, in
fiictiDg wound from which it is feared
he can not recover.
Two men, named Charles Wenak
and Thomas Crawford, left Muscatine,
Iowa, the other evening, to 20 TO Cen
eva Island, ABOUT 10 miles down the
river. Both men we're drunk. Their
horse was blind and the night dark.
They travelled on the ice. Nothing was
seen or heard Of the men until the fol-
lowing afternoon, when their sleigh
was traced 70 large air-hole in the ice
into which the men had driven. Both
men and horse were drowned.
MIR. Richardson, Of the firm OF
Newton 4 Richardson, pork-packers,
of Erie, Pa. was found dead in his bed,
shot through the heart. He left letters
TO his wife and partner, showing that
fear of financial embarrassment had
induced the deed, though his troubles
seem TO have been somewhat magma
Try. Richardson was young man Of
good habits, and unusually energetic,
and had never given any indications Of
suicidal purpose.
La crónica., 1877-11-24


For ell presente Sc da de que es
intencion del Concilio de la ciudad
de Los Angeles modificar Y estable-
Ger ell nivel de la Gale Olive entire
las GALES Segunda Temple del mo-
do siguiente:
En- la intersection de las GALES
Primera y Olive Sc cambiara ell nj
vel de 125 pies sobre ell nivel esta-
blecido a ITO pies sobre ell nivel es.
tablecido.
En- la intersection de las GALES de
la Corte y Olive ell nivel sera esta-
blecido a $50 pies sobre ell nivel es-
tablecido.
En- un punto en- la Gale Olive 8
medic canine entire las GALES de In
Corte y Temple, ell nivel sera esta-
blecido a 126 pies sobre ell plano es.
tablecido.
Todas las personals interesadas re-
ciben notification por ell presente
para archivar sus objeciones 81 al
guna tienen, por escrito con ell in
frascrito, Escribano del concilio, q
10 m6nos 10 dias despues de la fecha
de Ia primera publication de este
aviso.
Por 6rden del Concilio de la Gu
dad de Los Angeles,
S. B. CAswELL,
Escribano del Concilio.
Los Angeles, Novbre. Is de 1877.