The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-16
OUR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
How 1Iae Electoral Count was
Fin Ishe6.
WASHINGTON D. G. ,
March End 1877 (


WASHINGTON D. c.
March End, 1877.
We have at last q President and we
can brethe freely ence more. Presi-
dent Ferry, by declaring at 4 o'clock
this mOrAing that Rutherford b. Hayes
was the duly elected President of thes
United States, removed the load of anx-
iety from the minds of those who
have been witnesses to the actions of
those whose avowed determination
was to defeat such declaration, and to
keep the country ia strife and turmoil
forever rather than submit to it. For
week it has been evident that we
had in the House a body of disoT ganiz-
ers a. full of hatred and enmity To-
wards peace as that in 1851 which
rushed into rebellion under the Con-
federcy and further, that nothing but
discreetest craftsmanship would save
us from this evil design. AS the vote
progressed upon the various States their
fllibustsring increased in intensity
uHtill yesterday it columinated in one
Of the stormest sessions In our coun-
try's history. The Obstructionists.
then made trumped up or fraudulent
return of Vermont's electoral vote q
pretext for the most high-handed
violation OF parliamentary rules. One
Bsebee Of New York got upon his
desk in his insane excitement and
with most violent gesLiculations and
abusive language endeavored to have
himself recognized. Bat his friends
pulled him down that he might not
make . fnther exhibition of himself
as the greatest legislative donkey OF
the House. Mr.. Springer accused
Mr.. Randall of selling out to the
Radicals and from 10 o'clock q. IN,
yesterday the House has been one
continued scene Of wildcat excitem ent
The yeas and nays were called eigb-
teen times upon the various dilatory
motions offered, and in every possible
manner was the endeavor made to pre-
vent the count. O'Brier, Springer
PoppeIton and others were on one side
and the advocates of Law
andIOrder were On the other aud 1t wai
not till this morning that the conspira.
tors found themselves beaten OH every
point and gave up the contest. The
Republicans and many of the Demo
crats Veted solidly against them, anG
strange as it appears the Democrat
were hea dsd by the Immaculate Fer
naAdo Weed, who did valiant work
toward their defeat of the conspiracy
He like Rainfall, falls under the great.
est 0ppFobrinm To-day our Democratic
morning papers are filled with abuse
OF them, equalllLg in bitterness an6
VituperAtion any ever visited in the
past upon General Grant. Partisan
as Randall usually, Is he deserve.
credit for this weeks work. and By
planting himself upon the theory thai
the provisions of the cons tuition
sDjoiniHg count of the electoral
vote were mandatory and were
above and higher than any
parliamentary rules, and by his
persistent adherence to this theory
during the fierce battles of the last
n hours In ruling against all dilstory
measures and barring them wherever
opportunity offered for exercise of his
power he demonstrated that he can al
times AZ least elevate himself above ali
political tricksters and be 9 patriot
To him and the Democrats who backed
him in his fight against the members
Of his own political household, the
country owes many thanks, for now.as
Ia 1851, we eve debt to those whs
can rise above mere party spirit and
battle for the best interests OF theiE
country and against their own indiVu-
al wishes and interests. The count
ef Vermont, Virgins and West Vir-
ginia was not finished till IL o'clock
and objection being made 70 Wiscon-
sin the Joint Convention dissolved
But the Senate promptly decided noi
70 sustain It and rs soon as the dilato-
~ motions OF the obstructionIsts were