The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-26

though 1t appealed to Ave senator, fy
members of the house, and ave justices {
the supreme court. He legged bis bonol
able fiiend from Ohio (5nermap) TO- loo
a. the history of their own party, look 9
their own attitude, aud tell him some day
not now, whether he thought the republi
can party could stand stul 1cation and dis
honor in order that 1t might gain o tempo
rary advantage. He knew hat the senate
would answer him no. Must the republi
can party stullfy itself now for such a beg
gardly price? In 1866 a republican major
lily IN the two houses of congress pa'sst
the twenty-second JOINT rule, which declar
ed TINT no vote from a state should havi
any effect upon the election Of presiden
or vice president of the United Sia'e, un
less both houses of congress 10 their constt
tutional capacity said So, and yet in thu
face of this action the great party leaderl
from that valley of the Mississippi, as the
senator from Ohio (Sherman) termed 1t,
sounded the cry OF ~treachery against thosC
Of the republican party who supported thit
bill. Republicans were accufo1 OF tres.
son to their party because they would mol
slultify themselves. He then referred ia
Motions bill, which passed the senate at
the last session, and said 1t was much worse
than the pending bill. There we're three
poor, misguided republicans who voted
against that bill, Messrs. Conkling, Ell
munds and Howe, AID nov they we're ad-
dressed in terms of reproach. He would
gay nothing Of personal illusions which had
been made by senators. They belonged
with those senators, and there he would
leave them. The diff. renee between the
mi Of 1876, proposed by the senft n
from Indiana (Morton), and that Of 1877,
now before the St. ate, was that the measure
of 1876 dismissed all republican hopes,
while the mea,ure before tie senate saved
them, If under the jus: and upright oper-
atoms of Ihs law they were entitled TO be
saved. Republican senators we're TO de-
eide here now whether they would go 10
sea vi bout a compass, without a Iudder,
and trust the memorable facts for a VIC
tory, which tbey believed they had homes =
ly Won, or whether they would support
measure TO do equal just.ce t. all.
Tbi- land was the happy HON, Of freedom,
and it was fit that this ser ate should insure
happiness Of this people. He referred
to the sad example of republics Elsewhere,
aud ssktd was it not worth ri king some
thing, in order that the great experiment Of
q republic of law among men should o
fail.
THE VOTE On II ELECTORAL BILL.
The following was the ote on the cleo
toral bill in the senate:
Y,as-Alcorn, Allison, Barnum, Bay
ard Boey, Booth, Boutwell,, Chaff e,
.hri stinncy, Cockrell, CObkliug. Cooper,
Das is, Dawes, Dennis, Edmun Is,
sen, Goldthw | G, G rdon.
John .on Jones OF Florida, Jones of
Neva Ia, Kelley. Kein4n, MIC eery, Nc
D maid, Mcmillan, Maxey, M~rlimop,
Price, Randolph, Rams m, Rob.
Salisbury. Sharon, Stevenson,
Teller. Thurman, Wallace, White, Wind
ON, Wlthers, Wright-47.
Nays-Blaire Bruce, Cameron of Pen
lsy %lvsnia, Cameron of Wisconsin, Clayta n,
CoDover. Dorsey. Eaton, Hamilh n. Ham
in, Ingalls,, Mitchell. Mort N, Patterson,
Sherman, West-17.
HOUSE,.
Mr., Obrien offered a resolution directing
he secretary of the treasury to report as
o the feasibility of providing that the
system of weights and measures be
exclusively used in the assessment of duties
customs service; adopted.
Mr.. Payne moved it proceed to business
IN the speakers table in order to refer
he bill of the joint committee which had
,ome from the senate to the committe on
counting the electoral vote. He stated the
had decided to report back the
ill Immediately and let the debate run all
lay together with a night session, that the
would then adjourn till eleven
o'clock tomorrow, and he moved the call
II the previous question at two o'clock to-
Dir. Frye suggested that during the last
our hours of the DE- bate speeches should be
mited to ten minutes, in order that men,
should have an opportunity 10 explain
heir votes.
Mr.. Payne said he would modify his re-
luest so as to have to. morrow's session
at 10 o'clock, members to have
be right to enlarge their speeches for the
agreed to unanimously.
The bill was then referred to the CON-
on the electoral vote and Immediate
y reported back. After the reading Of the
ill MIR. Payne stated that the bill, as
'assed by the senate, was precisely the
anne as reported from the joint committee
ente ed a motion to recommit the bill
n order to prevent amendments being Of
cred.
Mr.. McCray, member of the Joint COM
opCuCu tue utUhte. TIC bhlu hltef
thorough, earnest and anxious considrra-
Of the great question, he, in common
both members of the committee. hai
cached the conclusion that the till ought
o pass. He spoke Of the feud which
the county in re. AID TO the SIT
ement of this dispute, said authorities
Tere cora ly numerous on both lies of
he question as to the power of the pre.i.
ent OF the se, a t Ia counting the electoral |
He thought therefore It would be
nwise and unpatriotic for the house to re-
Use to adopt a proposition which all men
light agree to as fair and just by
which the question might be set lied.
Would IT. be wise to decline such a propos
and diff on to the IA ii of February
nd 4 h of March with these c ND citing
unsettled, and take tue chance, of
dual presidency with all its horrors3 He
elieved the bill constitutional. and would