The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04

pectest against o fraudulent or irregular
caa nting in AZ n. President. 1t has be-
cnnc Known that in eeveral States and in
u19ny 1pcatsaies numbers of Republicans
,sIfo voted Or Hayes and Wheeler have
determined fn ioin in this protest and de-
mand fair play and an boncst count.
There is not lesist intention to break tho
peace, but IL is.- meant taat tssse i,7vs.sss::
shall be earnest, and show that the peo.
pie are attentively :saschies what is
going on and are not asleep. Letters
received -iIere froaf different Stateg by in.
huential men show that the constant re-
iteration by leadiuS Republicans hero
that the Vice President shall count aud
declare the vote at all hazards, aud the
edfIo OF this sentiment In Republican
organs produces great excitement and
irritation on tho public mind, the people
thinking that this question should be set.
tied 'by'a committee Of CongresN and not
by predetermined partisan Arrangement.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 20.
Intelligence received here from inAu-
ential men in South CaFjina elbows that
there is no likelihood Of violence there.
Tie Democrats are determined on peace
and the extent to which the taxpayers
and property owners, Republicans IN we'll
81 iDemncratsn md blacks aa we'll US whites.
are uniting to proteet agaiuat the pay.
ment oftazes u tho Chamberlain coiiec-
tors, shows that this is general fnases
ment, such AS it will be difficult 70 resist.
The circuit courts in thS State will, it is
believed, almost without exception, sus.
tain the refusal to'pay taxes 70 Chamber
lain, and declare Hampton 70 be the
rightful Governor. aud while, if the
movement included only few people,
Chamberlain's sheriffs would doubtless
seize and sell their property at auction, il
is manifestly impossible TO sell out q
whole State et sherifr's sale. There
.,1uld be no purchasers, and if any were
found they would not risk their money
on transactions which would confer no
clear title. There is reason to believe
that il General Hampton should summon
the Legislature to meet in extra session
after come weeks constitutional ntcjori.
ty of both houses. having Returning
Board certificates, would assemble at his
call for the transaction of business, and
there are signs that only very few Of
the Chamberlain Legislators would re.
main with him. Most Of them would
;;oin the Hampton Legislature, believing
it to be the legal body.
The developments in Florida are
watched here with much interest by both
sides. The extreme Republicans assert
that even If Florida is shown to have
gone clearly Demecrntic, the only elec-
TINS who had tho lawful certificate of tile
Governor have cast the vote of the
State for Hcyes, and that they OILY can
be recognized. Thus they hold, though
the Legislature and the State officeru
may turn out 70 be Democratic, this can.
not change the recorded vote of the elec
tors for Hayea, and will not help Tilden.
Some Democrats hold, however, that the
Legislature has the right to take notice
Of a fraud in the electoral returns; that
it may, on proof that the State went for
Tilden, give notice that the Hayes cleo
tons were not chosen, and had therefore
no lawful existence, and that Il may
thereupon authorize Governor Drew, who
will come into Office On the I'd of Jan.
uary, TO appoint and certify the Demo
cratic electors as being the pevsons right
fully chosen, and send communication
to Congress showing what has been done
and asking that, as matter of equity,
Congress shall rot reject the lawful cleo
toral vote of Florida simply because By
fraud the lawful electors were denied
their certificate in time 10 meet on the
appointed day. The CASE thus officially
presented, it Is held, would then be anal
| agous tc that of Wisconsin Ia 1856, when
the electors were prevented by violent
snow storm from meeting on the day by
laH sppointed. Congress in that case
| chose 10 overlook the technical irregu-
larity and admitted the vote of Wiscon-
sin, both houses by resolution agreeing
TO accept the report OF the tellers who
had counted the vote.
WAsHrNGToN, December28 %.
The committee appointed by the Senate
for the purpose of devising means for ex-:
amininE and verifying the Electoral vote
had protracted session to-day, all the
members being present but Mr.. Logan.
The committee entered upon the prelimi-
nary WORK by examining and discussing
the course adopted by each House for
meeting in joint convention, and their
decisions while in such convention, in
declaring the vote Cor President and Vice,
President since the foundation of the
government. These were taken up and
discussed In some instances quite elabo-
rately, the members of the COMMITTEES de-
string eo get all the information possible
out of the journals and records Of Con-
gress, and from contemporaneous politi.
cal history. No new PROPOSITIONS were
debated, though there was hardly mem
Der of the committee who had not re.
ceived some contribution on the uueation
from one source or another, and which.
at the proper time, may prove Of soms
value, The meeting indicated very
clearly that the committee si!! Be able %
secure An authentic account of each Joint
convention: both aa to the iournala, end
sS GsSstes en the aame, with tine e1cep.
sinn OF one or TWO oTthe eitriier Congresses.
where the journal Of the proceedings only
can be occurred. The record of the de-
bates alone will make q largo volume.
The committee will meet again 70. morrow
to reoume the discussion. They hope. by
the middle of next week, TO have 8 con.
ference with the iHouae committee, which
resumes its session id January. -
The subcommittee Of the House com
mittee, consisting of Measrs. Hunton.
Springer and Willard, have hpi q meet.
Ing for the purpose Of gathering facts f6r!
the full committee, which will meet when
ait, Payne, the chairman, returns.
When the two committees meet in Joint
session ali Tue preliminary work will hav.
been dune, and conclusive action may be
eAPsltvd early in January.
Meantime, the special cummittee of the
House, of which Mr. Knott 10 chairman.
to determine the privileges and povers OF
the House in ascer.aining and deiermin-
ing the Electoral vote, are pushing their
investigations, and will probably report
before lthe joint committee is ready for