The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-27

room for fraud or conspiracy. -Four years
otA plotting and planning would leave the
republican party better organized aud more
prei1diced, and the south despairing, dis
organized and demoralized. He would
adopt and accept the views of members of
ton he would support them, conscious that
the action of the commission might bring
bitter disappointment to him, but If 1t did
he would be satisfied that he had done his
duty.
MIR. Hurlbut OF Illinois opposed the bill.
He raid every form of influence In the
weight of the senate, In the reputation OF
its supporters here, in the occasional
threats by ipjudicious men of possible
civil war and possible complications, had
been brought to bear on the house to In
1uence Individual members 10 forego their
own conclusions and their own views of
what the constitution required of them,
but be for one could not yield, He pro-
ceeded to argue against the bill.
MIR. Townsend spoke against the bill.
He said l heard yesterday a slalwart re-
publican weighing 230 pounds, telling us
there was great fear of trouble. l want
the people Ct the country to know that
there are a few republicans on whom that
great fear does not rest. (Laughter.) 1t
is not alone in regard to the states of Loui-
siana, Florida or South Carolina, that there
are difficulties, and when the question In
regard to them ia settled the whole difficult
ty is not settled; not a bit of it. The ques-
ton of Colorado remains. Every demo-
cratic press ia the country, including that
managed by the gentleman from Kentucky
(Watterson) declared for weeks that Colo
RADIO had elected a democratic ticket and
that three votes were secured for the emf
nent citizen of Gramercy Park, bat by
ana by it turned out that the vote of
Colorado wa, republican, and then all
at once it was ascertaiued that
Colorado was not a state and had no vote
when the delegate from the territory of
Colorado retired. The house refused to re-
ceive a representative from the ttate Of
Colorado, and kept him here for two
months, like Mahomet's coffin, between
heaven and earth, aud l should like TO
know from the judiciary committee where
in heavens name he ia. But there is more
light shed on this question, and that light
is from that prominent luminary, Cronin's
nose. Loud laughter. The democratic
party, the great constitutional patty, the
great strict constructionist party, has
had CroDin here to enlighten the
people and they found out that
that light was fed with oil, not
of naphtha, but with oil that cine
from New York; fed by a young man
named Pelton, the nephew and private Sec
rotary of the eminent citizen Of Gramercy
park (%laughter.) The uprising of 1861 was
simply because the democratic leaders
were likely to lose the profits of office and
for nothing else. They failed in it aud
now in 1877 we are brought face to face
with a similar state of things. The repub-
lican party has elected Hayes; the demo-
/, cratic party warts the offices. They are
hungry, their followers are hungry, this
house (speaking respectfully was hunger
I ing on the fourth Of December, 1875, and
, and has only grown more hun.
cry since. daughter That is the
difficulty that is the trouble about
the constitution: that is the trouble about
= counting the vote; that is the cause of the
t great desire to serve the country. 1 am
| asked whether l vote to entrust the power
: Of counting the votes to one man. Tha,
: is the very thing which the bill does. -Four
judges of the supreme court are to choose
| a fifth judge and he is to be the Colossus Of
a Rhodes who is to span the chasm. 1t il
one man and not the man whom the con-
stil ution chooses. The man fixed npon II
. Judge Davis of Illinois. Tho democrats
{ want a fair count and in order to insure it,
being perfectly fair and Unbiased the Mem
%phistopehles of Gramercy park has sent
t an order to Illinois that the dem
ocrars in the legislature shall cleo
y him United States senator. Not that thcrt
D is anything wrong in that, bat simply tt
make Judge Davis unbia, ed. And nov
simple republicans are asked 10 throw
t the power of the country into thu
hands Of this judge whom the democrat
e ! shall not vote for any such unbiased ar
c rangement. The whole power of thu
# country is arrogated by this house. Fo
my part | ain well enough satisfied will
r. the avs and constitution as interpreted b.
n Washington, by Jefferson, by Adams, b.
- Madison, by Monroe, without dissent il
their day. If any enc else wishes to bet
ter the constitution or better the interpreta
ton OF it | say God speed to him. an
satisfied with The old law and | mus, vot
/; to adhere to the constitution of our father
as they understood it.
- Mr.. Lynch of Mississippi said he shout
! vote against the bill because he believed
unconstitutional.
). Mr.. Knott opposed the bill. He en,ei
tanned the opinion that there was nothin
!, involved in the presidential question whic
demanded or justified the measure undo
, consid Grafton, even conceding that cor
gress had the right under the constitutio
a to pass such Il bill, which In his opinion
h d no
Mr.. Carr objected to the bill because
=. attempted to drag into the political aren
a portion of the supreme court. He d.
= sired to keep that court free from tn
:. faint of politics. He also opposed the bi
" on constitutional grounds.
' MI. Dunnell said in his opinion an emerl
a. ency had not arisen for congress TO put il
=, vile hands on the supreme court.