The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-25
xR. FERnY's POSITION. G

this car. only be done on Monday. bull the
House may Wy minority vote. CO. to the
Speakers table and take up and Lay aside
bill after bill until the electoral vote, is
reached. tits not likely, however, to- meet
/ with a factious opposition. Meanwhile de-
bate will proceed 'nomtnally on the resolu-i
tons reported from Mr.. knotts committee.
A careful canvass of the two houses not
only confirms the general opinion that the
electoral bill will pass both branches OF
Congress by good majority, but shows II
will meet with but slight opposltion-1ar
less, in fact, than has been heretofore sup
posed. In the Senate not more than fifteen
senator's, two Of them Democrats, are de-
termined in their opposition to. the mea-
sure, and in the House but twenty Demo-
Gratis, with, at the outside, thirty Republic
cans, will vote against it. Washington
Union. ,.s. :raE .j,.i4,i. L
.y WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I,t-s
The nomination !of Brother-in-law Sharp
to be paymaster in the army !; OF &. G.. Sniff
fen, one of the Presidents secretaries, to
be Suryeyor-Generalo of Idaho; and Ut Levi
P. Luckey, late secretary OF the President,
to be Secretary of State for Utah, meanwhile
remain Enacted on. Can it be possible that
the Senate is going to refuse to provide for
THE SOUTH CAROLINA HABEAs CORPUS CASES.
Advices from Columbia, S. c., say that
there are indications pointing to solution
OF the problem of the dual government in
that State at an early day. It will be re-
membered that soon after bis Inauguration
Cham berIain issued pardons to two Con-
victs in the penitentiary., The superintend-
ent refused to recognize these. pardons, and
one OF the convicts (Peter Smith, applied
for his release on writ OF hdbedS cor
pus. The case was heard before Judge Z.
B. Carpenter, who reserved his decision
and suddenly levanted to this city, where
he vet remains. Delays being dangerous
and the time precious, the counsel for the
other convict John Fulton) will bring his
case prominently before the Supreme Court,
on application for release OH q writ Of ha-
beas corpus, claiming that, being pardoned
by Governor Chamberlain, he is illegally
detained in custody by the superintendent.
BY this move Judge Carpenter has lost his
grand opportunity to decide and solve the
dual governmental problem.-I6. .....
THE DEBATE TUESDAY. ,.
Notwithstanding the disadvantages I'M
der which he abored, the New York Sena-
tor made in the main a powerful argument,
and the interest of his listeners did not flag
for moment during the two hours while
he was on the floor. He made several very
strong, points, utterly demolishing any
theory of the president OF the Senate having
any judicial power over the electoral vote.
MIR. Edmunds ut one point helped him out
with very apt simile when he suggested q
remark to the effect that the right OF the pre-
sident of the Senate to open the vote was
akin to that of q porter to open bale OF
goods Special to Baltimore Sun. -.
.f....,-:. L. RAscALLY TRICKS. 10
1t was said tonight by some Of them that
Senators Sherman and Morton intended, II
possible, to delay debate, so as to keep the
bill from passing before the last OF the week,
and that then they will use all their in
fluence with the President to have him hold
the bill back till after the first Of the month,
the day on which it is provided by the bill
that the two houses Of Congress shall meet
to begin the counting OF the electoral vote.
It is said also that some Of the opponents
of the bill propose. to raise the issue that,
az q tribunal OF arbitration is to be created,
the members of it must be nominated by
the President, and confirmed by the Senate.
This brilliant idea is believed to have first
found Judgment in the brain OF General
Garfield, and there is no doubt that as much
will be made Of it as possible.-Ib.
THE PRESIDENT. . .s-..-
They expect to rely as n forlorn hope
upon arousing the partisan preiudices Of
the President at the last moment. But the
President has told the Associated Press
agent that he favors the bill, and tonight q
member Of the Presidents household, than
whom no one is closer to him, stated that
the President thought tue bill could not
possibly be passed too early.-6. pa
THE TExAs-PAcIFIC SCHEME.
1t is said that Messrs. Garfield, Kasson,
and Lynde, as minority OF the Committee
on Pacific Railroads; will present Il strong
report against g9m the cottHunltngt0n com
1.-THE REPORTS on TIE DISPUTED STATES. .
It is eXpe cted that the special House COM
nittee on the presidential election in Flo
rida and South Carolina will make their re-
ports at the close OF this week. The delay
In their preparation is owing to the print
ing of the testimony which they took in
those States. The Morrison committee will
endeavor to make their report on the Lou
isiana question before the bill Of the joint
committee of Congress for determining the
electoral question shall have been disposed
of by the House. There were five SUBJ
committees in that case, and their several
reports will be considered by the full COM
mittee.-lb. =. ,s<4rEfi. a..lTni- - fs:5
zach. CHANDLER MUST EXPLAIN THIS.
WASHINGTON, January pa 'sub-com-
mittee Of the Committee onExpenditures In
the Interior Department, OF which Mr..
Mutchler, of Pennsylvania, Is chairman, Is
engaged investigating the charges that GER
tain persons are carried on the payroll OF
that department who have never rendered
days service to the Government. r.
Joseph, discussing clerk Of the department,
was before the committee to-day. he admits
irregularities in five or six instances-that
is, that there are several persons on the pay
roll under fictitious names; but denied that
they did not render any service. He said
that they performed work the same as other
employees, but why they were carried on the
payroll under assumed names he could not
.tell.-Speciat dispatch to the Gazette. ~
<. THAT INCoRRUpTBLE DARBY.
WASHINGTON, January 24.---W. B.. Nash
(colored), State senator and presidential
elector OF South Carolina, testified be-
fore the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, in open session, that Mr.: Childs,
president of the National Bank ut Coz
lumbia, sent his servant for him, and at
an interview offered him SIC, 600 in cash
and $40, GOA contingent II he would vote for
Mr.. Tilden, and 800, 900, to come from mer-
chants OF Charleston, Ii he would favor
seating the Laurens and Edsefeld delegates.
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