The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-19
WASHINGTON.
With only One Dissenting Vote
the Joint Committee Report
an Electoral Bill.
The Chairman of the House and
Senate Committee Give IL
their Unqualified Approval.
Probable AmiCable Adjustment Of all DIFF
ferenCes Between the two Parties In
the Counting Of the Vote.

WASHINGTON, January Islander
son and Wells, OF the Louisiana Re-
turning Board, arrived this morning,
and were arrested at daylight. OH.
GERS Of the House left last night for
New Orleans, to bring Kenner and
Cassanavc, the remaining members,
to the bar Of the House.
In the Senate, Jones OF Florida,
presented the petition OF Robert b.
Hilton, j. Il. Young and Robert Bul.
lock, Democratic Presidential electors
Of Florida, claiming to have been
elected, and asking that the electoral
vote cast by them for President and
Vice-President be counted, instead OF
that cast by the electors on the other
side. The petition was laid on the
table. Mr.. Jones gave notice that he
would call it up next week, for the
purpose of submitting some remarks
on the subject.
Wells and Anderson has been con-
fined in the cash room OF the sergeant
alarms all the morning. They will
be presented at the bar OF the House
after the expiration of the morning
hour. 1t is understood that they will
purge.
The report of the joint committee on
the electoral vote question is momen-
tarily expected. They are in session
now preparing their report. Mr..
Payne, chairman of the. House branch
of the joint committee on counting the
vote has just entered the hall Of the
House. The report is signed by thir-
teen members of the. committee, Nor
ton only dissenting.
In the report submitted with the bill
the committee say they have applied
the utmost practicable study and de-
liberation to the subject, and believe
the bill reported is the best attainable
for the disposition of the difficult
problems and disputed errors arising
out Of the late election. They speak
OF the difficulty OF reaching conc)u-
sion, and that they have dealt with all
the abstract questions necessarily in
volved in the legislation proposed.
The report implies that legislation
may be had on the subject in accord
ance with the constitution, but the
committee think the law proposed Is
consistent with but few principal
theories. The bill Is only directed to
ascertain for the purpose and In aid oil
the counting what are the constitu-
tional votes of the States and what ju-
risdiction exists for such purpose. The
bill only regulates the method of exer-
cisiugl the services the constitution
gave warrant for, and therefore the
law proposed is not in conflict with
that instrument.
The committee regard 1t as Of fal
greater moment that the will OF the
people should DO lawfully carried out,
than the question of who should be
President for prescribed term. They,
therefore, endeavored to frame fair
and impartial measure, in which the
legislative and judiciary are repre-
sented in the tribunal, in equal proper
tions. The composition of the Judicial
mart of the commission looks to
selection from all parts Of the Repub
lie, while it is thought to be free from
any preponderance or supposed bias
AS the completion of the necessary
constituent part of the whole, In orde
to obtain an uneven number OF com
m issioners, Is left to an agency the fur
therest from prejudice of eny existing
attainable, 1t would be difficult II no
impossit le, the committee think, t.
establish tribunal that could be les
the subject VI party criticism thar
such an one. The committee felt boun'
by the highest duty to let no bias o
party feeling stand in the way OF just
equitable and peaceful measure for ex
Treating the question from the EN-
bar, assments that at present SUI
round 1t.
The committee conclude as follows
.In conclusion we respectfully be
leave to impress upon Congress Tn
necessity OF speedy determinatio
J upon this subject. 1t is impossible
estimate the material loss the countr
will sustain from tho existing state
uncertainty, and which powerful
leads to uni ettle and paralyze business
to weaken public and private credi
to create apprehension In the minds
the people that disturb the peaoei'
tenor of their ways, and martial haI
pipess. 1t does far m0re-it TENDS
bring Republican institutions into al
credit and to create doubts OF the su
cess of our form Of government In u
minds of the people OF the republi
All considerations OF patriotism al
Justice unite in demanding OF the la
mower a measure that will bring pea
and prosperity to the country and sho
that our Republican institutions u
equal to any emergency. In this Col
nection we cannot refrain from u
9 expression Of our satisfaction that yo
~ committee, composed Of full membe