The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11
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2usri 81 b. WARRINGTON, Dec; a..
.EyeEy step sakeu by thS Ippamittees Of
, the genete and Hoyse pf Representatives.
eppointed Last week 70 devisr spne bAaisi
for the settlement Of the grsst conlso-,
vorsy QyeE counting. ,the eleetoral vote
will be patched with the greateat inter-,
est here in Washingtep send throughout
the entire, county. They may not Teash
/, the .aane. or einilar conclusions. Ea5.,
hsps thpt would be too much To- expect
Sof. f.cqplmittees cosaiEp.ied by rival pastiea
, in q time ofs excitement like, this, and
Yaep thu RREixze .foE which they, .ares COP,
|. testi7g igs2 greats They. may not agree
to recommend any, suls7 Of procedure to
guide ithe joipt Gouyention Wheniit ,meete
in the Senate chamber ,Yapt tha. 18th of
February. But .tbeir discussions and
their reports will certainly be Of great
value. They will clear awsyI much of
the rubbish slat now surrounds aud ob.
scures the questions at issue, and show
what has beep settled by the. Congtitu-,
ton, the Ia vs apd well-establjshed prece-
dent, apd wnat the actual diffayences ,he-
tween the <tPo houses of Congress are. /. 4.
4tTeams TO noe. very fortunate that the
counting of the ELECTORAL vote does rot
take place until after Congress has been
up: sesslon ,tYo ana o haif ns:,nths, On
the second Monday. in, December tho
,msmherst OF both, houses came here hot
with the excitement Of the campaign aud.
Of fhe mouth nf snsPenae which. followed
~, many ot theps. With vsgue notions. of
the Constitutiou, laws, aud preeedenta
applicable to, the uppsuaL condition of
iiafgirs, fnd eaeh with anme plan which
he believed j! adopted wasld result in
the inauguration OF the candidate of his
choice. Three weeks free. discussion has
shown how impracticable the most OF
these schemes. are; and if it continues in
the newspapers, ih Congress, in the cnn-
the private political gatherings until tho
secopd Wednesday, in February, both
houses of Congress- viii become better
and better fitted to deal with the delicate
questions which they Will then have to
decide, unless dninetliing unforeseen
should occur to kindle excitement anew
and arouse partisan frenzy, .i1
Many of the sugGestions which indi-
vidual members Of Congress have made
have not got into the public prints before
they haye' been abandoned; but Others
haze led to long discussion, aud although
never formally felinquished by those who
for q time defended them, are no longer
acospted 80 the basis ofa probable boIu-
ton of thia difficulty. Some of. ehese I
shall ehumerate in this letter, giving
some Of the reasons why each plan 10 no
longer seriously advocated OF 10 not like
~ to be adopted. cannot predict what
| the joint convention viii do. on the l4th
| of February, but I do kncw with reason
abis I certainty acme thingp that it will
T. lst. ThE president ;o,f the. Senate Will
MT Of his own motion assume tho re.
Spongibility Of deciding in regard to the
validity, Of the feturns from any State
which come To HIN in the customary
form. When,it Vas first learned that the
Democrats would send pretended returns
from South Carclins, Louisiana and
E!A.:as, ses she nhrEnns1 E.o4, Of laying the
foundation for 9peAtiphing those TINT
come with the officihf seals or the recog-
nizet authorities OF those States, It was
very generally held by Republicans that
the president Of re Senate could, aid
undoubtedly would, .prevent, a,iy .eucb
lqnestion from being: lsiaad,: ~ IrSeiiusiiiia
| 10 receive any petufnk exSters thni OF III;
he knew to be the genuine rotes: end it
was at one time publinhed ss c fact .hat
Mr.. Ferry would 6e Informed IN Edyarce
BY 'Governors Chamberlain, KELLOGG ami
SteafnS' who the ine3sefigefs vera from
| 1hbm he should receive the returns of
their States, and that he would decline Is
receive any others. Mr.. Fetfg's ,actiof,
| already. has shown that this report was
hot 'fouhded in :. fact : To refuse to re-
tceiye any returns would be to decide ia
advance OF the joint convention 'between
ithe coh htestants in those three States. No
tsuch 'pbwef has ever been conferred otf
the President of the Senate, either ~ The
Constitutinn, the laws or prer sdeht. and
1.-THE Senate has' given 'Ntf. Ferry no IN.
atrnctioffs In the matter. without the
lauthority or one Of the other jof these tile
President OF the Senate 'Hodid aasunte 10
such resp6fsibiIity.- ,."e ~ >" 't"-'
! Ico4eadds, ,thefsi6re,, that dhless he ID
EprevIouRtyI .fnstfacted II 6otlierwiae.' Nt.
TFerry svfif do as 'vicA p,tssid9nt Cuitas
idIhrl873. 'WterG he hhs rleacssfsed two
eets OF fctufns from siny. State he wifi
open them At5vIh sinn the ioint Convention
fand aniiounee Tie lact 81 theJrp feeebtion,
t'GalHHR 'assehtion; ~ any marks thu either
iithhy Bear which viii abafaS to identity Il
Fas The ggndiGien aihd 4egat rethfn.. 'h For
ihst&fce;;e if'6nE' b certified by the CIV.
lreFnof of The State and Scarf its broad
FISCAL, J" while, the otfiefe IL signed by i6me
other person ttAt" fact viii i'be' trFeiIiarksd
when,thS packages afe 6peGtaE.' But the
! President of the Senate will not even
:thesi 'dGaide osshich 7retGrhs should lie
.counteds If eithsr, ,'uhlesa. thai power ia
f'expresgly. .eonf!AEEsa on. him inedvapce. !.
tn1 ID, The. vote. will, not be counted by
!the President of the Senate. NY reasons
I for this Belief are tHoFold. ! expect ere
i>Senate, ins theSASSeiiee Of any;fuies,1 SyiIl
| follow the. best Iestablishedl preeedents
where the couptitptjpp aud a,lawsg are
Geliasa thas sGs sshste vii lSasa I'ot aaies reg q
l IgntruEt1 sEie actiiigt vice. Pfssideiie 1ith
this powefi iIthayitlsat the Senase, In: the
ABSENCE, of yulesl will follow, the besl
,established pFecedents where the consti.
! tuition and laws. are silent know tha!
when fiie' fifst 'PfesideEf was' choses
under 'the cohstitationJ ahe Scnatsr In
obediepeah 70, O. seatdntion apsass,d by the
I Cdnstitutii9nall o., ,Cpnvention, e,ectcd. 4
| President pro TEN. for the sole purpos,
l'6S coGntifie the vnff' and IL hos Seen
atgued that thea paEsagei of ehut res6lllI
tinn WAS in, effect ani aniintevpretation iatithe
66n9litntiQp, on this point by, itg iralnees
1 This. may be true, but If so, it was nh To-
fterpret etation chat WAS mot cIcGepted if1Sr if1Sr
+ Ster ssaeeRhat tinie, the hUat5es; 3tlIrang,
1stheiyr telleTE, 7haYeijp .the
tVbt1tipg of the. Electornl vote. y, Thianp.
broken line Of precedenty has acquired