The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-26
THE GREAT ISSUE.
Passage BY the Senate Of the Joint
Committees Bill.
FoRTY-sEvEN TO SEVENTEEN
Developments Growing Out
Of the Debate.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS AUTHORITY
Only One Senator Left TO Do
Him Reverence.
CONCLUSION OF CONKLING'S SPEECH.
Blaine Falls Into the Wake of Nor
ton and Sherman.
yMR. HOAR IN THE HOUSE.
Democrats Supporting the 5ill-Repub-
Icans Divided.
Only One Senator Left TO Do
Him Reverence.
CONCLUSION OF COMBINES SPEECH
Blaine Falls Into the Wake of Nor
ton and Sherman.
HoAR IN THE HOUSE
Democrats Supporting the 5iH-Repub-
leans Divided.

Leans Divided.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WARRINGTON Jan. %, 1877
The opposition 70 shs Electoral bill broke down
Sargent, saying he had intended 10 offer sevsrh
amendments bus RETAINED because he saw noae would
DO accepted. demanded the yeas and nays. The bill
was passed BY larger vote than expected by IL
friends, forty-seven voting IT, seventeen against
and nine absent or not voting q all.
ANALYSIS OF THE
4 0fths yeas twsnty-one republicans and twenty
ok democrats OF the nays sixteen are republicans
and one democrat OF those who did not vote Sem
a.or Anthony III and would have voted the bill.
Senators Harvey, Hitchcock. Logan, Norwood and
Oglesby are absent from town. Senator Spencer did
not intend He has held constantly that there
election, that neither OF the candidates Ia en-
Mted 70 be put In and that there ought TO be new
election, hence he would not vote for any measure
which acknowledged the right Of either. Senators
-
session and "dodged."
OF the sixteen republicans who voted against tho
bill Senators Bruce, Clayton, conovor Dorsey. Ham
iton, Patterson West (ssven) Southern and all
but Mr. Bruce Of the kind called carpet-baggers who
have political future in the States they now repre-
sent. and do not represent in any broad sense
those statsa Excluding these Il appears that, while
twenty Northern republican Senators voted for the
bill only niss Notthsrn republican Senators voted
against It Counting by States the vote shows
thai Senators from thirty-one OF the thirty eight
States voted for the bill. and that OF
sixteen States both the Senators supported It, Son.
ators from neen States voted against it, and Of these
only two-Maine and Arkansas-cast both tho Sena.
sorial votes against Taken In any way the vote is
overwhelmingly in favor OF the BILL and the republ,-
can majority for 1t IL specially overwhelming.
4 TEST OF ORTHODOXY.
The attempt Of Senator Norton, therefore, to .sread
out Of the republican pary all who should support
she bill seems to be conspicuous failure II was
singular undertaking for him to make, for no
republican Senator has 50 often and 20 con.
sp'cuousIy opposed the party policy He opposed
negro suffrage long and with Characteristic per-
sstsncy. arguing that It would bring tho coun-
try and indeed roreteing many of tho evils which
sarpet-bag rule has brought tho South. His cur
rsncy hsreses are too notorious to need MENTION and
there was smile among the republican Senators at
every allusion Mr. Morton made which seemed to as.
sumo to himself greater fidelity his party than he
was willing to grant to othors the right account
Of such gresser fidelity to "rcad anybody out"
THE PRESIDENTS POWER.
In another and more important way the debate has
had unexpected effect In spite of the constant and
vehement assertions of tho Republican newspaper or
gans all the country that tho Vice President has
the power under tho constitution count the voto in
isscans such General DIX, Mr.. Slough.
ION. Mr. Colfax and others asserting the
same thing, there remained this morning
but single republican Senator who venturcd to main.
lain this doctrine, and that was Mr. Sargent, whose
opinion has particular weight In last nights de-
bate Mr. Edmunds VINO is worry thorough in what he
undertakes, read to Mr.. Norton such q number and
variety OF that gontlcmans expressions OF opposition
70 tho vico Presidents counting the vote that
poor Mr. Morton was obliged to confess that
be had never held that no ought to count
Il. but only that the two houses, who
had the right, failed to provide way then the Vice
President must 'of necessity" and not by cons,itu.
tional right, count it. As to Mr.. Sherman, ho was
asked point blank by Senator Thurman whether he
held that the Vice President had the constitutional
right 10 count the vo.c and fell into great and lament
Ablc confusion about IT, being understood to say finally
that the Two houses had rights and evidently being
mudded a. to what rights anybody hao about IT, That
ghost, therefore, laid unless Mr. Sargent should
up as witch and try to raise him.
Tho TACT Is, the greater part Of the Senate In
singular condition Of ignorance about It in December
Few men had studied the question fundamcnta ally, and
Of those who had Senator Norton for his own reasons
abandoned all ho had SAID previous sessions Sen.
aior Conkng showed In his speech that no had pro-
toundIy aud thoroughly investigated the question Hc
was master Of every detail Of IT, and he shed light
Oh u which convinced all who open TO convlc
ton, except Mr. Blame who Is said 10 have hcstated
up 10 late hour last night and at last concluded to
follow Senator Hamlin's advice aud Senator Morons
leadership and vote no.
SPECULATION x0R7oN's ACTION
There has been UGH speculation here about tho rea-
sons which induced Senator Morton to turn his back
- deliboratoly mud comuleoIv nm oil he had boo, mr.