The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-16
Chr Bulletin.
WASHINGTON.
Chandler on the Witness Stand
Hia kilograms Of Advice to Gov
Stearns,
Au Exciting Tisae Looked Far fr
WsshiBEt1n this Wses
Special to the - Louis Republican,
ZACH.ON The sTAND,

house began Its general investigation to-
day OF the election. Under Willis reso-
luton the .pssion of the committee wa.
held with closed doors. Zach. Chandler
vas on tie stand for seyera! hours, and
answered quite frankly to all questions
asked until TO q certain point. lie was
asked if Oh the Sth OF November he tel
egraphed to Gov. Stearns to 90 on with
the count, and troops would be furnished
He answered, II think ! did" The
next question was: "Did you send this
dispatch solely on your own RESPONSE
bility or after consultation with anyone:
10 this he would not answer, asking
time to consider lie Was given until
Monday.
ZACH. WANTS TO DEIEEMISL
Whether he will refuse to connect hi- &C.
tious n. chairman Of the committee with
the administration BY snsweTia. the
question. The stenogrspher OF the Re
Publican executive committee was also
on the stand and questioned briefly.
Zach, il TO be examined further Oh Mon
day, when the doors will probably be
opened to the press. Mccormick. seere.
tary OF the committee, has also been sum
noned 10 appear.
Anew PROPOSITION.
A report is published to-day that the
joint committee is considering . propo
sition 10 refer the votes OF the disputed
states TO commission, 10 be composed
OF nine members of congress and the four
OF the supreme judges longest IN service.
II /. generally credited rs being well au-
thenticated II Is .aid that Edmunds is
the author Of the plan, and that Morton
and Freiinghuysen opposed il in the
senate committee. while Conkling and
three Democrats gave it passive support.
The house committee was called In yes
terday when the proposition was dis.
cussed. There was also meeting 0. the
Joint committee to-day, but no action was
taken.
ACcoRpi,G 10 IHE propositions
Five members OF each branch are 10 oe
selected. aud one Of the ten dropped by
lot. thu. deciding the political majority
oi the commission ON tile part OF con-
gress. OF the four supreme judges
~wayne aud Miller are Republicans, and
Dav, and Clifford are set down a= DEM
ocrats. Tie proposition Ia, been The
chief topic OF conversation this aitsrnoon
aad evening and opinions vary greatly
j. 70 it. feasibility. The extremist oil
both parties are opposed to II, While IL
receives support from that class who are
. willing 10 have the question settled 10
any manner eventhough II be by
THF BRawINn OF LoTs
BY Tilleu and Hayes personally, 80 that
the question j. settled. The careful class
| are taken BY surprise and lave not yet
had time to see if there Is hidden mean
ing in the plan. There are few leading
Democrat. who think that it Is too much
| the nature OF q compromise. They main
| tain that a. matters stand Tiiden i.
elected and cannot be counted out, ex-
! crpt By a double violation OF the con-ti.
tuition ON the part Of the president Of the
senate. Therefore they say there is no
need OF resorting to any new plan ia the
election by congress o! the president.
OSE THING l. VERY SURE,
And that is, should this proposed pial
| be reported 10 the respective branches o
| congress, either unanimously or as ma
iorty or minority report. it will NEE
with strong opposition ana also with gres
favor. At least, that is the impressior
yiew of Il.
! HOW II Is REGARDED.
While the proposition was not vote,
upon by the committee, yet il is prom
inent one. A member OF The uommitte,
said tonight that it was not the inten
ton to have the action of this commits
sion to be final, but more TO pass upoI
legal points and report 20 congress. Th
committee il to meet again Monday
when, if no agreement is had, or b,
Tuesday at the latest, II lie feared al
hopes Of one Is lost. Partisan feeling i
becoming stronger and stronger, an'
will reach climax If Chandler
brought 10 the bar OF the house for re
fusing to answer the question put 10 hin
by the committee On powers and priv
ileges OF the house.
POLITICAL DEBATE WILL BE6IN
la earnest the coming week, aud tn
symptoms generally are that FROM thi
time on the excitement here will be b,
yond anything ever seen before. {
course, old and cooler heads are tryin
to avert this, but causes tor excltemer
are 40 numerous that their efforts vi
likely PROVEN vain.
AN ADVISORY CoMslITTEK OF DEMOCRAT!
Have been in session until late hour b
night. considering the plan now betoI
; the joint committee on counting the ele
torai vote. The general condition Of o,
iitieal matters was also discussed with
: great deal Of warmth and enthusiasm
Out so near as can be learned no actie
E on any subject was taken. The tone
the discussion was 70 the effect thst =.