Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-20
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THE CONGRESSIONAL COMPTON,.
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General Blssatisfsetion all Over
the Country.
Hear Elected Uaited States Senator
from Nassachusetts.
lsrsclAL pnrArczn TO TIE ooLp BILL
DAILY rEws!
opisisss On che Congregational
Electoral Biii.
NEw Yoax. Jan. ia Tr5uas's WASH
ingssa special. describing the reading Of
Tie sommittss's plan says: When the re-
part had been read through the Secretary
ssid Il was aligned BY the members Of the
committee, but did not read the names.
Al least . score Of Senators In % breath
insisted that they be read. and when II
vas found that Msrton's name was not
there ; that Of fourteen members OF the
Joint committee every one had signed II
exospt tie Indiana senator. all eyes were
turned towards him. but he offered no
minority report. and said nothing. and q
buzz Of relief from the suppressed excite
ment that lad prevailed ran through the
galleries. Sargent, who came In after the
bill had bssn read. insisted on . second
reading. and. this over. Bogy proceeded 10
administer . ssdative in the fern OF . tsdi-
ous speech.
Morton stated 10 one Of the House menu
bsrs q the committee this morning that
although he should not report no should
probably say nothing In the Senate 70 OPP
pose the passage Of the bill. He took
strong grounds last session against the
constitutional pswsr Of Congress TO throw
the settlement Of the disputed questions
growing out Of the presidential election
into the Supreme Court, or into any tribu-
nal Outside the two Houses.
Cameron Of Wisconsin favors the bill.
Booth also favors IL ~ An expsdisnt In the
intsrest OF peace. ingalls, said he liked II
a. well ~ he would any prixc-package doc
ument and did not believe u was necessary
10 hunt the country over 10 find . supreme
Judge In favor Of Tildsn for President.
Sargent said he was unalterably opposed to
the measure. Eaton said the Constitution
and laws made the two Houses Of Con-
yress the tribunal 10 count the electoral
vste and he was opposed to transferring II
70 any other body, no matter how respon.
able. Wallace favon the bill and says II
gives Congress . ssrt Of theoretical. II not
practical. supervision over the work OF the
Commission. which would probably do
away with any constitutional eelscuons,
while the bill Is practically tho same as
enacted by the Fedsralists In 1900, and 10
merely Q temporary sxpedisnt TO tide over
the present emergency. and - such he will
vote for 10. Gordon says II may he the
beat they can do, bat no does not like 10 ~
he at present understands u. Allison Ii
inclined TO be opposed 10 tho bill. PAtter-
ssn IL understsod 10 be opposed to Il.
West IL inclined 10 leok faverably upon u,
but 10 not fully decided what he will do.
Price, MAxey. Kelly and Aleorn All sup
port IT, ChAfes doss not ike tne DILL pu'
would dislike In the present emergency 70
take the responsibility OF defeating II.
Johnson. McCreery and Randolph arc un.
decided. Bayard favors II. Dawes and
Boutwell, are non-comnittal. and will pro-
sent dissenting views in tho shape OF .
speech instead Of q minority report. Jerry
BLACK says Il IL . bad bill. that the House
COMMITTEES has been ~bull-dossa. that the
American Democracy ispigeon-livsred and
h,s shovp the white feather and run bo-
fore 4 gun was pointed at them.
The T;~s. says the Republicans are gen.
orally unwilling 10 place themselves on
record. while the strongest opposition and
warmsst support arc found on the Dem
scratie side. .
tically In favor Of the committse's plans.
A Sea- Washington special says Lat
trell would be for the bill II he could DO
convinced that tho power conferred on the
tribunal would enable II 10 probe all these
Returning Board frauds 10 the bottom.
General Dix writes q long letter TO the
Ti~es. giving o history Of the methsd ri
counting the clsctoral votes and declaring
that any other way thAn py n,iowing tns
President pro tom. TO count them would
30 revolutionary. J..
a Wilmington speCiai 70 'ns ,,~ss "a
,sisrsnce 70 .ns nro ,am psrrx 'sxs n
VIII relieve Nun OF sg,Avs ssPomnvnn.y
IL IL becomes = law 'housh NO VIII no'
shrink from MS GUY.
GARFIELD says the Propcsiuon. Vo MN.
looks Ike mortgaging the future 70 ~.
over the present hitch. He doe. not snow
how the bill may be ~interprsied' III
proposes 70 give the commission power 70
20 bshind the returns from , sta'e aha IN.
vsstigate the manner J when eieonons
were conducted. thus denying 70 = otate
the constitutional right TO appoint slectoIs
In is own way, he should feel Dound 70
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Kelly says his personal conviction 10 th,i
the President Of the Senate possesses q tuii
constitutional right 70 count the electoral
vote. but there 10 such q demand from the
people for an immediate settlement OF the
pending question that he Is disposed Gay
asids his individual preference q tsAs,
sent W us passage, out no cn,','i. ~
the report ~ able, plausible and lair, and
believed the Republicans could not wisely
reject It. 81
Christiancy thought the m had