The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-24


democratic committee OF the House has reported that
Hayes electors carried the State, and there thus no
room for dispute; in Louisiana, while the Returning
Board counted in the Hayes electors, the State law
gives II no authority tho for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor. Legislature. Section "a OF
the State constitution makes each House the judge
not only OF the qualifications and election but OF the
returns also OF It's members.
Article os section H. prcscribes the manner which
the Legislature shall organize and shows that the
turns OF the Returning Board have authority
the houses, and do not appear there Each House lie
the judge Of its own returns.
In relation to the Governor article 4S OF the
tuition provides that tho returns for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor shall DO sealed up and the
Secretary o; State. who shall hereupon deliver them
TO the General Assembly, which shall count the votes
and declare the election OF Governor and Lieutenant
Governor
II the Returning Board violation or the State law
and constitution, assumed to count the for Gov
crnor and Legislature, that has obviously force In
TACT the Nichols Legislature organized In accordance
with the state law, mado the canvass for Governor as
the law directs and declared Nichols DO the Gov
crnor That, the Hayes point out has nothing to
do with tho votes for tho Hayes electors, because
both In Florida and South Carolina a democratic
Governor chosen with Hayes electors. Tho two,
Louisiana democrats freely conccda There u.s. there.
FORE no dead lock. The present condition in Louisiana
Is ths:-rhe Nichols Legislature has n quorum IN
both branches. Packard has not nearly quorum in
either In tho Nichols Senate there Is quorum even
OF members conceded to be elected by the Returning
Board In the lower house thcrc is very nearly
quorum OF tho same and a full quorum capable,
under the constitution, Of judging Of tho
election Of the members. Tho Nichols Legis-
lature has made canvass, according to law,
OF the veto for Governor and found Governor
Nichols elected The Packard Legislature attempted
to do tho same thing, but had not quorum with which
to do II. The Nichols government is therefore tho
legitimate we'll the lawfully elected government
and Legislature OF tho State, and news hero IRON
republican we'll democratic sources, shows that
It is regarded and accepted by tho whole people OF
ouisiana, Packard having longer a handful OF
supporters, and being absolutely without authority or
respect outside the Stac House which no occupies
There Is doubt that the real leaders Of tho demo-
cratic party believe with tho gentleman who said this.
The town is full of rumors ght, ana both parties
anxious and suspicious. Tho rag, tag and bobta
of each sioe 80 about circulating monstrous
lies about their opponents, and il should
believe what he hears casually from such people
he would have to think that parcel OF rogues and
fools on both sides abou, tear each others
few others are DESTROYS to delay tho count
Ivy what they claim would DO legal means
and havc busted themselves for some days
IN dcvsng to this end ana in trying to as
certain what would be the exact result II they should
succeed. Tte foolish article In the Columbus State
Journal of time irritatcd and alarmed the moderate
democrats and inclined them this afternoon to couu-
teuanca hlibusterng.
Speaker Randall declared to-day to your correspon-
dent positively that he was not favor OF delay or
ibuster,ug, and 1t is understood by his friends.
II hcdocs help them the attempts OF minority OF
the House democrats delay the count beyond the Sd
OF March must fail
The republicans, meantime, arc nervous, naturally
xious to have the count completed regularly and
on their side devising ways In which to meet and
defeat h'ibustering attempts by their opponents.
Meantime .hc batherskite kind Of republicans who
abound hero just now anxious to see
the democratic party make a bunder, that they do
their best by the invention of rumors TO increase tho
prevailing irritation and excitement; naturally, there
appear also, all such occasions, abundance OF
fourth rate lawyers with their private remark
able discoveries about what Hayes might do or what
Tilden might do, as tho case may be. Meantime
the sensible and responsible mon OF both sides who
have managed keep their heads cloar sit down to
the fact that Mr. Hayes is tho President OF the
United States The republicans not greatly e,ated
nor proud OF the success. The democrats are disap
pointed but not greatly cast down. Both sides that
the result decided and that all attempts delay now
arc wrong, aud grave blundcr for the democratic
party il II should allow them There Is really no
reason why the count OF votes should not DO con.
cluded Monday and tho country nx,eties set at
rest All sensible OF both sides nc.
knowledge this here this evening" and It Is
not impossible that Mr.. Dudley Field may
succeed In making serious split In
tho democratic party, II no attempts tho somewhat
fanciful scheme of getting various bills before tho
House, which, If the House should pass them,
would pass the Senate and could not become laws
and whose plain Intention. therefore, rs everybody
sees, is delay the ana fling the country
into further and endless anxiety.
1t Is understood that tho hbustoring leaders excuse
the adjournment ovor Sunday tho ground that they
need time to ascertain the merits OF the Oregon case
Among the anxious souls hero tonight are the
carpet.baggcrs, who contemplating 1t Is said
to join the extreme democrats In their fiji
bustcring efforts They arc greatly outraged at the
sudden Of tho republican here against them.
1t is said that Messrs. Field and Tucker IN their
capacity of objcctors, mean to insist cxamlna.
ton at length of the South Carolina case spite of
the fact that the House committee unanimously 70.
ported that the State had gone for Hayes.