Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-20
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
(.PEoIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL.
WARRINGTON.

TO THE DAILY SENTIN ELs
No Effort to be made to Defeat or
Detmin the Final Decision NJ the
Electoral Com mis~iOn An Effort
to be made To Reopen the south
Carolina Matter-rhe Presidents
Views upon the General Situa.
ton.
New YORK, Feb. 10.
The Times Washington special says:
| Hewett says to night that there will he
| no effort to de.eat or detain the final
| decision of the Tribunal, but he is ter-
| ribiy severe upon the Com,ni .sion and
has prepared u speech which will lie
delivered TO morrow, when the Lou.
isiara case shall he under considera-
ton, in which he will assall the Com.
mission generally and Hoar particu-
larly. He will declare when the bill
creating the Commission was under
consideration in the COMMITTEES ap
pointed to frame it, Hoar distinctly and
untquivocaliy stated that under this
measure it would be the duty Of the
| ITlDUi1di uOt OtIiy ~ uOCIti5 C6SNS vi
contest but. in naklrg its decision, it
should m into all evidence upon
which any contest was made. Hewitt
says he can sus,stan late the assertion
that Hoar made these statements Ivy
all the Democrats that we're on the
committee, and he expects to he fol
lowed in his arraignment of Hoar to-
morrow by Hutton aud Springer, who
are his Democratic colleagues on the
Commission. After Hewitt will have
delivered himself of his remarks, he
will appear before the Senate Com.
mittee on Privileges and Elections, to
tell what he knows about the attempt
10 purchase \ Republican EiectOr in
Oregon to vote for T,iden.
New YORK, Feb. 10.
1t seems now TO be definitely under
stood that a determined effort will be
made bv the Democrats to have the
South Carolina matter r-op-ned, but
there is not much prospect that they
will b. successful.
Louisiana people here are exceed
inglv conservative ia their talk, and it
is believed that some of Il EN- At least,
will be among the warmest supporters
of HAYES.
A Ir16une's Washington special
says: The Republican Senators held
a caucu> yesterday morning, at which,
although no vote was AIKEN. an i'll
formal understanding vas arrived Al,
that if the Democrats should drtermine
to fill custer in the House, to prevent
the completion of the count of the
electoral vote, it would be the duty of
ths Pre- sident of the Senate at some
,:.,xo 49, De tLA An, ~ March n, in,,t
convent N, it possible, and If not,
then in the Senate. Ia complete the
count and to declare HAYES elected.
The President said tonight hat 1t
WAS extremely doubtful whether he
would do anything more during the
next two weeks than simply to pre-
~erve the peacein Louisiana. although.
ne added, under certain circumstances.
he might be compelled To grant an
Executive recognition Of the course in
that ease. the Returning B ard hav-
ing declared Packard elected and
their action having been recng-
nized by the Electoral Tribunal. There
could ha hut u course, he believed,
however,: The Packard government
could only he sustained by the pres
ence of troops, AMI that As only twO
weeks If his administration remained,
he v nuld hardly he justified in taking
any action, since his successor might
not entertain the same views a. he
should. In that event, his action
might he place'i in 4 very unpleasant
light; besides, when he recOgni lied the
Kellogg government four years =
he received no support from n Re-
pub lean C"ngress. in the place where
he had the most right to expect
it. For these reasonS and to prevent
any emil arrassment for himself ami
his SUCCESSOR, he will take no action
until It is forced upon him. In speak
NJ OF the political aus of South
Carolina and Louisiana, The President
-a,d the cases were dis>imilar AID
could hardly be treated under one
general line of action. In South Caro-
lima the con,est had assumed such
phases that tn, whole army of The
United states would he inadequate tn
force the authority OF Cham p.rlain
upon the people of that State. They
have refused to pay then Slate taxes
10 Chamberlain. 1t would ne u>eiess
to sell ont their property, ~ no one
would buy it. Unless Chamberlain
could compel the collection Of taxes, it
would I've utterly useless for him to
axp ect to maints;n his authority Tor
any length of time. This state Of at
fairs must inevitably result in the
abandonment of all efforts by Cham
l,erlain tn maintain himself in the o.
-rcise OF gubernatorial functions.
she DecisiOm Of the Electoral Com.
mtssiOm-Ohjections Raised by
tne henate and House im the
Premises.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
The House, at 10 O'Clock, met and
took a recess until the arrival Of the
Senate at IL, when the jDilt meeting OF
Congress WAS resumed to receive the
report Of the Joint Committee IN the
question Of the Louisiana electors
Vote, which report ~as submitted in
writing. signed hy q majority Of the
Commissioners. The decision In the
Louisiana case was then read. 1t re-
cites that the Commission has, Ivy a
majority of votes decided that the
official communication continues. The
brief ground of this derisiOn is, that 1t
appears upon such evidence AZ by the
Constitution and law named in said
net of Congress il competent and per
tinent tn the consideration Of the sub