, 1877-02-13
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Icans--sllegatIons OF such = nature that thru
can neither be sustained Or refuted. md ret I'D
freedom and frequency with which these charge,
arc made naturally gives rise 10 an apprcheu
s.on that the Democrats aro preparing 10 ect
mem up ss 4 shiefd to protect them from thf
Inauguration that will arise in easo they bchayt
unIalfty In the matter OF the count, There 1,
NO LACK or SPECULATION
| % TO what the Republicans will do II the Sd o1
Aafcn comes and Democratic delays have pro
vented the completion Of the count. Ono nrot
Get talked Of is, for tho President Of tho Sen.
ate to finish the work Of counting undcr in
stsuctions from tue Senate, such instructions ID
10 placed on the ground that the Electoral Inv
naa been made abortivc By the faetious and rcyo
!utlonarJ acts Of the House, and that no 1ceis-
iation Which results IN defeat OF the consti.u.
t'onai requirement that votes should be counted
u valid Or btndlnc. This plan goes upon tht
assumption that an c1tra-constttut!ona pro
cceoing on the part Of tho House, tending t.
produce anarchy, can properly bo met and Dc
ieatcd BY an cxtFa-constEtuttona proceeding OF
INC part OF tho Senate tending to peace and good
order.
the COMMON VIEW
is. however. TINT It lies IN tho power OF tht
House. under tho Electoral law, to dcfeot tht
declaration Of tho result In perfectly legal wa1
by Eccesscs from day 10 day, and that tho Senate
possesses no clearly lawful remedy. Thcrt
would be nothing for tho Senate to de
according to this theory, but choose new Pres
!dent before the 4th OF March 10 administer TIT
executive Office Rs q locuns kae,M during an In.
tcrrcEnum of q year. WHO would bc likely to
oc selected for tic important duty Is an alto
Rether open question. Custom requires that
the presiding officer should b. taken from III.
membess Of tho body, but there is no law Il
prevent the Senate from going outside. L
might elect 1layes. aud gtyc him chance u
show tue country what kind Ut an a,ln,infstsa
lion lic could make before tho voters would ls
called upon aCain to make choice between hin
and Tilden; It might elect Grant, on the itlc:
tEat 1t would be best for him to hold over unit;
new Administration could bo rcgularly st-
stalled.
THE ILLINOIS ELEcron.
It Is believed In Republican circles that tho
reason Why tho Democrats did not casry nut
today thcir Saturday plan OF objcctlne to tho
vote OF the ineligible Elector in Illinois, wxs
that they concluded on reflection that tic result
would bc 10 prejudice tho case against Watts in
Oregon. The objection could not hare gong to
the Commission under the Electoral law, be-
causo there was no contcst!ne return from
illinois, therefore, tho question Of rejecting tho
challenged vote would hayo Leeu acted on
scparatcly hy tho two Houses, nnd as tho
Senate would nut have consented to throw
tue votc out, It would have been counted, Thu,
the only plain case Of the disqualification uf
an Etector at the time be cast .s yete wltcl, tho
Democrats have found would have been decided
against them, AMI their cllancc for making their
point IN Oregon beforo the Commission would
naturally have been diminished.
ANoSD OTHER ExTnAyAGANT nCMDns
circulating tonight Is this: That the Dcmn-
crate a. lat Carl will. after Louisiana Is de-
cidcd for Hayes, tllfbustcr until March ), when
they VII! pass resolution through the uousu
declaring that It cauuot be determined whu
was elected President; that anarchy shout. he
avoided; that it Is tho opinion Ut tic House
that tho Senate should ciect U. s. t2rans Us
PRESIDENT Of tho Hcnatc, who should at Is
President nf the United States until d new clcc.
ttou could be bad In November. Those WIN are
responsible for this rutnor declare that Dc1ntl
grats and Grant Republicans cnouch could !c
found t9s to pass .ehs resolution through. bott
gagged In packing up Ills papers at tho Nllltt
luusc. eager to be relieved Ut official carc.
. DAyANp.
newspaper Correspondent asked genator
Bsyard this evening II there was any possibility
that the 11emocsats would prevent the couple
ton Of the count In case Louisiana went agalnsL
tlcn,. The Senator replied, with great deal nf
cuphasfs, "Not They may Lcfcat Us. but they
can't Disgrace US; tliey nay bring us m,stui tunc
but they can't bring us Into contempt"