The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-13
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON
I 4slitary Hrte5eremee ID sLo.isisss.
Washington, Jan. IL. Senator West
is advised that by direction Of the Presi,
dent the military to-day interfered in
Louisiana as against n Nicholls, although
there are no particulars as to in what
way tile Interference was made , -
fa The Case Of Orion. ..-a
President Orton, OF the Western
Union. Telegraph Company will be
brought before the House tomorrow.
He Is here, but his counsel are unpre-
pared with an answer. & bsl'ia& .tiaai
1i-ss Confrsnations. esE aas
The Senate to-day confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations John G. Clark to
be surveyor general Of Dakota Terri
tory Moses NJ. Bane to he receiver Of
public moneys at Salt Lake; Charles
D. Pastor to be register of the land Of
flee at Florence Arizona; VIM. n.
Zona.
The First Joint Meeting.
The committees on counting the elee-
toral vote had their first joint meeting
this afternoon. The Senate committee
plCoCnttu u pan dutl tiiC 1lOuoc ucoilcQ
time. There will be another meeting
tomorrow. The members are all bound
to secresy. iswldik
The following are known to be the
| outlines of the proposition submittedb by
the Senate committee. at the joint ses-
sion:.
1t provides that the Senate shall on
the day for counting the vote, meet
with.the House in the hall Of the latter
body. The Vice President shall open
| all the certificates, and the tellers ap-
pointed for the purpose shall, as usual,
read the record and sum up the votes;
but there are to be counted in the first
place only the returns to which no OBJ
| lection is made. Where there is one
return only from state, and that is OBJ
jected to, the two Houses will deter
mine whether it shall be counted out.
Concurrence of both Houses will be re-
| quired to reject any vote. Where two
returns are made from one state, the
dispute is.to be referred to a commits
sioner tribunal, composed Of nine
members of the House and Senate and
the four justices of the Supreme court
longest in service. The nine members
of the House and Senate are to be So
lected by the appointment Of five sena-
tors and five representatives, and then
dropping one of the ten by drawing Of
lots. There might thus be one commits
| sion Of five senators and four members
of the House, or five members and four
senators. The justices who would be-
come members of the commission by
the terms of this proposition would be
Clifford, Swayne, Mills and Davis, this
commission to be authorized to deter
mine all questions of dispute-their de-
cision to be final. The disputed votes
having been counted in presence Of the
House and Senate, in accordance with
the decision of commission, and the
whole number of electoral votes having
been summed up by the latter, the
president of the Senate will announce
the result in the usual form, which will
determine who is to be President Of the
United States.
1t is reported that Morton will not
Eagree to the proposition of the COM
mittee.
Those Dispatches.
The executive committee Of the
Western Union Telegraph company has
control of the New Orleans kilograms.
1t is said Chester w. Chamber, men,
ber of Congress from Massachusetts,, is
a member Of the executive committee,
and should the House imprison the
whole committee for contempt, they
must therefore imprison one OF their
own number, which will be q curious
proceeding. The House is trying to
make Barnes do an impossibility.
| 1Tlden's Troubles.
For some reason the Democratic man
Eagers do not now consult Tilden, as
formerly. Some state he is irritable on
account Of the vast amount Of money
he has squandered on an uncertainty.
Booths Eloquent Effort.
Washington, Jan. 12.-Booth's speech
was listened to with unusual attention,
and at the close, he was warmly con-
graduated by Conkling, Dawes. Win
dom, Withers, and number of other
prominent senators upon its force Of ar
gument and epigrammatic elegance of
diction. Its dignity of tone and terse-
ness of expression were heightened in
effect by very impressive delivery, and
the speech is considered on all hands
the finest Booth has made in Washing
ton, and one Of the most finished orato-
rical efforts Of the season.
1t was, however, the general impress
sion to-day that the House and Senate
committees will agree on some plan for
the count Of electoral votes by Congress,
and therefore that no arbitrament like
that proposed by Booth will be neces-
~. 1H
The Police Investigation.
John A. McDevitt, of the police
force, was examined tonight, and cor
roborated Major Richards testimony
concerning Murtagh's attempting to
decoy Whitthorne into house of bad
repute through the agency Of some
woman. Witness testified that he con-
versed with Richards and Nurtagh
about the manner Of deeoying Whit
horne, and Murtagh directed Richards
to furnish witness all the money necss-
sary for carrying out the plot.
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