, 1877-02-24
'ng Y +a yesterday to Springer, CauiAe1d,
Hurf h, Hewitt, Cox, ami number of
othct - ncnt Democrats, but lid not meet

Is ono providing for an Immediate scasfop
Of Congress. 4 fcw Of those present wcro not
10 aseord with Tho majority, and did not 40.
prove thcir i,'ans- Among these WIS Lamar,
~l'"' 1t Is understood, tna!c scry fotribio'
speech opposing the whole scl,cmc.
The eoispratora were extremely l,usy IN tho
House nll day to-day IN tllctr attempts -
70 MAKn CONVERTS
nnd 10 CAPTURE 4 majority ri tllcie jmrty assu.
u ate*. Copies VI the bills which thc7 had pro-
pafed Tcrc passed atot|f''l among lnrfnbrfe, ex-
ma,neu a. oossacIatlc cugt ly their authors.
70 gise them their support. After the .as.aEa
Of tue rcsnftitlon ordering rccess this nftcr-
;loont which waa not test vutc, a sonlc Of tI,,
!nliaercet party friends ,,y allowing them 10
i!blu the adjourned caucus this AFTERNOON, be-
'tering that II tho policy Of the party cuutl bo
determined upon to-day
TINE NiaHf BH SAYEp,
~ there would not b. ~ mitch cxcnso for nd
lournment without action tomorrow, ti,o
democratic nembcrs Of tile House were re1uest-
u t9 rcmaln after the recess was voted, but
nearly haii Of them went away, other not
knowing that CAUCUS mas to be held,
or being Unwilling to commit themselves in id!
vance to hc governed by it, decisions. After
that tho rerolutiontsts Of tue Democratic party
hnd
GAINED IN EuNBkns
end determination slnco last Saturday evening"
McMahon At once presented q resolution that
tic Senate tiat It would b. ready to met t tit
body to continue tho counting OF tho Electoral
vote at l o'eltsk on Monday. Kehr offered
ior 5oSt sso + 5s'1ot%9 asop prfG,ans
row. and Neal, Of Ohio, proposed "a,
amendment to the substitute, which was in tho
following words: ..And that dlscusslon them
b. si' flaa upon the Oregon case" The debate
MORE Fxc,n,o Ann nxrxr :.
thao any which has occurred to any Of ths pro
yious caucuses. Those who spoke against suy
ta1tfss mt ;e,t! eY.y Of tho E!ssiersl eoant wefe
The advocates of n'lbuster,ng were Vance, of.
Ohio, David Dudley Field, Proctor Knott
Lang, and Sparks. Speaker Randall said q few
bc{ore thc caucu*, but adrls[ue caimuess All!
dcltherotion II whatever was done. Hill saltl:
that lie would be really 10 join 1t anJ project
which promised 10 accomplish auy good, but do
ftsS a'' e sidsa dssSy sS:eSSs 1 rod e :
could be suoserycd. AZ the thing now stands,
he said the weight Of the great political crdma'
Of placing man not honest1y elected By tho
people In the Presidential chair rests entirely
WITH TIE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
The Democrats are not In tho least responsible
tor 1t, but # thu 1attor should resort
,t 70 .ny revolutionary means then they would
Che shoulders OF their opponents to their oru.
Na knew Of no good to be accomplished by ex-
tEclnc measures, aud felt sure thai nothing but
injury to the party would result
to defeat the Electoral count by rcsortins 10
dtlatory mottons{would bu
THE RUIN or THE DEAocnAr1c rAHrT,
sDsr ana %sa u b1 s onss %a @ s
oral bill. II the schcsnca Of tho extreme .neu
ahnulJ succeed. he saw nothing IN tho 1uturo
but not autt revolution. busincsa destroyed, and
tl,a 1nterests OF thr country r1itned.
Mr. N1f&h}fH trCkn NFlnf]a11IY y 0f fhA AtfrrtA
the business In tho c0nntTy which reststauce to
tue operation Of the Esoctural law would Lrtnc,
aud runlindet@ members Of the consequent dis
trcss ttIat would come upun Ill sccttoas OF Tho
country. especially utx,n tho south.
biuunt could Imagine no good 10 be nt<o'r7-
p!sahed b; h',iussesiag. mud tett that gut
harm a might not only so.ns 70 the party but ta
vErt E1Ci7Eu ApExunrs,
but failed to kfrd any guod rcaaUn 1or tie cntrso
they Intend ~ pursuo- sutpe ot tl,cm asli,ut,nru
Cor. Hayes by every fneaus In their po"sr, anl
declared that they would prefer rcrolatI"r.
chaos, and anything that mlgh! coa,e rather
Than That aa sastfptr should b. Installed In tho
arc described as the most revolutionary aud
dangerous in their doctrlne and tchdonelcs Ut
any that have been made in tlu caucus durtug
the past scsal0n.
Dudley Field announced TINT he tIad
DRAWN uE two uiLLs
which le should propose for tho consideration
Of the Nousr. Tho first authorizes the tlefesttt
candidate Tor tho Pseatdaury 10 oonmcure pr,-
ceediuEs III quo warT1nto and 10 bring suit to
recover the Office In the Supreme Court OF tho
United States. The second IL tho bill already
referred to IN these DISPATCHES, and provides ior
efga la; s ssRat sss Rtss y hs y: sspa as' s: e.
a president Of the United Btat.s ad Interim.
A resolution was introduced committing tho
caucuA 10 tie support 1t thGse Two hllls,
BUT MAS p1rHATRD
hV thu AFY&Fmtb3 nf f1A In A44onrr1 Nth.
out taking action. Then tbs vote On the rc&o-
luttons Of Mc3fahou aud kalsr astontshed u4o
! conservative men In tic cs,1cus, During tho
iii thots present, but rhes, divlsioa TOOK
plaec the substitute. providing fora Joint meet
Inv tomorrow was 1cteated,-44 voting u tho
affirmative and u In the negative. McAtahon's
dlvlslon. II provides for joint meeting Of tho
Ar 10 o'c.acK on noxpAr.
=, Ihose who attended the caucus report tbat
He!c All present, and that sixty-s!x Is probably
tho full neaAllre Of their strength, whllo many
Ct those opposed to Il wcrc absent. OF tho
tonight taeir determination not 70 bo goserncd
by the yote taken Ia caucus this Afternoon.
Among .ltem ID Willis, OF Nc" York. who says
vorn AGAINST RECESS 1o-xonsow,
molten which lookl to any further delay what
ever. Ho has postponed = visit to New York in
order to do thls Numerous other Democrats
Will net With him, And the scsaIon Tomorrow
will 10 extremely Important: u the role OIL .
tuution to take \ recess until Monday Will prob
ably show whether tbs n,siority Of tho Domo-
! ctRta have the nn.rat courage Or not 10 atAhd up
asalust their hoi.haadcl associates.
TII.RAH AID HENDRICKS.
Great thtctFAt has been manifested In Was!l-
ipgton yesterstsy anil to-day to learn what t|,a
wishes u taovs. Tt!dtn aid Hendricks arc It,
re<srd to the proposed fili1ustering. Those
Democrats who aru supposed to ba most In
llnate with Ttlten divided IN op,nloa as to it,
wisdom, but thtre u conclusive evidence which
caunos possibly bo questioned that
t1e statesman Of arainercy, pszk. Is
Of these revolutionary schemes, but
that hs u giving them - active aid asl support
| l. IL IN his powrr. THIS fact hAs been brought
home % iofribly TO sumo q those Demos'as..
| who haTc heretofore been h1s Waruest pcsHou1
tr,cpds that they do MT hesitate to>i.y to :!c--
| douucc him iur It In the most .,nul*asur:d
terms. On the other hand, Coy, Hendricks has
sent word to ht4 irien,la tn Washington that tle
| !. upp0se4l to any measures which will prevent
| the Electoral count from being vonlplrt ed II.
aupts time tor. the !nauxu1atton ut uuv. Hayes