The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-08
NEWS Els0M LONDON.
The Electoral Commission Strengthens
Amsriesn Securities II England
A wsss Ah8u. turkeys GREAT Dip.os
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A wssa AHBts turkeys Great DlRsas
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tspeeial Correspondence bf the wufid.l
IeNpoH, Jan. 40. - Yesterday the
Times published The details OF the plan
for counting the electoral vote and de.
Gliding various disputed points which
had been reported to Congress by the
ieint committee The prospect OF this
great difficulty being bfeughtto a salts
factory termination could not fall tie
have d good eifent upot, the public here,
especially the Investing" public, for
AZ 4 have pointed out before, the dan.
gers Of the situation are likely To be
exaggerated, and ever people who have
the utmost confidence In the good faith
rf the American Government get tiii-
comfortable at the oftilheus warnings
which interested spectators are pretty
sure to scatter About. ID is wonderful,
however, how htm government bonds
and the highet class Of railroad seuuti-
ties have remained There has been al
occasional pressure OF sales, but II old
investors withdraw from the Held,
new ones immediately step Into their
places. The hews Yesterday strength
phed the mailfet all round, and / am
satisfied that II the difficulty is az
ranged very large amount OF capital
now lying idId will seek 30 lnd a chan
bel OH your Tide Of the Atlantic The
Government loans are sure 10 be alb
sufhed between the two countries; but
people here Hp once more beginning TO
ask which bf The railroads In the
United STATED afford moderately good
opportunity for Investment. There Ia
u great deal bf money ready 10 be put
6ttt II these mysterious disputes about
the pfesideley@=fUr YOU must fetUlleet
that they d,i mysterious aha in6umDres
hensible 10 the majority only
oBmfoftablytgot out OF the way Nc
doubt. ihvestefs have had enough uE
american Ifairoans' OF Il certain
elass. but Il l1uhd aud honest property
would he vpty eagerly taken 40,
This morning The Times cable mes
sages inform us that the proposed plan
is afousing ltfehg opposition, but That
Mr.. Tildeh hvots 1t. AZ 10 the meflts
Of the plan, df its probable effects, very
little is said although the impression
created IL Favorable, 80 far as our know.
ledge Of IL extenas. There may. OF
1t the sins aud otis" OF which cannot
possibly be understood Oh The mere
summary Which The cable affords us.
II would be lard, however. 10 persuade
people here that even II this "eomntoa
mise is moi adopted, some other hav-
Ing the SAME purpose LII view will not
have better success.
Ii we do lot know the end Of the
presidential question. the week has
been long enough to dispose OF one
topic on whikh q weafiseme number or
" leaders" have been printed and
speeches made. and that is the confer
ence which was to. decide the fate Of
Turkey. Instead OF that, Turkey has
decided the Ate Of tho conference. The
diplomats aid the newspapers are try
Ing to put good face ON the matter,
but the fact i plain enough that Tuf.
KEY has cone out Of this contest the
victor, and she has strengthened her
self Immensely by being able to say TO
Russia once s1ofe. You have gone as
far az you dafed-now turn back" We
heard great talk few weeks ago OF
Turkey being on the verge Of extiho.
ton. and no doubt Lord Bhaftesbufy
fully believed that when he made his
nj Constantihuple the guls
tan would yield TO any demands that
were made upbn him. but YOU may de-
pend upon III that Lord Deauonsz
field, never had any such thought, He
has understood this crisis throughout.
and tho felatife position OF tho powers,
much better than most Of the wiseaeres
who have been debating to him from
st. James Hall 40 to the oourse which
his government ought to pursue. He
has believed that Turkey could not be
driven. out Of Europe. bag and bag
gage" at this moment, or even made to
accept terms which were repugnant TO
her. This was called by BONE people
the brandy sands water style OF rea-
soning, and by others "Mahommedan.
ISM" Yet. after MI, events have turned
out pretty much as Diaraei said they
would. The great powers have gone In
with their ultimatum, and they have
been obliged TO tal lie II away again. Rus.
sia has threatened war. and when Tur=
will suit ua." she has. TO use the COM
mon phrase. "draw In her horns" and
left the Turk master OF the field. This
Ia v sry bad for the st. James Hall
orators and the liable editors." Some
of them have seen what was coming on.
and have tried to "hedge" by declaring
hat Lord Beaconsfield was playing one
Of bis favorite tricks-talltiug one way
secretly to Russia, while his agent, Lord
salisbury, was openly talking another.
Better, perhaps, an explanation OF this
sort than none at all. No doubt Lord
salisbury went to Constantinople fully
expecting TO accomplish tho object OF
ais mission and receive the reward Of
he Garter when he returned. He will
lot get the Garter, but | have heard II
,uggested that he might be offered the
Thistle.
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