, 1877-02-18
| REASON PREVAILS.
/ Democratic Congressman
Meet Together in SOL
emn Council.
Some Of the Members Are Much
More Belligerent than
Grave.
An Initial Proposition Made to
'SBust Up the Confounded
Commission.''
Which Suggestion Receives
a Total Of Thirteen
Votes.
The Defeat of the Electoral
Law by Filibustering
Then Eagerly
Moved.
But the Caucus Declines to
Vote OH the Question.
It Is Finally Proposed to Act Square
", and Garry Out the Law.
This Motion Is Carried by a
Two-Thirds Majority.
Dudley Field Brings Up the Rear With q
Revolutionary Proposition.
Which Is Summarily Sque|ched by
Willis, Of New York.
Jourdan Finds the Committee !
Plank Hard Road to
Travel. !
He at Present Declines to Answer I'm /
portant Questions.
Senator Dogy, Of Missouri, Publicly ADJ
mits and BewaiIs the Oregon
Fraud.
He at Present Declines to Answer In
portant Questions.
Senator Dogy, Of Missouri, Publicly ADJ
mits aud BeWails the Oregon
Fraud.
THE DAY AFTER.
DEMOKALIZED DEN9.

| Special Dspasc* to The Tribune
| WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 17.-Thcre has
scarcely been more exciting day in Washing
| ton since Sumpter WAS fred on than this The
| Democratic party has fallen into three factions
! the desperate, the despondent, and the moder
ate. To-day everything has been chaotic. Be
| fore Monday morning it is expected that tue
| public will know whether these three factions
cun unite upon definite policy with respect tt
the Presidential count, or whether the party will
be rent into at lcas: two permanently sepa-
rate factions. To-day at 10 O'clock nearly every
Deinor1at was IN his seat in the House.
Previous notice had been given that prompt
attendance was desired. Tic rank and Gle of
the party assembled in little knots about the
Eoor couvcrsn1 with Democratic members Of
the Electoral Tribunal, like sheep without
leader. There YVES the most intense excitement.
Tue desperate men were OF course the noisiest,
and
THREATENED REVOLUTION.
Their policy is to defeat the completion Of the
Presidential count, to prevent in fact the as
sembliug Of another Joint Convention; to CON-
pel the resignation of the Democratic members
OF the Electoral Commission, to undo that which
two weeks ago they were So anxious to accoul-
plish. But even thu most desperate couid suggest
no definite policy. They were met at every
hand by the following suggestions OF their more
moderate associates: tine compromise bill
was emphatic.li1y
DEMOCRATIC MEASURE.
In the Senate one Democrat only voted against
it, and tu the House it WAS passed By much more
than a two-thirds majority. It received Tilden's
approval, was submitted to him days before 1t
passed the CAUCUS. The pledge Of the party has
Rncfl hn H1r
almost without division, would destroy the party
which refused to submit to the arbitration, and
if they rebel, waat then1 The Republican
party are now united, and would certainly do
une Of two or three things. the Vice-Prcsiden.
Of tile Senate would complete the count inde
pendent Of the House. aild Hayes would be in
uuguratcd despite filibusterins, or the Repuh-
licaas nliHht
ELECT HATES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,
and If new election was declared he would
then be President; or II it shall prove that the
contingency in which tile new election contem-
plated by the Constitution and the law
of 1875 has not arrived, the Senate could
elect Morton Vice-Prcsident, and the Dem
ocrats would prefer Hayes for four
wears to him. Besides, to dIibuster would
destroy Ill the Democrats hoped to save out Of
this grand union IN q future ior their party"
The reyolutiouists did not answer. They only
knew that the army ought to be thrown into the
Potomac River, President Grnnt impeached,
Packard killed, and the Supreme Court im-
peached, and the Republican party sent to the
deun:t1on bow-wows FOREVER.
THE MODERATE DEMOCRATS,
composed largely OF Southern men, Of repre-
OF Northern commercial centres, Of
old Wings, ol men who hate Tilden and are dis
gusted With the Oregon infamy, counseled
moderation, pointed to plighted faith and
personal honor. aud said that there was nothing
for the Democratic party or for honorable men
to do but to submit TO the award OF the arbi-
tratlon. Prominent among those who counseled
80 wisely we're some Of the most distinguished
members Of the Democratic party. Senator
Thurman said that the Democrats could not re-
ly upon him In any revolutionary scheme. Sen
ator Bavarl said flibustering would add in-
tamy to tlis defeat Jere Black declared that
REVOLUTION WAS IMPOSSIBLE, UsELEss,
and lie fr2ternized With his old Republican
friends. He and Groesbeck, Of Cincinnati, who
has been brought here as special counsel, told
somc Of his hot-headed friends that he had not
q word OF fault to find with the tribunal; that |
there were very grave questions to be consider |
Ell on both sides; that it WAS serious thing to !
90 behind the Governors certificate In ques-
tion OF this sort, and that II such q precedent |
was once established 1T might lead to the de- |
struction Of the Republic. The Democratic |
members Of the Commission generally acted
like the honorable, high-mfnded men they have |
been bsllesed to be. None Of them encouraged