Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-02-17
what samuel j. has to saw.

our friends they have no reason to be d
pressed if the Commission decides again:
tn Democracy in the Florida case. G,
poet the decision will be adverse, but d
not encourage dependency The loss Q
Florida will not surprise me, but there ar
other poin's,lupon which | am confiden
the Democracy will succeed. Tilden
represented rs talking as unconcernedl
about TIE final result as though it was
case of John Doe against Richard Roe
!rt h said, | am fataliSt ia so far as
believe rs representative of the Democrat
tie final decision will be in our favor
Predictions Verified.
WA-liI>GToN, Feb. 9.-The elcctOra
commissions final decision of Florida sas
thi, evening. and the far reaching ground
/ on which it is based have fully vtri
| ii i the recent confident predictions of th'
, Republicans, and seem strongly to justly
lncir confident expectation of the ultimate
/ declaration Of the election of Hayes ant
| Wheeler. Very few Democrats can bt
| found tonight in Washington who antici
rate contrary result, but some OF The
most sinSuine still claim that the election
will b. thrown into the House by the re
| lection of the vote from Oregon.
ssow between Nesoes and Police.
rcd on lcvcc this evening between negroes
and police, and several shots were fred.
Onc negro is believed to be MORALLY
wounicd and several policemen were
struck With bricks and stones.
Mardi Gras.
The carnival season was inauguratcd by
procession of Knights of Momus-,
dream Of Momus, including a satire fpo-
litical events and State AID national ad
mnistratiohs. The streets were well filled
with spectators.
Bradlcy's Views not Comforting to
the Democrats.
NEW York, Feb. 10.-Thc Tribunc's
Washington special says: AS soon as the
the Commission met TO day the question
Of the eligibility of Humphreys was up.
Ore of the judges remarked he thought it
waste of time to go on with the discus
sion. 1t was apparent from the last private
session seven of the Commission were con-
WINGED they had no power to take up the
question Of eligibility, and, inasmuch lis
this question had been raised Ivy Bradley,
The shortest way to dispose Of it would be
for him TO indicate his views on the qucr-
ton. Bradley, however, said he preferred
10 hear further argument of both sides
fro;n members OF the Commission; SO the
debate Was reOpencnd and conducted for
some time on the eligibility question. On
Is Blyaru made "A speech OF an hour and a
half long and other commissioners occu-
pied the floor for shorter periods. At the
conclusion Bradley gave his opinion.
Neither ncmocaiic nor Republican Com
miasioncrS are willing to state the sub
stance of nradlcy's views. Some of the
Latter go - f." rs 10 say, as they under
stood them; they covtrcd all possible ques-
tioHS of eligibility hat can be raised in the
C,;srS oi electors III others States; and took
the broad HraTnd that however ineligible an
elcctor Nigh, have been 70 be voted for
if his vote was received by the electoral
college it could not be qucsted by Con
grcSs. The Democrats, while admitting
there was no comfort for them in Bradley's
opinion. do not think that it wholly pre-
cln,!cssihcm from raising the issue against
the two Louisiana electors or from making
n final stand in the Oregon case 1t is
plain from their way of talking. however,
that they have no hopes of success in either
direction, and they look upon the whole
eligibility question as likely to be fruitless of
results favorable to Tldcn.
Chicago Press on the Commission.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Thc papers of thi S
ci v tomorrow morning will express
an opinion, differently worded, that to-
days action of the electoral commission
has nearly if not quite tied the Presi-
dental election.
the lnte--orcan sees no other possible
solution of the question
The Tribune regrets the partisan line
has been drawn, but thinks for that very
reason the eventual election Of Hayes is
more certain.
The Times is more bitter than ever
against the abdication of Democratic
rights TO II political tribunal.
What the Washington Papers say.
The Sunday papers all discuss the situa-
ton with carncslness. Forney's Chroni-
Gle is satisfied with the recess ordered by
the Democratic majority, believing it will
clarity their judgment 50 as to teach them,
if not the wisdom of manly acquiescencc
at least the folly of resistance. The ChroE-
ic!e though hopeful of final decision
in favor o. the Republicans, does not con
slider the result absolutely assured by the
commissions decision
Bradley Firm.
There is report, not confirmed, but
worth mrnt oning, to the effect that some
ilitiuDtIN vi iiIc COillHilSSiOl tptHtu a. ttih
at Bradley as man of power, who had the
destiny of the nation in his hands, and that
he became somewhat angry and gave
stronger expressions to his opinions and
his readiness to maintain them and bear the
consequences than have been heretofore
heard from him. The story may be eXagger.
a;cd, but it is certain the course of the
Democratic counsel and the commissioners
from the beginning has been calculated to
consolidate Republican sentiment on the
on the commission, and now that body is
denounced bitterly by the Tildeni,cs as
partisan, because some of the Republicans
do no: vote with the Democrats. The de-
cision of the commission in the case of
Florida undoubtedly covers the State of
Louisiana. The strong points of Democrats
in Florida was the fact the State itself had
changed the returas, or, as the Democrats
call it, had corrected the returns. In
Louisiana nothing of the kind had been
attempt. The Democrats lose their strong
est point in the case already decided and
gain nothing. 1t is thought they will
take new position, they will attack the
legality of the returning board because
the vacancy was not filled, and only four
members constituted the board, where
should have been five They will also
bring up again the point of eligibility.
The final end of all disputed questions by
the commission may be expected by the