The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-02-02

TnE COMPOUNDS plan for counting
the Elc-toraI vote was pending In the
House of Representatives at the time
We went to press last week. Il passed
on Friday last, amid great e, thusi'
asm by the following vote; Ayes,
t9i; Mays. sG-nesrly al those yo
ting u the negative being Iserabli-
.osns. Af,cr its passage Il went, Of
.ccmse, to the President, who not only
sg~ed il promptly and ch-erfully, but
accompanied il with special message
which was singuIarly appropriate, and
full Of good sense. lie took occasion,
to say that the President Of the SEN
ate had never, alone, been considered
as having the authority Tn hear and
determine snydisputed question aris-
ing on the electoral count. lie com.
plctely Knocked the filling out Of those
Radicsis TINT took cmtrary grjowls.
Thu. Tribunal, as our readers know, is
composed Of fifteen men, and are as
follows: From the Scnatc--E.lmunds,
Morton, Frchugl~y-cn, TSarman and
Bayard, the three first oeing Republi-
cans, and the two latter Dearcrats.
They are all moderate mea except
Morton, who was placed on the Com
a.i,tee solely 10 appeasc a mere fac
ton in the Senate. To Mr.. Edmunds,
moro than to any other member Of
Congress, belongs thr honor ofthe sue
cess Of the Compromise. All are able
and distinguished in the councils of
the nation. From the House, are
Payne. HuntcD, Abbott, Hoar and
Gar6eld-the three first named are
Democrats, and the two last, Rspub-
ilcans. As in the Senate, all are
mid. temperate and patriotic except
Garfield. who has already prejudged
the case as one Of the Committee sent
to investigate the Louisiana election,
but il is thought he can do no harm
eventually. From the Supreme Court
we have Justices Clifford, Strong,
Field and Miller, and either Judge
Davis or Judge Brady. The politics
of these gentlemen is not certainly
known. and il is only conjecturel that
the two Ewmer are Democrats and the
two latter Republicans. The four will
decide in some way satisfactory to
themselves, which Of the other three
judges they will call in to advise with
them. All Of them are men Of high
integrity, able to hay aside all partisan
prejudices, rise above party, aud de-
eide the great question fromc the eles
waited plane ofan incorrupible judicia-
ry. Congressman Tucker, Field and
Jerks willact ~ counsel for the House
Democrats, and Everts, Stoughtoll
and auother, will net for the Repubi.
cans. The Electoral Count commenc-
cd yesterday, before the foregoing
Tribunal, but it is not likely that they
will be able for day or two to get in
to the real merits Of the case. The
country, however, already breathes
freer, nov that the darkness Of ris-
ing war-cloud has begun to break
away and let in the light of a speedily
coming ray of light, If Morton and
Garfield, both Republicans, and op-
posed to the bill, could have been kept
out Of the case, aud moderate, patriot
ic men substituted, We could not now
have even doubt that justice would
have been reached by the great Tribu-
s,al. Let us hope for the best any how,
seeing that so many upright men are
ION the Committeeman who will not
dare to put their names On record rs
sanctisning fraud and wrong.
THE alteration Of the figures Ia va
uious Parishes in Louisiana, whereby
Democratic maiorities were made to
read largely Republican, as has been
proved in Congress by the Clerk of
Ahe hellsh Returning Board, proves
.hat Gen. Phil. Sheridan knew what
he was talking about when he said.
several years since, that "wells is a
political trickster, and a dishonest
man." Wheeler, he who ran for Vice
President, says, however, that he ''has
the highest opinion Of the integrity Of
Wells" Read Wells record and see
which has falsifed.
A PUBLIC meeting was held at
Frankfort. on Monday, requesting all
the counties along the Kentucky river
% send representatives to Conveu-
dion to be held February 18th. at
Frankfort. 10 devise plans for the re.
I.airs and preservation Of locks and
dams along the said river, which are
50 greatly out of repair as to render
them almost useless. A full delsga-
asoa Is asked. aud as the move Is an
importapt one, il behOoves those in-