Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-28

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CHECKMArR THE scoUNDRELs
..Ths President 81 the Senate shall. In
the prsssnss Of The Senate and House Of
Representative. open all The certificates,
and the vstss shall then b counted"
The above Ia The clause Of The Consti-
tuition under the authority Of which the
electoral vote Is now being counted in
Washington.
The plain object Of the provisian was
to secure . count OF the vetss at the
earliest practicable moment and no
though. Of . possible defeat Of it, In
tent BY revolutionary scoundrsls in
Congress ever entered the minds Of the
fathers.
But ID ID now evident that . certain
number Of factious Democrats in the
House are determined 10 prevent the
declaration Of the election Of President
Hayes at al hazards, and to crafty
their petty spirit Of revenge. arc willing
TO sacrifice the interests Of the entire ma
ton. and plunge the country into N.
archy.
The patriots among the Democrats Of
the House are doing al in their power
To frustrats the schemes Of their rsvolu-
tionary brother members. and car be
depended upon 10 set with the Rspab.
iicans in the future n they have In the
past. and prevent all delay BY taking
unnecessary rscessss in the House.
This being known. the malcontents.
lel by David Dudley Field. have evolved
q new scheme TO prevent the compile
ton Of the count before next Sunday.
The plot now Is 10 object to the decision
Of the tribunal in the South Carolina
case. and include In the objection the
report Of the Solth Carolina Committee.
ani the testimony taken BY that CON-
mitioe-a manuscript Of over fifteen
thousand pages.
They have a right to do this under the
electoral Law. ani the reading Of this
document would Of its.lf consume time
euoush to carry the eoun, beyond the
4,h Of March.
How. then. ahAll this new move Of
the enemy be chsckmated 2 How can
the patriots Of Congress snatch the vic.
tory from these traitors. into whose
keeping the people have unfortunately
entrusted their interests
The question arises. what u the mean
ing Of the words. "iu the presence Of
the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives," in the above constitutional
provision
The Constitution. referring to the two
Houses. says: "a majority Of each
shall constitute a quorum to do bust
ness" A majority Of the two Houses
wsuld therefore constitute . legal joint
convention.
The test votes Of the last week proved
that there are enough honest Democrats
In the House. 10 give the lovers OF Law
and order . majority In that body.
Whom this infamous plot IL sprung
il will Be- the plain duty Of the Senate
aad this majority Of the House to re-
tire from the convention. and open and
count the remaining votes. leaving tho
mal,ontsnts TO listen to the reading Of
the $1,000 pages Of the South Carolina
report in peace.
This will be strictly constitutional.
and will undoubtedly Be- done. should
tho rsvolutionists attempt to carry out
their scheme. They will no more be
allowed to constitute themselves . Joint
Convention. than Cronin was allowed to
erect himself into an electoral college.
The way TO chsckmais these scoundr.ls
who disgrses alike themselves. their
party and their country. 10 plain and
simple ; and the people whose Interests
are now trembling in the balance. may
rest assured that 1t will b taken.