Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07
Our Washington Letter.

Mesgs. Editors The Joint committee have
gone to work with as much earnestness as though |
the business before them was one with which they |
we're thoroughly familiarized by long experience.
instead Of its being, as IL is an experiment to
meet a contingency little dreamed of by the early
fathers Of the republic. All the leading argu-
ments have been. submitted in the Florida case
and unless the commission On into n detaiIed ex
animation of the Testimony introduced II ia safe
to predict an early decision of WIN ia IegaIIv
elected President n reopiras M narticular fore |
sight saw that the commission will hardly recom-
mend n new election he tho reorle ,ybiie n IL |
barely possible that the choice Of President NAV
deyolye upon the Uonse nj REPRESENTATIVES,
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and was appointed to the bench by Buchanan in
1908. Justice Miller, OF Iowa, sits at his right
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III MS eye that betokens ready appreciation OF
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THE HOUSE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL
sit on the extreme left of the Bench. Mr.. Payne
of Ohio, sits next to Justice Bradley. He is a ma
tive of New York, sxty-seven years of age, and
one of the wealthiest men in the House. He i,
tall, spare and gray-haired, without beard, and is
generally regarded by his brother democrats as
one of the best lawyers in the House, but on &c
count of defective voice he has not taken any
prominent part in the debates. lie is considered
as "A very far-minded man, and will weigh al
questions judicially. General Eppa llunton, o
Virginia, comes next in order lie was in tn,
rebel army and attained the rank of brigadier
general He is fifty-four years of age, and a law
yer by profession. In intelligence and experience,
in legislative business he is the least prominent 0
any one ON the tribunal, and is the only repre-