The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-20
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We believe That the honest people ofsths
country are willing 10 turn the presdcn-
tial dispute over to this tribunal to be dealt
with as the law directs. - Baltirgors Aneri.
can.
The. New. York Herald, in, announcing
the reported agreement OF the, joint COM
mittee, says $50 far as union in the COM
mittee may be accepted rs foretokening the
success oil its plan in the two houses the
exuberant Joy will be approved by sober
minds" Without knowing the conclusions
of the committee, the Herald hopes TO give
it an warm, earnest support, not merely.on
the ground that any settlement is; better than
none, but on the higher ground that the
committee have succeeded inndevising q
method which Is fair, wise, .iudicious, and
conciliatory, and against which no ob1ec-
| tions can be made which are not captious or
frivolous."s S.a5a f5-
The New York Times opposes the plan
of the committee, declaring that sit inn
poses on the judges OF the Supreme Court
| functions which they were never intended
to perform, and relieves the president OF
| the Senate OF duties which the trainers OF
the Constitution deliberately and distinctly
imposed on him." 4-,aa. -
The New York Tribune pronounces the
! plan revolutionary and dangerous" and
declares that "When we concede to either
house the power to. count or supervise
electoral votes we may rs well abandon al,
together what may then become the miser-
able farce OF election by the people, 1
The New York Graphic says ..tthe viz.
| tual agreement Of the congressional COM
| mittee on any practical plan is long step
! towards the solution of tue difficulty. Once
remove the uncertainty and relieve thepub-
lie mind from..fts prolonged suspense and
business will begin to revive" a
The Philadelphia Euening Telegraph, a
Republican paper, says: "The plan is one
that ought to, and we believe will, give en-
tire satisfaction to all fair-minded men OF all
parties, and it ought to, and we believe will,
bring about satisfactory settlement OF the
dispute with regard to the presidency. That
Senator Morton should be opposed to such
an arrangement rs this is not at all sur
prising, but his opposition, so far from be-
ing an argument against it, Is Just the con-
trary. Senator Morton Is one OF the men
who wishes his party to win anyhow, and
"a
settlement that will give the Democrats a
chance even to get hearing"
The Baltimore Sun favors the plan.
The Presidents organ, the Washington
Republican,, bitterly denounces the plan.
1t says:
It ia said that there are fourteen Republic
can senators who are not willing to admit
TINT, the president of the Senate has the
RIGHT to count the electoral vote. 1t is Won
derful how gigantic modern intellect is be
coming. :"':~ :,
III Tie United States Senate has been bull
dozed-absoutely, positively, mercilessly,
and doublc-headedly bulldozed. Right has
been pressed to the wall, freedom has been
declared myth, law, peace, and independ-
ence are dreams Utopian-a fancy, the base
less fabric of diseased Imagination. They
are frauds. The Constitution, the elective
franchise right, republican form OF govern
ment, the war in preservation Of the Union,
are all proven to lie frauds and worthless
things by the action OF the joint committee.
The New York World (Democrat) does
not give unqualified endorsement OF the
plan. but thinks the country will hail with
delight any action on the part Of Congress
I which goes to show that the frightilll con-
dition OF the people is at last getting itself
recognized by the persons VINO are SEM 10
Washington; to lock after the welfare OF
their constituents and Of the republic.
The New York Express (Democrat)
thinks the plan will prove peaceful solu-
ton OF the greatest political evil that has
ever threatened the country apart from civil
war. -..,"-r.i....5 : -. ..1'':.l.-..
The New York Post Independently says
the plan will give great satisfaction to the
country, and that the wisest course for the
Senate and House Of Representatives Is to
adopt it as it comes from the committees
without unnecessary delay. ~ aa
| The Boston Herald independently says
| plan OF this kind is adopted the better.
The Springfield Republican Qndepend-
ent) thinks the plan will command the sup
port OF the country, and even more so il it
is that a bitter Republican partisan like
Morton or Democrat like Springer dissents