The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-01-25
All Membsrs Of the Committees. Save
Morton, Believe the Plan to b,
Just, Wise and Efficient.
They Commend It's Adoption to the Pat.
ri0tic and just Judgment Of
Congress.
Various Expressions OfTgembera
OF Es,taa aEo'iIss- "a 40 ahe
I'racticaNisity oEths
Propositions.

tlcItGoSn Va
mode of counting the electoral vote,
have reported, and recommended tie
of the bill published beld*.
A Washington correspondent says:
There Is a great diversity of opinion
as to what will be the fate Of the bill.
Tie opposition to it is by no Means
confined to n political organization.
The fear is expressed that It CGtsress
accepts it and acts under its prGsSions.
that it invites either party who my hold
the power during an election to>Ssffse
to abide by the result expressed " the
people, and end aavor to patch up a
cnmnromise to controvert the will of
the people. h.
Summing up the general filling:
The Democrats who favor 1t do 3 be
cause they believe that they NUT Sc
cept one of three alternatives viz:
agree to the bill, have Hayes inaugural.
ed, or civil war. These say the Dem
ocracv won't fight, and that if tie bill
is not accepted the Republican, have
the power to force Hayes i'll, and mean
to do it. The Republicans wh4 favor
1t seem to do so for the reason tlat they
fear that if the extremists wlntile
HAYES into the Presidency, the ountr~
will remain unsettled; ahd if byshance
he is the choice of the Commission,
that all danger will be averted II this
respect. The Republicans who oppose
The bill are still more sspnsilanimVs III
their views. They say that the fe9i-
dent of the Senate alone has tlleright
to count the vote, and that if thet ac-
ceIpt the bill they give up sure thing
for d game Of chance. Abeit Tie
Democrats vito oppose it say thst to
accept it is an acknowledgement thh the
election of Tilden is not clearly estab
,lished. which is a libel on the fact.
John Sherman is also hostile to the
measure, and for the reason that itdoes
take some cognizance of law, and does
not make the Inauguration of Hayes "a
dead sure thing. The opposition of
these men is the strongest argument IN
favor of the bill. and is so considered
by the Democrats Of both Houses.
Boutwell, "a against it; Cameron is
against it; Morton, John Sherman, md
all the carpet-baggers are against 1t.
| On the other hand, Conkling is for it,
Edmunds and most of the Conservative
Republicans are for it; and even
Wright, who made a PARTISAN speech at
! week ago in defense Of the proposition
that the President of the Senate had
tho ROVER to count the vote, came over.
| Mr.. Bayard, after the bill Fad leen
read, declared hi$ Intention to SUPPORT
1t, and gave itas his decided option
that it was a fair and honorable pro
position, aud verv creditaGle to the jwo
Committees. =
In urging the passage Of the bin tle
members of the Committees say
Each of the branches g t}.t ,I.eg;sla
tire and the Judiciary are 1epre@Ihtf
in the tribunal in equal proportions
The composition of the judicial part 9
the Commission looks to 4 selectl1
from different parts of the REPUBLIC
while it is thought to be free from an
preponderance of supposable bias; an
the addition of the necessary constltt
ent part Of the whole commission
sorder to obtain an uneve number, !
left to an agency the furthest removed
from prejudice of any existing attaia-
BILE one. 1t would be difficult. if pt
impossible, we think, to establish a
tribunal that could be less the subct
of party criticism than sn5h ;Gh d.
The principle OF Is Constitution iso
absolutely tair that we aye uuae1eto
perceive how the most extreme partnu
can assail it. unless he prefers to IN
bark his wishes upon the stormy se$of
unregulated proc edings that dispuss,
and dangerous results that can nevebe
measured nor defined, rather upoi a
fixed and regular course of law that IN
sures the peace and order of socity,
whatever party may be disappointNin
its hopes
! In conclusion, we respectfully beg
leave to impress upon Congress- the
necessity of u speedy determination
upon this subject. 1t is Impossible to
estimate the materialsloss the cotptry
daily sustains from the existing safe
IF uncertainty. 1t directly grid porer-
sfrtlly terds to nlisettle and parakze
business, to weaken public and pirate
credit, and to create apprehensiofs in
the minds of the people that Disturb
the peaceful tenor of their ways and
their happiness. 1t does far mora 1t
tends to bring republican institutions
into.discredit, and to create doubts # the
success of our form of government and
of the perpetuity of the Republic. All
considerations of interest, of patriotism.
and of justice unite in demanding of
the law making power a measure that
will bring peace and prosperity to the
country, and show that orr republican
institutions are equal to any emegen-
cy. And il this connection We can not
refrain from the expression of our sat
isfaction that your Committees, COM
posed of equal numbers of the opposing
parties, have fortunately Been abb to
do what has been attempted in vain
observation-disclosures unanimously agree
upon a plan considered by them Gil to
be just, wise and efficient. We accord
ingly recommend the proposed apt to
the patriotic and just Judgment O Con-
gresg.:
lSignedl GEORGE T. EDMUNDs.
f. Il. FRELINGHUYsEN,
RoscoE CoNKLINe,
A. G.. THURMAN,
T. F. BAYARD,
NJ: W. RANSOM,
Senate Committee.
Ell. B. PAYNE,
Ezra HUNToN,
ADRIAN S. HEWITT,
WILLIAM NJ. SPRINGER,
GEORGE w. McCRARY,
GEORGE F HoAR,
GEORGE WILLARD,
House Committee.
Senator Morton Is the only member
Of the Committee Ako did not sign the
TEXT OF THE BILL,
The following is q text of the bill &C
companying the report presented by
Mr.. Edmunds:
A bill to provide for and regulate the
counting of votes for President and
Vice President, and the decision OF
questions arising thereon, for the term
March 4, A. ID. 1877.
BE ii enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Unit
I'd States, Of America an Congress
assembled, That the Senate and House
If Representatives shall meet in the
Hall of the House Of Representatives at
he hour of 10 o'clock. postmeridian on
he first Thursday II, Fahruary. A. ID. |