, 1877-01-29
SPECUAATlNG
Upon Various Subjects Con-
nected with the Plan
Of Arbitration.
Who Shall Comprise tho
Commission, and Who
S1ln1l Not.
Theories as to the Course Of
Procedure Likely to Be
Settled Upon.
Florida Will DO tho First Case
Reached, II Colorado Is
Conceded.
Both Sides Will Employ Eminent
Counsel to Protect Their
Interests.
William n. Evarts and Stan
ley Matthew's Engaged
by the Repub-
1icans.
The President Will Sign the Arbi-
tration Bill To-Day, and
Give His Reasons.
Rumor that tho Democrats Have
tho Originals of the I.ouisi-
anu Returns.
1rf1pa naVia and fha HAnn}nr1hiu..
The President Will Sign the Arbi.
tration Bill To-Day, and
Give His Reasons.
Humor that tho Democrats Have
tho Originals Of the I.ouisi-
anu Returns.
TIE ARBITRATION.

6pfc&dt D!1tC4CA 10 1Nt -.IISEe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. oS.-Tlsc general optn-
ion Is that tic Compromise Commission
will permit counsel to be hcarll In tho Interest
of tho two Presidential candidates. It Is be-
liovcd that William II. Eyarss and Stanley Mat-
thcus will be chosen as part OF the Republican
counsel, mud that Lyman Trumbull, Jcre Hack,
Matt Carpenter, and Richard Mcrrtck will be
Tildcn's counsel. Trumbnlt, II ilc Is chosen, 1t
Is understood, will have special charge OF tho
Louisiana case There nrc numerous spccula-
ttons aa to tho course which Will be adoptcd hy
the Commission,
TitDKN AND WHEELER.
One which obta!rs good dcal Of crclcnco
among Senate Republicans Is this: That tho
Commission will decide that they cannot 70 be-
hind tl.o returns In Flosila, Loulatana or soutl.
Carolina, and that tho certificate Of tho Gov
crnor must be accepted In Oregon es to tho per-
Sous chosen Electors. This would recognize
Cronin us tho Elcctor, tic tho vote for tic two
Presidential candidates in tho Electoral Col
Icge 1t l84, throw the election Of the President
into tho Ilolfe, and Ut tho Vicc-E'rca!dcnt Into
tho Senate, clcctlng Tilden and Wheeler.
THE ORDER or THE COUNT.
II the Democrats tto not raise tho question u
to Colorado, Florida will ha tho first s.ato
reached where tho return Is disputed. The bill
does not Ray exactly What course shall he pur-
sued pending tho consideration Of Questlon.
6omo Of the members say tint, pcndtns; the
consideration Of the Florida question, a!1 tlIo
other certificates must remain unopened until
thc one casu shall have been decided by the
tribunal. 1t this tica should prevail, tho connt
will be very tedious, aud It would be sono doys
before tho yotes Of the great States OF New
York, Fcnnsylynnia, Missouri, North Carolina,
F1ortda, precclc thon,
on THE OTHER HAND,
there o,o many member. who held In ,,,a theory
~" t"""1 "1e''0a ~ ~" ~ Nv t"so.
taas, ny UNANIMOUS co'ac"s' tse sases from the
States to which there Is no objection could bc
counted, and that tho tribunal could then takc
up and considrr ull The dIsputcd States, One Of
tho reasons u1gcu Why tue tlorhla case should
10 dtcidcu bctor6 the other Stairs arc taktn np
is that decision there might
GREATLY SIMPLIFY MATTERS.
so1 instance, u tue Tribunal snon'u aec'uc thas
Mr. Itldcn was entitled to the vote OF that
8tate, there could be no question shout his clcc-
ton. liz has now 1s4 untl1sputcl votes, aud
iot1ty III tic Electoral Co;jerc. aud in tbat ca
Il woIi ,,ot In ,x,rth whiio IN .Iwcil ,om,, ovcr
tha Iul,isiuna nnI S,ruti, f:troina ra,.ss II thc
voto should be leet!sd for Hayes, tho ..n,o
lin n.hrr .ifsn,,t, ~ . IN ,hu. !.rcnt ~
also, tho oues.io,1 % wpii % i. %sn',,lI|cl. % T e'e's
7'''''' csvcvsgs,
The pcnnh,tcon snn.1,,r. VII, ,nrrt tn caucua
to.raorrow ~ sc'"ei t,", If II" thc;r n,,nier H. Yin
With two ncmnrrat,t. ~ S,nn,r. viii r,n1,..cnt au.
thn Hrnata ~ ths S,o't"rai V,n rcn,t"ittnc
Thr1c nTc H. sm,,eat. III .1ot as.p. .I,,,.,s
Morton md Have III, ''ss hn :Isst" onI tia;
thc!r Dcmocratic fellow CummIesioncrs W viii ts
Wrssr. r,,,r.',s,, ~, =, wv ~
that ill., t"nke. 1. n12u 2nD. ~. ~ es!rs Z"
s"1vo A,., ~, t9'.a"'"iS ~ apsa NV aesis ~
III III. hooit1 ~ .t,t IL S1r..
e1prc.@c. .;sstr puo o has E.a;,,,ci1,s.,
INV be- nrnfrTrl ~ ~ a. sGsS x 81 IT. ,5nsss
selected It i. haniiv - ~ 1o@, ncd na, tet ans
attcmpt viii tss uad. f., ~ H. r1,,r,s r. ns,t ~ -,
INV s1,'asa| n<c.as. Nv ne m tue rnaeas ~ 1Its. -
ijrs, S,Irh esvMI - no. Tlhg sooa nepup,
ncnT..sntos,ra. tuHa4 ,.s p4!cY tna} a'tsMe1 tno
appear anxious to increase rathcr tban to di,iin
's' S'''' "u'"stGxs Nv. staehgtn.
The Electoral hI1 sanL viii, 'IsGI W, II, III.
a,.,ns. 1i ~, ~ ousu not bc signed ~ the
oen1te -, T9tu'Eay fiiofnlher A1ttl SO Ill! NOT