The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-27

count. Tho Republican party was committed,
could only he made hvthc Houses nctng affirm
utNely on al questions Of doubt. Rcpuhieuns
ana reversed nll pfcccdents He often thought
that II the Senate should elect Il DEMOCRAT ~ its
presiding off or. the vcws Of thosc who insist
count the vote would be materially modified.
He accepted and should support the bill be-
cause he considered II fair mode OF settling
existing complications
MIR. Landcrs .Dcm.. Indl presented rcsou-
tions Of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. und
OF the Democratic members Of the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the Indiana Lcgis-
laturc. in favor Of the bill. He said the rcsou;
to see the bill pass by II large majority.
Mr.. Townsend llicp., n. " opposed the bill.
llnycs WIS elected President. and he did not
propose TO put in jeopardy that election. l nm
asked whether will votct to intrust the power
Very ythinswhich this hiil does. Thci"ur Judges
Of the supreme Court urc Ia choose n fifth Judge,
and he IL to be- the Colossus of Rhodes. who is
10 span the chilsin. Laughter. II Is one man.
and not tho one man W hom the Constitution
chooses. The man fixed upon is Judge Davis
OF Illinois. The Democrats want fair count.
nnd. in order to insure ia being perfectly fair
and unbiased. the Mcphistophclcs Of Gramcrcy
Park has sent the order tu Illinois that the Dem
States senator. Notthut there IL anything wrong
in that. but simply to Nuke Judge Davis nm
Leans are asked to throw the power Of tho
country into the hands Of this Judge. whom
show t. be unhiascd shall not vote
lnr any such unbiased arrangement.
WI sr 1rS Iynon g-anM n M h."Tnss .9 so .}@E }Er,@s 2os
again-i tie biil 6ccau-, hc believed il was un-
Nr. Knott Dem. Eyl opposed tho hill Hc
said he was one oi tho-, VINO entertained the
opinion that there was uutling involved IN the
Prgsldrntiul question which demanded or lu-ti-
ind the m"nsut" unurr consideration. Even
cunccdng that Consr, ~ had right under the
Constitution T. pass su'h II Pm, which IN his
power TO delegate the right OF counting the
votes To- any other tribunnl and said such
delegation would be the uttor destruction OF the
from merchants bankers. &c. read in favor Of
the bill | have the highest respect for these
men. The great master of mankind through
his long mission. ncyer said n word ngnn-t
merchants as such. He never said "a word
against bankers ~ such hut he found them one
day in Gods temple making mcrcand-c there
and changin. money for profit, and he made n
sourgc uf small cords and whipped them out
lIaughtcrl That j. what Il the matter. | may
NJ, hold to all that the master taught. hut shall
adhere IA that respect II in no other. 10 his say
inEs and doings.
Mr. Carr Dcm Ind objected to the hill hc.
cause 1t attempted 10 drag into the political
arena portion oi the Surrcn" Court. H. H.
sired to keep that court free from taint of poll
tics. There Mns no provision IN the hill fixing
time when the commission should render it,
decision and If il saw m il could withhold that
i .cision until after the ith of March. Witt th"
glu~''lurnr'- of that might hr hr did not know
The election might 80 e. ne n"N Housc. in
STAT. or u" Scnain might claim that 1t had the
rishf To elect the prc~il mt. lie also opposed
tn. hlll on con-tituuona grounds.
Mr.. Dunu"l tE"p., Mimi said that hc found
som thing I'm a." lih which prevented him
giving hi- approval In his opinion. tho
emergency had not arisen for Congress To J,ut
1t. Nj. hands on the supreme Court fAr
cm"rgon y WIS not such u- -huuld compel Com
gross t. tramrlo down Ia" dignity oi that high
court. II ihi- hill were passed it would i,,oin"
"a apr"',ri"nt. and ~" same great farce wouli be-
p.yrd over again four ycars hence,
r IpI l. - Ia y / 20 "a
mittec rcfuicd the criticism that there wcro no
rcciitnic and probiiy which dis,insu+hcd the
fcyndgrs r. Of the hrtuhli"p., a., ,,., -.
votes nnd he therefore favored the bin
Mr.. Prat, Ilisr. lal opposed thu hill ~ at
preeedent-. 1t wa n quit claim decd Of all The
Authority which CYngr.-, had. b' that nluD ID.
little. or none at all. and tn cummi-- ion Wa b.
decide for itself how far ii could 60 or whether
1t would take even the llr-i step. Hi- errat ul-
tribunal unknown t. the Consttutinn. without
limited powers and with !"autiority expressly
d' lcsated T. luds" oi III" rNt'ni Of H. own au-
thority and H. own pow r. ~ IL to make II SUI
p'M Mr. v@a% al '"' lfbrm', fb T. C., sen, to tho cerk's
desk aud had read a telegram from GOV. Vance
Of North Carolina; announcing that resolutions
approving the hll had Just pas -'d both Houses
oi ~" lt,rl-N'ut' nln a. ~ "F pu. u4Aulmou-N
contingency oi "A disputed lr'-id initial election
which had fscn pred t"d a. the rn'S upon
witch this form of government would be-
wrecked now confronted III" American people
in all il stern realities. Th' a-- .itipn of at
tempted u.urI,ntipn Of thr cNn.uti," oiii.c he
ieVcd to br contemplated hy tn" leaders Of one
Of Tho political parties cannot b" tr"atsd IL
mcnnr7 or threats of resistance t. m" Govern:
civil strife. Ihc casc Of a dual oNccu-
tive which would hc the inevitable r.
s"i s"i Of Of pRy ,Ry Fsn% F%'. ' S"F Sn 'SG %h5S r
the constitutional action OF Congress in count
ng In" electoral vote would yr'~iptih' the
great Il evils. and probably involve Me country
In war. II was tho con-'iousno-- Of this peril
which had moved the whole people To- hcsirgc
Congress with petitions To pass The pending bill
WAS luai'-tv and dignity in tho patriotic aud
un-rlii-h N"i" oi thr people which asked to be-
Without yielding any Il his we'll considered
opinions N regard to the authority of Congress
.l". M fr,-id"I' IN IN" contngrhy provided
Tor hy the Constitution. he would vote for tho
bill. ~ IN hl7 judgment it was in 10 rc-p.ct un,
conS'itutional, aud IA the hop that right and
justice would bc maintained 10y the commission
which was proyisionally 70 determine the grave
issues oflnw and fact contdcd To- it, Iuri-difinn
AT 4 Ocvrk. the time for general debate hay-
ing closed. Mr.. Payne Dem Ohiul rose To- move
the previous question. Before making the mo-
ment which Mr.. Hopkins (Dcm., Pa proposed
10 offer. the most important point hoine e. refer
committees Of either House. Mr. Payne refused
10 allow, the amendment to be- offered. and
was made hy Mr. SoutGnrd tDcm.. Ohi"iit1 g't
in the Amendment which h. had suggested in
regard t. Colorado hut he wits met with loud
calls for the regular order and Mr Pawn" in
sisted ON the previous question. The previous
question was seconded and the main question
MIR Payne, having the final hour to close the
debate. .yicldrd n part Of his tim" 10 Mr. Walker
Dcm., Va who declared that h. would gi,r Tho
hill his cordial support. He had hc"n requested
by his constituents To- vote for it, and ON thl- or-
casion consituents and representative were in