, 1877-02-20

furtnfr recess until ~ O'CLOCK te-moffoW. fs
II waa past 10 o'clock snd no devotional c1cr-
cftes had taken ptlce, the Speaker remarked
that, a new legislative day having begun, prayer
by tho chaplain would be iu order. After this
tho journal Vi Saturday was read, when Fer
nando Wood was recognized aud made bis
mutibn.
THE voTR on THE RECESS
was taken by ayes and ,.ncs, and stood TO In
the affirmative to 1:D in the negative. colt
siderable number Of Democrats, feeling
that the caucus agreement OF Baturday
evening bound them to proceed with the Elect
oral count without any further delay, voted
With the Republicans aRsinst this rccess, and,
had the leaders Of the party thought II wise to
deteated Il. After = lricf consultation among
d few of them, Il was thought wiser nut to press
the matter to-day, anl
oTnEn nEAsoss ,u
men were assigned for the. adjournment.
Among these were the following: First.
Hur1, OF Ohlo, had been Designated by
esoie s % tic Eieeofat co"sson Commits sne On III pari q
the Houac. He Ia ono of the beat lawyers in
the body. but verY extreme IN bis vleWs. and
strongly 10 fasur uf revolutionary measures to
Electoral 1ote before The iii Of March. lie be-
SO MUCH EXCITED
ts Gf & ~ ssss m On oss
nest appeal on his p,rt-that, he decided to
lave nothing whateyer TO do With the
Oregon case, and bus thus far fotred
! 70 d new man who was not prepared. jerks, ol
| Pennsylvania, who was one Of the obtcrtors in
tho Louisiana case, has been chosen to take
har!s pls.s Ils expressed to his pa.ty s:so,'
! for preparation. and It mas to secure this that
many of the more conservative Democrats voted
fos tho recess Secondly.
ANOTMKlt REASON
glrcn Is, that the Committee appointed by tho
caucus iast Saturday morning, and consisting Of
Lamar, Senators Cooper md eaulsbDry, and
several others, whose duty Il y to prepare =
has not completed It's work. and desired until
tomorrow lor that purpose.
Third, the objections to the ysote Of Watts
thc D:inocrata who voted for tho adjournment
to-day did 10 because they believed that tho de.
cision In the Louisiana case practically
COVERS AL QUESTIONS
honestly ID favor Of having the count 60 On IS
rapidly a. possible. dea.re 10 avoid. II
Il can be done, raising any question
to oFegS9 INT as,t fss s'. q neos5 e1 .Ss
disclosures made uY the Senate Committee On
Privileges aud Elections, and the ccrtalnty Ut
an adverse decision from the Electoral Tribunal,
ress Po1 u 'ss saysos psfG & M
vote Of to attempt to do 20. Al the same tt1no
il cannot be denied that some Of the more pro-
uounccd rcvolutlonis,a desired to
| HAVE ANOTHER CAuCUa
lion Of the action q the saiur-
day saucus, .s,, which decided .. against ali.
clrlllng sucl, men ~ Lunar, John Young
Brown, Bcn It'll, Milton Saylcr, aud others
declare that the dec1sioa VI the party Is unater-
able; shat m0rc than two-thIrds Of tho Demo
delay, and that tho party will insist on carrying
out the letter and spirit OF the Electoral law. 4
good many Of the more conservative men were
80 Indignant that another caucus shoula bc
Called mid that there should thus bc even IN
appearances of an attempt 10 reopen tue aues-
tton settled Oh Saturday, that :lIey dctermiued
uot to alteul the meeting this evening.
| Ho0Yfs sIMrLE REQUEST.
After the 6enats returned to It's chamber
from the joint meeting the report Of the com'
mission. was read. fhcFenpon hir. Bo~y de.
maadcd tl.e reading Of tl,e tcaioua protest
Uncomfortable length bcforc tue two bodies
separated. a cotnleal look of mingled amaze
ms,,tt alarm, and dlsgu9t came upon tho eo,itl-
out Of his head, 10 force them to listen to II
agalni lie was as eanc as uaual, but be ap-
psarcd to to haye been pursluE hi. wrath
about the Louisiana decision as ever. 4 few oI
the Democrats e9postulatcd with him, but he
INSISTED on Tac axtpis0.
The clerk began tic task, ani went on for
nearlv haif m hour. 'When hn pt,t tlown fc
thc nyIntcd hriefs of Inc Dsmoeratfc counsel IN,
corporotcd in tLc protest, a happy thouehI
struck lila. Ho uskei il II was necessary te
reud Tia nrintetI rnattrr. Mr Hn,v r.
jentrd rnourh to shaEs his he%1.' ant
on this slrn thr arra,1f,i dnr,f
,ncnt waa eTrrn of mnrc ti,an hn1t
lis Iortp1 power. The two hours. debate whicE
Iniio1yc,l1 ~. fnr tbo 4annta rnn.rEohiv sniff
el n,d noIntei. TScre wcre t,.!rtcem sn1eakcrs,
Mayey, Kcrt,an, Thurman. sherman. Norton'
Baya4.}. i.nran' saroent. Wtiers' '1,outwc't
Stevenson. Gows, AID GhristIancy. Some q
oi takinv an hnnr Or 40 to cn,nc to tSe i,ernri q
an ar,tufncnt wcro ~ ~S'''o ~ ~. "e' "
rt,r mr. parvArrnyty
bv The ter lnsnutes, r1,ir. Mat ~ III. efyort,
wcrc % s,,tmnert ami viii rounIe% f,nth. 1nmn
otrat,c s,,i,, tfn kcy.nnte of ncar1y Il
~ In 1sit wns de,!,,rIst,v ~ ~ (,on,
tnn tak mm .s,s,s aSunsstc , ~ tae EoI,
tnaJ" tbr ~ .rtrsra@.nt % ect.I.;ien thst Il,