The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A Resume Of Newspaper Comments In
the Last Fortnight. -
WASHING TON, Dec. %, 1876

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The Speaker to-day appointed the
| seven members of the House of Repre-
scntatives who are to act conjointly with
Senate committee to report a plan for
counting the Electoral vote and adjusting
the pending dispute. Mr. Ferry has
been blamed for appointing two very
ultra Republicans on the Senate commit
| tee-uamely: Messrs. Morton and Logan
Mr. Randall is also criticised by his
party friends for several Of his appoint
ments on the other committee for inquiry
and report on the powers Of the House Of
Representatives in respect to the electo-
raj vote. The Republicans complain
that while giving them three members,
net one of them is a lawyer. Some Of
the Republicans appointed-viz: Will
lard, Seel$e and Menroe-are among the
most liberal and upright of their party,
and may act independently.
The action Of the joint committee will
be watched with intense interest, and
there are hopes that some solution will
be arrived at by majority of the joint
committee. The Senate wing has al
ready organized and made provisions for
meeting in the Senate judiciary rooms.
They will go ON during the week.: .:
No meeting of the CAUCUS committee Of
conference has been held for several days,
and it is doubtful if there be any till after
the holidays. I'll &:
The address of the Democratic mem
bers of Congress will not be issued until
the committee now. in the South report.
The duties of this advisory committee Of
seventeen will necessarily be in allegiance
until the committees of investigation to
report on the mode of examining the
electoral vote shall have acted and made
their report:to Congress. IF it shall ap-
pear that there is fixed purpose on the
part of the Senate to cheat Tilden out of
the Presidency and install Hayes by mill.
tary force, the duties OF the advisory COM
mittee will in such a contingency assume
the highestimportance. 2oei .ipG
There is authority for stating that Hon:
L. @. c.. Lamar is not satisfied with the
position attributed to him in certain pub
lie journals, and that especially he is not
willing to be understood as stating that
the South is Indifferent to the result of
the Presidential contest, or would be
neutral if, unfortunately, the two great
parties at the North should undertake to
adjust the: dispute by force.li The ac-
counts which have appeared in print
stating that he and others were ready to
accept Hayes as President upon as
surances of u new line of policy towards
the South and the assignment of South
| ern Democrats or Conservatives to prom
inent positions under the Hayes admin
istration is 80 far untrue that Colonel
Lamar has not even allowed any propo-
sition Of such a nature to be made to him
by che friends of Governor Hayes.
The intelligence from Florida Of the
order of the Supreme Court for the can
vass of the vote is regarded as highly ini-
portant in its bearings on the presiden-
tial question. In conjunction with the
letter of General Barlow it will lead all
candid men to the belief that the State
went for Tilden. The only point now
that gives the Democrats serious concern
is South Carolina, where the carpet-bag-
gers and President Grant are anxious to
precipitate conflict, and have the power
to do so by pushing the people beyond
the point of endurance. -. 'n
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