New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
IN THE SENATE.
ep,rUlc DESCRIPTION OF TIE SCIENTIFIC BILL
CERTAIN TO PASS.

CT ,rIIlC DESCRIPTION or The SCIENTIFIC BILL
CERTAIN TO PASS.
IBr TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON Jan. 1S.--It cannot be said hat the
,lan of the committee received very favorably
by The members of either house. Almost every one
nod ideas of his own which he desired to have
ad,ped aud the passage Of this bill supeTsedes the
net plan Of procedure which a majority Of the men,
Ler. bored to see agreed to- Notwithstanding the
.bnd,n c Of adverse criticism the bib encounters,
II. MASSAGE may be confidently predicted. At least
such il the plain outlook tonight The men vino
denounce il most strongly do not say that they an
tcjpate its defeat and do not propose to make
an omen fight against it. They usually end their
criticisms by saying that they suppose the final
adoption OF the compromise Is inevitable
Nothing was thought of or talked about al the
Capl.ol to-day except the report OF the Electoral
Committed Although the outlines OF the bill agreed
10 YESTERDAY were generally known tins morning
there was an anxiety and eagerness manifested ho'
only by the Senators and representatives DuV oy
hundreds of people who gathered at the Cap
itol early in the day TO hear the text OF
the measure read and TO learn how II
would be received. The report was presented TO
the Senale by Mr. Edmunds inst as soon as the COM
nit.ee adjourned their meeting to-day, being appar-
emily for the purpose of carefully examining the
printed copy Of the bill agreed upon last night Ire
news that the report was IN spread rapidly through
the Hobbies and cOat-rOOIns, and the vacant chairs
in the chamber were speedily filed Perfect silence
prevalled ard the closest attention was given the
reading. Everybody recognized the gravity ana I'M
portapce of the occasion. The members OF the COM
mIttee had 2 look Of serious satsiacton-all except
MI Morton who appeared to be In nl-humor' lie
apparently remembered tie comforting power "l
anrea spoken OF in the Scriptures for he dispatched
- 1,,ri, no rcafIn
Conkling neryousy washed ms hands with invisible
soap and water. MI Edmunds sat with fingers
interlocked across his vest, twirIng DIS
thumbs Mr. Bayard took his pen and made
an occasional note. Mr.. Thurman wore an I'M
passive and judicial look. Mr.. Frelmghuysen was
more than usually digiied. Not Senator lett his
s,at until the bill and report had been READ. Inc
excited interest in the subject was shown al thc
moment the secretary announced the title OF the re-
mort in manner almost unprecedented IN the
Senate score 0f voices demanded, Read read
Evidently the report was written by Mr.. kdmunds,
for when the secretary stumbled once or twce over
the manuscript, Mr.. Edmunds prompted him. Be
sIdes it, language and logic are characteristic
When the r. port had been read through, the secre-
tary said. "Sigaed by the members Of the COM
mtttee." Read the Names insisted al least
score of Senators in one breath They were read,
and then il was found that Mr.. Morton's name was
uot there. OF the Il members OF the joint Commit
Zee every one had signed IL except the Indiana Sen
a-or Aueyes were turned toward him. but he offered
10 minority report and said nothing. bazz OF re-
L., from the suppressed excitement that had pre-
viled IAN through lie galleries. MT. Sargent, who
came i'll after the bill mad been read insisted on
second reading. Ills over, Senator Bogy proceeded
Il administer a sedative i'll the form of tedious
speech on tie Louisiana question, which occupied
the rest Oh the afternoon.
Mr. Morton stated TO one Of the House members o.
the committee this morning that, although he should
not sign the report ne should probably say nothing
in the Senate 10 oppose the passage of the bi. lie
took strong grounds last session against the consu-
tutonal power of Congress to throw the settlement
Of disputed questions growing out OF fTes4deItlL
election into the Saprene Court or INTO any ulOu-
nal outside VI the two houses.