Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-31
Special Telegram to the Intcr-Occan.l

70 .As'S ssAH SAs uSSN", ~ieho"Sh III q
quiet way.
THE GENTLEMEN MOST SPOKEN OF
in the Senate arc Edmunds, Freling-
huysen, Howe, Morton, Conkling and
Blaine. 1t is conceded that Bayard
and Thurman will represent the dem
ocrats. There will be objection made
to both Morton and Conkling, on ac-
count of some feeling that has arisen
during the debate, although Conkling
made a bid for the place in his speech
on Wednesday, by asserting for the
first time since election, his sincere
belief that Hayes was fairly chosen.
Persons have accused Mr.. Conkling
of harboring doubt on this score,
but his language and manner left no
suspicious of a doubt in any mind.
The gentlemen from the House who
are spoken Of as members Of the COM
mittee are Payne, Morrison, Tucker,
Field, Stevens. Sayler and Thompson
of Massachusetts,, of the democrats,
and McCrary, Hoar, Frye, Garfield,
Hale, Kasson, and others of the re-
publicans.
THE ELECTION OF JUDGE DAVIS TO THE
SENATE
has been damper on the spirits of
many Of the Democrats in the House
who have favored the bill only be-
cause they supposed that he would be
the fifth Justice on the commission
and they had faith that he would work
out Tilden's salvation. Some of the
most ardent supporters of the bill on
the democratic side have changed tc
the opposition within twenty-foul
hours, and it may be said that many
republicans have more confidence il
the outcome of the compromise thar
they had before.
THERE NOW REMAIN
Chief Justice Waite and Justice
Swayne, Hunt and Bradley, all o
them with republican predictions
although Bradley is not popular ii
the party, on account of his violcn
opinions in regard to the enforcement
act. Bradley is said to have writer
the opinion, and to have taken sucl
extreme grounds, that the decision
had to be modified, to meet the view
Of those on the bench who agree,
with him upon the main points
Swayne and Waite will be objecte'
| to, on the ground that they are iron
Hayes State, and Hunt is open to tn
same objection, because he is iron
Tilden's State. 1t is the genera
opinion among conservative men tina
the selection of the Chief Justic
would be the best. lie has neve
been ON active politician, and it viii
please the democrats to know that III
has at times bolted his party nomina
tions.
WHAT JUDGE DAVIS SAYS.
Judge Davis received large mum
Der of kilograms this afternoon an
nouncing his election, the first infor
nation reaching him about2 o'clock
He sat on the bench all the afternoon
Although many gentlemen called tt
tender their congratulations he de
clined to receive them until the ad
journment Of the court. Thel
Springer, Cauliield and others callet
upon him, and for half an hour Their
was quite q levee. He showed yer!
plainly his pleasure al his election
and said he should accept. Whel
some one expressed surprise that HI
should desire to exchange life pc
sition of honor and salary of Sl0
600, for six years in the Senate and
half as much salary, he replied thai
he desired tc go back into active pol
itics again; that the limits Of The
bench were irksome to him. From
this remark it is inferred that the big
Judge has his eye still on the Presi
dency, and thinks the Senate step
ping-stone. He said that lie should
not resign till the 4th Of March, il
order that Grant might not appoint
his successor. lie thinks that if Haye;
comes in Judge Drummond will be
given his place, and if Tilden comes
in Lyman Trumbull. Judge Davis
declined to be interviewed in regard
to the compromise bill, and when one
Of the Congressman remarked thai
that he would have been very uscfu
to his party as member of the com
mission he made no reply.
EATON THE ONLY DEMOCRAT AGAINST
THE BILL.
1t will be noticed that Eaton was
the only democrat who voted agains
the bill. 1t was understood that Cor
don, Merrimon, Whyte, Stevenson
and McCrery would oppose it, but
in some way or other they were in.
duced to cast their votes in favor of it
Perhaps the same reason was usei
with them that influenced Jcrr,
Black to change SO suddenly in hi
lOpinion yesterday. There is no doub
that at least majority of the demo
Gratis in the Senate voted for the bill
with the sublime conviction that the,
were voting for Tildcn.
| Thurman as much as said SO in Iii
speech.