New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
POLITICAL.
The Massachusetts senarOrshiD.

Tno MaeBachu8et18 NenaGOr9nlps
BOSTON, January ls.-The third joint bal
lot for United States Senator resulted as
follow: Whole number "a; necessary for a
choice 1873 Hoar 100, Boutwell, s8. Abbott
g. Rice IL, Bullock 4, Seelye g. No choice.
Two other Intellectual ballots for United
States Senator, to-day, resulted as follows:
Boutwell, "a, Hosr l04 Necessary for a
choice 1873.
The Ballot in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, January 1S-Tenth ballot
for United States Senator: Logan SO, Palmer
&c. Davis 7, Anderson 2, Parish l, Haynes 2,
No Choice in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, January Is -Four Intellectual
ballots we're taken fer Senator to. day.
The Great Unknown in Nebraska.
OMAHA. January lS.-Alyin Saunders
WAS elected United States Senator.
The Pennsylvania Militia.
HARRISBURG, January IA caucus of
the Republican members OF the Senate and
House was held this evening. A committee
of three Senators and four Represent tives,
including the Speakers of the Senate and
House, was appointed last week to consider
the propriety of introducing q bill into the
Legislature to place the mill ia of the State
upon war footing. 1t was expected that
this committee would make its report to-
night.
The committee since its appointment held
q conference with Governor Hartrsnft and
finally decided that it was net expected to
offer any such bill to the Legislature at pres
emit, nor to make any specific appropriation
for tho purpose at this time, but simply to
await the course of events and let the mat
ter rest until the Governor, in his judgment,
should think it necessary to call on the
Legislature, by proclamation or otherwise
In arriving at this conclusion, the commit
tee claim to have been acting in wise and
temperate spirit
This was substantially the report made
by the committee to the caucus. That body,
which met at 7:3O P. NJ, appeared to con.
sist Of two elements-one urging the neces-
sity Of an appropriation to place the militia
on war footing as measure of preoautiOn,
and the other advising q tempOrizing pol
icy as best calculated Just now TO quiet the
people, and obtain, if possible, peaceable
and legal solution of the difficulty.
Finally, after a debate which lasted for
about two hOurs, the report of the commit
tee was adopted, but it was additionally
agreed that q committee, consisting of two
members of the House and two members of
the Senate, should be appointed, to whom q
bill making the appropriation for the reOr-
gRnization of the militia should be referred,
who should hold it subject TO the course of
events, taking no action thereon unless
necessary.
The Florida Electors.
New YORK, January l8.-The Worlds
Washington special says Senator Jones, of
Florida, has received the following dis
patch from Tallahassee, January II:
Information of quo lVarrd1ltO has been
decided upon the demurrer in favor of the
Democrats and against the Hayes electors"
The decision is given by Judge White, of
the Circuit Court. The demurrer being
made that the Hayes electors having met
and acted, no court could consider their
eligibility after the fact. By denying this
demurrer the court decides that it has jurls-
diction, and the case will proceed to trial
upon the main issue as to the right of the
Hayes electors to act at all. Meanwhile
the decision on the demurrer will be ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court.