The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-02
THE FRAUD C0NSUMMATED.
<Dty fHir VIM BE MENORtBLE IN
YJjE HI>TORY or .fNERICI.
,,,,,. npon Hours ~ Battle for Deiay-In-
,.,.~ Excitement In the House "f Repre-
...tti>r. until t,tO This Morning-Then
49,. ,nd Nhccier Declared Elected.

NJ
v,,ui>erov. March 1.-The small and |
,,l., tnr,i.y raul of nlihustcrs returned to /
Nh. .a.s again this morning. They were
,u,.t,.ns unlhr double grievance. The |
.n.l,r lni rc-oiu, .ly ruled agans, them yes
,.i,v. and the President VI the Senate had in |
nm impairment and uniustilnble manner re-
fused fl submit iha conflicting certificate from |
vermont t, the convention. This was Justly re-
gar ir1 a.. practically an rr,ion Of the very |
piw,f, which the two Houses had decided that
t,, rr.-nlrnt " the Senate did not possess.
Nj Ferry was warned by Speaker Randall that
h.wt- making It great mistake. His decision
would IN Nen-r the Democrats who were bent ON
nhhu-lnrng ami. as they numbered close on to
ono hundred. they could give the majority in
Il, lI,u,o great troublc-possihy might defeat
IN count Mr. Ferry not only declined to re-
c,iy' th, scaled package which Mr. Hewitt ten
dsr,I and lay 1t before the Joint convention.
but he dit this in an impcrtincnt and insulting
manner.
THIS WI, not the only blundcr the President
and hi- subordinat'- made The scaled pack
ase wa addressed To- the President of the Scn-
at, aud bore also the endorsement. Electoral
| Vpt, Of tho State of Vermont" Notwithstanding
this. Mr. Ferry not only declined to lay it before
the ioint convention. but he directed the Score
tiry OF the Senate To- take charge Of it ~ his
private property. Whom the Democratic OBJ
lecors offered their objections To- receiving and
counting the electoral vote of Postmaster
SolArc. thcy made tins scaled package u part Of
thrir papers. and the objections were received
IN thus shape hy Mr. Ferry and laid before the
JOINT convention After this had been DONE
Nj. Gprham. Secretary of tn Senate. asserted
his right to retain possession of the sealed
packet IA the private property If his friend. the
| Prcsident of the Senate. Hcwould take possess
sion OF 1t and return it. subsequently he per-
mttsd senator Elmunds To inspect the address
and then ii was returned To- him. This wi- the
| last that was seen Of II. Ii il bat lust to Mr.
Gprhnm to say that hc has denied over his sig
nature that he took the package from the Clerks
d'+k
But during the course of the day when the
| D,mc ratio ohstructioni-ts were ilcrccly de-
manlins the production Of this package. and
| thereby greatly cmbarrass ing Spenkcr Randall
WIN WA cnd"avoring To 'urh IN" refractory
minority without deprivin; them of any Of their
Just rlghtS, Mr.. kts-on uf Iowa. in an eNpluna-
ton intended To- rNculpatr tli" Secretary of the
S'n.i". as .rted that { e pacSage was then IN
the House. hut declined ~ stat" m who's" pos
~.sion II was. The hlhusters Hereby de-
manltd that h. ind eate thc person having it,
but Ka-san declined. shortly Thereafter Srn-
| at' page appeared with the missing parkuge
but ,ilined to tel wher' h" had got it.. IL
w'uli only say that he Was directed 10y his
sup"rlors u carry il 10 the House. OF course
1t was not received
| Now this whole proce ding wears the ap-
| p'arlnce of a -.urvy trick on the part of some
| h,iy near the President If the Senate. nnd II
n.ke- all the more suspicious the .non-ap-
among the electorni ceri atc- IN "a" pOsS 's-ion
of the President Of the senate. There il proof
OF Ia. fat that the demo ratio clector who
claimed to have been elected did send "A dupl-
eat, If his return tp Mr. Ferry and this Is the
only one intrustod 10 the Post Onic" which lid
not come safely tO hand.
OF course. all this was g3dsend 10 the h
busters. Mr.. Springer, who had been 50 ru ~
and undignn'1lv rnf 'ow' Nv F"rrv. wa .arly
nnj e,,.nt.r- r-.,iut,,,u- ,n,n ,i,. other OBJ
s'ru tiOni-ts wnrr tu help MIN fire N The door
W. wids open i"r r'prnt"d ron,'an- on rr7o-
Nj WOOD su.ain,d ty many Sou,h"rn
determined 10 defeat these dilatory tatl's
| Their" WAS n call If Ia" House, which Mr.. Wal
Ing moved 10 reconsider. though a working
| quorum was clearly present. The speaker adj
plt'sit the motion. Mr.. Hale moved t. lay on
Thr ypt' showing that the ranks of the hus-
t'rs w'r' G,ulng tnin. e9ni4rion w4s resumed
llrt1h and Caulhrld vrhcmrnty piled the
Speaker in chorus for their rights 70 the n9or
Uu privileged questions. tauiiield moved a
r-!uiipn which ne eaim'd was p"riln"nt t9
Af Vermont discussion. lewa- uvcrrulrd and
tlrh,lr given To- Poppeion. IN, chief olIrtor.
who -hrnwiy submitted t,m Cauln"ld rr~oiu-
Ton ia p.n'e of his own. Then followed Wig
~ i'N7, 'X,h ,HpI'Ht i.n. l',i,t "ltri Mg Irnlti
rY oi Mt fyirl'tnh- 49, l,on me mar, I,
ilr int'n-' satisfaction of the extremists ruled
tho t,.' ',uil"n IN 9rd.r n spite ., warm r.,
urunsn'i the President uf the Senate for "a
hreth of iltn WIN and toward n" House, and
wanted everything suspended till Mr. Ferry
hri r"n Called VI 20 llodu Zee thc Democratic
N thi- point y o'clock having arrived. the
Spnakrr announced now legislative day. and
nf.w nom nt- Of -li"uec ,wrr. obtained for the
Chhp ,n. Tn' last words nf tn" h"n"il'tion
w'r' no sooner out oi thr Chaplain mouth
thAn the row hogan again. Th" Np'akor'- rul-
fresh on.n,r Tho nhhuster- htd 4, r1n-ulu-
ton and determined 10 max" ;ht oyer thc