Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-02-22
The Murkpille &mqnirer,
YORKVTLLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. o., 1S

YORKvILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. %, 1877
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
According to the latest advices from Wash
ington, there will be no factious opposition
to the action of the majority of the Electora
Commission. The Western Democrats are
reported as hostile to the decisions so fal
made, and disposed to evince their hostility
by refusing further participation in the pro
ceedings of the Commission, and to repudiate
the decision when made. This policy, how
ever, has been opposed by the Southern Dem
ocrats, and will probably not prevail. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by the Demo
cratic caucus of the House and Senate on
Saturday night, and its publication author
lied:
Resolved, That the count of the electoral
vote shall proceed without dilatory opposition
to the orderly execution of the act of Con.
gress creating the Electoral Commission
whose decision shall be received and acted
upon in accordance with the provisions of the
said law; but this resolution is accompanied
with the solemn and earnest protest of the
Democratic party against the gross and the
shameless violations of law, justice and truth
contained in the decisions of the majority who
signed the same in the cases of Florida and
Louisiana.
The resolution adopted was substitute of:
fered by Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, to the one
already before the caucus, the text Of which
has not transpired. The protest was in the
shape of an amendment offered by Bright, Of
Tennessee. The vote was SO to 40.
On the same subject, the Atlanta Constitu'
ton has the following special dispatch from
Washington:
To.day's decision settles the Presidential
question for Hayes, so far as the Electoral
Commission can settle it. The only hope Of
the Democrats now is to fllibuster in the
House, and stave off the completion of the
count until the 4th of March, then elect Til
den and inaugurate. The chances are that
this will not be done. There is intense and
noisy indignation tonight, but very little
purpose in it. The men who are nearest to
Tilden declare the House will elect Tilden
and inaugurate him but there is strong oppo-
sition to such course among the party lead
ers, and especially those from the South
The country has been depending on the Com
mission, and it is too late now to rouse them
to revolution, which would certainly be the
result of an attempt to inaugurate Tilden by
order of the House There seems to be No
alternative but to take Hayes for four years
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 18th, Patterson, Of
South Carolina, presented the credentials Of
D. T. Corbin, claiming to have been elected
United States Senator from the State of South
Carolina for the term of six years from March
4th, 1877. The credentials we're signed by
D. H. Chamberlain as Governor of South
Carolina. They we're read and placed on file,
no objection being made to their reception
The political disabilities of Reuben Davis,
of Mississippi, were removed. The arrest Of
Conrad A. Jourdan, bank cashier, was or.
dered, for refusing to produce Tilden's,
Pelton's and Hewitt's bank accounts. In
the House, the journal of Thursday, Februa'
ry 1st, was read as the regular daily order
at 10 o'clock. The House was engaged all
day in debate on the report Of t.! Florida
Investigating Committee majority re-
port, declaring the Tilden electors to have
been duly elected and the minority the Hayes
electors. There was but little interest in the
debate until Mr.. Purman (Republican,) of
Florida rose, and after censuring his party
associates in the North for indifference which
they had shown to the result of the election
in the South, and for the blunder it had
made in refusing to admit Pinchback into the
United States Senate as Senator from Lou
isiana, he declared that though staunch Re-
publican, he felt it his duty to say that the
Tilden electors had been duly elected in Flor
ida, and he characterized the Canvassing
Board of that State as bold, uuscrupulous,
fraudulent body. The speech elected much
applause from the Democrats, who gathered
around him and paid close attention to his re-
marks. With the understanding that vote
should be taken tomorrow upon the resolu-
tons of the committee, the House took recess
till ten tomorrow.
In the Senate on the 18th, the bill appro-
priating quarter of million for the build
ing of National Museum on Smithsonian
Square, was reported on favorably. The bill
the political disabilities of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston passed. A number Of
petitions were presented. Dorsey introduced
the compromise of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill, already pending on the House calendar.
The amendment to this bill that the $750,00O
paid to the sinking fund shall be an addition
instead of in lieu of other payments, was
adopted by % to 10, without completing the
bill. The deficiency appropriation bill was
passed. Amendments we're made by the Sen
ate to the legislative appropriation bill to re-
store the salaries of last year, and to appro-
pirate one half million dollars TO pay judg-
ments in the court of claims. In the House
the resolution of the majority of the commit
tee on the election in Florida, declaring the
Tilden electors to have been elected in Flori.
da, was adopted by party vote, with the ex'
ception of Purman, of Florida, who voted
with the Democrats.
In the Senate on the 18th, the pensions
committee reported adversely on the bill to
increase the pension of the widow of Col
Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster
The Pacific Railroad bill was laid aside. The
naval appropriation bill, with still further re-
duction on the last bill, was passed. In the