, 1877-02-11
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w.. oc tuc spCCl2A representative
nocn' aud to have in charge the
euosla1e PARTY Nothing could be agreed
opou oeanltely last night at either of these cau-
Sua:s' except that the dcbate upon the Florida
usus.on W OF inc tribunal should not be proceed
Gu With to-day, and that i recess should be
.eAen until Monday Meanwhile, the plan WIS
A1a1 TUG lcaoerso OF the conference should decide
no" LII they could go with the sinister schemes
-oose referred to; to what extent they could
venture
TO DEFY THE PCp11c SENTIMENT
OF the country which approved the conanromisa
| plan, and how far they could rclr ,,pon massinr
the democratic strength OF the House in favor
ot any such revolutionary proceeding.
Inc programme here outlined was executed
| today. The House met at 10 O'Clock. The
| democrats moved an additional recess until /
oaocA, no substantial reason being assigned
s~ecpt toe declaration that such was the wish Of
Nv "a1os1ty. when 1 o'clock arrived the Joint
IoA.Sn'!on assembled The brief decision OF
1uc h1ccsoFal Tribunal giving Florida 10 Hayes
"as ie~, ffotests were called for, aud Field
aeA+ ~ 1ne ,a"1efS protest agreed upon at tho
! 11- 1A.e4e"ee 'As' n'ens- lhts done, tue two.
}0ooses ocpa1'teo' "ncfeupon ~.:.'
1iSnE, or WISCONSIN,, -
WV ID" ocen III conference With itandau last
n,snt' anu hopes 10 De appointed to Davis
pa place on LUG supreme bench IN the event Of
1noeus suc1ess' plaecd ntmseu IN the front
~" u seats 'a1 distant from his own, easily
caueut 1ne eye OF inc speaker, evidently in ac-
.o4u1ucc VIII previous Plan, anu moved that
tnc AouSc aaAe u lecesS untu Aonday. The
Republicans we're quick "fth their protests
anu earnest With their arguments that such ad
]ournmcnt was IN Violation Of the spirit Of tho
compromise.
ADEFIASCE OF TIE CONSTITUTION, s..
an cncroachment upon the terms Of the Elect
oral bill, and an unpatriotic movement
which had possibly for its motive a
desire to defeat the action Of tho
Electoral tribunal. The Democrats made very
good arguments on the language Of the law
strictly, that one recess could be taken, and
Speaker Randall was fair enough to intimate
that he could not entertain motion for another
recess upon the Florida question, SO
RECESS WAS ORDERED
until Monday, but the precedent was established
that recess can be taken upon every substan.
tial obiection.to the count OF the State at every
stage Of the proceedings. This principle cstab-
lished, the Democratic m8jority has the power
II it dare exercise It, to defeat the CONF
promise One reason assigned for desiring that
delay was that Springer might have an oppor-
tunity for preparing his protest to the Illinois
Electors from papers which he expected might
arrive here before Monday Another was that
the lawyers might more thoroughly prepare the
Louisiana case upon which the Ti1den people in
tend to make their -'
-. LAST DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
Tonight. the Democratic leaders were In ecu
ference at Hewitt's house to very late hour to
see what plan, if any, they should adopt, and to
ascertain, If possible, how far they could rely
upon the united Democratic vote. Upon thu
latter subject the Northern Tildcn
leaders have very serious apprehensions.
They are afraid of the vote from the Cotton
States. There has been q great deal more in
the talk of the Hayes movement South tnan
has generally been believed. The Northern
Democratic leaders understand it better than
their Republican opponents. The common fear
Is that there are perhaps forty-tiye votes 1ro1.
the cotton and rice States whic1, would be cas1
with the Republicans solid against anY revolt
tionary scheme to defeat the peaceful .lete.-
mination of the results of the Presidential elcr-
ton contemplated by the trainers Of
the compromise measure. This forcc,
with to