The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-02-17
THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY,. FEBRUARY II.
From the :. p. BaIietin, Of Feb. isi.)
An Eventful Week.

The Electoral Bill, having received the Signature
of the President, is now the Law OF the land CnoeF
il each House elected Tuesday five OF Its memoefs,
who, with the Associate Justices OF the SUPREME
are 10 form a Commission TO examine the questions
that have arisen in connection with the PRESIDENTIAL
Election, where there are two certIncates Hom
State. They are for the Senate; Edmunds' mOrlon'
Frelinghuysen, Thurman and ~Bayard-three Repuo-
licans and two Democrats and for the house,
PAYNE. Hunton, Abbott, Garfield and Hoar-three
Democrats and two Republicans. The judges named
in the bill are Clifford, Field, Miller and Strong
two Democrats il is supposed, aud two Republicans.
They on yesterday elected Justice bradley IS the
fifth member. -,
These preliminaries arranged, the two Houses will
meet in Joint Convention in the House OF Kepresen-
ta,ives today. The President Of the Senate will
nreside. Two tellers will be appointed by each
House. The President of the Senate Will open the
Certificates of the votes from the States In alphabet
cal order and hand them to the teliers. VINO win re-
port the numbers. Objection may be made to the
vote of any State which has but one certificate, II q
Senate and Representative concur. The objection en-
tered on the journals, the two Houses are to retire
to their separate Chambers and CONSIDER II. Ii they
agree in sustaining the objection, the vote OF the
State Is not to be counted. Following the alphabet,
it is not likely that any objection will be raised until
Florida is reached. There are two certIncates from
that State, and they will have to 60 to the Joint Com
mission for which provision is made: NO iorther
counting can be done till a decision is rendered In
this case. When it is reported to the two Houses
AGAIN assembled in Joint convention, objection may
be made to it's ratification by five members OF both
Houses-ten in all-agreeing so to act. Ihe Houses
will then have to separate to consider the Objection.
In this case also the concurrence OF both houses Is
necessary to override the decision OF the Commis-
sioners. The Commissioners, however, are to de-
eide by majority. -,
Florida having been disposed Of, the counting Will
nrobably progress smoothly till Louisiana is reached.
The Florida decision, whatever it may be, will rem
der more easy of solution the LOUISIANA case. AFTER
this is settled, Oregon will come up for review, and
after that South Carolina. There may be q sputter-
| ing of objections in the case of some States which
have ONLY one certificate, but no inkling Of what II
is likely to be has leaked out. No debate Is TO De
allowed in the Joint convention. In the two Houses
when thew separate, each member is TO be allowed q
ten minutes speech, but the debate is not to last
| longer than two hours, so that all cannot avail them
selves of the privilege. At the expiration OF the
two hours, it is made the duty of the presiding OH
Ger in each House to put the main question.
In view of what has already been accomplished
and what is about to take place, this is a most
eventful week. There is no danger that there VIII
be other than o peaceful termination Of the question
which has agitated the country for months. Line
Electoral Bill was in obedience to public sentiment
which had already found such strong expression
that il had practically become the law of the land
While the official count actually begins to-day, !
NAV be several days before the result is known. LII
fact, as much time may be taken as is necessary
even if the investigation should be prolonged up t.
the day of the Inauguration. One or the other o
the great parties is to be disappointed but the tenn
per of the country now insures q peaceful acqules
cenee in q result which will have secured with ever!
reasonable precaution for a just conclusion. 1t l
hardly more than O month before the next Presiden
is to be inaugurated. We may know before the ex
piration of the week who is the coming ruler.