The Morning herald., 1877-01-10

esse Of . psw elsctiou ke vas sure the
Democzsss vouh sweep the entire country.
Tie Repoblican ars exceedingly fearful
lss. the reports from the Florida Com
uittss will b unanimously In favor Of
Tildec. They are awaiting in great
anxiety 70 hear from LOuisianA. and
feel a conviction that the report from
it will be very damaging to the
cause Of Hayes, and leave both the
Senate and House 20 other alternative than
to throv out the vote Of that State Or count
it for Tilden. It is significant tnai Gar
field and Hall are the only Republicans OF
the House that have defended the Return
ing Board. The Republicans Of liberal
opinions seemed to be prepared to vote
agains. accepting the returns of that State
President "pro tenn" Ferry says he will
abide by such decision, and act in accor-
dance Herewith in counting or rejecting
the certificates Of the disputed STATES, a.
the Senate and House may direct but
should they fail to agree upon some meth
Cd, be will proceed - act in accordance
with the Constitution as he iDterprets ii,
which is 10 "coun. in" Hayes. In that
event there will certainly be trouble here.
Conkling has not yet committed himself to
the support Of either Tilden Or Hayes; his
silence grievea the Rads seriously. Gov
erBor Growers testimony elected nothing
new before the Senate Subcommittee, and
Morton is both outwitted and exceedingly
down.hearted. Grant has refused to inter-
fsre in the State election Of Governor in
Louisiana, and in reply to both the Re-
publican and Democratic claimants to that
position, said, he Gid no: intend 10 recog.
nize either, but would only interfere to
prevent disturbance Of the public peace,
and at meeting Of the Cabinet on Satnr-
day, which was called especially to con-
slider the subject, his action was unanl'
mously approved, which haa considerably
chagrined the external wing Of the Repub.
lican party. This together with the pro.
nouncing against the Packard Government
by Gen. Longstree:, has rendered The
RAIDS almost mad with frenzy, they dom
know which way to turn for friend ir
their despair.
Mr. Cronin, Of Oregon, who has beer
excused from further attendance on Mor-
toms Committee, left for bis home
Morton found he had a big elephant on biz
hands and having been worsted by Cronin
didn't dare recall him for further exami
nation.
Considering the external political de
rnoraliza,ion Of the Senate, and their uttel
dlsregard Of precedent and law, both hu
man and Divine, they obviously need some
one to pray them into the knowledge Of tbt
rights Of the people, and we know Of NJ
one, who would better earn his salary thar
Parson Talmadge. This extraordinary
man Of God prays nearly all the time, anc
if he should happen to be taking hot
scotch with Brother Newman, would sto)
short between the lemon-peel, and the nut
meg, to throw in few words of prayer
while the servant stirred up the sugar-h
= might not do much with Morton, Logar
and "sich," but would perhaps put an en-
to the peanut.eating Of the Senators, an
keep Hamlin, Merrimon and Christianc
awake during prayers. ! have now ru
the gamat Of politics and religion; the la
ter, perhaps, Of an Indifferent quality, b'
! probably not much out Of keeping wi,
i, the other. And yet it doesn't seem that
ought to quit; the reader may judge difIe
emily, but cant be responsible for Il
-. taste Of the reader, when writing for
journal 80 widely circulated, and read
80 many Of our leading Statcsmen here
the Capital.
must differ with the gossip concerni,
the marriage Of Mr.. TiIden. 1t would be
0 Calamity for our Uncle Samuel to comm
e such gross breach Of faith. The Anel
. cin people elected him in order 10 get
l. administration which had no wite's rel
!. tons to put in Office, and now for the 0
1t gentleman to assume collateral relatio
Ia ship, would be a shocking breach Of CO..
,r tract.
J. There has been much comment over L
Le speech Of Mr.. ConkIing on presenting Il
: petition Of the business men for spec,
;r settlement Of the 'Presidential muddle
at The faults Of Roscoe's sentences 2