The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-26

| and in whose decision an men would acquicscn
There could be no gre greq9tt,cr dang danger than that
Of the question there yore some twenty mil;
ESa' cSr SgSs Y seSS ss9neSy ey Sgysd Ssd
who hone 'tly believe that in the absence ofany
legislntion ON the subject II was the duty Of tho
| Vice President to count the votes; on the other
side ther'eNcre some twenty million people, who
honestly believed that Gov Ttlden had been
no authority to count the votes. and that no vote
could he counted except with the consent Of both
| Houses. II Congress failed to pass the bill and
provide a, tribunal to settle this difference Of
| opinion, the country would drtt upon rock
where the ship Of state might bc driven to pieces
| 1t might bc that If the bill were defeated. and
| Congress failed to pass any measure on the sub
| jet, one or the other OF those partics would
| licved to be without law or authority. He would
| hope and earnestly pray. If such nm emergency
should arise, one or the other Of the parties
would submit. hut he confessed to very great
| doubts and very great fears that such would not
| be The ,t,c. ll1womld ASK thg gentlemen on the
| on" sd' or on the other who thought that their
| position WAS imuregnahe. TO consider whether
Y was probable that the counting. could avoid q
commotion and civil war. II had been said by a
great many people who agreed with him in po-
sive that tho Vice President had Tho right to
! count the votes, hut in his opinion the nuhori-
and equally numerous. He thought. Therefore.
| mat " would De unwise and unpatriotir Tort tho
| Houh' to rcfuss to adopt proposition which
all mon might agree I" as fair and lust 10y
| wnich the question might be settled. In an
sw'r to tho objection that the bill was not con-
stitutional. he quoted from bills reported ~ the
llouse in 1900 hy job Marshall. and in is2i 10y
Mr.. Webster ot Ma-5ach husctts. which contained
He t5onsf i ss ths b wSs consttucna n s and ad
w9nld, with his voice and vote aid is passage,
s,rboi heartily to the do'trine that the power
Ia count the electoral votes belonged 70 the
two Houses Of Congress. and not 10 the Prcs-
dent OF thu Senate but the opposite doctrine
was held Nv one ~ the great parties Of the
country. A. neither party was willing 10 yield
NNHtf nHlal "A
| rived when Congress should ri-- ahoN" partisan
ie,lins 9nl ad.lt mo1s OF 'il@men, thal
Of war. He held tnt Just rs the t"ucrs. provided
for in III" twenty second Joint rule, werc but
| ia" organ uf the two Houses. 80 the commission
| provided for in the hill was hut their organ tudo
| for tA"m what they themselves might do. He
to count heyot.s 50 they had "A right hy cOn.ir-
| reni action to agre" 10 any mode of counting
that might seem best to thgm. lic believed thN
unless m" .urh plan ns tins pm were aioitt
| no oarrly power could prevent war. coniu- ON,
the disruption OF the Government. and an end
Therefore q high and solemn duty on tho part IT
| Congress - bring about p'ar' ful solution nf
the d'ni ulty and tide over this cVcntul period
Mr.. Go'le Dem. Va said the, m.ml r- Of
| Tho concurrent committee whi'h lnl reported
this hill were eminently entitled t. the tna"i-
Of Congress and of the country for their pI.
,ient. $ ii-sa,rii ine ana patriotic laN r~. 'ni
| he hgi no hc-itInry I'm declaring tft hr No. t-
rr'prd to arrm his share Of tl' re-
spon~lbiiiy and To accord 10 ihr plan
Mr.. Hnar tl,np. Mus ~Hii thHn th" dNu -.r-
on i'ri"b Mhl'h siNif-m'n huN ior' -""u ln
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