Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-12
puted points may not be consumated for a week

puted points may not be consumated for q weel
or ten days.
The electoral committee reaesembled this at
ternoon, and after the reading Of their journa
Oh yesterday, adjourned until Monday.
Resignation.
WASHINGTON. February IL. Frederick Doug
lass has resigned as q member of the Police Board
OF Commissioners, President Grant having re.
quested his resignation in order that he might
comply with the law, which requires the appoint.
ment of one member Of the board from George
town.
The House Committee.
The House Committee, which vestgated the
South Carolina elections, will make a report dur
ing the present week. All the points have not yet
been definitely acted upon, though they agree
that hayes and Wheeler carried the State by zoe
or 500 majority.
The Presidents Views.
The President tonight, in the course of CONVEX.
sation, said that it has appeared to him that the
democrats Of the House, by abruptly taking a re-
cess yesterday, intended to obstruct the counting
OF the electoral vote, but on his being informed
that many prominent democrats had dsapproved
any intention to engage in mere dilatory proceed
ings, mat o-morrow they would take action in
the Florida case, and that their delay was merely
Tor the purpose of carefully examining all the pa
pers, as they appeared this morning in print. He
said he was glad to hear it, as nothing could be
gained by resisting the regular order Of business
In speaking OF the intention of the democrats to
make an objection to counting of the electoral
vote OF Illinois on account of the alleged inability
OF Mr. Chaffee, one of the electors he said he did
not see how the vote of the state on that account
could be rejected, or if the objections were made
to Chaffee only, the democrats could derive no
dement, from It, lie thought it but fair that if the
state had voted for either Hayes or Tilden the
free vote Of such state should be counted accord
ing to Its political complexion.
Although he hoped Hayes and Wheeler Would
be declared elected he felt somewhat uncertain A.
10 tne result, because he could not foresee what
would be done In the case OF Louisiana. 1t would
be recollected that four years ago. after his can
Vass ior reelection, the two houses resolved not
TO count the electoral vote of that state although
the reasons in the two cases might not be similar
there seemed to be some uncertainty upon the
SUBJECT Should the vote possibly be excluded
Hayes and Wheeler would In that case be defeat
ed, and Iiden and Hendricks not elected the lat
ter not having received majority of the votes OF
all the electors appointed, and therefore the cleo
ton OF the President would be thrown into the
house of representatives, leaving the senate to
elect Vice President But be this as it may, be
was satisfied that there would be no disturbance OF
the peace, as both parties had committed their de-
termination of the disputed points to the tribunal
constituted for that purpose.
No Excitement.
There was no unusual excitement to night con-
corning the counting of the electoral vote and
but few members of congress were seen at the ho
tells, though many other persons were engaged in
discussing the political situation. Prominent
democrats repeat the assurance that they do MOI,
intend unnecessarily to postpone action in the
FLORIDA case, and that the question as to whether
the vote shall be counted, will be taken to-mor-
row. The democrats depended on counting this
vote for their candidate but the decision of the
commission being otherwise, some of them ex-
press the hope that what they have lost in the
Florida may be retrieved by rejecting the vote OF
Louisiana. The republicans are in better spirits
than the democrats in view of the final result.