The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-01-25
THE ELECTORAL BILL.
0DiniOns of Leading Journals
and S~Iatcsnnen.

by both parties. A Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quh e. gives the following snatches of
conversation from leading statesmen:
.Jere Black says the bill is n bad one;
that the House Committee has been
BUN. aosed, and that the Americas. De
mocracy are pigeon -livered any way,
Sam Cox SAYS: Il want to let it
soak until to~morrow before | make up
nv mind. | want to consider if we q
give away our power to this chaste tri1
bunal." Ia .
Randolph Tucker is favorable: Sars
the bill FORMS a basis of settlement,
which by amendment may afford a So
luton to the difficulty.
Barney Garfield says that the bill
will take with the masses until it Is
explained.
Southland says he is not favor1bly i'm
pressed with it. ,.,,
Frank Hurd says the bill does not
strike him favorably, but he is not Pre-
pared to express an opinion.
Cate, of Wisconsin, says il is very
adroitly drawn, and lie is afraid Of it.
Bell; Of New Hampshire says it is
unconstitutional. The States should
settle in their own Courts disputed
questions as to who are the lawful
Governor Walker, Of. fifgiuia, says:
:"If Congress has the right to etcct any
tribunal outside Of itaelf, this seems to
be the ~fairest that has been prepared
since 1906" and he thinks the force of
public opinion will insure its passage.
Scott Lord says: II think it will
pass. AS to the question of the legal
tv Of transferring the powers Of Con
gress to the Special Tribunal, all OBJ.
lection on that account is reraoFed, from
the fact that the two Houses of Con>
oress ratiisy all the acts of the Tribunal.
Although the Tribunal Tray make tue
President, it will appear on record, and
will in fact be, an act of Congress. The
Tribunal acts in n semi ministerial ca
pacity.",
NJ. Sparks, of Illinois. says the
game of chance is bound to- be a feat
IRE Of the plan any way, .hecanse the
fn1TIir Justices can only decide on the
fifth by lot.
Mr.. Garfield says he hopes to see his
way clear to vote for the bill, but until
he is satisfied that by accepting it no
dangerous precedent is; established h.
will decline to give it his support.
Mr.. Tarbox, of Massachusetts. is one
of the Democrats who likes it least, 81
have not. of course. had time to exam
inc the hill" he said, "but [ must say
that it strikes me as a concession to the
spirit of greed at the expense OF the
spirit of liberty"
Says Mr.. Burleigh, of Maine, "The
extremists of both parties don't like 1t,
which is a strong point in its favor
Mr.. Blount, of Georgia: 81 don't
altogether like it, but 1 may decide to
vote for it."
Hester Clymer: "It strikes me as a
fair Compromise
Charley. Foster is inclined TO favor
the bill. if it should he understood that
it is not to be n precedent.
Coneer, Of Michigan: ''Bosh!'
Hooker. of Mississippi. refused to go
into caucus tonight. for fear he shonld
he asked to bind himself to vote for the
bill.
Frank Jones: Il don't like any com
promise. but I am inclined to think the
best thing TO do is to pass this bill
Lamar is in favor of the bill.
MILF. Sayler; cam in favor of a
peacoabie Solution of the difficulty"
Henry Watterson doesn't like it, but
,doesn know but he may vote for it.
Whitthorne: 81 shall probably ops
pose it."
Wmlling opposes the bill, because
Justice Miller, who will he n Of the
tribunal, has expressed the opinion that
Hayes IS elected.
Eaton, % Connecticut, who is n OF
the most RADICAL Democrats, says: owe
might Just rs well refer the matter to
Sir Edward Thornton and Ing lis, of
Kansas, a radical Republican, remark
ed: Il like it rs well is. any other
prize-package arrangement. l. don't
believe in travelling all over the country
IN search of a tribunal to make Tilden
Presidc4t." The fact that these two
extreme men Ct both parties join in de-
nouncing the bill shows what is the ex-
act state of feeling tfGes. the ,opposi-
ton is individual, and not confined to
either party.
The plan proposed at Washington for
counting the electoral vote, and now
stated to have been adopted by the
Joint Committee, is revolutionary and
dangerous. NeW York Ir5bune.
Tile fact that the Joint Committee,
whose task was So difficult and yet I'M
p%ortant. and Those sessions have excit>
led such universal interest, have been
to agte6 ca 3 plln, will be
hailed in every paiit Of the country as a
1~favorablh omen. NeW YOrk, NerGid.
As We yesterday 5aid, the country
will hail with delight any action on the
part of Congress which goes to show
that the frightful condition OF. the peo>
pie is at last getting itself recognized
by the persons who are sent to Wash
ington to look after the welfare of their
constituents and of the republic.
Wen York W0rhI,
The objections to the bill are funda-
mental. 1t would drag the Supreme
Court of the United States into pc
litical brawl, b. hauling a majority of
its members into this wrangle. Whether
they should decide with or against
their respective parties. their motives
would be questioned and respect for the
court would be weakened. 1t comedies
tie right, which is also the duty, of the
two Houses to count the votes, and IN
the same breath proposes to surrender
part of that fight, which might, in eff
feet, be all of it. Mr.. Tilden has been
elected or he has not been. The Con-
st1tution has appointed 4 Board of Ar
bitration, a Commission, to determine
this fact. That Commission is the Con
gress, as the proposed bill comedies.
The Congress is competent to decide tie
question without foteign aid, not only,
but it has no power to refer the ques-
ton to an outside board. The bill is a
pernicious one in itself, and would be
dangssous as a precedent. The result
of the arbitration would enrage and not
satisfy either party.-CincihnaN En-
9airer.
We are resolutsly against any new
tangled Hevice or cdttffi5ance to avoid
or disturb the true m'eshpd of the Con-
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