New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-26

stances. and without the antidote Of conservatism
which il contained, would have brought down upon
him the indignation Of the Republican party. hen
who Are in favor of peace and a lawful completion
of the electoral count however, are wiling 10 lor-
give even the most partisan utteranceS Wheh theJ
are followed by such language as he used. turning
TO his party friends after deHouncing the Commls-
sion and the Republicans, ne said
Democrats! peace cournge, prudence, Inoderl,on. i
represent A have stood here for moderation aud
peace throU ehou this Congress, accGpt to-day aelfa'
have rather than y to those know nor o. Nae 9 au
asked to give my vote TO resist me tNecuon Oh 5,5
nv answer H. NJ objective point - gwen I'd WhlcH.We
would winch would not DrnS upoh US i9 - ~
anarchy: and edOs The srenStn %, 90" and fbrog
away great opportunities Let ms NOT thhe GoSNs oI
OF our passions. Principle, stateslEaE'ip PocI IN
command stand by the execution OK INC IL" VIC "'0
made.
The other interesting passage in the discussion
was the attack which Mr.. Hewitt made upon MI
H0ar of the Commission, and the reply when tne
latter made. Il has been for many days whispered
about the Capitol that Mr.. Hewitt would on some
OCCASION before the counting of the votes was COM
peted attack Mr. HOar and accuse HIM OF Dad lalth
in having promised the Democrats that the Comlns-
sion should 90 behind the returns and consider the
evidence on which they were based, and OF having
broken his word. When the chairman Of the Dem
d
not necessary for the Speaker 70 insist upon Order
acknowledgements visitors to whom the
pryepa of the floor had been given and the hundreds
rathcred in the gaeres-bent forward to listen 10
what he had to say. Reading from the record OF
the Electoral Commission the entry WHICH
showed that Commissioner HOar submitted the
order that evidence be not received IN the Louisiana
ease he declared that Mr.. Edmunds and MI. fre-
nghuysen had either not expressed an opinion IS to
the power of the Commission TO 60 behind the re-
turns or had affirmed that there was no such power
He referred to Gen. Gartields speech, IN
which he was understood TO declare that there
was such power in certain eases. He referred also 10
Mr. Morton's declaration in the Senate that IL was
the bounden duty of the Tribunal TO go behind The re-
turns. He then quoted from Mr. Hoar's speech in
the House on the 2jth of January the assertion that
the bill was not compromise measure, that it sim
ply gave the man who had righteous claim the
power 10 assert maintain and enforce by argument
and proof" emphasizing the last word. This then
was the ground on which he was to accuse Mr.. Hoar
of bad faith HIS subsequent rehearsal OF what took
place in the Joint committee added nothing which
proved any more directly that the gentleman from
Massachusetts, had held the opinion which Mr.
Hewitt attributed to him.
The impression made by Mr.. Hcwitts speech was
not a favorable one. His closing words III favor OF
accepting in good faith the awards Of the Commits
SION Notwithstanding the fact shat he believed the
party had been deceived, brought forth little burst
Of applause and shouts of Good good " from dill
fercnt parts Of the chamber but the general feel
ing was that the evidence against Mr.. Hoar was not
of a strong character.
Mr. HoaT was evidently prepared for this attack
His answer TO it was conclusive and overwhelming.
He showed that the bill had already passed the Sem
l. bi.s T1np N
ard that Senator Thurman had positively asserted
that all these questions of jurisdiction etc, were
left open and undecided by the bill. Accepting that
Interpretation Of the law, he had used the language
which Mr. Hewitt had quoted; it could properly be
made to carry such meaning the gentleman from
New-York undertook to attribute TO 1t. Mr. Hoar
closed his speech with very apt quotation from one
of Webstcr's speeches. III which lie said: - We
have a maxim in New-England when certain men
make exhibitions Of themselves that in the mind ct
such a man there Is a screw loose somewhere In this
mans mind all the screws are loose" At this point
the House burst into laughter ard applause evil
IDENTIFY suppOsng that the last sentence was original
with the speaker, and not 4 quotation from Webster
Mr. Hoar, momentarily disconnected, Immediately
recovered himself and continued--"I am quoting
Mr. Webster about MIR. IngerSoll, you understand"
He then went on The whole machine said Mr..
NeSIcT, i Eth'tl, Shiny Cl'tH1 Vu' Va J'i''
Mr. II0ar cOncluded-"l have sometimes thought l
have seen instances of gentlemen whom great re.
sp0nsiblitics have brought into like condition Of
mind.'
After the joint session of the two houses had been
resumed and the vote of Oregon had been counted
and objections bad been filed to the vote OF one OF
the electors from Pennsylvania, motion was made
by Mr.. Vance of OHIO that the House take recess
until Monday. The session had then continued about
seven hours and the members were greatly fatlgued
But in spite of this, when the roll call was completed
the motion was defeated by at least 10 to II votes
Then here and there a conservative Democrat
feeling that the reyoutionists had been severely
enough punished for one day, and willing to humor
them and allow their anger to cool down over
SUNDAY, changed his vote and the session closed.