Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-02-10
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS.
eashlaa Matters.

LNtt NFsGNN sbbHsVnAMNs
eash,ss wassers.
w.suiy8roN, Feb - The decision Of
tee tlpatlltr commission regarding the
,as,uu, f. siutss uf The Florida case are
J sWali,i With jntrn-c interest, rs they in.
valved primarily the main question whcth
~ ~, ,pmnlssion has power to go behind
ttr ., ftpu ~ The state returning board.
the tuh fIlr promulgated by the commits
siunts day. is regarded by many persons
A. A ttaaiitsT tutimtiiuu that such power
mst ht ever issi but the general opinion
10 that 49, ptus lsinna are Intended merely
~ ,u,et pus-ibilit, which has still H. t
d,itimlnsi nv q majority IT the commits
sua after h,ating atguWcnis IN public
ard daily celebrating an The question in
trtfsi suniffrute
NJ nt'hci Joint session Of both houses
vii w. brli uniil 81 disputed questions
,nnsctnlns ihr Florida returns are decid
81 D., TIE 'l,riufsl commission. which i
nnt expected tot urarl, week In the
msanlmr ordinary legislative business
will ts transacted ~ huth Houses
The Itibun, Washington special says
the ,smui.siaH expect a. iin.sh the Florida
sast ~ Iutsi,N next The commission
Intend ,,idrnih 10 push MATHIS. They
have shui on debates hy deciding that the
ruir n iwn heufs' speeches IN cach side
l. Ia lie construed not ~. twu hours ON
sA.h Operate point. hat on all objections
Ultiing iu FLORIDA They all constitute u
slugle ease
s.t.ssao Admttsrd.
IL the House the majority resolution
declaring lieltotd, tongrcssman elect from
Colorado. entitled to his seat. was, after
,nnsld,rahl, debate, adopted and Bclford
Was sworn ~
Ss,aiss IN the Wreslya Disaster.
Nav ynnA, Jan ~. The corCncr's
mty 10 the case ~ the brooklyn Thcaier
ralamliy gave y verdict that Of the ?lS
Victims IL the IRE two were burned 10
L dt.lh aud the fcmalsder suilocaicd.
appointment cfTeiiess Go Count the
Votes.
,.uNuto~, Jau. ~ Speaker Rand
oil having decidcd 10 appoint two Demo
Gratis o. irllrrs To- count the electoral votes,
President Ferry will Hppoin, two ncpub
u,nns Feftv desired one of each party
~ he appointed but Randall demurrcd.
vhs Kansas senator.
TnrAA, ian. ~ The idlh ballot for
1 = senator resulted Plumb ~; ID. i.
I.wni Plumb wns declared elected.
Plumb al ohio man. has been here since
Is11. ispfesldeni ~ the National bank nj
Impntia, aud reported Ia bc worth 5000
p1 made IN speculation aud law praciic.
o. Ss,ss eonvensio1.
Ile,es., during which the floors were
hlird al ~ members of the cabinc, and
counsel iuf the national committees al
bath patiie- The galleries were packed
largely with ladies justices Miller and
Field arrived iirsl III the commission, anG
NJ orlurk the speaker announced that
the senate members hal arrived, where
upon the House ntnse and The senate mem
tpts died dawn the main aisle aud took
ss,i. un the Democratic side The prc>i.
,isht ~ the senate took the chair the
Speaker beinr un the right, und called the
hou.o b. order aud ami raiitci order.
said In obedience H. the constitution,
the scnale aud liousr ~ " representatives.
have met ln be- present at the opening OF
The tutsihcairs aud counting and dcclar-
Ing the results ~ the electoral veto for
pn,shlent aud kicc President Of the Uni
tel tAips iut the term ~ four years, com
msnclng the i,h ~ March next"
IN compliance with law the President Of
- the senate " now proceed In presence
the two Houses a. open hll certificates
% the several states. ani In their alpha>
b,lical order, brginnng' Alabama.
Iiasseit, assistant doufhcepcr OF the Sen
a,r. brought IN the strong box In which
werr the certificates and placed II on the
desk hcforr the President ~ the Senate,
ehn operrh II and took therefrom the
sefilhrate from Alabama and handed u To
thu teller. Who were seated just below
hlt, al the clerks desk. aud Allison. one
IL the tellcf., read tho document in
nienso The result being that Samuel J.
Tilden. ~ New York and Thomas A.
tIeudricka, ~ Indiana. received the ten
electoral vulrs 81 Alabama The Vice
t'rs.ldrn, said the certificate received from
Alabsma by messenger having been read,
the duplicate had been received by mail.
eisna sa trading the duplicate certificate.
when be vas interrupted by senator Conk-
HING, who suggested that Il was hardly ne.
scszafy ~ read the duplicate. AS the Ger.
ilnsate was rad by one teller. the other
should lok over the duplicate In order
that q eumpsilaon might lie made. The
President ~ tho senate asked whether
there was any objections To the proposl-
iiun. aud there being none, he stated that
suusas would be pursued. stone having
thea completed the reading III the dupli
cate csuihra,e. the presiding officers said,
"Ase there sns objections to the ccriiii-
y
q pause The Chair hears none; the
sulrs ~ the State ~ Alabama will he
counted one ~ the tcllers will announce
the soies, m there may be no mistake.
The result was announced by Cook.
The same ceremonies were observed
concerning the nrx, state, Arkansas, and
the tesuli was sis votes ~ Arkansas given
int Iilslsn and Hendricks
The nest state WAS California, six votes
a., Itayes snd Wheeler.
Then ,oioFsdo. three for Hayes and
whesisf
CONNECTICUT, sls Tor Tllden and Hen
ydtisks
delaware, three Tor Tllden and Hen.
drlcks
When Tlutiis wu reached. Stone, tel.
ist. ps,see,lsd ~ Rad the certificates, the
hfsi ~ which, showed four for Hayes and
Wheeler, aud The second fsur for Tildcn
and Hendricks. the former being auihen'
iirassd by the late tlov, s,eafnsi the latter
~ Atlstnsy uenefai Lock. The prcsid-
las usiires thea handed the ,eilers s,ill an.
t,lhss ssftlnests fyo,u flufistn. received