Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-23
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EX-GOVERNOR MoRroM's GREAT
SPEECH.
Tho Old War Horse to the Front
Once More.
A CLEAR AND LOGICAL ARGUMENT
AGAINST COMPROMISE"
The AbsurdiiIes Of the Congress-
ional Plan Exposed.
How and Why Troops We're Used
In the South.
49, me-,
IsrEcr,L DsrArcHrs TO rHE GoLp Hill
DAILY Nxwsi
s.na,.r Mersea'. speech.

DAILY kxwsi
asnatsr Movson's speech.
WASHINGTON. January 23.-follewing ID
the continuation Of Governor Morton's
speech In the Senate yesterday:
We are discussing this bill In the prss-
snce Of q case ; We are discussing IL IN tho
presence Of an actual condition OF things.
shall be anxious TO have . fair bill
adopted. I was exceedingly anxious 70
agree with the committee In thu recon-
mendation OF fair proposition ; but when
we are preparing q bill In the presence oil
q case made up ready TO be tried-the
papers all signed and In ordsr-l i..isi
that II shall be fair trial. under which
the condition Of things shall not be I'M
fairly changed. Az / said bcfort. l DO
lievs Rutherford ID. Hayes Is elected Pres.
ideut--elscted upon the p~apers--slscted
under every form Of law-that hc ought 70
DO inauguratsd and that he must be In.
auguratcd, unlsss q bill shall be passed
which shall allow him to DO countsd out
In defiance Of wsll-settled principles. ]
am not we'll enough. Mr.. President 70 80
into this question to-day nl should liks
10 do. i wish 70 say q few words ID rsesio
to this bill. II the power 70 ceunt tni.
vote Is vested In the two Houses and u
In the President OF the Senate men tue
duty must BE- performed by the two Houses.
II cannot DO delegated. This was the pre-
else point, as I understood 1t. OF the argu-
ment Of the Senator from Vermont BE-
cause, II he were 10 admit that the power
IL vested in the two Houses under the Con.
%stitution, no would be compelled TO admit
good lawyer a. ho is-that that power
eannst DO delegated but by placing IL as 0
iloatinp power, which 10 located now here.
until N Il otherwise located by an act Of
Congress. The commission created is .
mixed commission. partly inside and part
ly o~utside-fve Senators, ilyo Rsprssent-
stiyss and five Judges. The Judges are
taken-not because they are Judges, not
hecanso thsy are members OF the supreme
Court. hnt because they arc men Of emil
nent character. who happen TO occupy that
ro.ition. Four of them are chosen by
rircuits. The Senator from Vermont
hardly did himself Justice on Saturday,
when he argued that they we're chosen by
rircuit. ON account OF geographical distri-
bntion. Tboy were chosen BY circuits. ~ I
naJer.tand not because Of geographical dis
,riLntion bnt because OF the political an.
,so.,isnts NJ The men who preside In those
sir,ni,. When liza hin. instead Of nam.
inn A.. ladies' names The circuits, n pre-
.As SnIa,. ii,,,s .h.n thst dscsiyes
s y I'm JnJ"s. arc tslep by the
Nm ~, 81 ,hcir nolitic.l ant@ceJepts
oa as.h .,Ie I'm othsr words. the
~ y's,ss 80 .sIsc,cd man political
.ou. divi,ic,j * 4. said. In
s,an ~ 49, AZ. Lii a fair onr. Never.
"nIus.~ ~. s.iac,,on 4. maJs IN Tie An.
49, conr, on ,oliticaI grounds. / con-
,"s. T iooheJ upon the proposition with
49,. ,.rca tban tbe othsrs. I thought We
onvh, 40 have taken the whole Court, and
nos Inv any form Of provision that We be-
iisysi p%olitic. enter into the Court; not 10
divide II men political grounds, not to rs.
sn,ne that The duties Of that Court are liza.
lie IN be influenced BY their political pre-
,JaIoc,ion.' bnt 10 taks the whole court as q
aorr, 7 ,hou,bt that tho least objection.
III. nrono.i,inn n Ia true. tho other
io.' pssI ,ss,. VA. n son.titutional
ua!, w., osr.rsJ Lsrs referring Inc mat.
~. y. az arnrcm, Court. i stool against
10 tnN n AID an chiefly because 10 ro-eu-
s.,a,I ,hs EIec,eral College and re-enscted
an election of President by the court Of
representatives, by States; but II We are to
a. an outsids tribunal, IL seemed 10 me
far batter We should take the Sapreme
Court. and take Il ~ . court, take all the
.Ju5ses. and not pick around among them
10 retan equal number ON political grounds.
I Thought that was . blow At the court. and
would DO II more injury than any course
which could be taken. They are TO lake
A afth. Four Judges are TO select q NTH
Hero IL . very grave question pre-
sented right ut the Threshold. b
Is the character Of the commissioners
Are they officers? They are sworn. The
very highest duty Is imposed upon them.
to render their opinion oil tho greatest
case that can arise under the Constitution.
n they are officers, ars they not 70 " Ap-
pointed ~ other officers under the Con
stitution Of the United States are appoint
cdf Are We 10 take four men by, name
and authorize them to take the nith' ana
submit 10 this court, thus organized, ihis
great csse2 Is 1t not . court 70 All in-
tents and purpssesf You call 1T com
mission ; but names are nothing. ~
court invested with the very hishes' lnris-
dictien to decide both law . iac', eA-
pressly charged with deciuing inc quss'lon
what are the powers OF eaen OF OF Dom
Houses OF Congress. I'M expressly charged
x.ttI. ANlinn Nha flat ma Tn VIM nANa LEAN