The New York herald., 1877-01-22
THE AGREEMENT OF THE CONFER
ENCE

To ruE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Now that men have the agreement they asked for
many OF them not satisfied. and cries are heard
from tho epubcans and democrats saying this is all
unconstitutional, anu ominous forebodings OF the
downfall Of the Republic make thoughtful the brows
OF these patriots. But those who seek the right in
this matter and not the election Of the candidate
whom they voted, will receive tho agreement as Just
and right mode of extrca,ion from the ruinous plans
Of partisans BY examination into these resolu-
t,ons they be shown TO be accordance with tho
Of the singular event has hap.
penedan election for which the constitution has not
provided Therefore somo extraordinary measure
must bc passed. l, must 10 extraconsttutoaal II a
remedy cannot be found in the constitution, and
remcay could be found there. For, when the repub.
cans construed the word "count' to mean judicial
count, the democrats said II was unconstiiu-
t,onal; ard when, on the other hand, the
democrats proposed hnaliy throw electoa into
House, the republicans SAID the democrats would
do anything Tor power Aud SO here we had The two
parties cropping III dark room Tor light and
stantly coming INTO contact with another TO tho
spectators OF this the subject seemed plain; both par
something unthought OF by the writers const-
tuition, and II only remained Tor argument
max. provision tor the future Tho very formation OF
the of arbitration makes II worthy OF respect.
The commnsng OF the representatives oil the people
and the members OF tho supreme Court shows a true
respect for the peoples viii and desire to decide
dicut question by the unbiased judgment OF judicial
minds Tho respect shown the VIII Of the people
great Importance Since the question cannot DC to
people directly their representatives IN Congress
will have the power OF expressing their views and o
casting their But II known that the
could not intrusted TO The hands OF Congress
Tue partisan ieei,g Is strong the stand taken
by the respective members OF the two parties OBJ
sIinate that an agreement would never be reached
And here comes into play the cOnsummatc wisdom Of
the Conference Committee. They say must be
added 10 these partisans VINO calmly and wisely
determine what is the truth. And where could sucn
men be found but the Supreme Court BcnchY The
desire not to drag the Court into politics. II
10 lind men with sound judgment, uninnuenccd by
party strife. The decision ol such would
be respected because II would be unlram-
meled by politics. Such motives these
must have governed tho JOINT Conference
10 the selection OF their board OF arbitration In all
their other work they TO have been equally sue
ccssiuL But the other sections do not require such
close examination, Tor they have not been attacked
with such severity II is not likely that again
history there will be such trouble about election.
An amendment to the constitution Will remedy the
evils OF our electoral system. Then shall feel
thankful TO those who, by their concurrence a
good brought peace 20 their ds urbcd Rcpub-
lie BY trouble the nation will have grown wise. aud
the history 0! America Will have made
step forward T. II.