The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-25

The Committees uC the Senate and
House 90 Is. SAYS tho Plush~rk Post
g.saacucd the country hy Ihc H'ClIl-.
.raer that th4y had reached au agree
.u,gt Ia glc method 90 be pursued lu
...aatlu. the electoral vote and dcc.ar
sns the result. The submitted 90 each
House . report accompanied uy q bali ioi
e.gyyiug into effect the plan agreed on.
In tie Senate Mr.. ElmuUds o! Vernon.
and IN the House, Mr. Payne OF Ohio.
announced Jhcy would press tlc liii @.
"A decisive vote us soon as practicable. Il
W.S announced the report and l,.. had
been cautuFrvi tD by N.l the members
nl the Two Committees vA,,I. Senator
Morton. Ia this connection 10 Is gvr,l-
.,ul 10 reprint the Committees.
>aa.- Senators EdmUntS. Morton.
caukllu.. EvluIhuysCH, Republicans.
aad Thurman, Elyard aud Ransom,
.fyul>g-.ts.
u.. Representatives Payne. lew
ind. Nuatau. springer, Iyw. .lg.ls. and
MyCnry, uuur aud Willard EcVuhh-
cans.
In Tie first place. there is . complete
abandonment ul any claim that The
President ct tuc Senate has control over
t4, electoral count Ills luly is merely
Jl-t ai opening the CrTIayatrs Lua ASK
ms ..lhvgr is objection 90 Tie yuaut ui
Tie votes returned. In case any clJclu-
rsl vote Is objected 90, a concurrent vote
.t both houses Is required for It's rriCc-
zion. This 10 omct; the eases ui lErIe,.
Ole electors. Eu, where there are two
.r more sel- pl returns, - iu Florida.
E d. .aH mol
/ Carolina, and yhetWu houses L.il % agree
which one shall be counted, the bill rv-
ported bv the Committee provide, Tor (.
commission of five Supreme Cour.
Judges. i've Senators and hNv EyVrv-yu-
I iaiygs, who ~ 10 be- sworn ITO i'm.
/ partially examine and consider all Ques
Ji0ns therein, a.Eyeab.y 10 the lOunslitU.
1 l.uu aud laws TINS commission Is ln.
! vested with the same powers uE,T Oh,
/ count now possessed ly the two huus,
|utJuu-Tr-S, uctlGEsvparI; or together
Iacy are 10 decide whether any orwha,
votes from States with double returns
are the votes provided for by the Con
I s4.UtIou Of the United States and Whu,
I persons are appointed electors The de-
I .ls.ou Of the Comm lSsiuu must stand uu.
/ less rejected hy the concurrent vote O,
/ both hOUscs The States are - be
counted in alphabetical order. .,Il ai,eI
one State is taken up, no protest oi
/ other papers from another State are tt
/ be acted on Until the objections 10 the
/ ,irs, State shall have been finally dis.
posed Of
/ The Commission is 10 be constituted
/ by The election Of five Senators and iiyt
/ Representatives, by the viva y0Cc vote
of each house. The Supreme Judges
named ere the Judges for the Grsi
third eighth ani ninth districts: which
we believe include Judges Clifford Of
! Naiuc. Field of California. Miller of 10
W. and Strong Of Pennsylvania. Judge
( Clifford is a Democrat. Field au ludr,
pendent. aud Strong and Miller Rrpub.
/ !ieaus. These Judges are 20 select from
/ their associates on the bench q fifth
Judge. They will have Judges Dayi,
Swayne Bradley and Hunt 20 chose
( from. This plan 10 secure a iiith mem
/ her was adopted in lieu OF the lottery
! feature. Judge Clifford, as the oldes,
, Judge IN commission, Is 10 be President
! 3f the Commission
Those are the striking features of the
/ 1i.. reported and which we haze it'll,
dlIibt, Judging by il strength in the
! Committees, viii become law. II In.
wolves no compromise or surrender ol
! convictions, and suggests what seems t0
us As near an impartial and fairly con
stituted tribunal Is it is possible 20 OBJ
| tain N this country a. this time There
will be five Democrats and five KrpubIi,
cans IN The Congressional par, Of the
/ Commission, while the politics Of the
supreme Judges are or should he . ira
dition rather than 4 fact. We defer
further cnmmcnt Tor Lhe present.