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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Especial Correspondence to The Republican !
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 4, 1877.
The admission of Kellogg and But
Ter, within a few moments of each
other, in the order named, seems,
finally, to have resulted from a con-
victi0n upon both sides that it was
inevitable, and that to continue the
fight longer with the time fixed by
the Constitution for opening the
regular session close on their heels,
would be at the expense of several
important interests still waiting SEN
atoria action before the expiration
of the extra session; hence the truce
tactily agreed to, so that a vote
might be had.
For the first time in our history, a
creature wholly without reputation
save such as was acquired by the
part he played III one of the most
atrocious, coldblooded, wholesale
butcheries known to Ku Klux rule,
is elevated toa seat in our highest
legislative body; according to an
almost universal belief his sanction
for the place by the rifle club major
ity was in recognition of his services
at Hamburg, and Others subsequently
rendered, differing only in the degree
of their enormity; his pretended
election was in such fragrant disre-
gard of all the requirements of South
Cardinals Constitution, that it hardly
amounted to a burlesque; and his
admission by the solid vote of Dem
ocrats with two recreant Republic
cans, is regarded as an insult and a
gross outrage upon the rights of ev-
cry citizen. nominally protected by
the Stars and Stripes. This revolu-
tionary attempt has made US unusu-
ally credulous, and a thousand ru-
mors that would have been secuted
prior to its Inauguration as Pigments
from the brains of our most incorrig-
ible romancers or as the wild specu-
lations of lunatics, are now admitted
without question. One IF these is to
the effect that the present lull on the
part of the Democrats is to recuperate
their strength for a renewal of the
struggle to obtain full control of the
Senate when that shall have been
accomplished, Tilden, who took the
oath of Office last March, is to be de-
clared President by a Joint Resolu-
ton of both Houses, and forcibly
seated, if necessary, in the chair now
occupied by Mr.. Hayes. l forbear
from comment but the confidence
of very many, in the pretended ac-
quiesence of the Congressional lead
ers of the party, in the verdict rend.
cred by the Electoral Commission,
has been rudely shaken by their
apparent readiness to endorse any
scheme however revolutionary, to
grasp the reins of power and in the
view Of many rejecting spectators of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
The. TRAMP Problem.

A circular 6as-~been issued by a
committee of the Prisoners Aid So
ciety, of BALTIMORE city, expressing
its sympathy with the people of
Maryland in the pest of tramps, and
nxiEiAgsdefegates from the different
couhtfsSkE the State, to Estate
convention" toss0ssist of the States
attorneys and varf6ss county officers,
as we'll as State boards of health, and
local committees and others interest
ed in the matter, to be held in that
city on the Goth and 21st of Deem
Der, to consider the best practical
method of Kidding the State of this
nuisance upon the agricultural COM
munity, and uniting upon suitable
bill to be submitted to the Legisla-
ture at its coming session for that
purpose, and also to consider the
su bject of our jail and almshouse
system generally. Its expected that
each county in the State will be rep
resented at this convention by coun-
ty commissioners, trustees of aims
houses, sheriffs, and keepers of the
jails and almshouses. No subject of
greater practical interest to the agri-
cultural community can be presented
to the Legislature than that which is
involved in the solution of the tramp
problem.
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pointed by the Judges of the Circuit

pointed by the Judges of the Circuit
Courts.
tits interesting to notice, that some
of the best lawyers in the Democratic
party are not satisfied with the con-
stitutionality of the present law, in
regard to the appointment of the
men who have control of the schools,
for the education of the children Of
the State. Thus Governor VIM.
Pinkney Whyte, in his message, dat
ed January 7, 1874, says:
81 have some doubts about the
constitutionality of the provision of
law, which vests the appointment of
the Boards of County School Com
missioners in the hands of the Judges
of the Circuit Courts, as this duty is
not judicial in its character, and |
presume the failure by the Judges to
make such appointments would not
involve them in any dereliction Of
duty. So important an act, however,
should not be dependent on the Volt
ton of the appointing power"
Hon. John A. Lynch, in his report
made to the Legislature, dated jan
uary a, 1876, expresses similar
views:
81 would also recommend the re-
peal of the law requiring the Judges
of the Circuit Courts to appoint the
School Commissioners; and would
suggest that the appointing power be
lodged elsewhere, or that the School
Commissioners be elected By the people.
The Judges should be invested with
no other powers, than such as are
strictly connected with their duties
as judicial officers. The Constitution
fairly interpreted, cannot be costru-
ed to mean that they should perform
any other duty, or that the Legisla-
ture could impose any other upon
them. | have doubted the cOnstitu-
tiOnality Ofthe law, from the time
it was passed, and have been con-
strained to make such appointments,
only in Difference to the action of my
brother Judges throughout the State.
| hope the law may be repealed at
this session Of the Legislature.
Hon. R. NJ. Alvey-one of the
Judges of the Court of Appeals-it is
said holds such strong views on this
subject, that he will have nothing to
do with the appointment of Commits
sioners in this Judicial District.
The opposite view is held by the
present Examiners OF the School
Boards, who owe their appointments
to Commissioners appointed by the
Judges under an unconstitutional
provision of the School Law, and by
Democratic partizans who tremble at
the thought, that Republican might
be thought fitted to fulfil the dutries
of School Commissions, or possibly
to act as Examiner quite as well or
even better than the present incum-
bents-Frederick Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08

Both houses of Congress met at 10
O'Clock Monday and continued in
session until 11.50 A. NJ, when the
presiding officers of each body for
mally announced the final adjourn
ment of the first or extra session of
the Forty-fifth Congress. At noon
both houses were again called to
order, and the new session opened.
Committees were appointed to wait
upon the President, and shortly at
forwards his annual message was
presented and read. At an early
hour each house adjourned until
Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
The first annual message of Pre-.

The first annual message of Preyi-
dent Hayes is strongly marked by
some of the traits Of the personal
character of its author. The same
buoyant disposition, the same pro-
pensity to IL ok upon the bright side
of things, the same frankness and
good humOr, united with tenacity of
purpose, " hich have been by turns
the admiration and the despair Of
his friends at Washington, appear in
almost every paragraph of this in
teresting document. Mr.. Hayes
stands forth as something ola curios-
ity-an obstinate man, with whom
it is difficult to quarrel, and opinio-
mated man with sunny temper, a
positive man who is not combative,
a staunch upholder of the Executive
prerogatives. with cheerful respect
for the prerogatives Of Congress. He
has taken his policy very much to
heart, and yet he realizes that the
solar system is not built upon it. He
seems to be perfectly well satisfied
with its theory and its results, and
yet he betrays neither bitterness nor
even Impotence with those who de-
nOunce the one and deny the other.
Such man may lack the gifts of a
he has many of the qualities OF an
able administrator. Where he has
failed, the fault is generally to Re at
tributed to an unfortunate choice of
instruments or the influence of mis-
chievous counsellors, rather than to
mistakes in his,original plans.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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the tendency manifested during the
session now closed, the national out
look has not been so threatening
since the nominal close of the rebel
lion in 1865.
Speculation is rife as to the contents
of the Presidents message. Since the
Suns publication protesting to give
summary of its position upon the
financial questions engrossing the
country, the inflationists of every
school have been depressed and their
opponents elated.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
malignants to cast upon Grants adj
ministration the odium of the loss of
the Huron, it is now generally agreed
that the navigating officer was inn
mediately responsible for the disas-
ter ; and he has eXpiated his blunder
as far as one life can atone for 100,
sacrificed to ignorance or careless
ness, or both. There is still good
deal Of Indignation heard that the
vessel should haye been ordered to
sea or permitted to go, in the teeth
of a furious gale and with the danger
signals flying all along the coast.
Proposition to make some provision
for the survivors and the heirs of
those lost, by Congress, finds few to
oppose it. There resides in this city
a father and mother whose oldest son
was instantly killed few years since
by the premature discharge ofgun-
powder used in blasting. The second,
a naval officer, was lost at sea two
years ago, and the third and only re-
naming one, also an officer, persisted
in the Huron disaster. The gentle
man to whom the only daughter was
b2trothed, was killed by a railroad
disaster while on his way to fulfill
the contract. Such a case of success
i've bereavements is, happily, rare.
The veterans Of the Mexican war
are again pressing their claims for
pensions in a vigorous way upon the
attentions Of Congress and at a
meeting held here Saturday evening,
the estimate of the number Of the
survivors furnished Congress last
session, with this end in view or to
defeat it, perhaps, by the Commits
sioner of Pen Yions, was dissected and
made to appear in very ridiculous
light and in manner very diScredit-
able to the judgement, at least, of the
Commissioner.
Mr.. Schurz refused to pay the eX-
penses of the Fox delegation of
Chiefs recently arrived here without
invitation, on the ground that they
had left their reservation without
permission. Judging from the treat
ment accorded those preceding them,
they would have been better off by
just the cost of the visit had they re-
manned at home.
The weather is seasonably cold and
the windows Of the shops already
haye a holiday appearance. Troops
of children, happy in anticipation,
canvass the merits of the rivals for
trade, while crowds of gaily dressed
females spend money literally, re.
gardlesS of "hard times"
L NDINE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08

After declaring his innocence ofthe
charge of having defrauded the Gov
eminent through his income tax, and
defying prosecution, (all this dur
ing the, Presidential campaign, how
ever,) Mr.. Tilden now comes for
ward and demurs on the ground that
the acceptance ofhis returns by reve-
nue. officers authorized to pass upon
their validity estops the Government
from maintaining an action now.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
Eighteen hundred bills have BEEF

Eighteen hundred bills have been
presented in the House, but the only
bills passed by both Houses have
been the Army bill and the Naval
Deficiency bill. The bill to remone-
tie silver and to repeal the Resump-
ton act passed by the House have
not been considered by the Senate.
The Paris Exposition bill and the
regular Deficiency bill were passed
by the Senate with amendments
which have not as yet been acted
upon in the House. All the unfin-
ished business will hold its place in
the next session, to commence Mon
day,
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SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 1877.

At meeting of citizens in Towson-
town Monday delegates were selec-
ted to represent Baltimore county in
the convention in Baltimore city,
December 20 and 81, to consider the
subject of tramps. Hon. Richard
Grason was chairman Of the COM
mittee. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02
Critical Condition OF Affairs in New
Orleans.

The situation in New Orleans is to-day
more critical than it has been at any time
since the November election. The demo-
cratic Legislators, after some opposition in
their own body, finally resolved yesterday
morning to organize separately and to de-
mand admission to the State House. The
democrats who held certificates from the
Returning Board, together with those
who claim to have been fairly elected
but who were refused certificates, accord
inrly met and proceeded in body to the
State House, demanding admission MS the
legal Legislature of the State. They were
met at the door by Colonel Badger, who
commands tho Kellogg police, and their de-
mand was refused Thereupon, after read
inc n protest, they proceeded to St.
Patricks Hail. where they organized.
Meanwhile the Kellogg Legislature met
in the State House, expelled two
democratic Senators for not taking their
seats, thus obtaining q nominal majority
and quorum of the Senate, and passed con-
current resolutions in accordance with the
constitution Of the United States, calling
upon the President for troops TO suppress
armed hbellon in the State. Meanwhile
The State House has been strongly barri-
caded and loopholed and the United States
troops are mustered in building commune
eating by n private passage with the halls OF
legislation. This is sad sight enough tc
be witnessed in city of the United States
in time of peace, on tho frst day OF tbs
new year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02

Our despatch from Berlin gives lively
and sparkling picture of the festivities in
honor of the SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the
entrance of Emperor William into the army.
No nation disposed to celebrate itself with
a brilliant demonstration could have had q
moro Enthusiastically happy occa-
sion than the anniversary Of this
event presented to the Prussians,
and, indeed, to Germans generally.
1t groups the remembrances Of great times
that tried the nations virtues about the per-
son of one in whose life those times are
linked with occurrences that fill great
space in contemporary history. An old
king, honored and beloved by his people,
and who has been greatly instrumental in
realizing that aspiration for national unity
which they alone of any great nation
have treasured persistently through adverse
centuries, may we'll be celebrated by peo-
pie that honors age and service and manly
hardihood, and rejoices with an uncdmpro-
missing spirit in its victories. There is, of
course, side of the medal that was not
shown at Berlin yesterday-as there are, in
deed, unpalatable truths in any history. But
few nations rejoicing in its sovereign could
have grouped together more brilliant facts
than come necessarily in the history Of
William.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02

Mayor Ely has done we'll in the first mes
sage he has addressed to the Common
Council, and through that body to the
people of New York He has been far moro
brief than is usual with the authors of such
documents, and yet, while modestly sug-
costing that o message might be more
useful if written after an executive had
gathered experience than at the moment he
steps over the threshold Of his new Office, he
has managed to touch on all the main
subjects of interest to the people and to
treat them all with intelligence. He emu
merates among the matters to be improved
by wise administration the condition of our
wharves and docks, our hack and cob
system, the inefficency of our water supply,
the condition of our streets, the inconsider-
ate swelling of the public debt, and the an
noyances to which those who do business
with the city are sometimes subjected by
subordinate officials Then he tells in few
plain words how we may get rid of our
water difficulties without involving our
selves in heavy expenditures, how we
ought to protect ourselves against the
the city ourselves and how we should rid
ourselves OF all needless litigation, in which
we are now involved to the extent Of nearly
four thousand suits. Nor does Mayor Ely
forget to put himself plainly on record as
the earnest champion of rapid transit.
The statement Of the debt made by the
Mayor, of course through Comptroller
Kelly, is concise and satisfactory as far as it
goes. But we hope soon to find the Comp
troller able to tell the people just how they
stand in regard to the temporary and floating
debt, and how they can best arrange for the
payment of their liabilities and avoid
the reckless rolling up and bridging over
processes to which we have heretofore
been subjected It will need time, Of
course, to render the new officials CONVEX
SAINT with all these subjects. Meanwhile
Mayor Ely promises we'll and begins prom
isingly. Now let him, in connection with
Comptroller Kelly, proceed to put us on the
rond toward the several improveme nts whose
necessity he admits.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02

BY Governor Robinson's desire, which we
regard as an evidence of good taste on his
part, the Inauguration ceremonies at Albany
yesterday were entirely of civil character,
all military display being dispensed with.
The old and new Governors entered the
Capitol at the appointed hour arm in arm,
and large and fashionable assemblage, in
which the ladies had a full representation,
gathered in the House to listen to the CON-
plimentary and congratulatory addresses
that passed between the retiring Executive
and his successor. These were both brief
and appropriate. After they had been de-
ivered, hands were shaken, personal con-
gratulations were exchanged, and Governor
Robinson settled down at the desk of
the Executive Chamber, while Governor
Tilden stepped out of the quiet Office in
which he has spent SO great portion OF his
time for the past two years to face the
anxiety, care and turmoil which await
him for the next few months, whatever may
be the final result of the momentous strug-
gle in which he is destined to play so con-
spicuous a part.
While the new and the retiring Governors
were both warm in their praise of the State
administration that has now passed into
history, no fair-minded person will regard
their eulogiums as unwarranted or amen
able to the charge of self-laudation. 1t has
been the fashion of the opposition to rail at
Governor Tilden because his raid on
the canal rings has not yet re-
suited in the conviction and punish
ment Of any Of their corrupt members
But men who have succeeded in robbing
the people are usually shrewd in availing
themselves of all the tricks of the law when
well paid for its ingenuity, in defeating, or
ut least delaying Justice At the same time
the citizens Of the State have secured as the
result of Governor Tildens two years rule
decided improvement in the character
Of their government. Governor Tilden
is entitled to point to the fruits Of his
labors with satisfaction, and his successor,
who has so materially aided in carrying out
the reform policy, can be relied on when he
promises to follow in the same course 1t is
unquestionably true that Governor Tilden
has restored higher moral tone to the admin
istration Of government, and, whether he be
now called to enter on wider sphere Of
usefulness or not, he is entitled to credit for
what he has accomplished for the State.
Governor Robinson has the opportunity to
supplement his predecessors reforms with
others as beneficial, and the people of New
York, by the large majority they have given
him, have proved that they are willing to
trn st the work in his hands
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02

the Black Sea, SO as to impede the move
ment of reinforcements, then the Confer
ence will practically end in rhetorical
fourishss; the Powers will accept and pre-
tend to deem it satisfactory, the proposition
made by the Sultan to put in force all
the proposed reforms without guarantees
or without any other guarantee than his own
protocol "solemnly promising" what his
predecessors have solemnly promised for
some hundreds of years. In his present
promise, however, there is new feature.
He proposes to put this promise ON proba-
ton. the conference to reassemble in two
years to verify his acts. Such reassembly
will depend upon the state Of Europe two
years hence, and a Sultan may always count
on the chapter of accidents.
But if it is believed by the Russian Cabi-
net that their army can be ready in March
there will be war, for then the requirement
will be put in terms that the Sultan cannot
accept. This contingency seems the more
imminent. In case war thus follows there
can be little doubt that England will act on
the course indicated in the declaration made
some weeks since by Cabinet council She
will remain strictly neutral so long as the
war does not go beyond the action neces-
sary to secure the purpose that Europe has
in demanding changes in Turkey. But if it
assumes the form Of q movement for Russian
conquest and if it menaces Constantinople,
then certainly England will act in support
of Turkey.
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dcprossions united-that is, tho northern or

dcprossions united-that is, tho northern or
slightest became merged. as it were,
in the southern or greater. The centre
of the storm then moved quite rapidly
northward and the snow began to
fail at New York, as the humidity of the
storm atmosphere became condensed by the
cold infowing winds. The area of the
storm was at no time very great, but its in
fuence was felt westward as far as Louis
villo KY. When the centre passed near
New York the southerly margin did not
extend southwark of Fortress Monroe, if so
far. 1t will whirl along over New England
during to-day toward Nova Scotia, where it
will leave our coast and pass away to the
northeastward, probably above the fifty-fifth
parallel. Cold clearing weather will follow
at New York during to-day, with westerly
winds.