Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-25
The HERALD.
LANCASTER:
Thursday. January 25, 1877.
The "Arbltration.

counting the Electoral vote. This
week the text of the measure propos-
ed is given in full. The committee
c insists Of seven Senators, whose
names are as follows: George f. Ed
munds, Fred T. Freliughuysen, Roscoe
Conkling, Oliver p. Morton, A. G.
Thurman, T. F. Bayard, and M. W.
Ransom the first four are Republl-
cans, the others Democrats and sew
en- Representatives as follows Il. B.
Payne, Eppa Hunton, Abram S.
Hewitt, VIM. NJ. Springer, George
W. McCrary, George F. Hoar and
George Willard, of whom the first four
are Democrats and the others Repub-
licans. When they were ready to re-
port it was telegraphed all over the
country that they would electrifiy the
country with an easy and acceptable
solution Of the dreaded difficulty. In
general the people looked for such
solution and expected to give it well
come. In Washington, especially, all
were ready to rejoice. But when the
plan has become known, instead of
electrifying the people, ithas fallen over
them like a wet blanket. Men of good,
strong heads reject it everywhere.
Only in Washington city does it meet
With general favor. When opinions
have settled down to their level it will
be regarded as a measure good only
for Democrats and a snare for Repub-
licans. The people will conclude that
the hot-hcaded Democrats, Bayard,
Thurman, Hunton and Hewitt bull
dozed the conservative intellects OF
Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Notary and
Hoar. Of all the committee only the
old war-horse Morton, refused to put
his name to the report. The country
expected report that would settle
the question. On The contrary the
plan proposed multiplies the difficult
ties aud prolongs the contest. Inc
u eopie were coming TO tie conclusion
that the question lcaS settled. Busi-
ness was finding its proper channels
and was in way for clear sailing. AS
an index to this state of things gold
had come down gradually until it
neared the level of greenbacks. The
people had heard the pretense that
Tilden had carried South Carolina
and a Democratic committee had
zone down there and after investlga-
ton had found that Hayes had a ma
jority over all, even counting the
Democratic frauds. Democratic judges
in Florida had ordered recount OF
votes in that state, which being done
HAYES was found to have majority
there without throwing out the Dem
ocratic fraudulent votes. In LOUISE
ana the Democratic investigators
have found more intimidation than
had ever been told of, and have tried
to offset it by proving that Democrats
we're also intimidated. In Oregon the
Grover-Cronin farce has been found
so be a put-up job, by the use of Til
denis money. All things have tended
to make people ashamed of urging
Tllden for the Presidency and they
had concluded that Hayes should b'
the choice. They knew too that Re
plblIcans had the power in theil
hands and that it would be rightly
used to put him in the Presidential
chair.
Notwithstanding this proper con
dition of things Republican Senators
and Representatives have listened t.
compromisers. They have steeret
into sIoughs and our old ship is il
shallow and muddy water again. AfteI
exposing and beating the enemy il
all their bull-dozing games south, they
have permitted themselves to be bull
dozed in Washington. They have
already made apparent the great un
certainty of the result already shown
that there is a possibility that Tilder
nav oct into the Presidency and al
index of the uncertainty is that GOLD
has taken an upward tendency, an(
business enterprises are threat
ened with abandonment, iron
utter dispair. 1t is strange, indeed
that the Republicans on that join
committee could not see that they
could gain nothing by the proposed
compromise and were liable to lose all
that Il is entirely a one-sided affair
The Eve Supreme Judge might decide
that Hayes was elected, but the Con-
s,itution has not made them umpires
and Tilden could and of course would
have that decision set aside by court
process. Should Tilden be chosen
Hayes could do the same thing. Thu:
the question which the country longs
TO have settled on the 14th Of Febru-
ary would be run through the next
year. Verify we are in times when
our good men need strength. Ed
munds, Frelinghuysen and Hoarl are
good men, butwhen their goodness can
be nodded to subserve the purposes of
such tricksters as Hunton and Hew-
lit, what is 1t worth? Biologists men
ton skulless vertebrates, says Morton
He adds that we now have vertebfs.'
less skulls. Oh for men that have