Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-23

fsy 'eN "sse SAsy 49,
castf Oregon had by the provisions Of
the Electoral law power to provide for
failure Of an elector. What was thatl
Why, II was that when the election fall
Cd 10 produce the number OF electors
required the majority proceeded to
remedy that defect. and Il is only In
that case that they are allowed to sub
stitute their action in place OF tho ordi-
nary mode Of election. II docs not 70.
quirs them to make a different mode OF
filling the vacancy, arising from failure
to elect. than that caused BY o vacancy
arising In any other manner. Oregon
has settled that question for itself. The
statutes determius that by nc chance
shall the vote OF . State be lost. and
they provide in that way for the filling
Of . vacancy In the electoral college.
Now. upon examination Of all these Ger.
tifcatss. / have been gratihsd to and
that. although these operators up In
Oregon were rs harmless as serpents,
they were not any wiser than doves.
Nothing has been done there that de-
fsats the Constitution OF the United
States, " that dsfrauds the State Of
Oregon. o that defeats the election Of q
President.
The Electoral Commission at 8 P. n.
went into secret session until 7:20 p. N.
and adjourned until tomorrow, owing
to fatigue and tho wish Of the members
to look up the very numerous legal
points raised.
The commission will vote ut r. N.
tomorrow. at the furthest. Hence. un-
less the two houses remain In session in
the evening. the commission will not re.
port to the joint session until Satur-
day.
Msrrick then addressed the commits.
sion on the Democratic side. He said
be addressed himself to the tribunal,
believing that they woulj apply the
principles to the decision OF the
Oregon case as they had tho Louisiana
and Florida cases. he must cohs'"er
"a
that the real meaning oil their Judgment
In these cases was that the o'r.inea'e OF
q Governor was conclusive ana IN uiu'
mate act performed ny the stats' De-
yond which they had no power 70 60
The commission adjourned unni TO-
morrow. No decision reported
waiting for the Verdict.
WASHINGTON. Feb. pa report Is In
which cannot DO traced to any
source. that the Commission
have decided against tho validity OF
Cronin's vote. and are now (l2M NJ con-
the validity Of Watts vote.
II Ia reported md generally believed
that the Commission has decided to give
the Oregon votes for Hayes and
Wheeler.
THE coxu,sS,os FAXES RECESS.
Al 3 o'clock the Electoral Commits.
.;on ,ook . recess for balf nm hour 10
,,io~ TINA for Senator Thurman 10 be
s,nt for prior to taking the vote upon
ou,stiou whether the three Rspub.
Iic.u votes Of Oregon should he count.
ri. A Democratic member Of the Com.
.,a,ss TINT the election |. yir.
Iually decided, ms eight Of the members,
i,clud;p, R,aalev. bsvo announced
heir opinion In favor Of counting tho
.hres Republican votes.
CmcAoo, Feb. 90. Tho Journals
Washington special says ut 2:3O n note
rom q member Of the commission was
by q Republican. saying: IAN
well. There is no occasion for
any alarm" The Democrats claim OIL.
,ial knowledge that tho vote on throwing
put Cronin's certificate will be ton or
to Ave or four, and ON counting
Watts the old story. eight to seven. The
leaders have not yet deter
mined whether to take a recess till Mon
lay without counting Oregon. IL they
10 30 the count will not be completed
Wednesday.
Pissting TO Delay the Count.
NEW YoRx, Feb. 23.-A Heruid's
Warrington special says. there was
more excitement tonight than ever over
he Louisiana case, n renewed attempt
made to gather together force enough
IN the Democratic side to delay tho
,ount until after the 4th Of March.
Those who favor the movement were
busy all the morning In the House put
ling their plans and ideas before mem
bsrs, and this evening n meeting was
called at Randall's house 10 talk the
over. with the intention to form
definite plan and gather enough ad.
for II 10 carry II In the caucus,
which will be called to meet as soo M