, 1877-01-03
TIE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Some Points Claimed to Be Set"
tied.
Tue President Of the Senate Will Not
Count the Vote, Unless So Re-
qucstea by tho Senate
No State to BE Thrown Out, Ex-
ccpt by Both Houses.
z, L, Whites Letter to the New York
Tribune, Probably Inspired by
Senator Oonkling.


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WAsuisaroH, u. c., Dec. 20.-Every step
taken by Tho committees Of the 2cnatc md
=, ~, n.,sasan..,trn. onuo,utei last week |
nouse VI nep ,s Nv ., attio,ns,1 NJ fi,a
to devise aome basia Tor fhe setue,"eh1 y. ~"
great controversy over counting tho hlee'oru'
vote wYl be watched With tue greatest interest
~ W., rooch ,i,c so,nr ,,r sini
eouhtss lucy may NOV !e4, ~. ,s'',,.s g., tn,>
lar eone|us!ons. Perhaps tha1 wou,d ne 'oo
much to expect Of committees controlled by
1,vot narttc, In a timc Of excitement like this,
80 ~. .,.,.. e., r.h,.,, ,bsv nro coufcstA
snu WIZ sao ''n T,,ss,. 49, oo,r,o ~ recon,.
Ing 's 20 great !hc5 may NV uelI. ~ ~,
mend anJ rule OF procedure u Gallc iho So'n'
Convention when It meets III the Sen
otc Chan1bcr on tho 14th Of Fcbrt1arr.
~. 80, ,,..t .d ,I,,,- xo,,,,+a viii
nn. .ne' u!Seuss'oaa as. sa1., 1 rhor n,,1 ,,oor
certainly be al great value: lhcy VIII elcas
away much OF tho rubbish that now surrounds
anil obscure. tho questions ut Issue, and show
,s,a. H.. t,oo,, snt,io;l bv fhc consitu,!n, the
nnat "us oeem M .N'u.., ~ sn,,ant nr1 u,,,,t
laws, aua well-estab1iahed pfceeaent' a"u "nat
tho actual differences between the TWO t'ouses
Of Congress arc.
II seems to me ycry fortunate that tho count
~, 49, r,o.'.sn.1 r,,o 1oos mi tain plorc
lug ~ s"o i-4ees,4a' ,oso .an.t,,,, t,., ~,
until congress i1aa oech Ill sesslo'i ."o "1n
half months. On tho second MONDAY III Oc'
tcmbcr the members of both Housca camo hero
1,ot viii, III. ,rrftencnt nj tho campatcn and
ss wv" ~ .,,a.,or,.. u,t,l.h f1Ilnwc71 IL
ot t"o month u easpeoee MY" .,'r iols ~ -.
mnnr of them with vague hotlons oi tne eoa-
stitutlon, 1aws, aud preccdcnss applicable to
some plan .rlicl lie believed, II adopted, wuultl
rcsult ] mi In thc imaupnrat{o1, ii tic candidate of
lis choice. Three weeks free discussion las
s,SmM s,sc. uuT arr It'll Il il continues in tic news.
narcrs. in Congress-, In the committees that
bayo Seen appotnteI. and IN the private m,!stsal
b5i Monscs s' edse@ q conesess Viii Src
better nnl butter fitted to deal with the delicate
n,,sstons whril they viii lien iiarc to decide,
unisss someti,inr unforeseen shou}d occur is
rusy fre,lzy. '"'' ''~" ''
Mn;,v NJ the supeest!ons which individual
mumbrrs OF ConeTcss liayo ma,,e lave not rot
intt, ti,u puGiir prints before they llaYe been
en,,s r,ul. nltho,rh never fD.,nnlly rcltlguisci
i,r tiinse hin for 4Ins. c cfrncI them. nrv no
i9nrrr nrrentr,l "A tIc h,s,s of u pyobab,e st,-
iuiion OF The difficulty. ao,nc Of tilcsc allall
snn* wby eoch nlan is n, longer seriously nd.
voa.rd. ar IN M, Ikcjy to be atloptci. canf,ot
nrY1fct what tho ,JuIlit Couyrutiou Will DO on
tho iii, Of Fcbruary. but d., knew with rca-
ESr.f-.rh, r,sj,1rnt nj fhc Henate wilt nut.
of i,is ogn n,otfU{, nssuuc fhc Responsibility Of
tlerdnr IN rewnr,l 10 the Validity uf Tic returns
ay se hsn yr eoe was IL st % earne ~ hat
tin Trmncrats wot,lti send prc,en,lrl returns
fr,nn S,ultIl Caroliua, Luuisiat1Q, unl Florida.
far tiu. ns,rrns.. u Inyinv thc foundation lVr
questioning thosc tiIat snnlc with tllu official
s,als of tfic rrrty,uix,i uuthuritjcs OF those
Statca, it vas yery ccucrally Lcld by Rcp,,l-
lIvare that The President IL thr sc.lntc could,
Ind utfl0nhtyl1y woi1jd, n,cycnt a,,y such dUcs.
tt,u trt,,n byi,ut roxcJ. hy yeIusi.x 10 ,ete!yc
a,Iy rrt,lr,s rxtvpt thusu which hr knew 10 lw
ti,u rcnuiue nucs: null il was nt ono time pul,-
lishe1 US fuct That hjr, Ferry would
ne informed in ADVANCE. by UoyH, Chamberlain,
Kcilogl.. md Stcarns, who tic pysscnycrs wcr1
from Whom he shnl'i receive the returns Of
ticIr Et0tcs, and thut he would Jcrlruo to rc-
cclys any .,tI.ers. Mr.. Ferry's action already
las shown that tllls report was not founded ii,
favt, To refuss to recelyc any returns woatu be
to luc1le. lu ADVANCE Ut tho .Jnlnt Convention,
between i4e contestants in those tIreu BtntrH.
NJ such power ilns ever been Conferred 0l, ts,a
1'rcsldcnt Of the 6cnntc either by the Conftttl-
tton, the lawa, Ut precedent and the Se,ntc has
givru Sir, Ferry no Instructions In the matter,
tncsc, tts President VI tile Seuate would asaulue
10 such responsibility,
conclude, therefore, that, l,ulesa 1!o IA rrc-
yuus!y Instructed Otherwise, sir. Farry will do
us Vtrc-Frcsflcut Co!fax did IN ls1:l Where lie