The New York herald., 1877-01-16
The Joint Committees Plan for
Counting the Electoral Vote.
Representative Meade on the
Louisiana Election.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS EXAMINATION.
Provision for Supplying the Coming
Hundred Thousand.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

wAsnISGroN, Jan. Is, 1877.
ouEsTIoN--UEGENcY OF THE REPUBLICAN,
PoLITICIANs-FEARs OF A IEcANvAss OF THE
EIECToRAL voTE-pACKARD TO BE ADAM
DoNED AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION
Is DECIDED.
Tho Presidents order TO General Augur was issued
the very urgent request and cnsrcaty Of
republican politicians who represented that Packards
organization would melt away and disappear OF ITSELF
unless It had the moral support OF sucn IN order
Tho President has been very avcrse to
interference OF any kind and there is believe
that he WILL II further urged by the Louisiana repub-
licans, hand the whole matter TO Congress. This
hts original intention and II required great deal
Of persistent mnn1uvrng tho nart OF tho Louisiana
republicans here TO him TO issue the ordor OF yes
what thcy wanted until some OF them persuaded
him that the Nichols legislature had proposed TO
elect the Presidents brothcrin-aw, Colonel Casey,
United States Senator, in the hope Of thus touching
The President through his family and when he was
told this ho became indignant, and issued the order
But tho story is invention. Tho Nichols Legisla-
did propose elect Colonel Casey and there
Is 10 believe that tho report that they would do
81 or were willing to propose IT, was originated by
tnc IcpuOiicans IN LOulSlan0 Incre nave Deen
rumors hore Tor weeks that Casey was dcslrous
OF such an arrangement, but the matter never went
my farther. A fear that the Nichols government II
il should prevail would undertake to recanvass tho
electoral vote, moved tho republican leaders here 10
extraordinary exertions in behalf Of Packard AMI IS
probable that the administration will try to keep
the Packard government in existence At least
until after the electoral voto is counted After that
II Is open secret hero, the leading republicans will
let Packard take of himself for thoy heartily
ltred of maintaining Southern state governments by
federal interference. is noticed here that since tho
Democratic Committee declared South Carolina 10
have gone for Hayes there very littlo republican
Sympathy here for Chamberlain.
THE PLAN OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL vorE-ExTREME
REPUBLICANS yINEssINa IN oPposITloN-Er-
FORTS TO THROW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
FAILURE TO AGREE ON THE DEMOCRATS.
There was quito nm outburst OF democratic opposi-
lion to-day to tho supposed plan Of tho joint commit
tee tho electoral vote As there 10
yct authentic account Of that plan, discus
sion and opposition 10 be premature, but
the opposition, which Is secretly fomentsd
BY few extreme republicans, has had the effect Of
preventing tho expected agreement OF the committee
to-day II is believed that the opposition s chiefly
among the OemOCTutS, tnOso IepuOltc0u6 VINO
are opposed to the plan have tho shrewd intention
10 foment opposition to such . degree that
Tho committee Will separate and report they
arc unable to agree Each committee will
report its House and 1t is probable In that case
that the Senate committee will report It's present plan
and that hereupon the cry will be raised that tho
publicans offered fair aud honest plan to tho dom
which they rejected and that tho responsibility
Of failure therefore rests upon the democratic sde
1t is generally taken for granted that If
no plan Is adopted hy tho House for
examining tho electoral votc," tho Vice President
lhcrcupon counts The voto Senator Morton has always
strongly maintained this would be tho inevitable
result of failure of the houses to agree upon
plan for counting tho vote, and thcrc Is no doubt
that. II tho democrats shall be m,scd into the
b,urtcr Of defeating a plan, the republican
leaders will then claim that the vico President
must count and that thoy but thoir opponents
TO blame for this. Thus the scheme tor having tho
vice President count the vote comes up again, and
shis time in moro formidable and plausible shape
shan before.
Excitement IL increasing hero on both sidcs and II
&. that II the moderate and conservative
sa OF both parties iall 10 bring the two houses TO
agreement before tho 14th oil February thoy will be
poweress thereafter.