New-York tribune., 1877-01-05

.t. their state National tickets canvsssed by
nr McEnery and his imaginary Secretary Of State both
= hou are on the Tilden electoral ticket and both of
hou sign their reTort witnesses OF It's correct
ess The of the old illustration of the mote and
tSe beam undimnlshcd 10y centuries of application
A r-raphic idea of the dCmoraliZed condition
=, oc,ev in south Carolina furnished TO Congress
mai Abbott at Charleston the other day An old darkey,
bo WAS t~,ing 20 build fire IN his room. slow
thai the Judge asked him what the matter The
n,v was prompt and comprehensive: Fact is, Judge,
cha, dar Is no coal down stairs It's talking dis
country is gwiue 10 h as fast as kin! Use been up
. and down de aey and stole all dc wood could find.
and dc present dcmoralized condition of society,
San'L DO no better"
II is worth noting as a suggestive historical
fact mat the Republicans OF this day hold views
ON the subject Of the powers Of Congress the count
ing Of the electoral the JefersOnian Republicans
a, $500 OF while the Democrats OF to-day holding
the positions taken and enforced by the most atitudna
ap Consruc cuOnts and most cenrazing politicians Of
the same period For proof Of this fact read the debate
on N, Ross proposed electoral bill Of the With Congress-
AMI compare the speeches then with the current utter
ances Of politicians al Washington
Gen. Hampton Is receiving q rattling fire
from the whole Democratic press sending that letter
10 GOV HAYES. The CourierJo1rna charges him with
encouraging movement TO install Hayes and then adds
NJ ms conduct 1t suggestive Of certain kind OF
prudence which has passed into proverb which origi
mated from the story Of the old who set
before the image OF 81 MCLiri
the devil whom he was trampling under foot Being
proyed for Payng such honor Satan, she navely
red: Ye see your honor il is quite uncertain which
rlace shall go last, and you Will not blame
poor woman FOR securing a friend IN each Perhaps
GOV Hampton considers it expedient just now TO hold
candle 10 the devil
Senator Conkling is on record against the
assumption OF judicial powers by either house in count
in The electoral vote. On Feb u, 1873 when the ques
ton arose whether the Of Georgia for Horace Gree
lev should be counted, he being dead al the time the
electors their votes for him. resolution was adopted
s follows ResOlred That the electoral votes OF Georgia.
cast o Horace Greeley be counted" To this resolution
Mr. Conknc submitted the following amendment: The
function the houses in counting being min
isfera merely and this question being independent Of
the question Of the effect OF the votes or of the count
The amendment was lost by vote OF 80 TO 80 Among
the senators voting in the affirmative were Acorn Coax
Ing Ferry of Michigan FreinGhuysen, Hanln, Howe,
Morrill, " Vermont. Morton Ramsay, sherman and Win
dom Among those IN the negative We're AnthOny Bay
ard, Edmunds Kelly, Logan, and Robertson. senator
Thurman Was absent
Cabinet gossip il plenty now. The Wash
tretpu correspondents find end Of it. good COM
plation Of the bulk OF it is given as follows by the
correspondent Of The Springfield R6pubHcGR: The
greatest TO the country and Washington society by
tie EXPIRATION Of Gen Grants presidential term VIII be
Tie departure Of Mr. Fish and his family. Even if Mr.
Adam, takes tn. State Department under Mr.. Tlden, it
vii 5e impossible for him improve upon M Fish He
Is the man in Gen Grants Cabinet who has done
lin and the Administration hOnOrand the only one II
Is an astounding fact that be is the only man, to-day IN
tie Cabinet who has any real reputation in the country
or strength even in his own party. 1 am told that
Chandler Cameron Morrill, and TyGer each and all ex-
rcc 70 hold their present places Hayes comes in Not
one of them viii remain. Bristow viii have Morr1Ps
e5fjnnJ The few who are in GOV Hayes's secrets
o his purpose. IL case he ever ges no the VIII
doesn't ook yerv much now as if he would have the
porjuIity show the country how good an adhlIsua
tiOn he could make
Senator Charles Pinckney of South Carolina,
one OF the trainers OF the Constitution, and the most
eminent member Of the Senate in the VIII Congress-
made a long speech against the Ross electoral bin. in
March. 1900 in which he answered precisely the same
arguments which the Democrats are making now
Speaking the OF the trainers OF the COnstuJon
he made this emphatic and noteworthy statement:
knowing that II the intention OF the Constitution
10 make the President completely independent OF the
Federal legislature well remember ii was the object.
as II present not only the spirit but the letter OF
that instrument give 10 Congress no interference III
or control over the election Of President II is made
their duty 20 count the votes in convention OF
hot bopses and for the President OF the de-
clare who has the majority Of the Of the electors so
transmitted II never intended, nor could II have
been safe IN Constitution to have given to Congress
thus assembled in convention the right to object TO any
vote or even 10 question whether they were CON
stitutionay or properly given This right Of dctermin-
ir On tie manner IN which the electors shall vOte-the
inquiry the qualifications, ara the guar is necessary
70 prevent disqualified or inproper'nen Nouhe anu 10
insure the votes being legally given-ress ana If eXclu
sjvclv vested in the Legislatures II II Is necessary
70 bav, ,1ards against improper elections OF electors
and 10 institute tribunals 10 inquire into their quainca
tons Will, the state Legislatures aud with them alone
rs tb ower 70 institute them and they exercise
II To r.v 10 Congress. when assembled IN CON
ver.iou. ght 10 reject or admit tht Vo'eS Ol td's
would lave been and dangerous an absurdity as
the trainers OF the Constitution never could have been
guilty or
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