Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-26

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Secretary of State Mcdonald says:-f
the Northern democrats are satisfied with
it we must try to be.
Gen. Charles HI. Ronald thinks it is bet
ter never to capitulate after victory has
been Won.
Major John w. Daniel. a prominent can
didate for Governor, says:-The people
elected Tilden. He owes it to them to de~
mand their rights and they owe it to him
to sustain him.
OF the Virginia congressman, Hunton
signed the report as one Of the committee,
Bev. Douglas says he would stay in Wash
ington till the crack Of doom before he
would vote forNthe precedent established
by the report, GOV. Walker wants to wait
awhile before saying, Ran. Tucker don't
think it is very good but could not have
expected perfection, Senators Johnston and
Withers will support it, John T. Harris is
not reported, Goode accepts" it as does
Terry.
Thomas Stanhope Flournoy fully accepts
the plan, and approves it.
The Richmond Dispatch y ssWhig."
Enquirer and estate" and all the Vir<
ginia Democratic papers favor the report,
but only the ''Dispatch'' seems enthusiast
tic about it.
A large meeting of the business men of
Richmond was held Monday and approved
the rlan.
At a Conservative caucus Monday Hon.
A. H. H.lStuart offered the following:
l. Resotved by The General assembly of
Virginia, That they AVE witnessed with
pleasure thespatriotic efforts of the. Joint
committee of the two houses Of Congress to
effect "a settlement of the disturbing ques-
lions arising out of the late presidential
election, and they accept the plan of adj
justment reported by said joins committee
as presenting the best means of accom-
plishing a peaceful solution of the matters
in issue which, under the circumstances,
was attainable.
2. Resolred, That the senators of Vir-
giuia be and they are hereby instructed,
and her representative in Congress req ues-
ted, to vote for the adoption of said plan
of adjustment.
The caucus adjourned without action,
there being doubts of the wisdom Of taking
any political sides in the mgtter.
OTHER PROMINENT MEM.
Geo. W. Curtis (Rep.,) Of "Harper's
Weekly" telegraphs sit is a good thing"
Senator Carpenter, Rep, says the report
proposes revolution to be sanctioned by
law.
Senator Morton Rep, says it is a surren~
der to the Democracy.
Judge Jere Black, Dem, says the Amer
lean Democracy are pigeon-livered, and
have submitted to being bull. dozed before
a gun was pointed at them.
Senator Gordon of Georgia, Dem, will
support the bill, though it does not impress
him favorably.
Patterson, Spencer, Sergeant, Sherman
and ingalls,. all Republican senators, would
see it - first.
Montgomery Blair, editor of the Wash
ington Union" Dem. says it is a bad
plan and ought to be defeated.
Tarbox. of Mass, the man that defeated
Butler, SAYS he would rather see Hayes
counted in" than Tilden elected by such
a Measure as is proposed by the committee.
O'Brien, of Md, Democratic member of
the House, says it is a ''prize package way
of electing a President"
Roger A. Pryor. (Dem.) ofN. Y, for
merly of Virginia, says ut is a revolution
airy proceeding"
Garfield, Republican member from Ohio,
opposes it bitterly, as do all the Democra-
tic members from that state.
Prof. Seelye, (lnd. Rep.} from Massa-
chusetts, and a professor Of constit utional
law, says it is an admirable till. .
Logan, (Rep.) Senator is foaming at the
mouth in Illinois.
THE PRESS.
The New York Herald" supports the
plan. The N. Y. "Tripune" (Ren.) says
it is revolutionary. The N. Y. fitness
(Rep.) opposes it. The N. Y. Graphic"
(Rep.) Says it is 'a long step towards the
[ solution of the difficulty" The Philadel-
phia "Telegram," (Rep.) says it ought to
! give satisfaction to every fair minded man
and that ''Morton's opposition to 1t is a
recommendation" The Boston sJour-,
nal" (Ilep.) says it will commend itself as
"a proposition by which a fair and honor
able solution of the question may be ar
| rived at" The Boston Transcript"
rep says "Nll honor therefore to every
/ one of the Senators and Representatives
who have presented the grand measure of
reconciliation for the consideration and
adoption of Congress. 1t is the greatest
political act of their lives, one which con-
| %spicuously enroils their names in the high,
est rank of American Statesmen The
Baltimore "American," (Rep.l believes
that 1.-THE honest people of the country are
willing to tur:i the presidential dispute
over to that tribunal to be dealt with as
favors the report. The Washington MA
tional Republican," Grants organ) bits
terly denounces the plan, saying if it pas
SEES, the U. S. Senate has been bull-dozed."
All the Independent Republican press sup
port it.
THE P
The Chicago Board of Trade by a close
vote has approved the plan. Morton is
receiving kilograms from Republicans all
over the country endorsing his opposition
to the plan. Ex>Secretary Bristow, Gen.
Buckner and many prominent citizens Of
Louisville telegraph the Kentucky men,,
bers of Congress to support the plan. The
Democratic State Committee of Iowa has
approved it. The Connecticut Senate ap-
proves it but the Republicans in the lower
House want to wait, The Detroit Board
of Trade telegraphs it's approval.
The st. Louis, Philadelphia, Kansas
City and St. Pauls Boards of Trade have
endorsed the bill.
A SINGULAR CAsE.-Miss Mary Hous-
man (sister of Mr.. Lewis Housman, Sr.,
o.l.arnt oE An nnin IIa,,cpnon In aE