The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-01-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1877.

bers of Congress are reassembling, and
by next week the great debating society
viii again be in full blast. The Demo
cratic members return, impressed, more
than ever, with the opinion that Congress
is nothing more nor less than great
Returning Board, and that the theory
of their party, held during all past-time,
that the election was state matter, over
which the National Government had 10
control-was all wrong. The Republi-
cans return full of confidence that the
right will prevail, and that on the 14th
day of February, acting Vice President
Ferry will declare Rutherford B. Hayes
duly elected President of the United
States, and that Oh the 4th day of March
he will be peaceably inaugurated.
ACTING VICE PRESIDENT FERRY.
The leading Republicans here gener-
ally claim that the uninterrupted prac-
tice from the foundation of the gov
ernment has been for the President of
the Senate to count the electoral votes
and declare the result and that Vice
President Ferry has plain duty to per-
form, at which lie viii not hesitate. 1t
was never contemplated that Congress
should choose President, except in the
and the people of the country look with
disgust upon the various propositions
made in Congress to gamble for the
Presidency. The election is the peoples
and the members of Congress have no
more right to stake it up on the issue OF
game of chance, than they would have
to risk the Atlantic Ocean in such
manner.
CRoNIN s PRICE.
Mr.. Cronin, the gentleman with the
news all the way from Oregon, who has
undertaken to usurp the privilege OF
eight millions of voters of the country
and to elect President of the United
States all alone by himself, was eXamin-
ed by the senate Committee on Privil-
eyes and elections, ca Thursday last, and
during his examination admitted that he
had received three thcaaand dollars Of
the Tlden corruption fund, J0l his er-
: pe37sea. or i'll other words, IS his price
fer doing tie dirty work assigned him
BY Hewitt & Co. This price seems small
but when It is recolIec,ed how Cronin
has buagicd the whole business, every
one seems ~ lhigk he was oyerpaid for
his services. During the examination
Crcnil was very nl;il;z- '-..-1ssed, and
Thoroughly convinced the lellulttee
that he was keeping back portion of
what he knew. The Democrats are dis
gusted with Cronin altogether, and every
one is satisfied that the vote of his cleo
torai college viii give no more trouble,
and that the will of the people of Ore
CON viii be respected and Sc 80
counted Tor Hayes and Wheeler.
GOV. AND WOULD BE SENATOR GROVER.
The fearful snow storm which ushered
in the the New Year interfered with the
progress Of Gov. Grover, but he is now
here and expected to appear before the
senate committee to-day. \ surprise
probably awaits the governor when he
appears before the committee, and he
will doubtless find it necessary to explain
the disposition made of nine thousand
seven hundred dollars, transferred to
Oregon by New York bank just before
the certificate was issued to Cronin.-
Before this examination is completed it
is probable that no one will doubt the
disqualification of Mr.. Grover for q seat
in the senate of the United States
Governor Growers father, who is a cler-
gyman living in Maine, is entitled to be
honored rs a prophet, for when his
hopeful son was about to leave the par
entail roof for Oregon, the old gentle
man said: 81 wanted to make clergy
man OF linn, but he was too bad boy,
and now he Is going West. I predict
that he will either become successful
lawyer, or a frst-class pirate" terms
which were probably synonymous in the
mind of his father. Il IS asserted that
it will be proven before the committee
that Cronin received from New York
seventeen thousand five hundred dollars
and that he tried to bride the two Re
publican electors with five thousand
dollars each, to secure their cooperation
with him and that Messrs. Cartwright
and Odell took his money, but re-
fused to all in his nefarious scheme.
THE LATEST PROGRAMME
Feeling assured that the installation
of Hayes can not be prevented by fair
means, the Democrats have announced
a new programme It is proposed to
occupy the time from February 18th
until March 4th with discussion, so as
to prevent the counting of the votes, so
tina. it will become necessary for the
Secretary CT State to order q new cleo
ton, the President of the Senate acting
as President in the meanwhile. This
plan is probably only another of the
schemes coneocted to impress the peo-
pie that the election is involved In I'M
certainty, and to direct public attention
from villainous means by which the ma
iority of the House hope to swirdle the
people out of their choice for President
The statements in the New York World
that this plan is favored by leading Re
publicans Is without foundation, for
every day makes the peaceful inaugura-
ton Of Hayes more certain
TIE TELEGRAPH IaTBRoaLIo.
Mr.. Barnes, the reeusant telegraph