The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-29
THE ELECTORAL BILL.
EIcssrs. KaOar and c arfieid TO Represent
the Republicans of the EUause

NVCSbEs. haOaf ANA HrMcA0 10 ReDfckeIt
the Republicans of the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The Republican
members of the House held caucus this
morning for the purpose of designating two of
their number to be members of the House
branch of the tripartite.. electoral commission.
MIR. Frye insisted that no doubtful RepubIi
en- sbonld be placed on this commission. Mr.
Hoar, being one of those at whom the remark
was apparently aimed, repealed the imputation
with earnestness, and stated that he neither
sought nor wanted an appointment on the com.
mission.
Gen. Garfield of Ohio was unanimously Sc
lected as one of the two, and upon fourth
ballot Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts was chosen
as the other, the vote being for Hoar 49, and
for Hale of Maine 40
These names will be presented to the House
on Tuesday for election, together with those of
three Democrats yet TO oe designated by
Democratic caucus.
Edmunds, Howe, Morton, Bayard and
Thurman the Senate Representative,
Probably.
The Republicans of the Senate, when they
get into caucus, will be very likely to settle
their differences by giving representation up
on the commission to the three shades of opin-
| ion among them in regard to the bill. 1t is al
most safe to predict that Mr.. Edmunds will be
| appointed to represent the warm friends of the
bill, Mr.. Howe to stand for the class who voted
| for it as political necessity, and Mr., Morton
as the foremost opponent of the measure. The
| Democrats of the Senate, it is believed, will
place on the commission two of their members
OF the joint committee, Messrs. Bayard and
| Thurman.
The Bill to be Signed To-day.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. % The President, who
| yesterday made visit to Baltimore, returned
| at 10 oclock last night. Senator Conover of
| the Committee on Enrolled Bills will deliver
the electoral vote bill to the President early to-.
| morrow morning. The President this evening
said that he would sign the bill and accompany
the notification of its approval with spe cial
message giving his reasons for doing so. The
| character of the message may be inferred from
| the Presidents recent frequent private utter
| ances to the effect that he was DESTROYS of tho
| PRESIDENTIAL question being peaceably adjusted
| and would recognize him who should be legally
declared elected as his successor Considering
| the important and responsible duties deVolving
| on the President it was essential that be should
have the confidence of the country and this he
could not secure if there were suspicion or
any good reason to believe his election was
tainted with fraud. In feverish condition of
| parties, with no previously agreed plan of ad-
justment of controverted questions, the dis
pItes which would arise in counting the cleo
toral vote might occasion serious damage to
the country and hence it was a patriotic duty
| to unite upon some plan to secure the end de.
slred-a peaceful solution of the diff Guilty.
The objections which might be urged to the de-
| tails OF the bill could be waived in view of the
high character of those who framed and the
unanimity with which the plan was framed
prominent gentlemen on both sides having
| composed the joint commission. Besides, bus
quired action in the interests of peace.
The message is not yet prepared but will be
sent early in the afternoon to the Senate il
which body the bill first passed.