Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-24
THE COMPROMISE.
What tho Papers Say About II.
Chicego Inter Ocean

Chicego Inter Ocean
We do not question the sincerity or
earnest cndeavors of the committee
to arrive at a just and satisfactory
plan, but the more the one proposed
is examined the more unfortunate il
seems. 1t is boys way of settling
a great question, not way which
can be commended as precedent in
future difficulties of this kind, and
which will command the respect and
confidence Of our own or any other
nation. If the pending question OF
the presidency is regarded as one OF
much doubt and uncertainty, and one
upon which an honest difference
of opinion can be entertained
we want to see a remedy provided
for the aggrieved party, and a rene.
dy not merely temporary and appli
cable to the present case, but one good
for all emergencies of a similar char.
acter. If the Supreme Court are to
have anything to do with the matter
let it be as court not a political re-
turning board. II, after the vote ha,
been counted and the result declared
Mr.. Tilden feels himself aggrieyed
let him be permitted to bring hi
grievances judicially before thai
court and test the legality of the cleo
ton. 1t is as easy to provide fo]
such proceeding as for the hodge
podge that is now submitted, and /
would command far more respect
The present plan looks altogether to-
much like the offer of the boy to hi
playmate to flip a copper to see which
should have a hobby-horse alread,
belonging to the latter, and, we i'm
agine. that it will be generally unsat
isfactory to republicans, who fee
that they have honestly won in til,
late contest.
Chicago Tribune.
1t is not perfect scheme, but il j
better than civil war; better than til,
Mexican plan of. duplicate Govern
ments; better than a prolongation o
the strife and acceptable not only al
determining the Presidential election
but as settling the threatened violence
in Louisiana and South Carolina
The measure is not so much com
promise as ii is submission of con
flicting opinions to as fair a tribuna
as perhaps can be constituted at thi
time and on the very eve of the da,
for counting the votes. We thinl
that, when Edmunds, Conkling, Ere
linghuysen, Hoar, Willard and Nc
Crary unite with an equal number O
democrats III recommending this mea
sureas one to secure peaceful solution
of the trouble, that the countr,
generally will rejoice and hearth,
approve the measure.
i Chicago Times.
There is ample reason to say tina
the "high court of arbitration
scheme is not satisfactory to anybody
and is not regarded by anybody a
anything but temporary expedien
to bridge over possible blood
chasm. Every intelligent person per
ceives that there is not a particle o
) honesty in the continuance. Ever,
member of the two committees tina
, have incubated and Matched this non
descript continuance of mutual BAN
boozlement perfectly well knows tina
more dishonest scheme of mutua
self-deception never was devised
The two factions came together an
} said, mentally atall events, Let us in
vent something that will involve tn
outcome in a fog; let us set up
screen of humbug before the eyes {
the country behind which we tn
managers can proceed to play on
own little game, throwing constitt
ton, law, and principles Of publ
right meanwhile to the devil.
New York Trihsne
We do not believe that this repol
provides constitutional method {
counting the Electoral vote, and sha
regret its adoption as precedent fu
Of peril"
New York Times.
; The plan would be Objectionable
, all that could be said against it we,
that it seeks outside of the Constitt
ton what the Constitution itself PRE-
vides. Add to this objection tn
, damage done to the Supreme CouI
: and the discomfort and distrust TIL:
will follow the ultimate decision, an
the impolicy of the pending measul
will be too apparent to be denied
The Compromise Bill.