Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-15

Representatives lS receiving The certificates OF
the election OF menbers-elect to the iGta Con-
gress. NEST OF them coming from the south
Prior to the November elections he had received
the certificates of those members who were elect
ed IN the october contests.
SENATOR CoNKLING'S PosITIoN.-Friends OF
Senator COnkling deny that he contemplates
calling upon President Hayes with reference to
the latters southern policy. They say that in
SO Iar as lhe result CT that policy has failed to
pflnS ABOUT in the south a reign OF peace and
quiet, the Senator believes implicitly with the
President, that the south has not returned i'm
Kl Klna, the generous treatment it has received.
Ihe Senator is said to hold that, so far as the
southern policy OF the President is concerned,
he can not now undo what he has DONE ii he
even SO desires; that his southern policy ex-
nauSted Itself, so far as it could be called
policy, when the President gave South Carolina
and Louisiana the benefit of home rule but
that The President Is now beginning TO realize
Wnat leaders In the party from the very begin
nlDg gapprehendedthatt the south in consideration
OF the boon of home rule will not administer the
the l4tn ana 18th amendments to to the consti-
luton IN the spirit in which the trainers Of
those articles intended they should be adminis-
tered; that all the harm that the republican
party sustained in its divisions over the wisdom
OF the Presidents policy has been felt to the ut
teTmOSt, and that the very fact that the Presi-
dent Is not satisfied with the result OF his deal
ing with the south is the best evidence that the
party can readily be reunited On the basis that
the laws OF the country must be enforced and
the constitutional amendments which apply to
tEe 1reedmen not only be accepted. but likewise
honestly Interpreted.
PROSPECTIVE COME rs OF HOUSE SEAT,.-Jt
does not look as if there Will be many contested
seats In the 10th Congress With the slim MI
lorty which the democrats will have in that
Dody 1t is hardly probable that they will be
willing TO unseat one OF their number to make
room for republican, unless indeed the Claim
OF % the latter Is too palpabe The defeated demo-
cIaulc candldate In DR.. LOring'S district in
Massachusetts threatens a contest, but on no
good ground. 1t is probable that whichever of
tne parlies.democratic OF repubican-in the
second Florida district gets the certificates that
there will be contest. 1t is claimed that al
though Bisbee, republican, received the most
votes, Hull, the democrat, will be given the GER
tifcate, and will thereby acquire prima facie
right. In pennsylvania there win be a contest
by Gen. Albright, republican, for the seat of
S' kiotz' democrat, who1s given the certificate by
1nree Judges OF election, but from which act two
dissent. It is quite likely there will be two con-
tests In North Carolina. These are all that
loom up On the horizon at the present time, but
the returns may not be all in yet.
DIsMIssALs AT THE PATENT OFFIcE.-As the
expenditures for temporary clerical service in
the Patent Office have reached the limit pre-.
scribed by law for the whole of the cur
OF the entire contingent fund appropri-
ated for the year has been expended, it
has been found impossible to retain longe.
the clerks and laborers heretofore paid on the
..
Sixty-six discharges were made to-day, AS
this action Is taken in obedience to positive
provisions Of law, without any fault on the part
OF those discharged, it Is announced that until
Iurther legislation by Congress no application
for IeappOintment or for new appointments in
the Patent bureau can be entertained
THE CASE OF GEORGE REYNOLDS, a Mormon,
who was indicted and convicted in Utah in 1915
for contracting pOlygamous marriage In
violation OF the laws OF the United states, came
up for argument yesterday In the L. s. Su.
preme Court. one OF the errors assigned in the
plea OF Reynolds counsel is that pOlygamy is
enloined as a religious duty by the sect to
whlch ne belongs, and that Congress is forbid
den by the Constitution ''to make any law re-
srectlng an establishment OF religion, or to
prohibit the full exercise thereof Attorney
General DeVenS contended against such an
Interpretation of the Constitution, which would
restrain Congress from attaching a penalty
against crime because 1t was an article of reli-
gl0uS falth, and instanced the Meadow naSSa-
instaLce OF fanatic:sn under mistaken conyic-
tfons OF religious duty.