South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-04-19
Letter from Washington.
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WAsuINoToS., ID. c.. April Is.
MIR. HARPER a. What. support the AID:
mi6istratiou had smong Washington
papers died On SATURDAY. The Raesss. al
Usiss ssartqd seven rn6nths ago 20 sup.
port. - A<lninistra;sJcn bat which ne.
vSF qtits endossed IN ..ss1thstS H6li.
Cyl" which u, ia fact, all that WAS worthy
OF endorsement in the course or thc al.
ministration, expired on SATURDAY. morn.
ing. 1t had not many readers and not
many advertisers. Il somewhus feebly
defended q course which does not admit
Of successful defence. The most grace
fui OF IT'S acts was the prompt pay men {.
ut its death. OF all its debts. The loss,
q lively paper, Democratic at times.
takes the subscription lists. The is.f
is well conducted. and IL it gets over i. 5
hrst year will probably be successful. :
Montgomery Blair, made up Of hope
fulness, egotism. obstinacy and Democ.
racy. in abont equal parts, still fon,ily
imagincs that his Maryland resolutions
will receive that endorsement by, Con-
gress which Is necessary to give tbem
life, They cannot. The movement to
have any show or success must have
commenced ut Washington, not st An.
napolis; must have had for its respon.
sible authors men or solid qualities and
national reputation must have fused
as FAR as possible from any. suspicion
that disappointed ambition or partizan
,aIilmosity inspired Il. In al these
things Mr.. Blair's scheme lacks the els-
ments OF success. The speech OF Sena.
tor Derpis, Of Maryland. in presenting
the resolutions for the action OF the Sc
nate was proclamation OF Mr.. Blair's
defeat. l do not abandon hope of in.
dlcial decision as to the title Of Mr..
Hayes. but l am very sure that it will
never be reached through Mr.. Blair's
resolutions.
At caucus CT Democratic Senators
on Saturday. Messrs. Wallace. Eaton.
kansome. Cockrell and Mcdonald were
made Committee to confer With n Com.
m'ttee Of House Democrats on tile sub.
Ject OF arrangements for such party dc.
ZION as may be necessary in Congress
ana In the coming campaign I'M the
states. A House caucus will be held
TO select like COMMITTEES.
The Senate Committee TO consider
The subject Of the election OF President
and Vice President have prepa ell re.
port the more important provisions Of
which are given below.
Sec. A. Each State may by law pro,
vida for the judicial determination Of
any controversy concerning the appoint
ment OF electors, before tile time fixed
Tor The meeting Of electors. Every such
judicial determination by its big hest
Court male prior 20 tile sail time Of the
meeting OF the electors, shall be conclu.
sive evidence Of the lawful title OF the
electors whom such Court shall have 90
decided to have been appointed and
shail govern in the counting Of the cleo.
toral votes, as provided in the Consti,u;
ton and as hereafter regulated
Sec. o. In all cases or disputed an.
pointment of electors not so iudicialiv
passed upon as hereinbefore authorized.
The certificate or judgment Of the board
or tribunal empowered by the Legisla-
lure OF any State to canvass the returns
oil votes for electors and certify or dc.
clare the result, shall be conclusive eyi.
dence that the persons so certified or
declared TO have been appointed were
lawfully appointed such electors. and
shall govern in the count Of the electoral
votes as provided in the Constitution
and rs hereinafter regula cd.
III but one set of returns come from n
State the adverse vote of both Houses
OF Congress. acting separately shall be
required to throw ont such returns. II
There are two or more sets of returns.
that set received from the board or tri
bunal mentioned in Sec. 4. above given.
shall be accepted; but ic returns are
received from more than one board or
tribunal in State, the Houses shall Sc
parately consider the matter AMI only
those returns shall be counted which
both Houses agree upon.
The Committee is said to be unani-
nous and has given great attention to
the subject, The members of the Com
mittec are Edmunds, Conkling, Howe,
Mcmillan. Teller. Davis. Of Ills, Bays
ard, Thurman, aud Morgan. MEMO.
tR Another train robbery occurred on
the Texas Pacific railroad, at Mesquite
station, thirteen miles east Of Dallas.
one Gcy last week. The train was stop,
ped at the depot and the engineer anil
fireman placed Under guard. The ,es,
press messenger and route agent BARR.
caded themselves in their car, but the
robbers saturated. it With coal oil and
set fro TO u and forced them out. The
express and mail were then piuudered.
Conductor Afford and two or THE robbers
we're wounded. The pluhdefinS party
numbered fifteen or twenty. Tie pas
sengers were not molested.
IVAMERrcAS MLLfoxAiRKs.-No
street in the world represents, in the
short space Of two miles and half, any
thing like the enormous aggregate OF
wealth. represented by Fifth avenue
New York; residents between Wash
ingtOh square and Central Park. We
give, haphazard, few names Dr..
Rhinelander; $4,000. 600; Mr.. O. Rob.
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