The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-01-30

WAsnISoroS, D. O., Jan.

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ahead that may set oil calculations ct
naught. It Is understood that the
Appropriation Committee have 30
perfected their plans ns to bo in po-
sition to put all the regular bills
through in an unusually short time.
A member Of the. committee said
yesterday that 80 far as the appropri-
atlons were concerned they could be
passed within month. But there
are humorous out-croppIngs Of Q long
financial debate In both Houses, Is
well as Of other stormy discussions,
tho end Of which cannot be GoFeseen.
In view Of these manifestations; the
general political tItuatIon and the
well known procIIvItics Of Congress
men, 1 do not think: tho desire Of the
Democrats for a short session can be
realized.
There Is a growing feeling among
tno InUIv tnougnTTui ana far-ssghtod
Congressman In favor Of some Iegis-
latIon on the subject Of counting the
electoral vote. And It does mot re-
quIre a remarkable foresight to dis
cover that some action in that dIrec.
ton would be most wise. AL the
signs Of the times point to o contest
unprecedented In bitterness and re-
sultIng perhaps 10 no end Of e0mpli-
cations. II Is clear that the Radical
party will not give up the control Of
the government upon simple ex-
preston Of the will OF the people
against them, II IL can be held by
hook or crook or by the commission
OF any sort Of desperate political
crimes. True, q Democratic Con-
gress counts the vote this time, bat
will not the Republicans claim, as
they did before the Electoral Com
mission was created In the last con-
test, that the President Of the Senate
has the sole right 70 count the vote,
and thus precipItate deadly strug-
gle. Schuyler COliax, there are peo-
pie that remember who he is--had
an article in . late number Of the
Philadelphia Times, tho sole object Of
which seemed to be TO point out the
power Of the President Of the Senate
in making the count. Vice Presi-
dent Wheeler would in that case as
sumo to count In the Radical candI-
date.
A bill has been reported which Il
perhaps as fair as anything that can
be passed. 1t provides that the two
Houses shall meet 10 joint convention
under the same conditions as hereto
fore, and that all certificates or pa
pers purportIng to be certificates
shall be opened by tho President of
the Senote, and that in cases where
there Is a controversy both Houses
must concur In determining the re-
suit. Under the old twenty-second
joint rule adop, ed by the RepublI-
cans to enable them TO thHow ont the
vote OF the reconstructed States, and
repealed by the Senate in 1876, when
they feared the Democrats would use
It to reject Louisiana, ths practice
was that emo vote objected to shall
be counted except by the concurrent
vote Of the two Houses In the
present bill the veto Of State must
be counted unless rejected by both
Houses, and the declsion Of State
Court in the case OF o disputed cleo
tion Is to stand unless reversed by
both Houses. This accords substan-
TALLY with the measure 50 long, ably
and persistently advocated In the
Senate by the late Senator Morton.
The feeling here In reference to
the situation Ia Maine goes far to
create q desire 10 have everything
plainly defined In relation to the
Presidential question. The course
of the Radical party In that State is
an illustration OF the means they VII
resort to to retain power. Before
the election Last fall, defeat Of the
Blaine crowd seemed certain from
every view, but seeing this they
flooded the State with mOney and
prevented the choice Of Governor by
unblushing and wholesale bribery and
bulI-doxing. Then, when the Gov
ernor and Council, bya strict con-
struction of the laws. upset them and
took away the fruit Of their rascality,
they again resort to the most deapic-
able tactics to prevent quorum Of
the Legislature. The man who Of
fered a half dozen bribes and actually
paid the money In two, says the
charge is q put up job. Aside from
the overwhelming evidence produced,
there is one correborating cIrcum-
stance stronger than anything else.
The Maine dispatches to Radical pa
pers two days before the Legislature
met, and before the bribery was pub
licly exposed. gives the names Of