Daily Republican., 1880-12-11
IL means Mischief.


II rs seems 10 be no doubt now that
ths Democrats in Congress mean mis-
chief By pressing the passage Of the
sls,toral count resolution 10 the exclu-
sion Of all other business. Although b
It 10 asserted over and over that IL Ia
not intended to affect the election ei
Garfield, there are many who will
nevertheless believe that the, Dens-
orsts have some object in view In try
ing to rush the measure through In
such q hurry. Public confidence In
the Democracy is not very strong any
how at the present time in the faos Of
all the frauds that have been practicsd
by that party before and At the late
election, and We are Of the opinion that
It will require moro than mere say so
to convince the public that there Il no
mischief at the bottom OF the measure.
The Republicans in Congress are evil
IDENTIFY Of that way Of thinking when
they have unanimously resolved to re-
sert to all the known means in their
power to defeat the resolution. Senator
Blaine evidently hit the nail square on
the head when he, said on Thursday
night in the Republican joint cancus
that "Ths Democrats wero up to some
'skulduggery' and rascslity, because
no other reason could be given for
their attempting to push through the
pernicious electoral count resolu tion
at that time" The Senator heartily
endorses the flibustering tactics adept.
ei by the Republicans to defeat the
obnoxious measure. Under this slss
torAl count joInt-Iesolution . mere OBJ
lection to Q return from State would
justify majority Of either house in
rejecting the vote Of q State, 1t pro-
vided that If more than one list Of the
slsstsrAl votes, ''or papers purportinS
70 be such list, were received from
State, either House may refuse to re-
seivS the vote." What does this
meant It means that Q oh hartman Of q
Democratic or Republican State Com
mittee might send to CongrsSs . list
''purpOrting" to te the list Of the cleo
torAl vote Of ! State. This would BE-
sufficient cause under the resolution
for the two Houses to separate, and for
either or both Houses to threw ont tho
v0te Of q State. 1t is this obooxiouS
character Of the resolution that the
Republicans objsCt to and are resolved
10 defeat oven il no ether business
should be transacted during the seS.
sion. Under the provisions Of this
joint resolution all that WoHld Do
wanted to throw out the vote Of the
State OF New York with its thirty Ave
electoral votes, would be for some Dem
Osratio member Of Congress to object to
It's being counted.
Upon this obi ection the two Houses
would retire to their respective cham
bers and vote upon the reception or re-
lection OF the vote Of the State. As
both Houses are in the present Con-
gress Democratic, the vote Of New York
would be entirely at the mercy Of the
Democrats who are smarting under
their recent defeat and who would bs
glad Of just such an opportunity to re-
taliate npon the Republicans for the
alleged unlaw ful counting in Of Hayes
IN 1877, and vote that the vote Of New
York be not received. II the vote Of
New York was rejected General Gar
field would lack six votes Of . clear
majority Of the electoral vote. Should
such contingency as this occur it
would be difficult to forstsll the result,
and it is unfortunate that the dishon-
esty Of the Democratic party in the
recent election affords no guarantee
that such contingency will not sccur.
1t is with this suspicion Of Democratic
dishonesty and insincerity tbatthe Re
publicans in the House Of Representa-
tives are opposing the joint electoral
count resolution and from all the cir.
oumstsnces which surround the case all
lovers Of peace and honesty will say
they are right in the course they are