West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-01-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular Correspondent
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D5muci%t5 10 expedite The business
Of Congress aud to have done With
It in time 70: an early adjournment,
there are eytjedces OF "oreakers
ahead that may ssS oil calculations
at naught. 1t ia understood that
the Appropriation Committee have
50 perfected their plans as to be in
position TO put all the regular
bills through in an unusually short
time. A member OF the committee
said yesterday chat so far as the
appropriations were concerned. they
could be passed within a month.
But there are numerous out-cr0p-
pings OF prolonged financial debate
IN both houses, as well as Of other
stormy discussions, the end OF which
cannot be loreseen. la view Of these
manifestations, thu general polit-
zeal situation, and the we'll known
procIlvitico Of Congressman. l do
not think the desire of the Democrats
for short session can be realized.
There is growing feeling among
the more thoughtful AMI iar,slghted
Congressman in favor OF some leg
lslation on the subject OF counting
the electoral vote. Aud it does not
rtqu re remarkable foresight to
discover that some action in that
direction would be mos. wise. AL
the signs of the times point to
contest unprecedented in bitterness
and resulting perhnpa il no end OF
complications II is clear that the
rldlcal party will not give up con-
troll OF the government upon a sim
pie expression Of the viii OF The peo-
pie against them, if it can be held
by hook or crook or ~ the commis-
sion OF any sort OF desperate political
crimes True, Democratic Cong
ress counts the vote this time, but
viii not the Republicans claim, as
they did before the Electoral Com
mission was created in the laat con-
test, that the President Of the
Senate has the sole right 20 count
the vote, and thus precipitate a
deadly struggle. Schuyler CyI!ax
there are people that remem er
who he is-had an article in late
number VI the Philadelphia Times,
the sole ocj cot Of which seemed to
be to point out the power OF the
President o. the Senate in making
the count. Vice President Wheeler
would in that case assume. to count
IN the radicaI candidate,
A bill has been reported which il
perhaps es fair as anything that
could be passed. 1t provides that
the two houccs shall meet IL i3int
convention under the same oondi.
tions as heretofore, and that all
certificates or papers purporting to
be certificates shall be opened by the
President Of the Senate, a1d that in
cases where there ia q controversy.
both house, mus. concur in deter
mining the result. Uoder the old
twenty-second joint rue adopted
by the Republica 10 to enable them
to throw out the vote OF the re
constructed states, and rey called by
them 10 the Senate in 1875. when
they feared the Democrats might
use 10 TO reject Louisiana, the prac
tlce was that mo vote objected to
shall be counted except by the con
current vote oil the TWO houses" In
the present bill the vote of state
must be counted unless rejected bv
both houses and the decision Of \
state court in the case Of \ Disputed
election Is 30 stand unless reversed
by Goth houses This accords sub
stantlaily with the measure 40 long
ably aud persIsientiy advocated In
the Senate by the late Senator
Morton
Under the name Of Nationa,
GreenOack Labor Conference . mix.
cd gathering assembled here last
week Female sunrsglsts, labor
agltmors gTeeubackers and the al
voc4tes oi all the latest wrinkles ip
politics, swsTmed into the confer
eucs. Dennis Kesruey was there
with ms workHrgmau's SHIRT and
short pipe Mp. Bo.va Lockwood
Sara j, Spencer and their associates
were on the ground Lone.hsfred
gentlemen were also there IN great
rumoers Kearney made n speech
Iu which be recommended he'll. A
proper place for NATIONAL oank al
rectofs, and hanging as an excellent
way 20 d!spoas o John Sherman and
The financial question. The good
Dr. De ia Matyt wss called upoD
TO make a prayer, but there wes
90 many objections aud go much
Kissing that % had 10 be put 10 vote
whether he should pray orn,t. The
women sullragists renamed through
The conference, and smiled OIL the
long haired gsntlemen, having been