Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-10
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. GARFIELD AND ARTHUR. The Official Announcement
 of Their Election. GREAT CROWDS IN THE HOUSE. The Count Pushed Through Without
 Discussion. A WARRANT FOR PARkELL. Second Reading OfFOrster's
 Coercion Bill.
GREAT CROWDS IN THE HOUSE.
A WARRANT FOR PARNELL.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NAI1ONAL CAFIIALs
 The Electoral Count-Dec1aration of the
 Vote in Joint Convention-Crowds of Interested Spectators i'm Attendance Secretary Schurz Replies to Senator Dayyes-Senator Blaine IIl-Other Mat ters.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The greatest crowd
 that has been in the House galleries for years
 assembled therein to-day to witness the
 count of the presidential vote. The crush of
 ladies was particularly great, and the over
 flow was admitted to the floor of the House.
 Shortly after 12 o'clock the Senate made an
 appearance bearing the returns from the
 electoral colleges Vice President Wheeler
 took seat on the right hand of Speaker
 Randall, and the Senators were accommo-
 dated with chairs in the front row of desks.
 The Vice President called the assembly to
 order and said ''The two houses being as
 sembled in pursuance of the Constitution,
 that the votes may be counted and declared
 for President and Vice President on the 4th
 day of March, 1881, it becomes my duty under the Constitution President of the Senate to open the certificates of election of the several States of the Union in the pres ence of the two houses, and I now proceed to discharge that duty" The tellers- Messrs Thurman and Hamlin on the part of the Senate and Messrs. House and Crowley on the part of the House having taken their places at the clerks desk, the Vice President said: "I open the package purporting to contain the certificates of the State of Ala bama and hand the certificates to be re- ported" The certificate having been read very slowly by Senator Hamlin and having shown that the electors of the State of Ala bama had cast the ten votes of that State for Winfield s. Hancock for President and ten votes for William H. English for Vice Presi- | dent, the Vice President said: -''The vote of the State of Alabama having been recorded by the tellers, I open and hand to them the certificate of cleo | tion of the State of Arkansas" The | six votes of the State of Arkansas having l been recorded for W. s. Hancock for Presi- 1 dent and W. H. English for Vice President, | on motion of Mir. Reagan of Texas the read 1 ing of the merely formal parts of the certi- 1 ficate was dispensed with. The same cere- mony was gone through with for the other States, the vote being declared in accordance with the certificate. When Georgia was reached the vote was thrown out as the votes were cast on day other than that fixed by act of Congress, and it had been previously jointly agreed that such action would be taken. The count took just an hour and half. Garfield and Arthur having been officially declared elect | ed, the announcement was received with ap- plause. The houses then separated, and the i regular business was resumed. The count was not attended with any scenes of particular l i,,%o fhn atf large. The proceedings were reported to 1 each house in a few minutes, and were read 1 and thus made a matter of - record. The ! count was made in accordance with the joint l resolution passed 8 few days since. The off, | cial vote gives Garfield 214 and Hancock IA, excluding the vote of Georgia, which, given to him, makes his vote 155.
 The First Comptroller of the Treasury de- partment to-day passed and certified for the payment of the claim of Dr. Mary B. Wal ker for $500, being the amount of her pay for one year in the department. This claim has been pending since July IA, 1873, at which time Dr. Walker was appointed copy ist and took the oath of office. but was sub- sequently dropped from the rolls without any notice and upon the ground that her appoint ment he'd never been fully completed. Owing to the fact that this has been pending for over three years it will be necessary for Congress to make an appropriation for it's payment and it will be at once transmitted to the House by Secretary Sherman.
 The Post explains the much commented on absence of Senator Blaine from the electoral count to-day that he is so seriously crippled by an acute attack of rheumatism as to be confined to his bed and unable to lift his hand to his mouth. For three days he has taken very little food. and has suffered in- tensely. His physician hopes to bring the intruder under subjection in day or two.
 Secretary Schurz has written a letter to Senator Dawes, which is caustic reply to that gentleman's speech in the Senate upon the killing of Chief Big Snake. He charac- terizes the intimation of Mir. Dawes that the killing was premeditated by the depart ment as passing the line which sepa- rates the sublime from the ridiculous. Sen ator Dawes characterized the treatment of the Poncas methods which he believed to be unique and which he trusted would not be naturalized. To this Secretary Schurz re- plies: -'FYou have succeeded in making yourself understood. From the Pequot war to our days never was an Indian unjustly killed in this country until 8 German-born American citizen became Secretary of the Interior. All has been peace love and fra ternity. The red man has for three centur ies reposed securely upon the gentle bosom
 of his white brother, and no man to make him afraid until this dangerous foreigner in
 an evil hour for the republic was clothed
 with authority to disturb that har-
 monlOuS accord and to dlsgface the American name with espion- age in the Indian camp and the blood slaughtered victims" All this he did in an effort to naturalize American soil the dark and cruel methods of the imperial government, of which this foreigner notor ously is and has always been a faithful and ardent worshiper and champion ,and it is a re- lief to your patriotic souls that there is hope that his naturalization scheme will never suc- ceed. It is pleasant to reflect that there is one man at least among us who even under such threatening circumstances will not despair of the republic. In
 relation to the non- n-delivery of certain papers called for by the Senate resolution, and charged by Senator Dawes as wilfully with holding, the Secretary shows by the report
 of. the testimony before this committee and
 by MT. 1Dawes' own questions that the
 papers were before the committee and SUD-
 plements this ..by a telegram from the late
 chief clerk of the Indian bureau saying he gave them to MT. Dawes, land and he knew,''
 adds Mr. Brooks. The Secretary then goes
 on to show that for many years before MT.
 Dawes was stirred up by Tibbles and the
 Ponca commissioners he had pointed out and
 endeavored to right the wrongs of the Pom
 cas, while MT. Dawes in his seat in the Sen
 ate gave no heed to his suggestions.
 FORTY-SXTH CONGRESS.
 WASHINGTON Feb g.