The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec, z, 1881. ]
Only twenty-three working days
more, and the 45th Congress stands be-
side its predecessors In history. The
large amount OF work 10 be accom-
pllshed exclusive of the appropriation
bills, make II evident that many impor~
tant measures, which l have not space
to enumerate, will be neglected. or
those days, one will be taken up with
the electoral count, another with Dis
trict matters, another with eulogies up
on Representative Farr. of New
Hampshire, deceased: to day, being
the first Monday, will be taken up in
passing billie Of great importance, and
another day, the third Monday, will be
consumed in like manner. On these
exceptional days, five In number, none
of the important bills can be touched,
Many of the appropriation bills are yet
to be passed, and the reminding bill
must not be neglected, so it is easy to
be seen that with the deliberate action
usual in Congress, the apportionment
and other bills must fail. The proba-
BILE failure Of the apportionment bill
will not give the Republicans much
pain, as the present bill is regarded as
an extremely partisan measure.
The concurrent resolution, manufac-
tured by the Democratic senatorial eau
Gus, in conformity with the views of
the Republican minority, Tor counting
the electoral vote, has passed both
House and Senate by an almost unani-
nous vote. The resolution provides
"thst the two Houses of Congress shall
assemble in the hall of the House of
Representatives on Wednesday, the 9th
of February, 1881, at ~ o'clock meridi-
an, and the president of the senate
shall be the presiding officer, that one
person shall be appointed teller on the
part of the Senate, aud two on the
part of the House, to make q
be declared, that the result shall be de-
livered ito the president of tho senate,
who shall announce the state of the vote
and the person elected; to the two
Houses assembled aforesaid, which shall
elected president and vice-president of
the United States, and together with a
list of votes be returned to the journ-
ais of the two Houses" The resolution
in second section provides that where
the votes of slate were cast on a day
other than that fixed by law and the
counting or emitting such votes shall
not essentially change the result, they
shall be reported to the president of the
senate in the Glowing manner: "Were
the votes of the electors cast on the
- day of - 1880, to be counted
the result would be for A. B., for presi-
dent of the United States, votes and
c. D. for president of the United States
- votes. If not counted the result
would be for A. b. for president of the
United States - votes, and for G. ID.
for president Of the United States -
votes, but in either result t. is elected
president of the United States. And
In the same manner for vice-president."
This latter clause was inserted for the
benefit of the State of Georgia, the
electors of which did not cast her,vote
until one week later than the day fixed
by law.
The bill for over year in select
committee, providing that the heads of
the executive departments may occupy
seats in Congress has received the unan-
imous endorsement OF the committee.
There are many presidents for this in
the early days ofthe Government, when
these officers attended Gin Congress)
agreeably to order and made the nee
cessary explanations" The committee
expect to call up the bill early this
week, when it is expected Senator
Blaine will join with many others in its
support. MAXWELL,