, 1881-02-03
ELEGlURAL GUUNl,
GARFIELD VIII, Next Wctlncs-
day, Be Declared Elected
g." lis President.
The Caucus Substitute for the Nor
gan Resolution Adopted in
the Senate.
Rejection OF MI Amendment to
Have the House Come to
tho Senate.
Long Debate upon a Change Of
Wording Suggested by
Eaton.
pis Words Calculated 10 Emphasize tho
Non.Potentiality Of tho Tic.
President.
This Amendment Rejected by
"a Non-Partisan Vote Of
Expediency.
A Neat Piece of Sarcasm by
Thurman at the Expense -
-, y Of Blaine.
Blaine~ win Work. for n Presidential
Committee, with David Davis
ns Chntrman.
Reminder Of the Conspiracy to Capt
nre the Electoral Ballots
in 1877.
A Neat Piece of Sarcasm by
Thurman at the Expense
). Of Blaine.
Dlasne- viii Work for n Presidential
Committee, with David Davis
rs Chairman.
Reminder Of the Conspiracy to Capt
ure the Electoral Ballots
in 1877.
A PEACEFUL COUNT.
50 MICH RI:TTLEn.


Special Dlsparch to Tie chteuno Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. G., Feb. 9.-Thorc Is no
longer reason to doubt TINT tho Electoral
votes will be counted on next Wednesday,
Feb. ., fn MI orderly, formal manner. With
out technical objections or disturbance, nlti
TINT no che In either lIouse will venture TO
question the election of Garfield and Arthur,
or attempt to iIake nny trorblo oil account
OF the yoto Of Georgia. Ii any one was dis
posed to insist that tho vote Of Georgia ought
lawfully be counted, 1t would sreM TINT 1t !
should be tho Senators and Representatives. |
Of that State, themselves. But ben I'LL, In |
the Scnate to-,luy, said ycry plainly that |
lo did not think Tint atly doubts could prop
erjy he raisel with respect 10 Georgia, and
that lie
QUITE AGREED WITH SENATOR THURMAN
TINT the vote wns Illegally cast, anu ought
not to be counted, and he reiolccd tfat, such
being the casc, 1t was a n,attor OF no collsc-
qucnce, rs the vote Of Georgia could not it,
terfcrc witt, the result. lie sald, moreover,
ui,ct III this le WINS later In tho day supported
by Senator Biaine, that the American Con-
grcss would 10 guilty Of great crime If It
should allow four years moro to
pass without having mado by law
some. safe and Just provision for tho detor-
=
The debAte upon tho adoption OF tl!is rule In
tho Senate was mainly Of formal character.
The Republicans, without anY expectation
that their views would bo supported, gem
orally favored the amendment proposed by
Eduuntls, that tho House should be invited
TO meet ln the Senate, but lB 10 this ulero
were soino doubtcrs and, It my considerable
number Of the Republicans had been dis
posed to mike Il contest OH tllls 1llaS.
tion, Republicans enough would III
the end hayo voted with tho Demo-
crats to have secured tho adoption
Of tho new temporary rule, which finally wns
adopted. Some 0f tho leadlng Republicans
OF the 6enate were not tn very good position
10 take any radicat stnnd with rcspegt to
some At tic questions Involved fn this rcsol,l-
tlo.,, It's 1t WINS mainly duu To Etlmunds, C0nk-
ling, alltt some 0thors TINT tho twenty.sccond
joint rulo was broken down, arlll they also III.
rcctly or Indirectly hnse exprcsscd donbts as
to tho constitutional power Of tho Vtce-Prcsl-
dent to count tho yotes.
slIt EDsluNDs MADE ONE PRACTICAL sutl-
0EsrIoN
with regard to visiting tho House, which
subsequently gave Senator ingalls, (ohe Of
the Sonnto tollcrs during the e4)unt III 1S77)
nn opportunity to statu what he satd was Il
secret chapter in tho history Of that roraark-
ablo procedure, a1r, El,nnlds sald tl,at the
tine might come, md IIarI cu,Ue, when, to
carry these archives, tho Electoral votes, MI
eighth Of n niles dIstuuce from t|1c Senate
to the House through u great crowd, ,ulght
be 4 dangerous oxt,surc, Mr.. Ingalls, utter.
wards stated Tint the tellers bccau,u informed
durEng thu count tl,at, Wien Tho returns we're
being carried from tho Scnulv to the JIouso for
the joiat convention, the tcllers would bo
assaulted somewhere on t,le way a1l ]laya
the certificates taken from them, a,,t tllat OK
trnordIl,nry precautions wero takol 10 pre-
vent this.
Mn, 1NGA11s Is INCORRECT
in describing This uHn chnt,tor Of sp,rot Ills.
tory. for this wl,o,u ,consplrucy,tof tia exist
enca If wilch thiero was t,,en nru] ia inv IN
reasou Ia doubt. wus fully tletalled II, these
dfsnntchrs Mt the Tina. ll,n ,nforuatln,,
ca,no To tho of]icu,u nf TIM Sennta hayinr
charge NJ the Electoral cnrtIf,cntos thumui,
irusty datectiyn sources. ,rhn plau wa,
TINT nnrty nf .ro,,nhs fro,n
Baltimore ami VIrcinIn. wall armed
md iiesucrntr. should seereto tbomsc]yr,
:, in ths dark recrssps Il, tbs narrow corridoI
at]facent to the S,,nre,,,o {;ourt rnf,n,. mt
= there sn,zn the FtnrtornI cartli1cntra, rrht
fuct Tint liza k,,Dwln,lrn Of tlis consplroo,
was brought To ttlo authorities was ono q
tho renl uot,yes for t}a rmp]oy,nent of
"A o1yAnnt.,r.rn pnJ1cr n,yAHu
about tI,a CnnItol an those tlnys. and for Ill,