Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-27

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sf s tSS az T, aHr With s2' . ""5 las.
would 'v,to 'l@'s'iy tr'Nles~> upon the reserved
rtEht~ I'll ttIe states They held therefore. that
tIt acEEJn OF Iuv return rrl,ri> was within the.
'ttsr % le laws OF their respective states Flor
fla ami Louisiana must d. counted for HAYES
ami IN ORDER to maintain this position the r.pub-
!irai party Mas comp 'iitI 10 a>>um' the strange
Iul Inconsistent rode ot the champion 81 states
nights, ia" doctrine against which l. nal wags-d
a RELENTLESS MAR ui nearly twenty Years Iur
democrats, on the other haud maintained thar
IA" popular majority for ItI,i,-a Fior,sia and
LOUISIANA Ma To- ~ silent - d. dsupt.S b-ius
siinpiY nNcTN lirIuIln. IN Tie. batter state ami
that tnr TutuTu b aV,i> had tV,Tvlrit,. th> ma
iloriil'S "ny 10y fraudulent H. 81 thNir s'N"r>
Ia throwing out democrat votes tnssi t.ut >uf
ucicni {" gave FLORIDA nHd Louisiana IL tie
pubI!gans- They ti,,cIg~l I,gt .,.r thaI ~ th..
louisiana tsslrd hs,I r,-fu ~l appoint Is demo
rate insmtcT to the vaa.i, cY IA hat taHIV a.
requirc,i by the law under w.,-g, thy acted
40 aciinn Mas necrs-SIy. 10 ii~,tI. T5t-S afli
fttlAt. IL tHpth Flut ida ans! louisiana Ha ~ ~
SrouiutlS and Iry.uduIrnGl, gwen tuti,, R.p,t,
ssu, uy tlc return bs.rI> u defiance OF ihs' viii
u tIsg- people ri thurs. stats Nl,rs.>~,i al Tia,
polls, Jas electoral VOTES 81 bath ul tUu>s. states
,I"ati not l'r counted 10y N,u.r,->>. such action
u tNc iS'ft 81 cnHGrr>s would have, resulted in
declaration by that b--lN that them hal b.-gII mo
Fs'PaiAE ehn4Fr ri a president and Sicv-pr.>Ideut
ana tl" erection 81 III" president would have tie
tu.Ntst uls'H tn" huu~s ~ representatives. and
iIr choice u iEC l"r- president would have. de-
VOWED uisBu itis ~zIIaty lea HrrI.tAc.. with The
pCuV t>lpn 81 Ghc constitution. The democrats,
Therefore. declared that they would insist uuDn
ih,, rejection q! tll,, votes ui E!nrAla and iIiiS
ana upon VIZ ground III fraud on the part OF th,.
return bar.s. AMI thu republicans announced
lhc3T decision Ia Insist upon tn" suuutlug of the
votes II tb> states titled hy th, stat. OH
cial~ Each party denounced Ia" other " ith great
mite Iu"N>. ga" country was deeply aSitats j. and
threat, OF Aru- n'>i>IaGr' freely init grd
~ bpth parties The cTi>l, wa, the most alarm.
ing That hal threatened "a t.tu airy sine, the
outbreak 81 the civil war. \ f.-ltu. OF general
nuca>in">> prevailed throughout the Tn
t-i #
business IN all sections
Congress, al { ON tiic fourth Of December. l>-a
fhv nous, ~ representatives was organic III by
tE., democratic majority by the election of ~aInL
]. RAINFALL, oI PruAsyl yaula a. speaker. Imnr-
iiately up1a ia" organization at cougr,'~> thu.
question ui the manner uf ~ Inttng the electoral
votes ot the states came up in that boly. The,
republican majority I'm the senate claimed that,
uy the terms ct the constitution. the yirspF,.>i
icnt wa> cnmpcIicd Ia uYeu the rlificatgs OF the
states IA the presence "i the two huu~s+> oi coz
sp~>. In tOlnt convention. and declare the result
the two houses being present merely witness
- of the count bS the WEE president VITA this
view the republicans In the lower hpa>' agreed.
th democrats IN both houses Ia ItutIiua,t that
while the constitution required TN, Nts. pr,.>i.
dent to- open the certificates and count th, rlect-
oral votes. the Two houses congress n, made
ih' Judges OF the legality Of tA. iIic;,, and
thal, IN The c>e oi the prs ntatEoa 1t tl terti-
tcltc~ tTpm IA" sam. stat b, the Two u lus.s were
the rightfui judges which was the proper one;
aud that la the event OF failure at the two hou-
~ Ia agree Ia such decision. the vote OF such
state must hc rejected. In support of this view
they brought forward the twenty second Joint
rule ui congress, adopted February 9TH, lSI, by a
republican congress, AMI under which the count
iuS uf the electoral Soty. in l>i lSji and i~7 had
been conducted This rule was de>ig net 10 secure
republican triumph at,the time of Its passage.
but IN January, lssb. when IL WAS evident that,
the house OF representatives having become dem
Dcrallc, the rule would br used by the denpc
for thri. own advantage, the senate. still repub-
Ncau, passing a concurrent resolution adopting
the joint rules OF the prev ious session Of congress
the joint rules for that session. excepting the
twenty second Joint rule" The house Jailed to
act upon the resolution. At the opening of the
session in December. lS7b the ur.sid mi OF the
senate ruled that the. wrre ioInt rules
IN operation. The SPEAKER OF the house ON the
other hand ruled that theioint rules previously
existing. still existed. Thus the issue between
the two houses was distinctly made. The house
declared its Intention of insisting upon the right
secured Ia it by the twenty-Secuni IDint-rule of
phecttng Ia the vote OF a state, and tina. 1T would
withdraw from the JOINT convention If this right
were denied II by the senate. The senate dcclar-
al that. in case of such withdrawal by the house
the couut would be continued by the senate, and
the result proclaimed by the vice president.
The house ON the other hand announced its in
tenton Of acting il there had been no
choice by the electoral vote : it would at once
proceed To elect the president required by the
constitution. Eacn house WAS firm in its reSnlu- |
ton, and the breach between them Is widened |
laiy. Angry speeches AID threats were made
by IN 'mber> Ot congress and the general alarm |
and uaea >ineS> deeptncd throughout the coun- |
try. The timh appointed by the constitution for
counting the electoral vote was rapidly drawing |!
nigh, and IL seemed likely that an era of anarchy
was about IT, ensue. Each house would act for /
itself two presidents would b. declared elected. |
There WAS no doubt that President Grant would |
sustain the choice ot tht, senate with the army. |
In such an event civil war was inevitable.
The danger was so great that patriotic men of
both parties in congress set To workto devise some
means of settlement. Ii was plain that this |
could be accomplished only by compromise.
conference committee was appointed by each
house, which committee, after n long elaboration
reported TO the two houses OF congress bill pro-
vding for the appointment of Il commission, to
consist of fifteen members. Five of these were
tn hl al 10 Sannfn nv tha