Year: 1877

During the recent discussion of the
Electoral bill in the House, Hon. Martin
l. Townsend, of New York, spoke in op-
position to the bill. He said he was CON
vinceG that on the 7th of November Mr..
Hayes was elected President, and he did


not propose to put in jeopardy that cleo
tion. 1t is not in regard alone to the States
of Louisiana. Florida and South Carolina
that there is difficulty, and when the
question in regard to them is settled the


whole difficulty is not settled, not a bit
of it. The question of Colorado remains.
Every Democratic press in the country
declared for weeks that Colorado had
elected Democratic ticket. and that
three votes were secured for the eminent
citizen of Gramercy Park, but by and
by it turned out that the vote of Colo
RADIO was Republican, and then all at
once it was ascertained that Colorado was
not State, and had no vote. When the
delegate from the Territory of Colorado
arrived, the House refused to receive the
representative from the State of Colo
RADIO, and kept him here for two months
like Mahomet's coffin, between heaven
and earth, and should like to know from
IllG NhOiG III llCdN-
ems name he is. But there is more light
shed on this question, and that light is
from that prominent luminary, "Cronin's
nose" The Democratic party, the great
constitutional party, has had Cronin here
to enlighten the people, and they found
out that but little light was fed with oil
not of naphtha, but with oil that came
from New York, fed by young man
by the name of Pelton, nephew and pri-
vate secretary of an eminent citizen of
Gramercy Park. The uprising in 1851


was simply because the Democratic lead
ers were likely to lose the profits of Of
fee, and for nothing else. They failed
in it, and now in 1877 we are brought
face to face with similar state of things.
The Republican party has elected Hayes.
The Democratic party wants office. They
are hungry and their followers are hun
cry. THIS House (speaking respect
fully was hungering on the 4th of De-
cember, 1875, and has only grown more
hungry since. That is the difficulty, that
is the trouble about the Constitution,
that is the trouble about counting
the vote, that's the cause of the great de
sire to serve the country. ! am asked
whether l would intrust the power Of
counting the votes to one man. That is
the very thing which this bill does. The
four Judges of the Supreme Court are to
choose fifth Judge, and he is to be the
Colossus of Rhodes" who is to span
the chasm. 1t is one man, and not the
one man whom the Constitution chooses.
The man fixed upon is Judge Davis, Of
Illinois. The Democrats want fair
count, and, in order to insure its being
perfectly fair and unbiased, the Mephis-
topheles of Gramercy Park has sent an
order to Illinois that the Democrats in
the Legislature shall elect him United
States Senator. Not that there is any.
thing wrong in that Ironically, but sim


ply to make Judge Davis unbiased. And
now simple Republicans are asked tc
throw the power of the country
into the hands Of this Judge whom the
Democrats have taken great pains tC


show to be unbiased. l shall not vott


for any such unbiased arrangement. Th'


whole power of this country Is arrogateC


by this House. For my part am wei


enough satisfied with the laws and Con
! stitution as interpreted by Washington