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Show WASIUXGTOS. The House Won't Hour the Oregon Report Li u til iMoimIhv. Tho Filibnsteriiifr Will Probably Prob-ably Be Successful. TUere Mny Bo Trouble Yet. President Ferry H ill Ioclrc Huyes i'rcsideiit iu Auy treat, Washington, 23. The president has nominated James A. Williamson of lo to bo commissioner of the District of Columbia in the place of i James H. Kotchum, resigned. When, this afternoon, information reached the house that the electoral commission had decided upon counting count-ing the Oregon vote for Hayus and Wheeler, a motion was inado and carried to take ft recess till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, the purpose of the majority being to hold a caucuB beforo the announcement of such decision de-cision should be received. Directly1 after the recets a notice was readl from tllfl flplr iiicilir.(r A to remain for the purpose of holdinj a caucus. When the hail had beer cleared of all others, Representative Lamar called the meeting to order when he said ha was then requested to suggest that tho caucus adjourn till i-'oO to night, whereupon a membei proposed Saturday night, but the voice of tho majority being in favor o I continuing tho caucus this afternoon witnout adjournment, Representative ! McMahou of Ohio oflered a resolution that to-morrow a motion bo made in the bouse inviting the senate to meot the home in joint convention at 1 o clock on Monday. Representative Kobr oflered a Bub-stitute, Bub-stitute, viz, that a motion be made in the house inviting tho senate to meet in joint session to-morrow at 1 o'clock , tor tne purpose of proceeding win. n,J count ot the electoral votes. ; To this Representatsve Neal ofl'ereL aa amendment, which Representa. tno Kcbr accepted, to the efJect thai after tne two houses shall have met on the Oregon question, and shall separated thereon, the house cision proceedtodls te do-An do-An earnest, excited discussion en-sued en-sued m which Representatives Hurd koutnrd McMahon, Vanfo of Ohio, Knott, Sparks, and Line participated, par-ticipated, uvoring delay till Monday Representatives Hill, Brown, Wilt-hire, Wilt-hire, Harrison and House were in i fc.Tor ol mvitmg the senate to meet witn tho house tomorrow for the S'a 0t C0UQliui: tbe electoral j Speaker Rmd.iil made a few re-1 marks, counselling caim dcliberarifn ? m viow oi the importance of the , questions presented. I Representative Field a!o spoke bnrfr stating that no had prepared f wo bills, one providing for lho e ec-tne ec-tne hrst luesd.iv n M-v tt,a premier; officer ol tie coate to Let! Prudent m tl,0 interval be, " toe Hoot March and that Me " otner proving for7,,o n-auti , tetania for tha presidency anil vice Ipres.dency eoold go bolore the United ?;' s"l" court, and there present pre-sent their cLurns lo the office Luder operation of the previous questtou the 8ub3t,tute r,nd mend- I uie.uto Heprcaentalivo McMahon'J rMolution were rejected-ayea 44, , nave Go. Tbe resolution of Kepre eeiimlve McMahon's inviting the senate to meet the house at 1 o'eloci 'on Monday was then adopted by ahout twenty majority. Tue reason; ;ivfcn by several gentlemen who wero present at tile caucus tor this dtj:iy v.as that lne house wauled further j lime for reileclion, and to prepare objection to South Carolina and oilier j cases. A number of democrats ivhu ! did not Banctiou the delay loll Ihe j hall from time to lime before the ; close of the proceedings, and others ipiivalely said, after adjournment, ; that ihoy would not be bouud by the ! caucus, aa many democrats had pur-i pur-i posely absented themselves. 1 fiepresentative 'illi of New York will, under all circumstances, earnestly earn-estly oppose the postponement con templaled by Representative McMahon's Mc-Mahon's resolution. No action was taken on Representative Represen-tative Ficld'B two bills which Representative Willes regarded as unconstitutional, and besides a quo warranty before the supremo court, some of whoso members have do-cided do-cided against Tildeu, would be in-elleclual. in-elleclual. Democrats of the caucus tion of the counting of the electoral vote, express their surprise that those who advocate delay mustered in such strong force, and say that many democrats who will act differently had left the house for their residences beforo the announcement ot the caucus, not supposing one would be held without sulBciont notico; as besides the sixty six who voted for delay was scarcely more than one-third one-third of the democrats in the house. M. Outrey, the newly accredited minister ot France lo the United Statea presented his credentials to tbe president to day. The senate to day confirmod the nomination of E. M, Marble of Michigan Michi-gan to be examiner iu chief of the patent office. The jubilation of the republicans over the decision in the Oregon case is greatly tempered with apprehensions apprehen-sions of serious trouble likely to rosult from the subsequent action of - the democratic caucus. It is noted with alarm that the filibustering element of the house manifested increased in-creased Btrength in the caucus to-day, to-day, having gained accessions especially espe-cially trom among southern membera-All membera-All of the Georgia delegation went over except Hill and Blount, and the extremists displayed a very great deal more earnestness and determination determi-nation than their party opponents. The advocates of the fiilibuaferiug policy argued that if even the result of defeating the operations of tho electoral act should be tiro declaration by the presiding officer of the senate of Hayes' election, and be folio ,ved by Hayes' inauguration, the democratic demo-cratic pirty should nevertheless iu the meantime refuse to give any consent con-sent to his being declared elected under the forms of law. They could, in tho contingency above indicated, say these extremists, submit to a de .ado president under protest without compromising their principle), uud thus go before the country in the attitude of victims of a lawless usurpation. usur-pation. Thero are indications, however, how-ever, that a sufficient number nf : democrats will refuse to be bound by i tbe action of the slimly alteuded caucus, and will unite with tbe republicans in preventing filibustering filibuster-ing under the disguise of ordering recesses, etc. It seems now to he conceded that forty or fifty members aided by sympathetic rulings of Speaker Randall, can roally eflect an iudelinilo postponement of the complete couut, but- prominent democrats in both house express confidence that they can so clearly demonstrate tbe inexpediency of such open revolutionary proceedings as to dissuade the minority from resorting to them. On the other hand there is a very general aoprehension that if the opposition develop sufficient Btrength to-morrow to take a recess and similarly succeed on Monday there will bo no completion of the' , count uuder the electoral law. FIELD'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL BILL. Chicago, 24.-Tribnne'a Washing- ; ton: The bill drawn ,,n l, n .T.f.i i Dudley 1'ield in the informal caucu last night, for a new election in No vember, did not meet with perfec acquiesenco among many democrats and Oauliield will oiler an amenemcn for the election about May let or foi i an inauguration on June 1st. Anothei amendment will provide for the us Bembhng of congress immeiliatoly on , Ihe inauguration. Tbe bill was informally in-formally debated to-night, but not acted upon. Republicans were highly gratified atlburmans receiving the commission commis-sion at his house, as his inabili y to do so would have neceasitated the appointment of another commissioner and an extra two days' session. There is reason to-night lor feeling confident that any conspiracy to filibuster Hayes out of the presidency will fail Republicans in the senate b.lieve tbe remedy lies in the hands of the president presi-dent of the senate, and do not doubt that he m 1 use it if the necessity a Luiuuy, juarcn od. i , the count is uncompleted and lb, ! conspirators are filibustering so thtl , it is impossible for the joint conveu- i tion to reassemble; President Ferrv will notijy the house that if that b(lv persists in nullifying the electoral law . and declines to receive the senate or ' ionP TT 0 0!racutig Hie cons.il" with ?he " Prceeding that i,T' i wi" hiu h" It 13 his duly to onen the remaining certificates as the eon s t tution expressly commands, ami that he will perform that duty n ti,e senate chamber that auernooa will conclude tbe communication with a request that the bouse altend R6 pub icana and those democrat,, who act honeslly r,ill come, and any at? " duplic... Uiily sl 'on T 1 possession ol the house tellers and th ; its"1 !r"" !' ; uuien,. All unopened certificate. , are the possession of Ferry and wi! be officially announced. If it i, ! lected that , president o! the a nale" Uiat bir'" "'cvobs.lhe answe i that he does not count, but merelv opens them under the' con.tXi i Ihe house tellers refuse lo receive tho record of certificates it will , noton'u"'0 Vi0l"d0" n ?n e Pazt 11,0 """ but on t! o filibustering faction in the l ouse The country would, it is arcued f,?' this action and Hae"' 'li J "'II be clear to the presidency. "8 -.urmen.V;:XusTrree,oluC tion was adopte,, hv 5- 3 " " In- providing lor another' rece"s , ? r ' house from Monday u'lt?! T.j " trior to the intrclnclion of t ,4 r ' luuon a number of the men I, L , Ihe caucus had lelt ll T u m they W'ould not ab le byh' IT which provided for a r,l, , C"on morrow until Mond. '"m l0" |