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Show A Waseingtos dispatch says that when Morton's bill to regulate the counting of the electoral votes by j congress was d:'scused, no republican senator chimed the right of the president pre-sident of the senate to count the votes, but on tho contrary, EJniunds, Morton, Mor-ton, Frelinghuyaen, Bjutwell, Dawe.-t, Wright and Chris'.uncy denied the existence of any such power. Steven-Eon Steven-Eon of Ohio, in alio took this ground, and it i3 not probable that they will now assume the opposite-position. opposite-position. The dispatch adds: lhi republicans will, hTWov-r, I-uniwd I-uniwd on the proposition thai do t-prly t-prly cer'.idud electoral vo'.e cm b-j rfej-.-ctM by either brar.ch irjr.gni. Kgirdir,g Or"g n thy will c!:m thai ttiu aec-etary of sia'e's ct-r.iL'jate ( tti" cnoictfof two repubi:cj.a eioutTj entitled the latter to fill lh"j vacan- y and is a lutiicient legal wa.Tir.it (tr o.iun'.;ng in-three in-three votes fur iiaywa and V n-i-ir. The demoiratic ar.at n havg thus far made no direct dfen. of Govern or Grover'3 action. Only three of lht:tn have publioy spoken n the ih'yct. nr,i their opinions have not ben aifirmatively slated. |