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Show The norsB of representatives-Uas before it a bill to provide for filling the executivo olfice in case a president presi-dent ia not declared elected before1 March 5th. It specifics that the pre-' siding officer of tho senate shall assume the executive office, and hold it until another election is held in, November next, and bis successor inaugurated in-augurated on the -ith of March, 1S7S. railing the inauguration of Mr. Hayes this is probably th) only thing that could be properly done to keep the government machinery in motion. Our information from Washington is too meagre at this time to give an idea of the prospects of its passage or of the progress of the electoral count. |