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Show I THE I'liAJH. flow it in Viewed in Wusli-iiitftou Wusli-iiitftou Ar iliu Supreme J inim'g It j used? Washington, IS, While the measure meas-ure reported by the select committee in regard to counting the electoral voto will meet with sonic opjiositiou in the senate, it is the general belief that it will receive a handsome majority ma-jority when the vote is reached. An effort will he nude lo press it to a vale after a reasouablo time for dis cusaion, and several senators express the belief that tho final vote can be taken alter tho discussion several days. After tho adjournment of the house Ibis alternoon, domucratic members held a caucus with reference to the bill of the joint cornmitteo, rathor to discuss the question than to arrive at conclusions, liepr.-sentalive Hunter entered into an elaborate statement concerning its provisions. There existed ex-isted a duubt as to whether such a commission as that proposed would have the same power to tako testimony testi-mony as that possessed by committees j ol tho house. Some members aro j reserved in expression of opinions, wishing first to carefully examiue the i provisions of tho bill before deciding whether they will support it, and others say there is more dissatisfaction with tho plan of the committee than appears upon the surface. Democrats, Demo-crats, however, will havo a further consultation upon the subject and hold another caucus on Monday afternoon, after tho adjournment ol the house. I viow of the fact that Justice Miller and Fiold are two of the lour judges specially designated by the joint committeo's bid to bo members of the commission, the respective fiieuda ot thcao gentium tm desire it to bo stated that the recently reported re-ported conversation with Justice Miller, iu which it was alleged that he had given public and emphatic views on the presidential question, is greatly exaggerated, also that the published statement that Justice Field, at a dinner party at the house of a republican senator recently, expressed ex-pressed his opinion on the presidential presiden-tial question or regarding the action of the Louisiana returning board, is entirely untrue. Tire republican senator sena-tor referred to is Edmunds, who authorizes an emphatic denial of the whole story. Justice Field's remarks on that occasion was simply to the eflcct that he believed there was good senso and patriotism enough in the two houses of congress to devise some plan by which all existing or apprehended difficulties could be peaceably and satisfactorily adjusted. |