Show what a manufacturing member business outlook no of uhe the breuch french exposition Deman moman demanding dine dinc more alore bloom there anew ork of air sout hardIm t on ghe the revision orthe lawn laws Regu inting ghe the he of the electoral votes for Pre nna vice Preal deuL washington D 0 february editors deseret ahrews news in conversation with an eastern member who has baa large manufacturing interests be held a cheerful view of the business future admitting that the many hopeful augu au guries cies fies of a revival of trade had proved illusive he said that he was waa still persuaded both from his own observation and from the corroborative belief of his bis large business acquaintance that the outlook ras fas was now hopeful he said that the passage of the silver sliver bill would at leat lea fc t end the the suspense su pense F EO fo o hurtful to all industrial enterprises that intelligence telli gence from the west and south showed a more cheerful feeling among business men that the increased freights of some of the railroads wasai was a proof that farmers are sending kending their produce to market freely and as a result prompter collections and pettie settlements ments of indebtedness debt edness must follow he thought that money was not really scarce and that capitalists were ready to lend on low interest where they could find good security and that in real the low price of building material and the cheapness of labor must give great impetus to the erection of houses in the spring in regard to the pro prospect S of peace pence or war in europe he be took the happy view that either would result to the tho benefit orthis of this country I 1 there have been reports to the effect that the new european complication and the probability that other powers and possibly france prance would be involved in the war would make a postponement of the exposition necessary but bubb al out ray the french minister says his advises advices from home are that nothing will prevent the opening of or the exposition on the first day of may the preparations of the exhibits of european countries are so nearly completed that it is almost ble for any troubles at this late day to interfere with the exposition russia ha staken more interest in the great show than any other country and far from with drawing she nhe wants to secure more space th the e united states vessels will sail promptly at the time appointed your correspondent expect to be at the exposition early in may slay the committee on the revision of the laws regulating the counting of the electoral votes for president and vice president of which hon lil lii 1 I southard of ohio is have under consideration an amendment to the constitution constitution which will soon be reported to the house substantially as follows fo lows Jows in case of a contest as to who are th the true electors in aay any state or in case of any alleged ineligible elector appointed by any state the same bame may be passed upon by the highest judicial tribunal of said state in accordance with the laws thereof and the de decision chlon cllon thereof shall be duly certified by euch euell tribunal ane president of the senate shall bhail in the presence of both houses of caulp over oyma Q axy aay 11 the certificates the votes shall then bo be by both houses of congress as certified by the e electors I 1 unless rejected by both houses of con Cou congress gress grebs expert from those state states in which there is acon a contest testas as to who are thelrue the true electors or in which there Is isan isau an alleged inel legible elector fi in any UDY such case the decision of the highest judicial tribunal of thai Stat eif elf made shall be conclusive and the votes counted in accordance therewith unless reversed by the concurrent action ol 01 the two homes hom es when no certificate of such d decision vc is i transmitted as aforesaid the he contested votes from such states shall not be counted unless both houses concur therein the house committee has been divided into three sub committees the on the mode of electing the and 2nd on the method of ascertaining and declaring the result the ad on in the term of ottice office or the term terra of the president these sub commit tees teea will probably have so far matured a plan as to be able to report to the full committee by next Dext dion llou day the chairman mr southard has great hopes that the house an and a senate commit committees tees will be able to agree upon suell euch an amendment of t be the constitution and laws as will relieve the country of the present system he thinks that electors under our practices and customs are no longer useful but ail to the purposes for which they were e intended by the framers of the constitution that they were intended to act as a free and independent body in the choice of a president on the idea that they were better capable of selecting that high oili official cial clai than the people at large but buts under the practice that has obtained they no longer exercise any discretion but follow the instructions of the people as given by their vote and their choice is no better than that of the people while the danger of corrupting the them M still exists mr southard sou Bou thard thinks that the theory of the system m may ay be kept up BO so as to maintain the rights of the states as a in the present system and yet have the people express their preference directly for their candidate and that h a plan can be proposed which will rid ria the couf country itry from the danger sot the concentration of party machinery and corrupting influences C A B S |