History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . red to push matters to this extreme. George WilliamCurtis eloquently expressed the feeling of the greatbody of followers of both Hayes and Tilden when,before the New England Society in New York onDecember 22, he said: The voice of New England,I believe, going to the capital, would be this, thatneither is the Republican Senate to insist upon itsexclusive partisan way, nor is the Democratic Houseto insist upon its exclusive partisan way; but Senate andHouse, representing the American people and theAmerican people only, in the light
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . red to push matters to this extreme. George WilliamCurtis eloquently expressed the feeling of the greatbody of followers of both Hayes and Tilden when,before the New England Society in New York onDecember 22, he said: The voice of New England,I believe, going to the capital, would be this, thatneither is the Republican Senate to insist upon itsexclusive partisan way, nor is the Democratic Houseto insist upon its exclusive partisan way; but Senate andHouse, representing the American people and theAmerican people only, in the light of the Constitutionand by the authority of the law, are to provide a wayover which a President, be he Republican or be heDemocrat, shall pass unchallenged to his chair.* Ajoint committee was appointed to agree on the methodof counting the votes, which on January 18, 1877,reported the Electoral commission bill. It providedfor a commission composed of five Senators, five Repre-sentatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, to ^Cary, Life of Curtis, p. Carl Schurz Carl Schurz; born in Liblar, Cjermariy, Marcli 2, 1829;pursued classical studies; came to the United States in 1852and located at Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to Watertown, Wis.,in 1855; studied law and was admitted to the bar; unsuccess-ful candidate for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin; engagedin the practice of law in Milwaukee; delegate to the Chicagoconvention of 1860; appointed minister to Spain in 1861 butsoon resigned; appointed brigadier general of volunteers inthe union army; engaged in newspaper work after the warin St. Louis, Mo.; delegate to the Chicago convention of 1868;elected as a republican to the Inited States senate and servedfrom March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1S75; secretary of the interiorin the cabinet of President Haves; editor of New York EveningPost, 1881-1884; contributed to Harpers Weekly, 1892-1898;president of national civil service reform league, 1892-1901;died in New York City, May 14,
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