Public Ledger

How It Is to Be Done.
[Washington Special.]
Washington, November 26 -At the appointed time the two Houses of Congress will meet in joint session, and the certificates will be opened by the President of the Senate, and 185 votes counted for Hayes and 184 for Tilden If there is any objection made by a Democratic Senator or Representative, the President of the Senate will decline to entertain it. If the objecting member persists he will be called to order, and if he does not obey he will be taken in hand by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. In the event of disorder the offenders will be removed from the Hall by the officers of the Senate. but in the event of any disturbance which the officers of the Senate cannot quell, then the military will interfere to preserve proper decorum. If the Democratic majority retire, the Republican minority will remain, and it will be held that the House of Representatives was constitutionally present. Mr. Hayes will be declared elected, and upon the 4th of March he will be inaugurated The forms of law having been observed by the Returning Boards of Louisiana and South Carolina, by the Governor of Florida and the electors of those States, the action of the Republican majority of the Senate, and the Republican minority of the House in declaring Hayes elected President will, it is expected, be acquiesced in by the people of the United States. The business interests of the country will not suffer turmoil to ensue. and after a season of talk and threatenings the great body of the people will settle down to every day affairs, and say we can stand it for four years.
This is what the Republican leaders here profess to believe.
If, however, there should be any disturbance, any attempt to resist the decision of the Republican majority of the Senate and the Republican minority of the House of Representatives, then the whole power of the government will be exerted to crush it out This, they say, will be quite easy. They do not apprehend any united action on the part of the Governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. On the other hand, the Governors of all the Republican States, they allege, will tender prompt assistance to the general government Pre-cautions will be taken to have the militia of those States in readiness to be used instantly. In a word, the Republican leaders say they will have not only the army and navy of the general government, but their friends throughout the North will be ready to respond If there is any movement by the Southern States, this will be denounced as a revival of the rebellion, and the loyal North will be appealed to to put it down.