The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-11
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'r Tbs on" mrasiding officer having handed
g. tba teller the vote of Louisiana,
Mullens rose and said
aMr, President-I ask the reading of the
certificates accompanying that report"
The Presiding Officer-Let it be read.
The credentials of Louisiana were
read by Representative Pruyn. The
word "junior" is omitted in the name
of Mr.. Blair and the word Estates" is
omitted in the term "UHited States"
The credentials having been read,
Mullens rose and said:
"Mr. President-I object to the count
ing of the votes from the State of Lou
isiana." .
The Vice President directed the read
ing of the 22d joint rule, which pro-
vides that when in joint convention
any question shall arise in reference to
the counting of votes, the Senate shall
thereupon withdraw and the question
be submitted to that body for its decl-
sion, and the Speaker of the House OF
Representatives shall in like manner
submit the question to the House.
Mr.. Woodward rise to question
of order, which l think will be enter
tanned. | submit that the objection
coming from the gentleman from Ten
nessee does not raise the question con-
templated by that rule. There must be
some specific objection made. There is
no occasion for the Senate to retire.
A formal objection being made by Mr..
Mullens, it was read at the Clerks desk,
as follows:
! object to any count of the votes GER
titled from the State of Louisiana, and
l raise the question in relation to 1T
that no valid election of Electors for
President and Vice President of the
United States has been held in said
State.
The Presiding Officer-Objection be-
ing made the Senate will retire to their
Chamber and deliberate upon the OBJ
lection, according to the rules.
The Senators, at half-past one o'clock ,
retired to the Senate Chamber, amid
considerable excitement and confusion.
The Speaker called the House to or
der, had the 22d joint rule read, and
said the question was, shall the vote OF
Louisiana be countedf
Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, demanded
the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The vote was taken and resulted,
yeas, 137; nays, 63.
At a quarter past 2 message was re-
ceived from the Senate notifying the
House that the Senate had resolved that
the electoral vote of Louisiana should
be counted.
Immediately thereafter the Senators
returned to the House, the members
of the House standing while the Sena-
tors were taking their seats.
The Presiding Officer announced that
by a concurrent resolution of both
Houses, the vote of Louisiana should be
1t was therefore announced by Mr..
Pruyn at seven for Seymor and Blair.
The votes of the following States
we're then announced by the tellers
Indiana, Is; Illinois, 10: Alabama, 8;
Maine, 7; Missouri, IL; Arkansas, 5;
Michigan, 8; Florida, 3; Wisconsin,; 3;
Iowa, :; California, 3; and Minnesota, A;
all for Grant and Colfax. Oregon, 3,
for Seymour and Blair; and West Vir-
ginia, 6; Nevada, 3; and Nebraska, 3, for
Grant and Colfax.
The presiding officer having handed
to tho tellers the electoral vote of Geor-
yia, Mr.. Butler rose and asked for the
reading of the certificate.
The certificate was read by Mr.. Pruyn,
and it shows that the meeting of the
electors was held on the 9th of Decem-
Der, instead of the I'd, and that the nine
votes were given for Seymour and Blair.
Mr.. Butler said: l object to the vote
of the State of Georgia being counted
and l send my objections in writing to
the chair. The objections were read by
Mr.. Pruyn, as follows: l object under
the Joint rule. that the vote of the
State of Georgia, for President and
Vice President, ought not to be
counted, and | object to the count
ing thereof because, first, among other
things, the vote of the electors in the
Electoral College was not given on the
first Wednesday in December, as re-
quired by law, and no excSse in justiti
cation for the omission of such legal
duty is set forth in the certificate of
the action of the Electors. Second
Because at the date of the election of
such Electors the State of Georgia had
not been admitted to presentation as
State in Congress since the rebellion
of her people or became entitled thereto.
ThirG-That at said date the said State
of Georgia had not fulfilled in due form
all the requirements of the Constitution
and laws of tho United States, known
as the reconstruction acts, so as to en-
tide said State to DE represented as
-
electoral vote of the several
States for choice of President and Vice
President. Fourth-That the election
pretended to be held in the State of
Georgia on the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der last was not a free, just, equal and
fair election, but the people were de-
prived of their just rights therein by
force and fraud.