The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-11
WHEELING WEST VA THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1869

ST object to any count of the votes
certified from the State of Louisiana,
and I 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 Ohicer-Obiectton hay.
ing been made, the Senate will retire
to their chamber and deliberate on the
objection according to the rule.
The Senators at half past one retired
to their chamber under considerable
excitement and confusion.
The Speaker having called the House
to order had the 22d joint rule read, and
said the question was, shall the vote OF
Louisiana be counted?
Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, demanded
the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The vote was taken and resulted-yeas
1877, nays 63.
At quarter past O'Clock message
was received from the Senate, notifying
the House that the Senate had resolved
that the electoral vote of Louisiana
should be counted. Immediately there
after the Senators returned to the hall
OF the House, the members ofthe House
standing while the Senators were taking
their seats.
The presiding officer announced that
by concurrent resolution of both
houses the vote of Louisiana should be
counted. 1t was thereupon announced
by Mr.. Pruyn at Z, for Seymour and
Blair. T #,
The votes of the following States were
then announced by the tellers: Indiana,
13; Illinois. 16; Alabama, S; Maine, z;
Missouri, IL; Arkansas, 5; Michigan, s;
Florida, 3; Wisconsin,, S; Iowa. S; Cali
fornia, s; and Minnesota, 4, all for Grant
and Colfax. Oregon, 8, for Seymour
and Blair. West Virginia, 4; Nevada,
3; and Nebraska, 8, for Grant and Col
fax.
the presiding officer having handed
to the teller the electoral vote of Geor-
asked for the readingo of the certificate,
which was read by Mr.. Pruyn. 1t
shows that the meeting of the electors
was held on the 9th of December instead
Of the I'd, and that the nine votes were
given for Seymour and Blair. Mr..
Butler said: "I object to the vote ofthe
State of Georgia being counted, and 1
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 tor President and Vice
President ought not to be counted, and
[ object to the counting thereof be-
cause: First, Among other things, the
vote of the electors in the Electoral
College was not given on the first We'd
nesday in December as required by law,
and no excuse in justification for the
admission of such legal duty is set
forth in the certificate of action of the
electors. Second, Because at the date
OF the election of such electors the
State of Georgia had not been admitted
to representation as u State in Congress
since the rebellion of her peo-
pie, or became entitled thereto
Third, that at said date said State of
Georgia had not fulfilled in due form
all the requirements of the COnstitu
ton and laws of the United States,
known as the reconstruction acts, so as
to entitle said State to be represented as
u State OF the Union in the electoral
vote OF the several States for choice of
President and Vice President. Fourth,
that the election pretended to have been
held in the State OF Georgia on the first
Tuesday in November last, was not
free, Just, equal and fair election, but
the people were deprived of their just
rights therein by force and fraud.
The House decided not to count
Georgia-yeas 4, nays loo.
After completing the counts COM
mittee was appointed to await on Gen.
Grant and Mr.. Colfax, and notify them
of their election.
Adjourned.