Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-13


Senator TrumbulV Vsresolution to count
the vote Of Mississippi was then agreed
to, and a message was sent to the House
announcing the action of the Senate
upon these objections and its readiness
to resume the conference. A message
was received announcing the action OF
the House at half-past three o'clock, and
the Senate again proceeded to the hall
of the House of Representatives.
At half-past three this afternoon the
Senate returHed to its chamber, and the
Vice President submitted an objection
made by Mr.. Dickey in joint eonven-
rion TO the counting of the Electoral
votes of Texas, on the ground that less
than a quorum of Electors had filed
four vacancies, caused by the absence
Of persons from the election.
Senator Conkling moved to overrule
the objection, which was agreed to.
The President submitted the OBJ
lection raised in joint convention by
Senator Trumbull as to counting the
vote of Texas, upon the ground that the
certificate of election Of the Electors was
not signed by the Governor Of the State.
Senator COnkling offered the follow
ing:
Res0lUed, That the vote of Texas be
counted, Notwithstanding the foregoing
objection.
Senator Trumbull offered the follow
ing as a substitute for Senator Conk-
ling's resolution:
Resolved, That no list Of names of
persons, assuming to cast the vote Of the
State Of Texas for President and Vice
President, having been made, certified
and delivered to said persons by the eX-
ecutive authority of said State, nor at
tached to the list of votes cast, the vote
of said State cannot be counted.
Senator Conkling raised the point of
order that the point was not in order,
because it partook of the nature OF an
argument.
The Senate overruled the objection by
vote of thirteen to fifteen.
Senator TrumbulPs amendment was
rejected by a vote Of tWenty-four to
thirty-four, and the original resolution
agreed to.
The Senate, at five minutes past five
o'clock, again proceed to the hall of the
House.
At twenty minutes past six o'clock in
the evening the Senate returned to its
chamber.
The President submitted the
objection made by Mr.. Rice, in Joint
Committee, to the counting of the
Electoral vote of Arkansas upon the
grounds, first, that the official returns of
election in said State, and made accord
ing to said State, show that the persons
certified to by the Secretary Of State as
elected were not elected as Presidential
Elect IS; and, second, because the re-
turns read by letters are not certified to
according to law.
Senator Sherman offered the following:
Res0lUed, That the Electoral votes of
Arkansas should be counted.
Senator Edmunds moved to insert the
word "not " after the word should"
Agreed tO-yeas 2S, nays %.
The resolution, so amended, was agreed
to by 2S to "a.
The President submitted the OBJ
ections in convention to counting the
Electoral votes of Louisiana.
Senator Carpenter offered the follow
ng:
Resolued, That the Electoral vote of
he State of Louisiana be not counted.
Senator Frelinghuysen offered as a
RESOLVED, That, all objections having
,eens nsconsidered, the Electoral vote pur-
PORTING to be that of Louisiana be
counted.
Senator Trumbull offered resolution,
With preamble, reciting certain alleged
acts with regard to the Presidential
election in Louisiana, and alleging that
he returns had been made according to
aw.
Senator West interrupted the reading
If the resolution, raising the point that
he substitute was out OF order, being in
Is nature an argument.
The Vice President then submitted the
question to the Senate, and the point of
)rder was sustained by vote of
to twenty-One.
Senator Trumbull differed in opinion,
Jut deferred offering any objection until
after receiving the certificate from Louis
ana.
The Vice-President then handed to
The tellers the certificate from Louisiana,
which had been received last, and Mr..
Dawes proceeded to read it. This GER
.ificate gave eight votes to Grant for
President and Wilson for President.
The Nice-President then handed to
the tellers another certificate from Lou
siana, signed by eight others, claiming
to be Electors, and giving the Electoral
vote for Vice-President to B. G. Brown.
The vote for President was blank. The
latter paper was accompanied by GER
tificate from the Governor of Louisiana,
stating that the eight persons who
signed it had been elected Electors for
President and Vice President. The Reg
istrar's certificate states that there were
eight Electors who voted for Brown.
Senat n Morton-I wish TO call atten-
ton that the Senate has decided to ex-
elude the vote Of Arkansas, by reason
Of their wanting Governors certificates.
Mr.. Edmunds-I object to debate the
received. The action of the
House in regard to the Electoral votes in
Louisiana is the remainder of the pre-
amble, and the resolution from the
point at which the clerk had stopped it,
as an amendment to Senator Carpen-
ter's resolutions. Laughter The re-
solution is as follows:
Re8OIUed, That the votes of electors
declared to have been elected by the
Governor of the State are entitled to be
counted.
This resolution was rejected-yeas ii,
nays 65.
Senator Carpenters resolutions were
Senator West objected to the certifi-
cate of the last set of electors, on the
ground that such certificate was not
made in pursuance of law.
Mr.. Sheldon also objected to the same
certificate because the Governors GER
titicate was not signed by the person
who at the time was Secretary of State
for the State of Louisiana; and for the
further reason that at the time such GER
tifcate was issued there had not been
made any count or return of the votes
east by the people of Louisiana.
Mr.. Potter objected to the first certifi-
cate for the reason that there was no
certificate from the Governor of the
State, as required by act of Congress,
persons who cast the votes were ap-
pointed Electors; but, on the contrary,
there was a certificate by the Governor
that those persons who voted for Brown
for Vice President had been duly elected
for the State.
Mr.. Stevenson objected to the count of
the vote from Louisiana because it did
not satisfactorily appear that any were
elected.
Senator Carpenter objected to count
ing any votes from Louisiana, for the
reason that there was no proper return
of the votes cast by the Electors, and
because there is no State Government
republican in form.
Senator Trumbull objected to the first
certifying to the election of
Grant and Wilson, because Senator
Boree, who signed the Electors certifi-
Gates, was not Secretary of State, or in
Dossion of that position, and the certifi-
cate was not true, in fact, as proved by
the admission Of Senator Boree before
the Committee of the Senate.
All objections to the vote of Louisiana
having been stated, Senator Rice stated
bis objection to the vote of Arkansas, it
heinp that the election returns showed