New-York tribune., 1873-02-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

On motion of Mr.. BANKS Glib. Rep, Mass.)
che Senate amendments TO the bill making provision
Tor the Vienna Exposition were concurred in.
COUNTING TIE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.
On motion OF Mr.. DAWES (Rep. Mass) message was
sent TO the Senate the House prepared TO re-
ceive that body proceed with the counting iof the
electoral votes for President and vice-President
AMENDING THE REVENUE LAW.
Mr. MAYNARD Rep. Tenn), from the Committee Of
Ways and Means reported bill amending the SOth
section Of the Internal Revenue law OF the th Of July
1910 so a. TO provide that all mportatons OF
oasses pig iron and railroad iron, the amount OF bond
required shall only be In penal sum OF double the
amount OF duties on such articles and that on al other
impGrtatiOns the Dond sha DC lh penal sum tua 70
rhe invoice value OF the imported merchandise with the
duties added thereto. Passed
ARRIVAL OF THE SENATE
Att o,cock the DoOrkeeper announced the arrival Of
the Senate.
The Sneaker and members Of the House Immediately
sood up and remained standing while the members Of
the Senate preceded by their Secretary and seTgeant
Arms filed down the main AISLE two by two, and took
~ he hall Mr Colfax, the Vice-Presdent took the
chair Of the Speaker who occupied scat 70 tue it "a
tho Vice. Presidents and Senator sherman (kep OhlO
and Represeptatlves Dawes rep, Mass and BECK
CDeu XVI, who had been appointed teers took their
niaoes st The Clerks desk.
T6s VICE PRESIDENT called the Joint Convention 10
order stating that the Senate and House OF representa-
tves having under the provisions OF the Consltu'
ton for the purpose OF opening determining. and de
ang the vote for the Offices of the President and Vice
President OF the United states Tor the Term OF o9r ears
commencing on the fourth Of March next; aud that II
being duty IN the presence OF both houses thus con
vened TO open the votes, he would now proceed To dis
'""' o. THE VOTE OF MAINE.
He then broke open the sealed package containing the
certificate Of the Governor OF the State Of Maine as to
tina persons chosen Electors Of that State together
with the certificate OF the Electors and handed the
Senator SHERMAN thereupon read the certificate of
the Electors showing that the votes OF that state were
gwen for u for President and Henry Wilson for
Vice-PresideDt.
VOTE OF NEw-HAMPsHIRE.
The same formaity gone through with in the case
OF the State OF EewHampshre, and then was ordered
that instead Of reading the certificates in full the tellers
should mply announce the result Of the vote in each
State unless the reading OF the certificate should be
specially called for and that course was observed
throughout the proceedings.
VOTE OF MARYLAND.
The first variation In the uniformity Of the count wss
when the State Of Maryland reached Mr.. BECK
read the certificate from that state showing that its
eight votes had been cast for Thomas A. Hendricks OF
Indiana for President and for b. Gratz Brown of Mis-
VOTE OF GEORGIA
The next deviation was in the case OF Georgia, and
Mr. BECK, having examined the certificate announced
thai the II votes Of that State for President had been
given "a follows: For B. O. Brown OF Missouri votes
for Horace Greeley Of York, votes for Charles
j. Jenkins OF Georgia, votes. And the IL votes for
Vice President as follows: For Is. q. Brown OF Mis-
souri, votes Alfred H. COiquit of Georgia, votes;
for N. T.. Banks Of Massachusetts,, 1 vote
Mr.. HOAR &ep., Mass.) rose and made the point that
che three votes for Horace Greeley could not be
counted because said Horace Greeley was dead at the
time such electors assembled and cast their votes ana
therefore not person within the meaning OF the
Constitution this being historical fact OF which the
two houses might properly take notice.
The VICEPRESIDENT read the rules, which requires
IN OF question arising In the votes that the two
houses shall separate and vote upon the pointl
At the suggestion OF Senator CONKLIHG (Rep.. N. ~
Mr. HOsr's objection was withheld temporarily, as II
Ikely that other questions would arise and might
t,e ali disposed Of at the same time.
VOTE MISSISSIPPI
The certificate from the State OF Mississippi having been
read, Senator TRUMBULL (Lab. Rep, III objected 10
It's being counted the ground that the certificate OF
the Electors failed to state that they had voted by ballot
Mr. POTTER (Rep NJ W further objected TO one OF
the votes OF Mississippi the ground that one oect0r
having been substituted for another VINO was absent.
sgoh substitution wSs not certified " by tho Governor,