, 1873-02-13
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(tOWlHHcH JfO3l HG 1H"t eeyo'l
lwo Of tho yotou Of tho Electors Of doorgla hsv-
lng bcon cast for n ctii:en OF that state ,it !oI
President n five for nmonor a;,oh yoton t1 sola not
presidont md vico President sl'all not 10 oiti-
aepS Se of vIG I9S e1nH FspNr sIS ovorrea tho point
of order, as not having boon made IN time.
Tho Rn,l,o point, howovor, wns madoby Sonntor
CARPENTER in regard to tho State Of Minnesota,
0ratz Brown for President, and some for him aa
Vice President Tho point was, howeYor, with
drawn In Wow Of tho scntonco ~ tho certificate
to tho OBJECT tlat mono OF tho Electors who had
votol for B. G. Brown as Prosident Ind voted
for him rs Vice President.
Tic certificates Of tho Electors Of tho State Of
Toxae hnving boen rcnd by hlr. DAWES, Senator
TRUMDULL ob]octcdto to tho vote boing received,
authority Of tho State that tho persons who
voted for tho President and Vico President had
beon appointed Electors.
Mr.. DIoKEY also objootod, bcoause T ap.:
Electors, only four Of the original Electors hav-
Ing been present, and Ind undertaken to fill tho
places Of four who wcro absont.
THE RENATE AGAIN WITHDREW,
These two objections having been made, the
chamber, in order TINT both Houses might pass
separately upon tho objections. In reference
to tho objection mado by Senator Trumhull, tho
7louae adoptod q resolution Offered, by Mr..
DAWES, that tho yoto Of Tcxas should DO
counted as reported by the tellors, md III
reference to tho objection made by Mr. Dickey,
the House adopted resolution tint 9 Quorum
is an arbitrary number, which each state Aas
tho right to establish for itsolf, and that, AZ it
docs not appear that tho choice Of Electors waH
in conflict with tho law of TINT State ns to =
quorum for tho transaction Of business, tho vote
Of Texas should DO countod.
After an interval extending to 10 minutes after
E o'clock, the Senato
to tho hall Of tho House. Tho Vice President
vention wns resumed. Tile Vice President
stated Tho fact TINT tho objections to the vote Of
Texas had been oyefrulod by each House, aha
directed that tho vote should be counted.
toral certificates wcro resumed. Tho WOE
PnEs1DENT, in presenting tho certificates
from the State Of Arkansas, stnted that q copy
had been received by him on the 11th of Novem.
Of January, 1878; and that on the 4th or 9Th Of
February person claiming to be q messenger
from tho State Of Arkansas but without o COM
mission as st1ch, presented to him scaled paper
cate OF three Electors, but which was wholly in
formal. and was no treated by him.
Senator RICE objected to the vote Of that
Etato being counted, but deferred offering his
objections In writing until nftor the certificates
from Louisiana wore presented.
/ Tho Vice President then handed the tel1ers q
certificate from the State of Louisiana, which
had been reserved till the last, and Mr. DANES
proceeded to road 1t In full. This cortiticato
H,avo tho eight votes Of Louisiana to U. s,
Eirant, President, and Horny Wilson, Vice Pres
ident.
Tho Vice President then handed to tho tollera
ranothor certificate from tho Stato Of Louisiana,
Rigned by eight other persons claiming to he
Electors Of tho State, aud giving tho Electoral
vote for Vi1o President to B. Gratz Brown, tue
votoB for President having bean blank. Tho
NIL f1h f3rnf "a
from tho Governor Of Louisiana that tho eight
persons who had signed it had been duly elected
as Electors for President md Vice Presidont
The Registrars certifente states that the eight
ELECTORS who voted for y. Gratz Brown for Vico
President had in tie popular vote received over
$4,000 votes. while tho other eight Electors had
uocoived only 58, 600 odd votes.
Senator WEST objected to the certificate Of
tho last got of Elector8, the ground that such
certificate was not made in pursuance Of Inv.
ar. SHELDON also objected to the aanle cer-
4iacate because tho Governors certificate was
not signed by tho person who was at the time
Secretary Of State for the State Of Louisiana,
and for tho further reason that at tho time
such certificate WAS executed thore had not bocn
hnade any count, canvass, or roturn Of votes caak
'by.t people Of Louisiana.
Mr. POTTER objected to the ccrtifclte Of tho
first set Of Electors for tho reason that there
mo certificate from tho Executive authority Of
the State, as required by tho act Of CongrcBa bf
1902 TINT tho persons who cast such vote were
fhore was certificate by tho Governor that the
rersons who voted for B. Grntz Brown as Vico
Nrenidont hnd been duly elected Electors Of tho
Mr.. STEVENSON objected to counting any
vote from tho State of Louisiaua, bccanHe 1t did
not satisfactorily appear that any Electors were
elected according to lnw
. Senator CARPENTER also objected to count
ing any of tho votes OF Louisiana, because there
was no proper roturn Of votes cast by, the elec'
Tors Of TINT State, and because there ts no State
Govornment in Tint State, Republican in form
And becars3 no canvass Of the yotea cast In the
State hnB been madn.
senatorTRUMBULLo objected to tho first certi,
Ecatocertifyng to tho election Of Grant and Will
Bon, because Boroe, who signed The ElectorH' cor
1idcate, WAS not at tho time Secretary of State
k1or In possession OF tho Office nor seat Of thai
position, and because that certificate was moi
krue in fact, M proved by the admission Of Boree
before tho Committee Of the Senate.
All objections to the vote Of Loniainna having
been stated Senator RICE stated his objection *
tho vote Of Arkansas, it being that the election
returns showed that the persons certified to b,
the Secretary OF State wero not electod ns Elec
ftorB for President and Vico Prosidont and be
cause tho returns read by tho telers had no
been certified according to law. The Bonato =
G:15 o'clock,
AGAIN WITHDREW,
and for timo there WAS much confusion in til
HouHe, caused by an effort on the part of nan
members to take recess till tomorrow, aud b.
the efforts Of other mombcrs to defeat tha
proposition.
The motion for recess was defeated-yeas, 81
pays, 101.
The objection to the voto Of Arkansas va
then submitted to the House, aud resolution
was adopted, by vote of los to AZ, on motion c
Mr. SNYDER, thai tho vote be oounted-th
vote for Grant and Wilson.
Mr. GARFIELD offered O resolution that, i
the Judgment Of the House, mono OF the return
reported by tho tollers as the Electoral votes c
Louisiana should be counted.
Mr. BPEER moved, as q substitute, that th
vote OF tho Electors Of Louisiana certiae
to by Governor Warnoth bo counted
M1. SHELDON olforod resolution that th
vote Of Louisiana for Grant aud Wilson
rountod.
Mr, POTTER called attention to the fact tha
the aoal attached to the certificate signed b
Boreo was not the zeal Of tho State.
11,a lad fhht that 1e1,nft