Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-13

and the session ofthe joint convention was
resumed. The Vice President stated that
| the objections to the vote of Texas had
been over ruled by each house, and direct
ed that the vote should be counted. a
Arkansas. sfs4 Il.
The Vice President, in presenting the
certificate from the State of Arkansas,
stated that copy had been received by
him On the 11th of December, and one By
the Secretary of State on the I'd of January,
1873, and that on the 4th or 5th Of Febru-
ary person claiming to be a messenger
from Arkansas, but without commission as
such, presented him sealed a paper, which,
when opened, purported to be the certi6-
cate of three electors, but which was Who'll
ly informal and SO treated by him.
Senator Rice objected to the vote Of that
State being counted but deferred Offering
bis objection Until after the certificates
from
Louisiana Were Presented. e
The Vice President then handed to the
tellers q certificate from Louisiana, which
had been reserved till the last. and Dawes
proceeded to read it in full. The certif-
cate gave the votes Of Louisiana to U. S.
Grant for President and II. Wilson for Vice
President.
The Vice President then handed to th
teller another certificate from Louisiana
signed by eight other persons claiming to
be the electors Of the State and giving the
electoral vote for Vice President to B.
Gratz Brown, the votes for President be-
| ing BLINK. The latter paper was aceompa-
MED by certificates from the Governor Of
Louisiana that the persons who had signed
it had been duly elected as electors for
President and Vice President, and the reg
istra's certificate states that the eight cleo
tors who voted for B. Gratz Brown for
Vice President had in the popular vote
received over 5000 votes while the other
eight electors had received only $1,000
votes.
Senator West objected TO the certificates
of the last set of electors on the ground that
such certificate was not made in pursuance
to law.
Mr.. Sheldon also objected to the same
certificate because the Governors certificate
was not signed by the person who was at
that time Secretary of State for the State of
Louisiana, and for the further reason that
at the time such certificate was executed
there had not been made any count, can
vass or return ofthe votes cast by the peo-
pie of louisiana.
Mr.. Potter objected to the certificate of
the first set of Electors for the reason that
there was no certifi cate from the Execu-
tive authority of the State as required by
the act of Congress Of 1892, that the per
sons who cast such vote Swere appointed
Electors; but that on the contrary there was
a certificate by the Governor that the per-
SONS who voted for B. Gratz Brown as
Vice President had been duly elected the
Electors of the State.
Mr.. Stevenson objected to counting any
vote from the State of Louisiana, because it
did not satisfactorily appear that any EIec-
tors were elected according to law.
Senator Carpenter also objected to count
ing any of the votes of Louisiana, because
there was no proper return Of the votes
cast by the Electors of that State, and be-
cause there is no State government in that
State republican in form, and because no
canvass of votes cast in that State had been
made.
Senator Trumbull objected to the first
certificate certifying to the election of Grant
and Wilson, because Bovee, who signed the
Electors certificate, was not at the time
Secretary of State, nor in poss ssion of the
Office nor seal of that position, and because
the certificate was not true in fact, as proved
by the admission of Bovee before q COM
mittee of the Senate.
All objections to the vote of Louisiana
having been stated, Senator Rice stated his
objection to the vote of Arkansas, it being
that the election returns showed that the
persons certified TO by the Secretary of State
were not elected as Electors for President
and Vice President, and because the returns
read by the teller had not been certified ac-
cording to Law.
The Senate at 6:I5 o'clock withdrew and
for time there was much confusion in the
HOUSE
caused By an effort on the part of many
members to take recess till tomorrow and
by. the efforts of other members to defeat
that proposition. The motion for a recess
was defeated, yeas, 81; nays, 101.
The objection TO the vote of Arkansas
was then submitted to the House and re-
solution adopted by vote of 103 to 2T.
On motion OF Mr.. Snyder that the vote
be counted for Grant and Wilson,
Mr.. Garfield offered resolution that in
the judgment of the House none of the
returns reported by the teller as the Elec-
toral vote of Louisiana should be counted.
Mr.. Speer moved as a substitute that the
vote of the Electors of Louisiana certified
to by Gov. Warmoth be counted.
Mr.. Sheldon offered a resolution that the
vote of Louisiana for Grant and Wilson
be counted.
Mr.. Potter called attention to the fact the
seal attached TO the certificate signed by
Bovee was
Not the Seal of the State.
The Speaker ruled that that was debate,
and no debate was in order.
Mr.. Potter-I demand to know whether
the seal of the State of Louisiana is attach
ed to that certificate?
Speaker-The Chair does not know.
Mr.. Ambler-Is it not the right of the
House, in passing on the question, to know
whether in point Of fact the seal of the
State of Louisiana is attached to one or
both of these certificates.
Speaker-But as q matter of fact the
chair never saw the seal of Louisiana, and
would not know it.
Mr.. Ambler-Would it not be proper for
the House to be informed whether the seals
attached to the two papers are the same?
Speaker-The chair cannot indulge and
will not permit debate on what is the true
seal of Louisiana.
Mr.. Ambler-Then l ask that the state
ment of Bovee before the committe of the
Senate be read.
Mr.. Storm asked that the inscriptions on
the seals be read.
The Speaker directed that to be done. 1t
appeared in fact that they were not impress
sions from the same seal.
After some further attempts at dis
cussion which were repressed by the use of
the Speakers gavel, vote was taken on
Mr. Sheldon's resolution, and it was reject
ed without division.
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Speer's
resolution and it was rejected, yeas 60, nays
81.
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Garfeld's
resolution that none of the returns of the
electors of Louisiana should be counted,
and it was agreed TO without division.
SENATE. |
At 600 p NJ the Senate returned tn its /