Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings Of the second Session Of the
FOrty.Seeond Congress. go
JOINT SESSION.


/ -..s #.+l ! WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Congress was not crowded at the count
! ing of the electoral vote.
The Senate separated from the House on
the three Georgia votes cast for Greeley
the Senate voting to count them and the
House voting nay; so they were cast out
The whole vote of Mississippi was count
ed. -H
The two bodies separated on Texas, the
objection being that less than majority
of the Electoral College filled vacancies,
and that the proper officers did not sign
! the credentials.
The Senate is now IS oclock) out ON the
Texas question.
Louisiana will probably not be reached
until morning. The impression has be-
come a conviction that the vote will be
| thrown out, as no debate is allowed either
in the convention or when the Houses act
separately. Nothing very startling is eX-
p ct d. Congress is becoming yawnery.
Mr.. Trumhull is making vigorous but
| hopeless fight.
| Most of the Southern Republicans voted
to count the three Georgia votes for Gree
ley.
| Mr. Conkl ng encountered notable de-
feat to-day in presenting declarations re-
garding the slectoral vote. Mr.. West, of
Louisiana, voted steadily with Mr.. Conk-
ling. The House decided To count Texas.
The Senate is still out.
LATEE. ~ u
The vote of Texas has been counted,
both Houses cOncurring.
A motion to adjourn the Convention was
ruled out of order
Mr.. ColfaX decides that motion for re-
cess must be considered separately, and
must concur.
Senator Rice objected to counting Arkan-
Sas.
There is two returns from Louisiana.
The first return was made within time and
the latter day after time by the messen-
ger, but both were received within the le-
gal time by mail. The first received was
read first and certified TO by the Secretary
of State, Bovee. The electors named i'm
B0vees certificate voted for Grant and
Wilson. Two electors were absent. The
vacancies were filled by other electors. The
package was received by the messengers
on the second of January. This college
filled the vacancy and voted blank for
President, and cast full vote for Crate
Brown.
This College was recognized by the State
Register of votes, and certified to by Gov
ernor Warmoth. When these credentials
were read there were a number of Objec-
tlons. Job Stevenson objected to counting
the vote as the election was not in accord
ance with the law. Carpenter, of Wiscon-
SIM objected to counting the vote for
Grant and Wilson because there was no
legal government in New Orleans of Re
publican character. Trumbull objected to
the counting of the vote because Bevee
was not Secretary of State at that time,
and that the figures upon which BOvee's
certificates were made were not true, ac
cording to Bovee's own evidence. Here
the Houses separated to vote on Arkansas
and Louisiana questions.
The following was presented in Joint
Convention Senator Carpenter, Of Wis
consin, also objected to counting any votes
of Louisiana because there was no proper
return of the votes cast by the electors of
that State, and because there is no State
government in that State, Republican in
form and because no canvass of the vote
cast in the State had been made. Senator
Trumbull, of Illinois, objected to the first
certificate certifying to the election of
Grant and Wilson because Mr.. Bovee,
who signed the electors certificate, was not
at the time Secretary of State nor in pos.
session of the or seal of the position,
and because that certificate was not true,
in fact, as proven by the admission Of b.
wee before committee of the Senate. The
House voted to count Arkansas and is now
voting on Louisiana, but the Senate, in
separate session, has excluded both and the,
count fails for want OF concurrence. The
vote in the Senate on counting the Nc
Enry electors was 10 to So the vote not to
court Louisiana was 80 to 16. There was
no vote on counting kellogg electors.