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

raised in joint convention, by Mr. Hoar, 70
the counting of the three electoral votes OF
Georgia, cast for Horace Greeley, upon the
ground that the vote could not be properly y
cast for person who was dead The Vice
President stated that under the rule the
question must be, decided without debate.
Mr. Edmunds offered the following:
Resolved, That the electoral votes OF
Georgia cast for Horace -Greels y be not
counted.
Thurman moved to amend BY striking 6
out the word snot."
On motion of Edmunds the yeas and
nays were ordered and the vote was, yeas
Al, nays Is; so the amendment was agreed
to.
Conkling moved to add to the resolution, ,
so'as to make it read as amended:
Resolved, That the electoral votes OF
Georgia cast for Horace Greeley De count
ed, the function of the joint convention be-
ing ministerial merely, and this question
being independent of the question Of the
effect Of the votes on the count.
At the suggestion of Morton Conkling
substituted the words "the two Houses"
for the term 'joint convention" and a. the
suggestion of Sherman he amended his
amendment so as to make it read, "the
function of the two Houses in counting
the votes being ministerial"
Mr.. Bayard raised point OF order that
Mr.. ConkliDg's amendment was merely the
recital of legal proposition and not pro-
perry an amendment at all, because IT did
not change or affect in any way the sub
stance Of the original resolution.
The Senate sustained the point Of order
and rejected the amendment by vote of
80 to 10.
Mr.. Conkling moved to amend the reso-
luton so as to read:
Resolved, That the functions of the two
houses in respect to the count Of votes De-
ing ministerial and independent of the
question of the effect of the votes, the cleo
toral votes of Georgia cast for Horace
Greeley be counted.
Mr. Bayard made the same point of or
der as before and also the point that this
amendment was not in order, having al
ready been voted upon in substance.
The amendment was rejected by vote
Of SO to %.
The resolution that the votes of Georgia
cast for Horace Greeley be counted, was
then agreed to; yeas A, nays 10.
The Vice-President submitted the OBJ
lection raised in joint convention by Mr..
TTumbuD, to the counting of the votes of
Mississippi, upon the ground that it did not
appear from the certificate of the electors
that they had voted by ballot.
Mr.. Trumbull Withdrew the objection
and submitted the following:
Resolved, That the electoral vote of the
State of Mississippi be counted.
The Vice-President submitted the OBJ.
jec.ion raised by Mr.. Potter, OF New York,
in joint convention, to the counting of the
vote of Sp sllman, an elector appointed to
fill a vacancy, upon the ground that his GER
tificate was not signed by the Governor.
Mr.. Hamlin offered resolution to count
the vote of Spellman, which was agreed to.
Mr.. TrumbulI's resolution to count the
vote of Mississippi was then agreed to, and
q message was sent to the House announc-
ing the action of the Senate upon these OBJ
jections, and its readiness to resume the
conference.
a message was received announcing the
action of the House, and at $50 O'Clock the
Senate again proceeded 10 the Hall of the
House of Representatives.