The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-13

hall Mr. colfax. the Vice President, took the chair OF
President and Senator sherman Of Ohio and Represen-
had been appointed teers took their places at the
der Stating senSe and HOUSE Of Rspresenayes
the opennS ' and the
Vote ,o the Sces Of The President and Vice President Of
on Of March, next sna that being his duty
he would now proceed to discharge that duty He then
broke open the sealed package containing the cerncasc
rnK STATE OF MAINE
the persons chosen electors that state
with the certificate OF the electors and handed ne same
senator SHERMAN thcreupon the certificate Of the
that ne votes o. enry son Tor Vice
President. ,., -
of the Ss "ie OF New
that instead OF reading the certificates IN full the teers
siain Unless he reading o. certificate should be spe
clay called and that course was observed through
The first variation in the uniformity of the count was
THE STATE or MARYLAND
Stale showing mat its eight votes had been
Of Missouri as a essn and for
The next deviation in the Of Georgia and Mr.
the eleven votes OF that STATE for President, had been
For Horace Greeley, Of New York, three votes.
eleven yaiss Vice oFf residsn S ioow
ESr i: 7: Banks. 3. &asssohesets. one voss
had received from the State Of Georgia caused some
a Of ana made the point
that the three Tor Horace Greeley could be
HORACE GREELEY WAS DEAD
ut the time such electors assembled and cast their votes
constitution, this being historical fact OF which the
The vlcE PRrsibESr read The rule, which requires in
81 nas%s IN mi sGss the
s' wa WSe
likely that other questions would arise and might DO all
counted on he ground TIA, the certificate Of the electors
MT: fsssS%, DEM TURNER objected to Of
CT Tor as ns
substitution certified the Governor and also
House hsTsupon called 70 order BY The srEikEs
votes he siers as having been cast by
len q the United states s the
having died before such votes cast st.. 80 .,.
the House lad no power to decide on the question Of
@ es
fS wsn% BY yeas and
and amid much excitement particularly az 1t became
presented itself HAVING the Senate and the House take
in the adoption of the
BY 3 S ~ MANY resnr r voted
for q TessS BE sonnsa
The srEsESR declined to entertain the resolution on
Sna Ss vS H.
stated that the question now the House was on The
objection raised BY Senator Trumbu to counting the
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Mr. Dawes Of Mass, offered resolution that In the
tesr BY the electors Of the State Il Mississippi
| The resolution was adopted-lOl to s.
Se% S Of s
By NJ! h regular b
VINO hesn u esrs such np
Mr. Potter offered a resolution in accordance with his
Nj for T. Ssss
been appointed in the manner directed by the Legisla
the the e
ssStST; and that the BY them
% rec sss and S.S wa
ion submitted BY joint convention Of the two HOUSES
KEArrxAnASoE or SENATE.
s sf ss ns again
the
The v,ck President stated the result of the delibera
been raised showing s between S the
the joint rule the vote Of that state could
NOT % The rule & that no vote objected
There having been concurrence of the two houses in
regard to the question of Mississippi the votes of that
stating the results the electoral votes That OF
was stated by M as Thomas A.
Hendricks, OF Indiana, votes; for B. Gratz Brown Of
Senator MORTON of Indiana made the point of order
been cast aS citizen ;Ss. STATE SresSsns
ha
The VICE PRrsDEST oyerruled the point of order,
TER Of Wisconsin in regard 10 the State Of Missouri it
m, Soma p GRAFT nnoTS FOR r Ts pT,d. Thu
point however, Withdrawn. in view Of sentence
s Voted M 70 s eet Is Rs meme % %
MI The e. certnca iSe Of the electors Of
having been read BY Mr. Dawes, Senator rrumbur, OF
there was no certificate by the executive authority Of
pa1 ,ST
Ss ep OF & also objected e s s sp
tors, only the original having pres.
who We're ABSENT 70 Hi "' p'A00' o' n' 0O'
& both SS might Gi%opsw
reeisnse to the objection made by Senate, TrIm
Dawes that vote Of Texas should be Counted re-
E ss.y and to ,s
an es, or % and Wh s ene STATE
appear iIa, The choice Of electors IN conflict with
the law of that State to quorum for the transaction
Of business the vote OF Texas should be counted.
Alter an interval extending to ten minutes after 1--WE
sHn oSR Ss as and The
sion of the Joint convention resumed
The Vice President stated the objections
the Texas had overrucd by each House. and
directed that the vote should be counted.
The process examining and stating the result of the
cleo toral certificates resumed.
The VICE PRESIDENT presenting the certificates from
ARKANSAS, .
stated that copy had been received by him the 18th
December and the Secretary State on I'd
of January 1873; and that 9Th February
aperson claiming TO be messenger from the State Of
Arkansas but without commission such, presented
To him sealed paper which, when opened purported
TO be a certificate of three electors but which
wholly informal and treated by him.
Senator RICE repl of Ark objected TO the that
State being counted but deferred offering the objection
In writing until after the certificates from Louisiana
were presented.
The Vice President then handed to the teers certiA
cate from
LOUISIANA,
which had been reserved till the last and