New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-07
Mr.. Withers argued it was not usual to re-
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Mr.. Withers argued it was not usual to re-
fer such resolutions.
At the request of Mr.. Logan, Mr.. Withers
modified his resolution to read:
Res0lred, That the President be and ia
hereby requested to inform the Senate, II
not incompatible with public interest. why
troops of the United States we're stationed
Virginia, on the seventh of November. 1876,
the day of the general election. Under
what authority ana for what purpose.
A running debate followed, covering the
whole field of the alleged Southern out
RACES.
The resolution, as modified, was agreed
to without division.
The Presidents message, with Senator
Sherman's report, WAS received.
Mr.. Thurman objected to printing all
matter accompanying the message.
Mr.. Sherman explained that the COM
munication was proposed in response to the
request of the President that certain gen.
tlemen proceed to L )usiana to witness the
canvass of the votes before the Returning
Board. These gentle Aen did meet in New
Orleans, and this was their report to the
President.
The motion to print was referred to the
Committee on Printing.
House.
The only matter of interest in the House
to-day was the transmission by the Presi-
dent of a communication made to him by
Senator Sherman and others, and testimony
taken by them at New Orleans in regard to
the presidential election in Louisiana.
The e.message itself made no suggestion or
recommendation.
The reading OF the communication was
demanded on the Republican side of the
House and resisted On the Democratic side.
The Speaker decided that it was best it
be read. 1t was accordingly read.
When the reading was finished, Mr..
Wood, of New York. rose and expressed
his surprise at such message having been
sent by the President. He regarded it as
most extraordinary and unprecedented, but
remarked that this is a marvellous and ex.
traordinary time. The President has had
the experience v hich nearly eight years Of
service had given him, and that the expert
ence of itself should have given him a
knowledge, not only of the theory, but Of
cere, and yet the President had seen proper
to send to the House this unauthorized
communication from persons clothed with EG
| official position in the premises. The Pres!
dent by giving to it his official sanction and
| by transmitting to the House. made it one o,
| the records of the government. He Wood
| could conceive of but one object which the
President could have had In trans mlttlne
| il, and that was the incidental one of sug
| gesting that the House was clothed with
| authority to institute q careful inquiry into
| the election of President in advance of the
regular presentation of that great subject
The President told the House by this pro
| cedure that the House is authorized to in
| stitue an inquiry as to the correctness and
| inte gritty OF the certificates of elec-
ton. The exception which he Wood
took to it was that the Presiden,
should have transmitted in such ar
! unauthorized way an unauthorized
document OF q mere partisan and ex parte
character, and his first impulse had been to
move that the communication be returned
to the President. II he had followed the
Indignation which rose to his heart when
the document was presented to the House,
he should have made such proposition,
but he should simply move that the mes
sage of the President, with accompanying
documents, be laid on the table. Ap-
plause.
MIR. Hoar. of Massachusetts, said that his
side of the House desired to have some de
bate on the subject. The motion, however,
was not debatable, and it was adopted,
yeas l53, nays 9O-a party vote.
Adjourned.