The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-30
Prolonged Session or The Committee
on kxamining and y,rlj Ing tho
Electoral Vote.
\ Conference VIII DO Had with
the House Committee
Next Week.
This Committee on Privileges and Eleo.
tons Probing tho Oregon Electoral
College Matter Mem,ral for the
Improvement Of Red River
from jefferson to
Ito Mouth.

ResiKnstioa OF Commissioner Dueii,
WAsHINoNN, December -. Com
missioner Duel', OF the Patent ONCE
mas resigned, and embsrks IN the
patent law business In New York
Secretary Chandler accepts his resig
nation IN naItering terms.
Testimony In sbe Greg IA EIeotsraI
Veto Matter.
The Committee on Privileges aud
Elections com meuced their inJestign.
lion into the D egon electoral vote
oase, Chadwick. Secretary OF State,
testified that the FIRST intimatlon o
mad OF Watts being n postmaster was
after the election. The Governor OF
Oregon and himself agreed to DO gov.
rrned Ia making lists ny the acts OF
Congress aud the statutes OF Oregon
The Governor heard argument before
tctlpy.
aepubiiesn Version OF Mssiiag Of
Electors,
0iell, the Republican elector, testi.
ted that during the proceedings he
Vas elected president and Cartwright
,eoretary. Watts rendered his resiyua
don. which was accepted. Cronin
then said, "You refuse to recognise
ne." Witness replied, mo, sir but
We want this certificate. don't want
you TO think We will not not with you,
,ud you must not 40 from here aud
.ay we would not act With you
'ronin then left tee college. and they
proceeded to cart the vote, Watts be-
ug elected to oil the Vacancy Ia the
College oaussu by his own resignation
rsnLiing Replaces Logan on tho Eiec.
torai Voc tommitses.
In the Senate, the chair presented u
elrgram from J ,hn A Logan, now In
Chicago, stating that he would not be
,ble To return to Washington In time
20 act az member OF the special com.
mittse to devise means for the count
u the electoral vote, eto., etc., and
.sking to DO excused from further ser
vice ~ q member OF that committee
No objection being made, Mr.. Logan
aas excused and Mr.. Conkling ap.
pointed to oil the vacancy.
torsi Vote.
The Renate committee on devising u
Measure for examiDiDg aud verifying
he electoral vote, had u protracted
.pssion this morning. All the mem
oers were present but Mir. Logan. The
Committee entered upon the prelimi.
nary work by examining aud discuss.
ng the course pursued by each House
for meeting III Joint convention, and
heir decisions while In such conven
ion In declaring the vote for President
md Vice President, since the fouuda'
ton OF the Government. These were
taken up and debated, In some In
stances quite elshoratsly, the memterr
Of the rommitte desiring to get oil the
Information possible out Of the jour
uals and records Of Congr, o., and
from their contemporaries In political
history.
No Moro Propositions
were debated, though there was hardly
q member Of the committee who had
not received some contribution on the
question from one source or another,
aud which ut prop time may prove
10 DO OF some value. The meeting
indicated very clearly that the com.
mittee will DO able TO secure an au-
tbentic account Of each Joint c0nvens
ton. both IA TO the Journals and debate
on the same, with the excep Ion OF one
or two OF the earlier congresses, where
the Journal Of proceedings only can be
secured. The record Of debate alone
will make q large volume. The com,
mittee meets tomorrow. They hope
BY the middle OF next week to have q
conference with the House committee
The sub CONN ittee Of the House
Messrs. Hunton and Wilder have bad
, a meeting for the purpose Of gathering
. facts. i.
Memorial fro q soush Carolina
Mr. Gordon presented a inemoria
from Wade Hamptou,W. B. simpson
W. d. Wallace. and sixty eight Sens
tors and Representatives In the Ger
J, eral Assembly Of South Carolii q, sd
!. dressed to Congress, recitins at lengt
!, the events which have recently trapi
II pIred IN that State, the interference {
II the military, etc, and asking Congre'
u 10 take % b aoiio a. will cause cr'
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