The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-14
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! Hills The Presidents annual uessag,
was read and ordered printed. Nr,
hdmunds resolution ordering an inquiry
lhto The late elections in the various South
ern states. was taken up and, after cons der
able debate, was adopted after being CHANGED
so as to authorize the committee 10 extend
| lts inquiry to the elections Of 1874 in the
| states especially named in the resolution
blll was introduced to change the time
| prescribed for holding the Presidential cleo
uoh 10 Octoher and for counting the vote Of
! the Electoral College to January
In the House, Mr.. Plaisted announced
that he had the day before voted
| IN the negative on the rcgOlu ion
| for the three select committees for I.0uisi-
ana, Florida and South Carolina, but that
Bus name was recorded on the journal in the
Affirmative; he demanded that the correction
be made. After some running debate the
correction was made, which left the resOlg-
ton without the necessary twO-thirds. MI
Fuller then stated that his name did not ap-
i pear on the erfsord as voting in the afIirma-
/ LlYei this AAs also corrected, and the
| Speaker thsn voted in favor Of the com.
,mittees thus securing two.thirds
\ vote The following ars,the eomInittees
| ss announceu: On LOuisiana-Nessrs
Morrison, jerks, Mcmahon, Lynde, Black
burn, Meade, House, Phelps, New, Ross,
townsend pa, banford, HurIbut lEll.y,
T. Crapo and Joyce. On FIorida-ThOmpsoa
Dunnell. On the South Carolina Committee
the name Of Mr.. COchraue was substituted
Tor that Of Mr.. stengeT, excused on account
Of illness in his family. The Presidents
message and accompanying documents were
/ ordered printed.
Onthe 9th, the standing committees
were announced in the Senate A lengthy
debate was had on q resolution introduced
by Mr.. Withers, requesting the President to-
| inform the Senate, if not incompatible with
the public interests, whether United States
| troops were stationed at Petersburg, Va
on the day Of the recent general election,
! and, if so, under what authority and for
what purpose; the resolution was finally
/ agreed to without division. A message was
! received from the President inglOsing the re-
/ port of Senator Sherman and other members
Of the committee which visited New Orleans
| to witness 5he canvass of the votes before the
| ReturninS Board, together with accomanying
| testimOn in regard to the recent election
in that State. After debate, 4 motion to
| print the CepOsitiOns was referred. point
| of order icing raised that the Joint rules
/ were in force, the Chair decided such not to
. be the case, and an appeal was taken from
/ the decision, but pending discussion the
/ Senate adjourned. In the House, the
| Presidents message inclOsiDg Mr.. Sher-
/ man report, etc, was received and the doc
| uments were read, and. after remarks, NIr.
| Wood moved that they be laid on the table
| Mr. Hoar said his side of the House wished
I to debate the subject; but the motion was
/ not debatabIe, and it was adopted-153 to
Ga party vote. Adjourned.
| On the 7th a communication was
received in the Senate, and laid on the
table, signed by Carl schurz and J.
/ B. Henderson, praying for the sub
mission To the various States Of COnstitu-
! tIOnal Amendment by which the counting Of
! the Electoral vote for President and Vice
! President and the declaring Of the .esult
/ thereof, may be conferred upon the Supreme
[ Court Of the United Stiles. 4 report was
made from the Committee on Printing
in favor Of printing the deposi-
/ tions accompanying the communication
/ OF Mr.. Sherman and others to tie
/ President relative to the election in
| Louisiana, and lengthy discussion ensued,
/ Mr.. salisbury, member Of the committee,
dissenting from the report Of the majority.
/ The report was advocated by Messrs Nor
/ ton, Sherman, EdmUnds, Sargent and
! Mitchell, who took occasion 70 a.Iude to the
| action of the Governor Of Oregon IL giving "a
( Democratic ElectOr in that State certificate
/ Of election, and opposed aS being Of a
/ partisan and unofficial character, by
. Messrs- Eaton, Thurman, Bayard, etc
| The report was finally adopted - "a
! to IS. resolution was introduced
/ instructing the Committee on Privileges
and Elections to investigate the facts attend
/ ing the appointment of the Oregon Electors;
/ ordered printed and laid on the table. bill
was introduced and referred to restrain m
authorized persons from assuming 10 act a
/ Presidential Electors .... The Pension ApDru-
/ pration bill S3S ,353, COO was reported in the
| House. resolution was introduced and
| referred to the Judiciary Committee, with
( leave TO report at any time, providing for
! the appointment Of committee to act with
/ a similar committee on the part Of tue Senate
! to prepare and report a measure, either leg
! islafive or con stitutional, whereby the differ
/ ences Of opinion as to the proper mode Of
/ car cassing the Electoral votes and the man
/ neT of determining questions that may
| arise as to the legality and validity of such
/ returns from several States, may be satisfac
/ tOriIv settled. and the counting Of the votes
and the decl airing Of the result may be re-
ferred to a tribunal whose authority may be
/ unqucstiOned and decision shall be final.
| A protest was presented and referred from
| the Colorado Legislature az inst the refusal
/ Of the House to admit the member elect
1 from that State Mr. Beehe was appointed
! on the Louisiana Committee, in place of Mr..
! Lynde, excused. Mr.. Wood5urne was, the
| day before, appointed on the Florida Com
mittee, in place of Mr.. Garfield, excused.
| On the Sth, a motion was adopted in the
Senate, adding three members to the Com
| mittee on Privileges and Elections to aid in
| the investigation into the recent elections in
/ certain of the Southern States The ques-
! ton being raised that the Joint rules were
/ in force, the Chair Mr.. Ferrv) decided that
! they were not in force, and an appeal was
/ taken, and after considerable debate, the
/ decision Of the Chair was sustained-40 to
a. 4 bill was introduced and re-
! ferred for the relief of owners and
! purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in
/ the insurrectiOnary States. Adjourned to
! the lIth . The Pension Appropriation bill
was passed in the House. \ bill was intro
duced establishing the Territory of Black
| Hills \ resolution was offered requesting
/ the Senate to appoint a committee to act
with like committee of the House in pre-
senting to the Supreme Court, and asking its
! opiniOn thereon, such questions as may be
| deemed important in this crisis, relative to
the counting of the Electoral vote. A reso-
, luton was adopted calling on the President
/ for eopies of the instructions sent to, and
/ the reports received from, the military Off
GERS in the South since August. Adjourned
to the 1lth.
n IL -1AL :; 49, S,,,o+, +Lo
! vi tIio IAth' III IIA0 S'ii''I0' '''0
House bill appropriating S2l,OOO to detray
the expenses of the special committees of that
| - ,-,,,oi,,ta5 10 inr.stio.,ta TIM racap+
10y appo''i, - -, a-,t
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FLORIDA was passed, WIN an aihehdnent ap-
priating s5,Uoo to deiray tne expenses OF the
Senate Committee on privileges and EiecIions
in making similar lnVestlgatlons IN certain ail
southern o'aVes- HoItoh was % %Ilaue thdL tL tne
report OF the Democratic GDmmlttee "hich
attended the session OF the Louisiana Return
ing Board pc printed, ana, aiter uGoater
| u was declGel thaI hrssIs- DoSSr
stevenson ana MGDonaId shoulu prepare
memorial TO the senate, thahlhg the report
part thereoI, ana eould Lhe9 oe
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