The New York herald., 1876-10-25

votes therein certified the having stated by the
said question .hai be submitted that bldy its eeis
ion; and speaker OF the liuus sha.i II Ike manner
submit the said question 20 the House for its decision:
and question shah be decided ahrnatiseiy
concurrent votes Of the two houses which being obtained
The houses shall eas.ambs and tho pesiang oneer
and upon such question there shall s no debate IN either
any other question To this object for which the
houses assembled, be submitted and deter
mined in like manner
The two houses met on the 18th OF February to
count the vote. When Georgia reached Mr. Hoar
objected the three votes Tor Horace Greeley, be-
they given after his dccease, and the ecc-
tors could not lawfully vote for dead man. The pvu
was waived for the iime and the count went TIL
Mississippi read. Mr. TRANQUIL objected 10 the
because the statement did not say II was done by
ballot Both objections were put IN writing and inc
Senate retired In tnat body II was voiedorty -four
yeas and nineteen nays 10 count inc. votes ior
undertook to get through declaration that the
functions OF the joint session were purely ministerial
and that the recording OF the votes OF the states was
done OF and without regard TO the elect
OF such votes but the motion iailedycas IS, nays ~
In the meantime the House voted not TO count votes
for Greeley, but both houses decided TO Mssis-
sippL They met again at haipast three NJ, and,
nc the houses disagreed on tue Greeley votes, they
were not count cd Still another trouble WAS found IN
Georgia There Two votes for Charles j. jenkins,
OF that State for President and five votes Tor A. II.
Coquiit, also OF that State ior Vice President The
constitution says that the President and Vice President
must be citizens OF different States There also
similar mistake made by the Missouri electors. Then
Mr. Trumbnl objected TO the vote OF Texas for certain
Irregularities chiefly cerical and with this budget OF
troubles tho Senate again retired On reassembng both
houses had agreed count Texas, and SIX or seven
States were gone through with when Louisiana ap-
rcared with Two returns. Again the Senate walked
out and asiong OF words followed IN both houses
Finally the JOINT session resumed anu tho count
completed about eight O'Clock IN the evening. The
Wee President then stated that there were 800 clcc-
tora votes OF which $40 had been counted for iTes
dent ard 352 Tor Vice Presdent that Tor President,
Ulysses s. Grant OF Illinois, had received 2S6 u. Graz
Brown, OF Missouri, Is; Thomas A. Hendricks OF In.
dana ~, Charles J. Jenkins OF Georgia. and David
Davis, OF Illinois, l vote That Tor Wee President,
Henry Wilson OF Massachusetts. had 2S6 &c, and he
declared U. s Grant and Henry Wilson duly elected
he IL votes rejected were vi Georgia, OF Arkansas
and OF Louisiana.)
CONCLUSION.
1t does not appear thai the houses In can
pass upon beyond tho result as shown by the
Their dulics are merely ccr;cal they have no
power decide upon what to receive or what REJECT
Tho where such power has been exercised mot IN
joint but in each house Tor tscl are all since
the rebellion. In 1855 there were no votes offered
from the States not counted; In 1869 Georgia was
practically counted and only In 1873 at the very last
election there positive throwing out OF State aud
on that occasion the omission OF their votes made
difference for General Grant was almost unanimously
reelected What might be done II the vote OF single
State should be enough to change from ono candidate
to another Is n question yet to be reached.
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