The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-02

Az TWO minutes past o CLOCK tnc speaker
announced the arrival Of the Senate of the
United States. and all the members Of the House.
at the tap of the Speakers gavcl. arose and re-
mained standing. while the Senators. preceded
by their Clerk. Doorkeepcr and other officials.
filed down the main aisle and took the seats set
apar, in the first four rows ON the right or Dem
ocratc side of the chamber.
The President Of the Senate took tho chair
having the Speaker on his left. and then.
when the Senators and members were all seat
ed. the President of the Senate rose. and using
the gavcl TO enforce order and silence said
The Joint onvcnion Of the two Houses Congress
counting the votes tor President and NeePr sdent will
now come to order
Then, while perfect silence reicncd in the
chamber the President of the Senate said:
In obedience the Constitution the senate nni House
Of Representatives have met to e preent at the opcnng
e.a- G he secorai @ M so'e ir S es 81 e ns
and NIcerrcsdcn o. the United STATE, for the iern Of
four m yssT comm I'm, n,,ns IN on ,ee en- das o March s At
n2" n ~ ,s % OF ii ~. hoa, to @len
alphabetical order. beginning with the state Alabama
Then the strong box in which the certificates
We're was carried in 10y Mr.. Bassett the a--
sistan' snuh d9qEGn,p1r 2i tne Sgnate HaynE been
the Senate opened H. and. taking from II the
certificate from the State OF Alabama. handed
II io the tellcrs. who were seated Iust below him
at the Clerks desk, and senator Allison. one Of
the telerss, proceeded 10 reni the do umcnt N
ot Indiana hal received the zen electoral yo,.s
81 Alabama. The Vice President then said that
tn" certiii, ate from Alabama by messenger hay-
ing been read. the duplicate certificate. which
hg, ben received " mail, would now be read.
certificate; but the reading Vas interrupted 10y
senator Conkling rep. \. ~. who suggest
that II was hardly necessary TO read the dupli-
cate certificates, but that when the first cor
tiiirate was read by one teller the other tellrrs
should look over the dup cate in order that the
comparison might be made.
The President of the senate asked whether
there was any objection 70 the proposition. and
there being none.he said that that course would
Mr.; Stone having completed the reading Of
said: Are there any objections to the c.'rtin-
cate from the State OF Alabama? AFTER n
pause.l The Chair hears none The votes OF
the State OF Alabama will be counted. One of
the tellers will announce the votes. so there may
b. no mistake" The resultwas announced by
Mr. Cook Of Georgia.
The same ceremony was observed In refer
cnce 10 the next state Arkansas, except that
six votes Of the State Of Arkansas were given
! for Iildrn and Hendricks.
The next State was California. and the result
was annognrrd as, votes for Hayes and
W9cclcr Then followed IN su'ccss,,2p ,,p CPio.
/ Connecticut. with six votes for Tildon and Hrn-
drlrks and Delaware. with three votes ior I'll
When lnc reading of the Delaware certificates
was concluded, the presiding officer asked
The vote Of The stat, Of Florida: M hut he idi immodi
atrly corrected himself and suh-iiiuted della
ware, amid suppressed but general lnughtcr.
to como.
THE FLORIDA CONTEST.
Thon Florida WINS reached. and Mr.. Stone. the
teller. proceeded 10 read the cert riil'al". The
reading oi the first eertl 'ate showed the four
votes Of Florida for llaSos and Mhnelrr Then
the presiding officer handed to the teller another
certificate received from the same State winch,
votes OF Floriin f1r 'riihcn ana HrmdrirDs. Thn
] sgt ltll Nttst
Stnnrns the latnr by Attorney GENERAL Cooke.
Thrn the pr.sding oiii'"r han led down TO
stat" Of Florida, received through messenger
ON Jan -, hni correspond ling one rrreiyedhy
mAil on Jan. 80. TINS third ~ ali nuthontirn-
tom Of the HN ~ the electors who voted for Til
den and HENDRICKS, ANA IL made by Gov. Drew.
Alter some half hour hid been spent in road
| ing IN" pnp"rs accompanying the third crrtih-
| cate, senator Cqnkiing proposed that the re,d-
ing be regarded ~ completed, and that the ro-
nult he dnnoun'ed. IA under the late net Of Con-
gross all the papers would be rcioTrrd 10 the
provisional tribunal raised 10 examine surh
questions. There being no objection. il WAS so
The presiding ofllccr asked whether there
wore ohlr tons to counting the vote OF the state
Mr.. Field Dem. N " rose and sont TO tho
Clerk + desk written objection 10 the first Ger
tlllcat" Tor Hayes and WheeleIl signed 10y Son
atnrs Jones. Cooper and Mcdonald and 10y
Hoprcsentatiyes Ficld. Tucker, jerks. and
Mr. Adams. Clerk Of tho House. rend the
paper. II asserts that those persons Wicrce.
Humphreys, Holden, and Youngl assuming TO
net ns Presidential elecors never were duly hp-
| pointed 10y the State of Florida. or in amy man
| nor Whatever that the other four persons had
been elected. and had an irrevonhlr title to the
| office; TINT the cert lcnte Of the first four per
sons was untruly and cOrruptly procured. and
made in pursuance of conspiracy between
| them and NJ l.. Stearns, late Governor; that
| they were usurpcrs, and that their acts were IL
| legal, null. and void
| Further oljeHions being called for, senator
Sargent sent up 10 the Clerk s desk, on behalf Of
| himself and Senators Conovcr,. sherman. and
| Teller, and Of Representatives WOodburn. Dun
nell. KassOn, and McCrary, three several sets of
| objections to the votes cast by Mcssrs. Call Hin
tors. and the ground that the papers are not au.
| thcnticated rs required by tho Constitution and
| laws.
Senator Jones tDem.. Fla) made objection
specially TO Mr. Humphreys. M holding an ofn-
ce.of trust and profit under the United States;
| Mr. Kasson rep. Iowa) made an additional
objection 10 the third set OF certificates. because