The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-24
Rejected; ayes 7, nays s.

ing;
WHEREAS, The Legislature OF Ore
gon has made no provision for the APP.
pointment OF elector under the act of
Congress, where there was failure to
make choice, on the day prescribed by
law, therefore
Resolved, That the attempted seleo.
ton of the third ,lector by two persons
chosen was imperative and void.
Rejected; ages 7, nays s.
Mr.. Bayard then offered the follow
ing;
Resolved, That the vote of w. II.
Odell and the vote OF j. 9. Cartwright,
east for Rutherford b. Hayes, of Ohio
for president of the United States, and
for William a. Wheeler, Of New York,
for vlce-president of the United States,
were the votes provided for by the con-
stitution OF the United States, and that
the aforesaid Odell and Cartwright,
and they only, were the persons duly
appointed electors in the State OF Ore
g0n ut the election held ON November
Z, 1876, there having been failure at
said election to appoint third elector
In accordance with the constitution
and laws of the United States and the
laws of the State of Oregon, and that
the two votes aforesaid should be
counted, and none others, from the
state of Oregon.
Rejected yeas 7, nays s.
A vote was then taken on Edmunds'
original proposition and it was adopted.
Yeas 10, nays none.
Senator Morton then offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That w. IL. Odell, j. G.
Cartwright and j. w. Watts, the per-
sons named as electors in certificate
No. /, are lawful electors OF the State
of Oregon, and that their "otes are the
votes provided for by the constitution
OF the United States, and should he
counted for president and vice presi-
dent of the United States.
Mr.. Hunton moved to strike out the
name of j. w. Watts. Disagreed to
yeas 7, nays s.
Mr. Morton's resolution was then
adopted s, nays 7, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds,
Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar. Miller,
Morton and Strong. Nays-Messrs.
Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hun
ton, Payne and Thurman.
The decision of the commission was
then drawn up and signed by the eight
members voting in the affirmative.
On motion, Mr.. Morton's injunction
of the secresy upon the acts and pro-
ceedings of the commission, except as
regards their report to- joint session
OF congress, was removed, and the
commission adjourned to meet in the
supreme court room at IL O'Clock to-
morrow.
The report in substance, is as fol-
lows: The electoral commission hav-
ing received certain certificates and
papers, purporting to be certificates of
electoral votes OF the State of Oregon,
and certain papers accompanying
the same objections thereto, that it
has duly considered the same, and has
decided, and does hereby decide, that
the votes of w. IL. Odell, J. G. Cart
wright and j. w. Watts, the persons
named In the certificate of the secre-
tary Of the State, ofOregon, as persons
receiving the highest number of votes
for presidential electors are the votes
provided for by the constitution, and
that the same are lawfully to be
counted, as testified to in the certifi-
cate of said electors, namely : Three
votes for II. b. Hayes for president,
and three votes for William A.
Wheeler for vice president.
The report will further set forth that
the election of Watts by the other two
members of the electoral college was
in accordance with the constitution
and laws of Oregon. The grounds for
this decision, so far as they concern
the eligibility of Watts, are substan-
italy that it is competent to go be-
hind the certificate of governor, so
far as the same is not founded upon
the action OF canvassing or returning
authority, provided for by the laws OF
the State, which authority in the case
of Oregon is held to be the secretary
of State.
The report will also take the ground
that it is essential to show that an
elector was eligible on the 7th of No
vember, provided 1t is shown that he
was eligible when he cast his vote in
the electoral college, and the fact ap-
pears that the alleged ineligible elector
Watts was chosen to fill the vacancy
caused by his own absence from the
electoral college, and that he was not
ineligible at the time he cast his vote.
Arrest OF u Gang or Train Robbers.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, February 3d.
Light was thrown to-day upon the at
tempted train robbery and the murder
of Milo Eames, engineer, at Long
Point, on the Vandalia Railroad, on
July s, 1875. The supposed murderers
are Charles st. Clair, A. Hackman,
Bud Shoemaker, brakeman on the
train at the time of the attack, Samuel
and Alexander Cauthern (colored)
Billy Carr, j. +. Me and Alice Os
good, prostitute, all Of this city
were arrested on evidence which Seems
good and sufficient to convict them O
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