Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-20

nOC III WIN Do'uS huu lut-
Their. that the Commission, by a ma
jority of votes, being OF the opinion
that it is not within the jurisdiction OF
the two houses of Congress To count
votes tor President and Vice Presiden',
to enter upon a trial of such questions.
The Commission, by a majority of
votes, are of opinion that it i, not
competent to prove any Of said per-
sons so appointed Elec ors as aiore-
saio held office of trust or profit under
the United states at h time, when
they were appointed, or that they were
Ineligible under The laws 0f the Slate,
Or any other ma ter offered to lie
prove dtiendi said certificates and
papers. The Commission Is also OF
the opinion, by a majority of the votes,
that the returning officers Of election
who %canvassed the votes tor Electors
in Louisiana, were n lawfully consti-
tu,ed body hy virtue of the conslitu-
tiOnal law, and that a vacancy in sale
body did not annul its proceedings.
The Commission has also decided, and
does hereby decide, hy a majority of
votes, and report a. a consequence OF
the foregoing. and upon the ground
before stated; that the paper purp"ri-
ing to- be the certificate of the electoral
votes of said Sale of Louis ana. oh
jerted tn by Howe, and others marked
n. &. No. 2. by the Commission, and
herewith returned, is not a certitica Q
of the votes provided for by the Con
siilulion of the Uuited States. and that
they ought not 10 be counted as such.
The signatures are Samuel F. Miller,
w. Strong, Joseph p. Bradley, George
L, IS1, ~ ID A4, L..l L.
Frelinghuysen. James A.. Garfield and
George f. Hoar.
The decision having been read, the
presiding officer asked whether there
were any objections to the decision
Gibson presented objections t u the
deci~ion upon the ground that the
Commission had refused to receive ev.
idence which had been offered and had
decided the votes mentioned in cerif.
ca es | and 3 shoul,i be counted for
HAYES and Wheeler, such evidence 10
the contrary notwithstanding. The
paper ~recites at great length the pr :
ceedings OF the Commission, bur t. o
point of il Is the rejection Of e,iden" 4.
1t is signed by Il m jori'y of the DEM
Ocrats of the Senate and House.
At l2:45 the Joint Convention was
called t" order, and the presid ng Off
Ger asked whether there were any fur
Their objections to the decision. Sen
ato Wallace presented objections
which were rad. Thew are, first. that
the decision is in violation of the cleo
toral act in this: That by the act the
Commission j. required to decide
wheth her any and what of tho votes
from such a State %are:vntes provided
for by the Constitution and what per
snns were duly appointed electors, Yet
the Commission refused 10 examine
and ascertain who were Only appointed
electors in and by the stare of Loui,i
ana, and what votes from that = ate
are within the provisions of the Con
stitntion of The United States. Second,
because the act creating the Commits
sion was passed to the end that the
Commission would hear and examine
evidence and honestly decide What
electors in any disputed state were
fairly and legally chosen; whereas the
Commission refused to hear aud con
slider evidence offered to show that
Electors whose ote the Commission
had decided should be counted. were
not duly chosen. but that they had
falsely and f~raudniently acted. aud
also refused the offer to show that the
pretended certificates of election were
procured by fraud: and that the d.cis-
ion is in disregard of truth, justice. and
law, aud establishes the democrat
IL nv and ominous doctrine that fraud,
forgery, bribery and perjury can law.
fully be used As means Ia make a
President of the United States against
the well known or easily ascertained
will "fthe reople and of the States. This
paper is sig"ei Ivy senators Wallace.
Johnston, BagIey, Herman, Kelly. Of
Oregon, salisbury, and other Senators
and members.
Cochran alsn presented an objection
and protect similar tn the above and
signed by himself and several Senator's
aud Representative rs. His further OH
jertions being presented, the presiding
officer announced that the Nenate
would Withdraw, so that the t~o
houses might separately consider ant
decide the objections. The House
then took a recess until 10 o'clock 10.
morrow.
Trouble Appreciated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
This morning the President was
WISHED by the Attorney General. Seq
rotary of War, and secretary OF State,
and attention Was given, amon other
thinas, to tho condition of affairs in
Loui>itut. and also TO an article in
The Sunday Capital OF this city,
edited by Don Piatt, which WAS in sr-
prel-d hy tho Government officers As
strongly advocating violence and de-
fiance of law, and rs such was given
very serious attention.
Letters and kilograms have been re-
ceived by the Secretary of War, At
torney General aud Pre-. ident, rs we'll
a. by Congressman and Others. with
reference to tlf probable serious
trouble in Louisiana, which have re-
celved proper consideration.
1t In thought in military hsadquar-
ters tina, the army in New CLEANS Is
sufficiently strong TO prevenf N out
break. 1t Is not the impression in the
cabinet that any violation Of law will
present itself.
The statutes we're closely examined
and notes of the law which 1t WAS
considered would atsach criminal in
tent to such articles. subsequently
Judge Taft aud District Attorney Wells
were in cOn.u'iatiOn with the PreSi-
dent In continuance Of the same topic.
The President has excluded himself
from the general public to-day. and re-
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