The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-27


Mr.. Lane offered the following as a
subtitnte fM # 81
Ordered That the vote purporting to lie
the electoral vote for president and Vice.
president. and which was given by one
John W. " ats, claiming to be an cleo
tor from the State of Oregon, be not
counted.
In the discussion which did not differ
in substance from that which took place
in tie cases of Louisiana and Florida,
Messrs. Lawrence. Phelps, Lemoyne,
Stevenson, Neal, Woodwork, Sampson,
Caldwell, Brown, Clymcr, Burchard of
Illinois made addresses. 0ff
MIR. Hewitt arraigned MIR Hoar for
bad faith in deciding in the commission
contrary to his expressed views in tho
house and in the committee by which
the electoral bill was framed.
Mr.. Hoar in replying described Mr..
Hewitt as a man rickety, shaky, crazy
and out of joint.
The house finally voted to disagree
with the decision of the electoral commits
sion in the case of Oregon, and the senate
was notified.
Joint session
The two houses Of congress met in
quiet convention at noon, and the decision
of the electoral commission touching the
votes from Oregon was read. The brief
ground of the decision, which is in favor
OF all the Hayes electors, is that the said
electors appear to have been lawfully
appointed and they voted as such at the
time and in the manner prescribed by
the constitution OF the United States and
law, and the commissioners are further of
the opinion that by the laws of Oregon
the duty of canvassing the returns OF all
the votes given at an election of president
and vics-president was imposed upon
the secretary of state and upon
no one else; that the secretary of state
did canvass the returns and ascertained
that j. c. Cartwright, W. Ii. Odell and
j. W. Watts had majority of all the
| votes given tor the electors and had the
highes. number OF votes for that office,
and by express language of the statute
these persons are deemed elected; that
in obedience to his duty the secretary OF
state made canvass and tabulated state.
ment Of the votes, showing this result,
which according to law he placed on file
i'm his office on the 4th Of December,
1876. All this appears by the official
certificate under the seal OF the
secretary OF state and signed by
him and delivered by him to
the electors and forwarded by them
to the president of the senate with the
votes that refusal or failure OF the gov
ernor of Oregon to sign the certificate Of
election of persons so elected does moi
haye the effect OF defeating their appoint
ment for such electors that the act o
the governor of Oregon in giving to Z
A. Cronir certificate OF his election
though he received a thousand votes lesi
than Watts on the ground that the lattel
was ineligible was without authority o.
law and is therefore void that although
the evidence shows Watts was postmaster
at the time of his election that fact !,
rendered immaterial by his resigna
ton both as postmaster to ill tn,
vacancy in the electoral cOlleg
commission has two houses
that as consequence OF tn
foregoing, and upon the grounds befor,
stated, the paper purporting to be tn,
certificate of the electoral vote Of Oregon
signed by L. a. Cronin, n. T. Miller ant
John Parker is not the certificate of tn,
votes provided for by the constitution o
the United States, and they ought no
to be counted as such. The member
OF the commission agreeing and APPROX
ing OF this decision are: Samuel r. Mil
Ter, w. Strong. Joseph Z. Bradley
George F. Edmunds, o. r. Morton
friedrich T. Frelinghuysen, James A
Garfield, George +. Hoar.
| AhS PASSiNhiS OhiSCi o>Acu Nuctucl
there were objections to the decision.
Senator Kelly objected to the decision
on the following grounds:
!. That Watts was not elected.
2-That he was not appointed.
3-That he was disqualified to receiy,
any appointment as presidential elect0l
or to sit as such in that he held an offic,
OF trust and profit under the United
States.
| 4-That Cronln was elected presiden
hal elector tor Oregon and in accordanc,
with law cast the legal vote as such cleo
tor tor Iilden and that such vote should
be counted. The objection Is signed by
Senators Kelly, Whyte, Cooper, MELON.
| aid, Norwood and Hereford, and BY
Representatives Lane, Poppleton, jerks
Vance, Throckmorton, Wike, Wiggin
ton and Luttrell.
The presiding officer asked whether
there were any further objections to the
decision, and there being none he an.
nounced the senate would withdraw tc
its chamber In order.
SESSION RESUMED.
The two houses Of congress having re.
sumed joint convention. counted Oregon
for Hayas and procaadad m pa,o.y,yo