Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-02-16
wLsnruorOu. Feb. IL.

The joint convention was called to order
by Mr. Ferry and the decision of the Senate
and House read. The presiding officer then
Id:
The two houses not concurring in ordering 9th
erwise, the decision Of the commission will stand
unreyersed. The counting will now proceed In
conformity with the decision Of the commission.
The tellers viii announce the vote Of Florida.
u was thereupon announced that Florida
| had given four votes for Hayes and Wheeler
The certificate from Georgia was opened,
read, and, no objection being made, the vote
cotnted, and the teller announced that
Georgia gave eleven votes for Tilden and
Hendricks. Next followed the State of Iii.
hois with twenty-one votes for Hayes aud
| Wheeler; Indiana with fifteen votes for Til
den and Hendricks; Iowa with eleven votes
for Hayes and Wheeler; Kansas with five
votes for Hayes and Wheeler, and Ken
lucky with twelve votes for Tilden and II lem
| bricks.
Then came the certificate from Louisiana
showing eight votes for Hayes and Wheeler,
the presiding officer stating that the certif-
cate had been received by mail and that no
corresponding one had been received by
messenger. This was authenticated by w.
Z. Kellogg as Governor, he being himself
one of the officers. The certificate having
been read the presiding officer handed to the
tellers another certificate from the same
State, with corresponding one received by
mail, showing eight votes for Tilden and
Hendricks. This was authenticated by Nc
Emery ae Governor Of the State. Still third
certificate was opened and read, correspond
| ing with one having been received by mail,
with votes for Hayes and Wheeler, authen.
ticated by Deslonde, Secretary of State. The
| presiding officer opened and presented an
other certificate, received by mail, no CORE
| spending one having been received by mes
senger, which, upon being read, proved to
be burlesque, and by order of the presiding
| officer was omitted from the proceedings.
Senator Mcdonald submitted an objection
| to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates, based
| on the ground that the Hayes electors had
not been duly elected; that their election had
been certified by w. P. Kellogg, who claimed
| to be, but in fact was not Governor OF the
State of Louisiana, and because the Return
| ing Board of said State was without jurisdic-
tion for the reason that the laws of Louis
lana conferred no power on the Returning
Board 10 canvass or compile votes, since they
constituted but four Of the five persons re-
| quired by law; since four were of the same
political party; since there was vacancy in
Said board which the four members had re-
fused to fill; because the four members of
the Returning Board had full knowledge
that true compilation OF votes would have
shown that the Tilden electors had been duly
elected; because said board had offered for
money to sell the vote OF Louisiana; and be-
cause A, B. LeYisee aud o. P. Brewster, of
the Republican electors, had held offices of
trust under the United States at the time OF
their appointment as electors. The objec
tiOn was signed by Senators Mcdonald, Ste
yenson, Salisbury and Bogy, and Represent
alive jerks, Gibson, Tucker, Levy, Ellis and
Morrison.
Mr.. Gibson also sent up objections to the
Hayes and Wheeler certificates because,
first, the Government of Louisiana was not
republican in form; second, no canvass was
made on which the certificates OF election
were Issued; third, any alleged canvass of
votes was an act of usurpation, fraudulent
and void; fourth, some of the electors were
Ineligible by the laws Of Louisiana, and
were disqualified from being electors as
holding State offices, Kellogg being acting
de Jdcto Governor; Jofforin, Supervisor OF
Registration for Point Coupee Parrish; Marks,
District Attorney, and Burch, a member of
the State Senate, member OF the Board of
Control of the State Penitentiary, an admin
istrator of tho Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and
treasurer of the School Board OF East Baton
Rouge; fifth, because Jotiorin was especially
disqualified by the thirteenth section of the
act of the Legislature of July "a, 1874,
which provides that no Supervisor shall be
eligible to any Office at that election, and
because Jofforin was at the election Super
visor of Registration for the parish of Point
Coupee. This objection was signed by SEN
ators Salisbury Mcdonald and Herman, and
by Representatives jerks, Tucker, Gibson,
Field, Levy and Egbert
Wood IN. " submitted further objection
to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates on the
ground that the electors were not elected as
provided by the Legislature.
Mr.. Howe sumitted objection TO the Tilden |
and Hendricks certificates on the ground |
that there was no evidence that those elect |
ors had been appointed in such manner as
the Legislature required, while there was ev- |
idence conclusive in law that neither of
them had been SO appointed; also ON the |
ground that there was no evidence that Nc |
Emery was Governor of Louisiana in the |
year 1876, while there was conclusive evi |
dence that Kellogg was, during the year 1876 |
and for several years prior thereto, Governor
of that State, and was recognized as such |
by the judicial and legislative departments
Of Louisiana and by all departments of the
Government of the United States.
The Presiding Officer then said: d.
Are there further objections to the vote OF the
State OF Louisianaf After u pAuse There be-
ing no further objection all OF the certificates
from that State, with the papers accompanying |
the same, together with the objections, will be now
submitted 10 the Electoral Commission for judg |
ment and decision, The Senate will now with |
draw TO its chamber.
The Senate thereupon withdrew.