The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-08
The Count Commenced

udJOI4Cy uctlu tuc pO1nL III controversy OF sui
ficient Importance to warrant more extended
argument.
The Count Commenced
At one P. Nj. on the 1st inst, Speak
er Randall announced the arrival fthe Senate
in the Hall of the House of Representatives,
tor the purpose OF committing the electoral vote
The President of the Senate took chair,
having the Speaker on his right: When the
Senators and members were seated, the Pres
ident Of the Senate said THE joint conven-
ton Of the two houses Of Congress Tor count
ing the votes for President and Vice President
lowed, and the President of the Senate con-
tinued: ''In obedience to the constitution,
the Senate and House of Representatives have
met to be present at the opening of the certif-
Gates and the counting and declaring of the
results Of the electoral votes for the Offices OF
President and Vice President of the United
States tor the term OF four years, commencing
with the law the President of the Senate will
now proceed, in the presence of the two
houses, to open all the certificates of the sew:
eral States, and in their alphabetical order,
beginning with the State of Alabama
Senators Allison and ingalls,, both Republi-
cans, were appointed tellers on the part OF the
The States were called in alphabetical order
and Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut and Del
aware were counted tor rilden and Hendricks,
and California and Colorado Tor Hayes and
Wheeler. Then Florida was reached and Mr..
Stone, the teller, proceeded to read the certif-
| lcates. The reading OF the first certificate
showed the four votes Of Florida to be for Hayes
the tellers another certificate received from the
same State, which upon being read by Mr. Stone
showed four votes for Tlden and Hendricks.
The former certificate was authenticated by
the late Governor Stearns; the latter by At
| torney General Cooke. Then the presiding
officer handed down to the tellers still another
certificate from Florida, received through a
ponding with the one received by mail the
30th of January. This third certificate is the
authorization of the electors who voted for
Tilden and Hendricks and is made by the
present Governor, Drew. Objections to the
first certificate for Hayes and Wheeler were
sent to the clerks desk, signed by Senator
Jones, Of Florida, Casper, Mcdonald, Of lndi-
and Springer. The Clerk OF the House read
the paper. It asserts that those persons
Pierce, Humphreys, Holden and Young-as-
suming to act as Presidential electors, never
were duly appointed by the State of Florida,
or in any manner whatever that the other
four persons had been elected, and had ire
vocable title to the Office; that the certificates
Of election OF the first four persons was un-
truly and corruptly procured and made, in
pursuance OF conspiracy between them and
NJ. L. Stearns, late Governor; that they were
usurped, and that their votes are illegal. null
and void.
Further objections being called tor, Senator
Sargent sent up to the Clerks desk, on behalf
of himself and Senators COnOver, Sherman
and Teller, and OF Representatives Woodburn,
Dunnell, Kasson and McCrary, three several
sets of objections to the votes cast by Messrs.
Call, Hinton, Bullock and Young, the Demo
cratic electors, on the ground that the papers
are not authenticated, as required by the con.
stitution and laws. Senator Jones, OF Florida,
as holding an Office of trust and profit undei
the United States. MIR. Kasson made an ad-
ditional objection to the third set of certif.
Gates; because they were not authenticated by
the person who held the Office of Governor al
the time that the functions OF the electors
| were exercised:
Presiding oficer-"Are there further OBJ
ida ?" After pause. ''H there be none, the
certificates and papers, together with othel
papers accompanying the same, as we'll as the
objections presented, will now be transmitted
to the Electoral Commission for judgment
and decision. The Senate will now withdraw
to its chamber. So that the House may sep
arately determine the objections"
The Tripartites Consider Florida.
At P. NJ. on the lSt inst, the tripar
tite commission assembled IN the Suprem,
Court room and the following communication
was read:
Hall of the House Of Representatives, Feb. 1
1877.-Te the President Of the Commission
More than one return or paper, purporting Il
he the return as certificate of electoral vote!
Of the State OF Florida having been received
and this day opened in the presence Of tn,
two houses of Congress, and objections there
to having been made, said returns, with al
accompanying papers, and also the objections
thereto, are hereW n submitted to the judg
vided by the law.
lSigned PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
The commission voted to have all the pa.
pers printed and after quite lengthy conver.
sational session relative to the manner Q
procedure and rules the commission ad jOurn
ed until 1890 a. m on the 2nd. The Democrats
announced they had as counsel, MIR. O'Conno
of New York; Judge Black, of Pennsylvania
Judge Trumbulf, Of Illinois; Mr.. MeTrick, o
Washington, and MIR. Green, of New Jersey
The Republicans announced, VIM. M. Evart
of New York, Messrs. Stanley Matthews, ant
Samuel Shellabarger, Of Ohio, and Z. w
StOughtOn as counsel.
Inc PreSldenClal commission assem-
bled at 10 a. m. on the I'd inst, to listen to tn
argument in the Florida case. Messrs. Fiel<
and Tucker addressed the Commission a
length in behalf OF the Democrats, and Messrs
Kasson and McCreary in behalf Of the Repub
licans. The Commission then adjourned.
The argument in the Florida case was con
tinued before the tripartite commission tn
Sd inst, Messrs. Merrick and Jerre Blac]
speaking for the Democrats, and Stanley Mat
thews and E. w. Stoughton for the Republi
cans.
DR.. Walcott has we'll said that the turnpik,
road to peoples hearts lies through thei
mouths and this accounts tor the immens
popularity of the Greenman House, corner St
commodating s % % proprieto1, j John Bansh. % + Trsx ~
elers should not fail to give him call.