The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-23

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been made in describing the Office held
BY Daggett - that of United States com.
mtsI orer yR,le the testimony showed.
he held the Office 81 tA lefa 81 tr'Ahs United
States court.
After q number Of speeches of special
Significance were made vote was taken
on Mr.. Springer's resolution that the
vote OF Daggett be counted and it was
agreed to without division.
The senate was then notified the house
was ready to continue the count, and the
two bodies met In joint session.
The Joint session.
At 1l:A5 the senate and house met in
joint convention, the presiding officer
having called the meeting to order and
directed the reading Of the resolutions Of
each house in favor of counting the votes
OF Nevada.
The teller then announced that Nevada
had cast tho votes for Hayes aud Wheeler.
Then followed In succession the states
Of New Hampshire with 8 votes for
Hayes and Wheeler f; New jersey, 8 votes
for Tilden and Hendricks New York
So votes for Tilden and Hendricks
North Carolina, 10 votes tor Tilden ant
Hendricks; Ohio, % votes for Hayes ant
Wheeler.
The presiding of1cer now opened and
handed to the tellers the certificate re-
ceiyed from Oregon. 1t was read by Mr.;
Stone, and proved to be tho sworn cert.
heate Of the three Hayes electors. Cart.
wright, Odell and Watts, executed before
. notary public.
The papers contain full statement Of
the doings OF the three electors--the res
Asnation Of Watts as postmaster, his sub
t6c original ballots cast by the thre,
electors, &c. They were read in full.
The presiding officer then handed to
the tellers the certificates of the three
rival electors, Cronin. Miller and Parker.
authenticated by the signatures OF the
governor and secretary of state, with the
seal OF state attached. This certificate
gives two votes to Hayes and Wheeler
and ,one vote to Tilden and Hendricks.
Senator Mitchell presented objections
to the certificate Of Cronin, Miller and
Parker on the following grounds:
!. Because neither of said persons was
ever appointed elector by the state OF Or
eg0n In auy manner whatever.
=. Because 1t appears from the records
and papers contained in and attached to
the certificate OF w. H. OdelI, j, G,
Cartright and John W. Watts that they
were duly appointed electors and cas-,
their yotssas such.
.. Because II does not appear from the
face OF Coy. Growers certificate, attached
TO the returns Of the votes of Cronin,
Miller and Parker, that such certificate
was Bsued to three persons having the
highest number OF votes for electors, but
was issued BY him to persons whom he
seemed eligible, though one Of them, Z.
A. Cronin, was appointed thereto accord.
ing to the laws OF Oregon.
4-because 1t appears from the certifi.
cate OF ID. Chadwick, secretary of state.
that Odell, cartwright and Watts received
The highest number OF votes, and that
the secretary Of state In pursuance of
law 80 declared, and that therefore the
Of the governor, In 90 far a. il
omitted to certify tho name of j. w.
watts a. one OF the electors appointed,
and In % tar - such certificate contained
the name Of Z. A. Cronin as one OF the
Electors appointed, tails to conform 10 the
Ict OF congress In such cases made and
provided and to the law OF Oregon. and
that such certificate 10, az to said CrOnin,
without authority and of no effect.
o-Becense II appears from both certif-
Gates that Odell and Cartwright, the ma.
ority OF the electoral college, were duly
Ippoantea electors by Oregon In the
their record presented 10 the president Of
the senate and BY him to the two houses,
shows that vacancy In the Office Of
elector existed on the day fixed by law
tor the meeting of the electors and that
such . vacancy was filled BY the appoint
ment Of Wstts.
This objection Is signed by Senators
Mitchell and Sargent and by Represen-
tatives Lawrence, Burchard, Of Illinois
and McDill.
Senator Kelly presented the objection
TO the certificate OF Cartwright, Odell
snd Watts. II d signed by Senators
Kslly, BoGy, Mcdonald, Stevenson and
Cooper, and by Representatives Field,
Tucker, Lane, jerks. wslling, Clymer,
Wigginton. Pokpleton, Vance, Ohio |;
Hurd and Luttrsll. The grounds Of OBJ.
lection are
l.. The papers purporting TO be the
certihcates Of the electoral votes Of Ore
gon have not annexed TO them cert,fi.
Gates Of the governor Of Oregon ne no.
CURED 70 be made and annexed by seo.
tons l36 and las u. 8. revised statutes.
=: The papers have not annexed N
tnelr Ilst the names Of Cartwright, Odell
and Watts - elect0rs, 70 which the sssi
Ct The staee q Oregon wss adixod by ~
seeseeasy - s1ets, aeued By the ssysr.
~ 80 eoegoeaSl. - required BY eco
- - - eoepeW u Of the general laws