New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-17
WHOLE NUMBER 3O26.

by counsel for ohjectors TO certificates Nos.
l and 3.
Rejected by the same vote
Justice Field offered the eighth and last
substitute, as follows:
Resolred. Ths4 In the opinion of the com
mission, evidence is admissible upon the
several matters which the counsel for OBJ
jectOrs to certificates Nos. | and offer to
prove.
This was also rf isoted by the same vote,
and the question or the original order .sub-
mitted by Mr.. Hoar came up, viz: That the
evidence offered be not received
Mr.. Payne moved TO strike out the word
mot" Rejected by the same vote
The vote on the original order was then
taken, and it was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Bradley, Edmuuds, Frelinghuy-
sen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong
Nays-Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field,
HuntOn, Payne, Thurman-7.
After the conclusion had been reached by
the commission, counsel were admitted,
and the above resolutions we're read by the
secretary.
The understanding that Mr.. Morton's res
Olution covers South Carolina and Oregon
may be received with very slight hope that
the person who communicated the infOrma-
tion secretly may have misconstrued it.
The commission adjourned without remOv-
ing the pledge Of secrecy. Nothing further
transpTed,
The Louisisn9 report is to the following
eflec.: The Electoral Commission having
| received certain certificates and papers,
| purpOrtiIg to be certificates, and papers ac-
| oompanying the same, OF the electoral vote
| of the State of Louisiana and the objections
| thereto, report that it has duly considered
| the same, and has de ecided and does hereby
decide that the votes of William Pitt Kel-
logg, o. H. Brewster, etc. named in the
Ssa-.N H. III
| ernOr of said State, which votes are certi-
| fled by said persons, as appears by the Ger.
| tlticates submitted to the commission SIS
| aforesaid, and marked number one by said
commission and herewith returned, are the
votes provided for by the constitution of
| the United States, and that the same are
| lawfully to be counted as therein certified,
namely: Eight votes for r. B. Hayes, of
| Ohio, for President and eight votes for
William A. Wheeler, Of New York, for Vice
President.
The commission also decide and report
that the eight persons just before named
were duly appointed electors by the said
State of Louisiana. The ground of this de-
cision, briefly stated, is suO Ostantially as fol-
lows:
That it is not competent to 90 into evi-
dence aLiunde as to the papers opened by
the President of the Senate, in the presence
of the two Houses, to prove that other per-
EOu5 Ihdn bnbbC regularly DNAblhC0 W bIo
Governor of the State of Louisiana, in and
according to the determination and declal a.
tiOn of their appointment, in other words.
| to go behind the certificate of the Governor,
so far as it is founded upon the action Of
the Returning Board. The commissioner
could not receive any evidence to show
that any eleotOr was ineligible on the sew
enth of November, the day of election, on
the ground that it was not essential to show
he was not ineligible On that day, so long as
he was eligible on the days he cast his vote
in the Electoral College, and the fact ap-
pears that the alleged Ineligible electOre,
Brewster and Levisee, were chosen to fill
vacancies caused by their own absence
from the college, and there W as no allegation
of ineligibility when they cast their vote.
The Democrats will caucus tomorrow
morning.
{ The following is Mr.. MOrton's resolutions:
} ReSolUed, That the persons named as elect
! ors in certificate No. ] were the lawful
electors of the State of Louisiana, and that
their votes are the votes provided for by
, | the constitution OF the United States, and
! should be counted for President and Vice
, President
Then followed the opening of the doors,
and the announcement of the result that no
, evidence would be received.
Justice Field then moved that an hour be
q | allowed to counsel on either side for further
| argument.
Mr.. Garfield said the time allowed by the
' original order had been exhausted, and he
| objected to further extension.
! Mr.. Morton suggested that counsel be
! consulted about the subject. He would
vote against the motion unless counsel do
I | sired it,
Mr.. Evarts expressed willingness to let
ths case stand as it now stood.
j. Judge Campbell said that as the commits
sion had excluded the evidence, they had
A nothing to add to the argument presented
On motion of Mr.. Hoar. the doors were
then closed, and the commission resumed
7 its secret session. The commission remained
= in session until S:57 P. NJ, when, on motion
= of Mr.. Edmunds, an adjournment to 2
u M. tomorrow was ordered.