Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-03-02
CONGRESS AND THE COMMISSION


In the United States Senate Saturday the
only business Of interest was the adoption OF a
resolution sustaining the action of the electoral
commission in counting the three votes of
Oregon for Hayes ana Wheeler, and the adop-
ton OF another resolution in favor of counting
the vote of another alleged ineigle Republican
elector from Pennsylvania.
In the House the army appropriation bill
was reported. II reduces the number OF cav
airy regiments to eight, artillery to four, and
Of infantry to sixteen, and contains proviso
prohibiting any of the money appropriated
by the bill from being applied for the pay
transportation or subsistence Of troops 10 be
employed in support of tho claim Of either
Nichols or Packard as Governor of Louisiana
or in support of the rival Legislatures in said
State, and prohibits the employment of any
portion Of the army in support OF the claims
of any State government or any officer of said
State until duly recognized by Congress. AT
an early hour the two houses of Congress
went into joint convention on the electoral
count, when the decision Of the majority on
the NONb VI OItEpn was announced. Oultt-
tons 10 the decision were presented, and the
two house separated. After long debate,
participated in by Messrs. Hoar, Hewitt,
Brown and others, after which resolution
was adopted by vote Of 81 TO l07 that the
vote of Watts, oEe of the electors from Oregon,
be not counted. But as the Senate confirmed
il the decision OF the electoral commission will
stand. The Senate again reappeared, and the
two houses again went into Joint session
Wien the certificates of Pennsy lvania were
handed TO the iellers objection was made TO
one of the Pennsylvania electors on the ground
of ineligibility, but without action ia the case
the House took recess until 10 O'Clock Mon
day morning, by n vote Of 1873 yeas 70 l2l
nays.
In the Senate, Monday, the resignation of
Senator Thurman, as a member of the electoral
commission, on account of i'll health was an
nounced, and Senator Herman, OF New York,
was unanimously elected TO fill the vacancy
The Senate unanimously overruled an objec-
ton 10 the counting of Slater, Republican
elector from Rhode Island, on account Of
alleged ineligibility. A resolution to pro-
ceeded TO the election Of president pro TEN.
pore Of the Senate was laid on the table, TO
be called up for consideration at an early day
In the House, after considerable debate,
Henry j. Boggs, elected to fill the vacancy in
the Pennsy lvania electoral college, caused by
the ipeligbility of D. J. Morrill, was de-
clared an ineligible elector, but the Senate
having voted otherwise the vote of Pennsyl-
vania was counted for Hayes and Wheeler
The two houses, in joint session, then took up
Rhode Island, when the Democrats made OBJ
lection TO Slater, one of the Republican
electors, as being Ineligible, but in separate
session both houses overruled the objection,
and Rhode Island was counted for Hayes and
Wheeler. The joint convention reassembed,
and when South Carolina was called two GER
lifcateS for both the Republican and Demo-
cratic electors were presented, which, with
objections presented by both parties, were
referred to the electoral commission.
The commission Immediately commenced
the consideration of the objections to South
Carolina, the Republicans submitting their
case without argument. The decision of the
commission was rendered Tuesday evening,
and was the same old story OF EIGHT 10
SEVEN.
The final result, Notwithstanding a disposi-
ton on the part of few staunch Democrats
to defeat the election of Hayes by delaying the
count till after the 4ih of March, briefly stated,
will be the triumph of fraud The Democrats,
from present indications, will surrender, and
the peoples voice, rnng out at the polls on
November be disregarded. Verify the night
s upon us.