The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-21
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REPoRrKD EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEADER.
NIGHT REPORT.
COUNTING THE VOTES.
Senate Proceedings.


Washington, Feb. 20.-The session
of the Senate was resumed at 10, but nc
business was done. At 1:30 notice was
received from the House that they were
ready to meet the Senate in Joint con.
vention, and the Senate repaired to the
House of Representatives
Upon returning from the House at
2:30 the secretary read the objection to
Crossman's vote. Allison submitted a
resolution that Crossman's vote be
counted, Notwithstanding the objec-
tion.
At 5:15 message was received from
the House answering the action of that
body in regard to the vote of Crossman.
The Senate then proceeded to the hall
of the House to resume the count.
On returning, the objection to Dag
gett's vote was read, and also the testi-
mony of Daggett, taken by the commit
tee on the powers and privileges of the
House.
Jones submitted resolution that the
vote of A. NJ. Daggett be counted with
the other votes of Nevada, notwith-
standing the objection made thereto.
Agreed to unanimously.
| The secretary was directed to notify
the House of the action of the Senate.
At 6:15 the secretary returned and re-
ported that the House had taken a re-
cess before he reached the hall. The
Senate then took a recess until to-mor-
row.
HOUSE.
| Washington, Feb. 20.-The House
met at 10. A half hour was consumed
in calling the roll.
| Gibson offered an order that the
Hayes electoral vote for Louisiana be
not counted.
Hurlbut moved to amend by striking
out the word mot" Discussion was
voted for the electoral commission bill
without hesitation, and he was not
ashamed of the support which he had
given to that measure.
Seelye said that in the case of
Louisiana, election corruption on one
side seemed as heinous as cruelty on the
other side was horrible. He found it
quite impossible to say which of the two
sets of electors from Louisiana voiced
the true will of the people of that State.
1t would have been hard to find wiser
and more candid men than those who
had pronounced the decision Of the elec-
toral commission.
Joyce declared that the whole scheme
of election to the presidency of the
grand fraud of Gramercy Park, Till
deny had been a superb Democratic
cheat from beginning to end.
Mcmahon said the decision of the
commission in the case of Louisiana
was worse in its consequences to the
American people than the decision in
Florida. AS to Oregon, no Democrat
looked forward with much hope to the
decision in that case.
| Rice protested against the wrong and
violence embodied in the decision, and
argued that the whole subject should
be referred bac k to the commission.
| Watterson rose to speak. and imme-
diately the floor and galleries were
hushed into stiffness. He said if the
acceptance of the inevitable with reso-
luton and dignity be the highest, as it
is the rarest form of courage known
among men, it is made harder in this
present instance by the consciousness
of double-dealing and foul-play. Two
courses are open to the majority on this
floor. On the one hand, passionate out
cry, at once impotent and childish-on
the other hand, without offering need
less obstruction to the progress of
events, an earnest, manly, but temper
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great and grievouS wrong. 81 voted
for the compromise bill in perfect good
faith. The result is against us, and
detestable as 1 must think the means
that brought it about, accept it as a
finality.
Danford defended the decision as one
which, outside of party feeling, would
meet the approval of the whole Ameri-
can people. Although there had been
investigating committees into the elec-
tions in Florida, Louisiana and Oregon,
which had found much crookedness,
yet in all the words spoken, letters writ
ten, and kilograms sent, there had not
been traced to the President elect, or to
any member of his household, one word
that would bring the blush of shame to
the American people. Applausel j..
The speaker here announced that to-
days legislative session had begun, and
after prayer and the reading of the
journal, the debate was resumed. The
debate closed at l O'Clock, the House
then voted on Gibson's resolution, that
the decision of the commission be not
agreed to, and it was adopted by yeas
172, nays SO, party vote except Seelye
and Pierce, of Massachusetts,, who vot-
ed with the Democrats.
a message was Inen SenC 10 tne Sen-
ate that the House was ready to meet
that body in joint convention.
After the Senate retired to discuss
the Michigan objection, Southard mov-
ed recess till tomorrow. On stand
ing vote the motion was defeated by a
large majority. The yeas and nays were
demanded and resulted in nays 1872,
yers 81.
p Tucker then stated and argued his
objection.
Conger said it was not the first time
great statesman had jumped at con.
clusion without knowing the law, and
quoted the law of Michigan, showing
that Crossman was duly appointed.
jerks offered the following as sub
stitute for fuckers amendment:
Whereas, the fact has been established
that it is about twelve years since the