Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

ayote Of 81 to 25, action on the bill was indeh
The House bill granting a pension to tn
widow. Of the late Gen. Francis p. Blair wa
passed.
The Senate then adjourned and the session
closed.
A number of resoutions'to discharge Messrs
Wells, Anderson, Casenays and Kenner, mem
bers OF the Iou,siaiia returning board, who sr'
In lchstods OF tho House, were negatived.
Mr. Field Dem.) of New York. from the
select committee on privileges, reported hil
70 provide an offcctnal remedy for wrongful
intrusion into the Office Of President and Vice'
President. The bill was read M folows:
II provides that whom any person intrudcs
into or without duo election holds or exercises
tho Office OF President or Vice. President, his
title to the Office and the title Of any claimant
thereto may be tried and determined by an ac-
ton IN the nature Of quo wa,vanto. The action
may be brought in any circuit court of the
by the court, II jury trial DO waived. The
trial is to DO commenced within ninety days
after the service of tho summons. The court
shall inquire whether electoral votes were cast
by the persona duly appointed in the man
NOR directed by the State Legislature, and
| rhhii ieVcNe cNlucilce tenulnp 10 buoW the
forgery, falsehood or inyalidity OF any GER
tilicates of any governor, canvasser or
other officer. The court is to reject tho
votes of all persons ineligible at the time Of
their alleged appointment or incapncltatod at
the time OF casting their votes, and tho court
must investigate any other fact necessary to a
Judgment of tho rights of the parties, and judy
ment is to be rendered within ten days after the
verdict of the jury. II the defendant be ad-
judged not entitled to the Office no shall be OK
cuded from it, and II the claimant bo adjudged
entitled to it, he shall Immediately enter on
the duties of the office. Appeal may be taken
to the supreme court of the United States
within ten days Of the notice of the Judgment,
and the judgment shall not he executed until
the decision of the appeal. And if the supreme
court he not in session when that appeal is
taken, il shall be Immediately convened hy the
cliei justice. Execution of the judgment may
be enforced by proper writ issued to any mar
shall of the United States.
Mr.. Field proposed to explain the bill and to
argue in support of its consttutonality and its
expodiency The BILL he argued, would bring
Cancellation for tho present and safety for the
future.
/. The bill was rejected-yeas &C, nays 90.
Mr.. Tucker Dcm.), of Virginia, offered re-
solution directing the sergeant-at-aims to dis
charge all persons now in his custody. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Holman CDem.) }, of Indiana.
the Senate amendments to the Civil Sundry bill
were non-concurrod in.
Mr.. Rice Dem.), of Ohio, moved to suspend
tho rules and pass II bill providing that all
pensions granted ON account of death, wounds
or disability, that have been or may begranted,
shall take effect from the date of death or of
discharge from service. and that basis shall be
paid The motion was agreed to, and tho bill
passed by rira roce vote.
Mr. Knott (Dem.) }, of Kentucky, chairman of
the select committee on the privileges of the
,fnIn AZ, u,,I Init,
citing that it was not disputed that 1874 votes
(giving the name of the tcvcra States) had
been legally and constitutionally cast for Sam
ucl j. Tilden that the evidence taken and re-
ported to the House in pursuance of its order
showed conclusivcy that in Florida and Lo,lisi-
ana the duly appointed electors had cast their
votes for Tildcn ; and therefore resolving that
it is tho duty of this House to declare, and that
it does solemnly declare, that Samuel j. Til
den, of the State of New York. received 1876
electoral votes for the Office of President
of the United States, all of which votes
were east, and lists thereof signed, certi-
fed, and transmitted to the seat of govern
in conformity with the Constitution and laws of
the United States, by electors legally eligible
and qualified as such, each of whom had been
duly appointed an elector in the manner direct
ed by the Legislature of the State. and for
which he cast his vote and that said Samuel
majority of all the votes of electors appointed,
was thereby duly elected President of the United
States of America for the term of four years
commencing on the fourth of March, 1877 and
further declaring that Thomas A. Hendricks,
of Indiana, having received the same number of
electoral votes for the office of Vice President,
ii is the opinion of the House that he was
duly elected Vice-President for the term of four
years commencing OH the fourth of March,
1877. The resolution was adopted by q strict
party yote-137 to IS.
MIR. Field Dem of New York. from the
Select committee on privileges, reported reso-
luton declaring after a long preamble that in
the counting of the electoral votes of any State
it is the right and duty of Congress and of this
House to inquire whether any votes purporting
to come from State have been cast by per-
SONS duly appointed by that State, and for that
purpose to receive evidence of the forgery,
falsehood or invalidity of any certificate of any
governor or canvassers. Adopted.
The Senate amendments to the Army Appro
priation bill were non-concurrcd in, and con-
ference commttee-NIessrs. Atkins (Tenn.),
Wells (Mo.), and Foster (Ohio)-appointed.
The report of the committee on the Post
Office Appropriation bill was agreed to.
Mr.. Ellis (Dem.), of Louisiana, moved to
suspend the rules and pass the bill appropria-
ting sl,2O2. 900 for repairing the levee of the
river Defcated-yeas, rs nays, 115. !
The committee on rules reported the amend /
ment to rule twenty two, to be reported to the
House, which gives the clerk of the House,
pending the election of speaker, the same
powers that the speaker possesses in preserving
order and deciding questions of order. The |
was adopted.
Mr.. Clymer Dem.), of Pennsylvania, said
hat, considering all the circumstances it was
he part of wisdom for the House to recede
from its action reducing the salary of the |
President, and not to insist. He made that
notion, and it was agreed to. So the Presi-
lonts salary remains at $50, 900, and the Appro-
)riation bill was passed.
Mr.. House Oem.), of Tennessee, moved to
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill to
my Perez Dickinson, of Tennessee, S3S, 900 for
'otton used by Gen. Burnside's corps in the
ortitications around Knoxville. The yeas and
nays were ordered and resultod-yoas, lag
lays. 81. So the bill was passed
The House soon after adjourned and the
session closed.