The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-14
HIM. lie asked; whether the paper
should be suppressed.

|
II followed the usual formalitics, show
ing that John Smith had been duly
chosen as chairman and John Smith Il "a
seargeant-at-arms. and that John Smith
No. | and John Smith A were al,
pointed tellers; that the eight votes OF
the state had been cast for Peter Cooper,
of New York, and sam Carey.
AT this stage Of the reading Senator
Mcdonald suggested that the two houses
should not be compelled to listen to the
reading.
The presiding officer directed the adj
dress on the envelope to be read. II
was read ITO the vice-president Of the
United States. Washington. Vote OF the
electoral college of the State OF Louisiana
for president, 1876" He then directed
the teller to proceed with the reading.
| After few more sentences had been
read, MIR. IIoar inquired whether the
chair held that it was not in order to dis
pense with the further reading of the pa
per.
The presiding officer said that be asked
unanimous consent but that objection
had been made.
Mr.. Hoar required that any person OBJ
iecting should rise in his place and do so.
Mr.. Wells (rising)-As this is a bur-
lesque act, object
The reading was then proceeded with
to its close, it purporting to be signed by
"John Smith, Company No. Bull
ozers,-Governor of Louisiana and
winding up with the motto such is
life in Louisiana. Subsequently the
presiding officer directed the paper to DE
omitted from the proceedings Of the
joint convention.
TIE OBJECTIONS.
Senator Mcdonald submitted objection
to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates on
the ground that the Hayes electors had
not been duly elected; that their
election had been certified by VIM. z.
Kellogg, who claimed to be but was not
in fact governor of the State of louisiana,
and because the returning board was
without jurisdiction for the reason
that the laws OF Louisiana
conferred no power on the returning
board to canvass and compile the votes,
since they constituted but four OF the five
persons required by law; since these four
were of the same political party, and
since there was a vacancy in said board
which the said tour members had refused
to fill because the four members OF the
returning board had full knowledge that
a true compilation OF votes would have
| shown that the Tilden electors had been
duly elected because said board had
offered tor money 20 sell the vote of
Louisiana, and because Ii. b. Levisse and
.. y. Brewster had held offices of trust
under the United States at the time OF
their appointment as electors. The or
lection was signed by Mcdonald, Sauls.
bury and Bogy. senators; jenkins, Glib
son, Tucker, Ellis and Morrison,
members.
Mr.. Gibson also sent up objections to
the Hayes and Wheeler certificates be-
cause: First. the government OF Louisi-
ana was not republican in form, second.
no canvass was made on which the ceY-
| tiiicates of election were issued; third.
an alleged canvass of votes was an act OF
usurpation, fraudulent and void; fourth,
some OF the electors were ineligible by the
laws of Louisiana, and were DISQUALIFIED
from being electors as holding state Off
ces, Kellogg being acting de facto COVER
nor; Jaffrain, supervisor OF registration
for the parish of Point Coupee Marks,
district attorney, and Burch, member
OF the state senate, member OF the
board of control OF the state penitentiary,
an administrator OF the Deaf and Dumb
asylum, and treasurer of the school
board OF East Baton Rouge and because
Jafiraln was specially disqualified by the
thirteenth section of the act of the legis-
latnrs OF the 2ith of July, 1874, which
provides that no supervisor of registra-
ton shall be eligible to any Office at that
election, and because JaiIrain was at the
last election supervisor OF registration
for the parish OF Point Coupee.
This objection Is signed by Senators
Salisbury, Mcdonald aud Teller, and
Representatives jerks, Tucker, Gibson,
Field, Levy and Egbert.
MIR. Wood, OF New York. submitted
further objection to the Hayes and
Wheeler certificates on the ground that
the electors were not elected as provided
| by the legislature.
Mr.. Howe submitted objection the
Tilden and Hendricks certificates on the
ground that there was no evidence that |
lhose electors had been appointed in
such manner as the legislature directed.
While there was evidence conclusive in |
law that neither of them had
Deeh so appointed; also on the |
ground that there was mo evidence
mat McEnery was governor OF
Louisiana in the year 1876, while there
was conclusive evidence that Kellogg |
was, during the Year 1876, and for seyc.
raj years prior thereto, governor of that |
STATE, anu was recognized as such by the |
JUDICIAL and legislative departments of
Louisiana, and by all the departments of
the government of the United States.
The Presiding Oflicer-Are there |
further Ohisctjous IN tho vote of tho State