, 1877-02-22
CHICAGO, THURSDAY, FEBRUA

votes for Eleclorr, hut We. tssucd to persons
whom hc deemed eligible. though one nj them
een A. Gf'" t c sw. Il 1qt rsr sro"'e" thereto &C.
ceftiassts ] of ee !. + ch.aw'ek, f tic Sec Secretary
OF State, that. odcli, Cartwright, md Watts
tSssfi s M ssst,f9 zee Fesa, It seT s.t n Of p:a ss 'e
law, declared i, and that, Therefore. tue Ger:
titr.te ot tho Governor, IN 90 far as II omittc,!
70 crrtsfy the nanlc Ut j.. ". Waits as me Of
tsste soneed tSc ae ~ onu IT.
ono of tho Electors appointed, fafle to rom
form To tho net OF Congress III tach cssc mat,o
nnd provided. and to Tho law Of Oregon; and
out authority. and of uo ciIcct.
Fifth, becausc 4 appears from l'oth ecrtId;
Gates that Odcli sad Cartwright, q majority of
The Electoral College, we'c duly appointed
tho Legislature. That their resor,l wns pro-
tcntcl TO tho President Of the Senate, and BY
him to The two Houses, shows tllat q rI.ancy In
TIE olco Y E1eetor existed on a. the dag lxcd BY
Watts. This objection Is signed by senators
Mitchell a9d Sargent, aud y 1lepscsentsttres
la~rcncc, Burchaf'l t1n.), mid hlcl>!ll,
DEMOCRATIC 0nJEcrtoNf.
certificate Of Cartwright, Odc'l. and Watts. II
WAS signed By Senators Kelly, Bogy. Mcdonald,
sttrcnson. and Cnoper, and Representatives.
r!eld, Tucker, Lane, ye,,kt, Wnlfing, clymer,
f.nti1nii r,e Trnnn,Is II Inn oI,rcttnr. ,,r. ~"
nY.str ,,,,at,s3 =, tnG ~ ~ s.r;,s
Gates Of tho Electoral votes ot urcgon have not
annexed to them the certificates oI the Ho.ernor
t,y srcs II; anh HI ~ In ~ Initial Etsse. r..
v].ed Statntcs. t00 - VIZ "'"$oN 9'-s wv
isnvnd--Thc papers l,ave not annexed IN them
nts III F.ntnrs ~ rtin,, ,hn soai ~ tn n
nj f1rs9nn r.. nt,;xsd hv ~, sserc1.rx ~ Ssstn
ri nrrt>,,. mi strncJ II thc finvcrno- mi a..
orel, " ~ ,c5y W &C. "'o' enap 'n'
af, 'Ane ~ y. 'ta;. , ,.. ri al.
er,nr at i1rc,,an,' 'sr III. INV. n I'LL Il M
g., t,Irc cns,in..to ~ ~ ~ n a,'n..n,
a as FIST SeStoas , e '1ha rC1 ~ th1s , st III
,reu a. 1sons enac n Of nr suS5 sSnntetl "Ss 1' ~
Pre,,cntni E,..pqs uo ~ rrrciyc.1 E pbo highcst
number Of yotes At Tho ELECTION hcii In Ofcaot,
Nov. !, 1870. =
Foufth-Cortwr;eht and O,1cl1 had no riYht
or authority in iaw to appof1t Watts to be- an
EIcctor On f}ec q. 187K a. there was M, yacanry
In the ofIcr of Presidential Eltctor on that dar.
FIjM-Cartwrght and Otlcii lad no right o.
IN Dcr. g. ls;t,. tua.Inuc, "a thoy iii sii, int on
TINT div rnrnnose or forn anr nart If the Elcct.
orai ColIerc 81 orero1. ~ ~ ~ law cnn.titutcd.
Sfxn-Cartwrtrht and Ddcll Ind m aullIof.
jty 70 nppoIut Watts an E|cCtor on Dcc. i, l9TN
because % on tl,at DIV svatts was 81 stili tlc Post %
mastcr at Lafayettc, Orc, aud was ut,ll on that
day holding aatu office OF prolt md trust
Se,rath-'Yatts, who claims tu'bc m Elcctor
rlary, 1918, appoiusrd Postmaster at Lataycttc,
Ore, and was duly commissioned unti qualified
AZ such Postmaster TINT being an oi1lcc Ut trust
and p!oi}t under the United Statcs. and con.
tinucd 10 bo and net as such Postmaster from
February, lb13, until! after Nov. l8t l57t5. anu
~ acting Il u s'eh rostmaster on Soy ls:t',
hy tho Stats Of Oregon, and that he WAS anclt;
Elblc To bo appointed as ono ol said Presidential
ELECTORS.
EDhth-Whcn the Governor Of Oregon caused
lists OF the naincs ot EcctorA OF the stasc to bo
mauc atd certtiiett. suel. ~ Id not contain tho
uac 81 salu VALE, put Hiu cGata;a tlu nanaGs
~ t! uaeta, a4a It3n.!' mIo 1 nel1 ai
appointed ELECTORS q ffcsiueht aha flce.r[cst- @
oemt y tne Gnea ivn e'@tes' III tao a'"'e u ofe'
Eon' nov. u le'o' ..-...
FURTHER oHJECTiois-
Mr. Laurence presented further objection to
tic certificate OF Cronlns Miller, ana larkes on
the Crounl TINT neither OF them 1,a! becn AZ
pu1ntcd ircsldentlal Elcctor, anu that uocli,
Cartwright aud Waits bad been duly elected,
~ antl haa east ehc on'y trae md lawful voscs o1
tho stntc.
THIS paper ta signed 6T 6enaturs Mitchell mud
Sargent, ana hr representatives LaWrenctt
aleCraFy. Hale, aud Banks. -,
SOUTH UAnoLlNA.
s.a.. Of the Select CosnMtttec III The Electtot
| III South Carolina, submitted the report of the
! majority Of tint Committee. accompanied. how
| ever, .by no resolution. Printed and recon
3a!ttctl.
t All tho objections to tho Oregon certificate.
| having luen presented, they were referred tt
| tho Electoral Commission. and the Senate re
| tired to Its OWN chanlbtr.
Tho session va. resumed 1t 10 O'Clock, and
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