The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-01

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Of both political parties and evidences ol
increasing excitement and commotloni
were manifested in this circle and all
over the hall and in the galleries. As
he finished Mr.! Cate Of Wisconsin, MADE
his way through the circle and address
ing Mr.. Hewitt in an excited manner
said "You have pronounced the action
of the Commission to be iniamous-a
gross betrayal of confidence reposed IN
it-a perversion of right and justice, 40
Won now declare it to be the duty OF
Democrats to assist in the speedy con-
summation of what you pronounce an
outrage" -, ,14o
Mr.. Hewitt say that / will yield 70
ii because see no other course iei' pu'
anarchy. A.
Mr.. Cate-I deny it and assert that
il is the duty of Democrats to oppose y
by every means in their power. 1t would
be cowardice to do otherwise. '1reat
excitement and confusion.
Mr.. Yeates of North Carolina, forced
his way through the circle and with
flushed face and excited manner, ex-
claimed, addressing himself to Mr. Oate
and the Democrats who were opposing
acouiescence, "Those who denounce us
now as cowsrds, when the pinch came
fifteen wears ago turned against us."
The excitement had grown so intense az
this time recalling recollections OF scenes
in the House just before the rebellion,
that the Speaker felt called on to inter-
fere and SO insist on the restoration Oh
order. ~ -
Mr.. Hoar was not in the hall when
Mr.. Hewitt made his speech, but had
notes read to him by the official reporr-
ter. replied to it as a posthumous speech
he had prepared during the Sabbath, he
asserted that Hewitt had had the fullest
means of knowledge by three days com,
panionship with him on the Electoral
COMMITTEES that the right to go into the
ascertainment of the facts as to who mad
been lawfully elected was utterly denied
If the gentleman we're sane man, with
ordinary intelligence it was utterly IN,
credible that he should have understood
the matter as he now professed to under
stand it. This leader Of the DemocratiG
party, charged with its interests ana
It's leadership, what did he now say Z
That in opposition to every pubic utter-
ance and assurance that came from the
Republican side he had gone into the
matter because he had got assurance OF
some scoundrel that he would come out
all right. He (Hoar) wanted no other
evidence of the utter deluslon and 1olly
that had prompted the charge against
him than that gentleman (Hewitt) mad
furnished. Prophesy was not one OF the
exact sciences, but he (Hoar) would ven
ture prophesy that there would not be
an event ia the history OF the country
which would be in the future more graf
living to the American people than the
constitutional assertion OF limit between
State and National authority which the
Electoral Commission had made. II the
Democratic party, under the exelCement
of to-day, inhamed with the eager pas
sion for power, disapproved and con-
demned it he would appeal from Philip
drunk to Philip sober" He would ap-
peal from a party maddened, excited,
drunk in the present to its future and to
its past. applause on the Republican
At31 the Senators entered the hall
and the presiding officer called the meet.
ing to order, and Senator Allison, one OF
the tellers. announced that the State OF
Pennsylvania had given 70 votes Tor
Hayes and Wheeler.
wo Objections to Rhode Island.
The certificate from Rhode Island was
then read, showing 4 votes for Hayes
and Wheeler. Objection to the vote of
Rhode Island being counted, on the part
of Senators Kelly and Gordon and Rep
resentatives Jenks, Mackey, Rice, Vance
of Ohio, Hurd and Poppleton, presented
objections to the vote of VIM. 5. Slater,
and at half past three the Senate return
ed to their Chamber.
Assoon as order was restored, Mr.. APP
pleton moved that the House take re-
cess till 10 o'clock tomorrow. Rejected
yeas, SO; nays, IT'S.
Senators, at six o'clock, re-entered the
Chamber, and the vote of Rhode Island
was, after observance of the usual forms,
ANNOUNCED for Hayes ald Wheeler.
South Carolina Reached
The next certificate opened was that
from South Carolina, authenticated by
Governor Chamberlain, showing seven
votes for Hayes and Wheeler. 1t was
followed by another certificate showing
seven votes for Tilden and Hendricks,
with statement by electors explaining
the absence of the Governors authenti-
cation. .-..
The objection to the Republican certif-
cate was presented by Representative
Cochrane, of Pennsylvania, and the OBJ
lection to the Democratic one was pre-
sented by Senator Patterson, Of South
Carolina. ..r.
Objections having been read, the pre-
siding officer announced that they would
be submitted to the Electoral Commits.
sion for its judgment and decision, and
that the Senate would now retire to its
chamber.
The House then, at half-past six
o'clock. took recess till ten o'clock to-
morrow morning,
On Wednesday, objections were made
to the vote of South Carolina and the
two houses separated. At l2:4O p. M, a
motion to take recess was rejected, 50
to ITO, and, the count proceeded and
South Carolina was scored for Hayes and
Wheeler.
After South Carolina came Tennessee
and Texas, counted for Tilden and Hend-
ricks, when Vermont was reached.