Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

shall be sustained by his acts when
say that his highest ambition will b,
to administer the government SO pat
riotically and wisely as to wipe ava,
every necessity or excuse for the for
nation Of parties on sectional basis
all traces of party or color lines !; tha
thereafter and forever we shall heal
no more of o solid south or united
north, the flag shall float over states
not provinces, ever freemen. not sub
jccts. When Governor Hayes ap
pealed to the people of the south il
his letter of acceptance, he addressed
them as my fellow "countrymen," and
why not his countrymen Are moi
the southern states the equal of those
of the north, east or west ? and is moi
the the south an integral part of the
nation? 1t has been said, sneeringly
and for the purpose of stirring uI
the passions of the human heart tC
bad actions, that the south under
President Hayes must make to an
unconditional surrender to the repub.
lican party. No. sir, no such demand
will be made. All that will be ex
pected is the patriotic cooperation OF
southern patriots in the great work
of restoration, through the union, the
constitution, and the enforcement OF
the laws in this great work in which
the representatives of the south have
already distinguished themselves for
patriotism and craftsmanship during
the pendency of the present crisis in
our history.
Mr.. jerks offered the following as
a substitute for fuckers amendment /:
WHEREAS, The fact has been estab-
lished that it is about twelve years
since the alleged ineligible elcctor ex-
ercised any of the functions of the
Office of United States commissioner,
and as it is not sufficiently proven
that at the time of his appointment he
was an officer Of the United States,
therefore
Resolved, That the vote objected to
be counted.
The substitute was agreed to with
out division, and the senate was
thereupon notified of the action of
the house and of its readiness to meet
the senate in joint convention.
At 5 30 the senators again entered
the hall, the presiding officer took the
speakers chair, and the joint convcn-
ton resumed its session. The con-
current action of each house i'm over
ruling the objection in the case of
the Michigan elector, was reported,
and the votes of that state were
announced as being cast for Hayes
and Wheeler, Mississippi, with eight
votes, for Tilden and Hendricks, Mis-
souri,, with fifteen votes, for Tilden
and Hendricks, Nebraska, with three
votes, for Hayes and Wheeler and
Nevada, with three votes, for Hayes
and Wheeler.
Mr.. Springer objected to the count
of one vote of Nevada on the ground
that Elector II. nj. Daggett was at
the time of his appointment, and for
long time previously and thereafter
United States Commissioner.
The objection was signed by
Springer, Tucker, Vance, of Ohio,
Sparks, Savage, Maish and jerks, rep
reseptatives, and bv senator's Barnum,
Wallace and Hereford.
The objection having been read the
senator's withdrew, and Springer
moved that the house take a recess
until tomorrow. At first there was
a majority of twenty against the mo-
ton, but several republicans changed
their votes to yea, and the motion
was declared carried, SO to 81. The
house therefore took a recess till to-
morrow.