The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-10

Mr.. IIoar (lscp.), Of Massachusetts,, said thai
the dangerous period Which statesmen had
fnreseen In American history had arrived. II
estimating the danger he was not affected by
any fear Of civil wur nor Any menace OF VIC
Irnrc. but the evil Of civilwar wASnot greater
than the evil Of yielding one jOt Of Lawful
authority. Nothing could bc more injurious Ia
The whole republic than that man should bC
put IN tie Presidential office whom ut least one
half Of the American people would regard as Il
uSuH'er. lie could not conceive that the
trainers Of the Constitution ever thought oil
yielding to the president II tho Senate the yast
pnwer Of counting the electoral vote. That
power was in the two honses Of Congress.
Mr.. SIOnrOe CIs0hl !, Of Ohio. expressed deep
regret that he could not vatr for tho bill. Ono
Of hiS objections TO- It was that II irrcyOcRby dc.
Irivetl the yicO-prcsiicnGof all power 10 aScer-
lain and decide tile lawful electoral YOtUd. lie
denied that Congress Ind the right ~ give away
that power Of the Nicc-rrtsitlent TO any other
body. ri .aIf..1i a4 ~ &
Mr.. caldwell Deni.). " TenncSSSe. opened
the evening session by favoring the bll Gelley-
Ing a. lie did that peace and prosperity wonld
follow III tic wake oft.
Mr.. Stevenson Qtcp), Of Illinois. and Mr..
Canllcld Dem.) " Illinois, also favored the
bilt IN short speeches.
Sir. Springer tDenL), Of Illinois, alGu udVo-
Gated the bill, declaring that tho inevitable r
suit Of tile failure 10 pass II would he that NIr.
'Tildcn would I've proclaimed President In one
wing Of the Capitol, and Mr.. Hayes in heother.
Mr.. Hale QteT.), VI Maine, s1rl that this bill
startled him by telGltl resumption OF the power
Of Congress to regulate Enl control the election
OF President, which power, IN his Judgment, bad
never been lodged IN tile two Houses By the
trainers OF the Constitution, L.
Mr.. Hewitt Dem. }, OflNcw YORK, stated hiS
belief IN the lawful election. Of Mr. Tilden, and
his firm conviction that Il was the determine
tiOnof thGIrescnt administration to inaugrratI
Mr.. Hayes Ly declaring the right Of the Vice
President TO count the votes. OF courSe tho
House wOuld not remain passive, and the re-
suit would I've civil wnr. To avert this disaster
he supported this Iill. fre 4 -.s..7 ..,.
Mr.. Willard QlCp.l, Of Michigan, favored Tie
hill, and urged that mere partisan considers
tons slOnld be lost sight Of and set aside IN
favor OF tho public interests. ..,.' OIL.
Mr.. Smith Qlep. }, Of Pennsylvania, opposed
the bill aud expressed himself AZ favoring the
counting Of the votes by the president Of the
Senate. .....-.,.
Mr.. Garfield tlicp.), Of Ohio, said that while
he admitted the bill had great merits and wnS
intended tO tide over q possibly great public
danger, lie considered II Unconstitutional. He
then advocated the right nj the president Of
tie Senate to count and announce the electoral
vote. y.,. ...GIyg 30 .-.t-lI res
The House was addressed In favor OF the bill
by MessrS. Hooker lDcn.l, Of Massachusetts !.
Partridge and FELTON, tDem. of Georgia Ia
mar IDem.l, OF NisSiRlppi wAtterson Dem. !,
Of Kentucky Hill IDcin.l, Of Georgia; Davis
IDrm.l. Of North CurOlina Bland tDem.l, Of
Missouri Southland lDein: Of Ohio; Foster
Tlscp.l, Of Ohio LAnders Dom: i of 'lndihra )
liarlGn6urgh IDem.l OF New jersey !; Vnnee,
IDem.1, Of North Carolina 0Brtn IDcm. Of
Maryland; Payne and Walker ll,en. J, Of Nir-
lDcm.I |; of Kentucky; Gibson IDeln.l, Of L.oui-
siana and Payne Dem. !, Of Ohio.
And In opposition to II by MGSrrS. Mills
IDenLl, Of Texas :. lIakOr IItrl.1. u Indiana:
lIurlbnt lIlcpl, Of Illinois Singleton Dem; J.
Of Mississippi; I.apllam lllp.l, Of New York
Vance [Dcni.l. OF Ohio Townsend tllep.l, Of
New York Lynch Rep !, Of Mississippi; Knott
I)rin. !, Of Kentucky; Carr Dem. Of Indiana
DHnItll rep |, Of Minnesota Pratt ls"p.l Of
In1Iaun Lawrence Illep.l, Of Ohio: blackburn
and jones' IDcm.l !. Or Kentucky. -.4
Tie vote was then taken. mud the Compro-
mi4u bill was passed by ballot Of I9l ycNs to
&c nays. The following ls tue vote u DETAIL
the nantes Uf Republicans being in itHlics:
ANbbSAN aHsH
worth. Anderson. !Ashc, Atkins, Dagby, GtO. i.
Bigity, John II. BaglCy. BalinilgS, leche, Bel,
Bland, Bliss, BIount, Boone, bradley. bright.
IIruwli, n.y.. Duckner. Burtharl, Wis, hTtri9h,
Balcll, Caldwell, Tom, Campbell, Gambler.
Cauliell, Chaplin, ChihiEntl7, Clark, Ky, Clark,
No., Clymcr Coelirnnc, Cook, Cowan, Cox,
Ctnro. Cnlbcrson. Cutler, Ddr7rIH. Davis, LIGry,
De Bolt, Dibrcll, Douglas, Durand, EdciL Ellis,
Faulkner, FELTON,, Field, Finlay, Foaer; Frank
In Fuller, GAnSc. Gibson, Glover, GoOdU, Good
IN, Gunter. Hamilton, Ind, Hamilton, \. j..
Hancock, lIarlenbnrgh, Hlris, Mass, Harris
Ia, Harris. Va, Harrison, Hartridgc, Hnrtzell
ford, Hewitt, y. Y. Hewitt, Ala, Hill. HOdr,
Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, Lioa'iMS, House,
Humphreys. Htnt,T, HuntOn, jerks Jones \.
H.. Hclr, Kelley, Lamar, Ladders. lnd.,
I.andcrN, Conn.,, Lane, LarcHtcgrh. lie 9loyic,
Levy. Lewis, 1uttreli, Lyndc. NTackey. Maish,
sifci0W1aA, McCrdry, .NcIW, Mcfarland,
Medallion. Meade, Mttealfe, Miller. Money,
Morgan. Morrison, SlntclIler, Neal, New, Nor
ton. o'lIricn. Oiir,T. Payne, Phelps, Phillips.
No., PRrt, Piper Tidl, Potter, Powell. leea,
lea gun, john kelly, J. D. lIclly, Rice. Riddle,
Robbins, y. C., Robin, Pa, 1tobertSs, lioS',
y. d.. SniL@M, Savage, sayler:: StNleS,
Srllleichcr. Sr5yr, ShcAkl,y, Sottltard, SPARKS,
Springer, Stanton, SIuit. StGngcr, Stephenson,
Stone, Swami, TurbOx, TCcSc; Terry, Thoml'-
SOIL. Thomas. Throrlnnort0n, 70rna1.d. Pa,
Tucker, Turley, Vance, \. G., Waddel, Walk
er, y. y. Walker, Va, WalliMg, Walsh, Ward,
Warner. Warren, Watterson, wclls, Nd, lieRs,
Miss, WhitehOuBc, WhitthOrne, Wykr,. VII
lart, A. S, Williams 1Iieh, Williams, Del,
". D. Williams, Mich, Willis, Wiltshire; VII.
un, ". Va, lrttSpn, Iowa, Wood! n. y,
Nays aI,r, Ind. baker, y. y, Ral'ou,
Hunks, blackburn. BSair. bradford, Bro'rH,
kaIL, BrchGnf, ILL.,, I}ut1, Caldwell, Ala,
Cannon, Carr. CdStnl, Cate, C0Nytr. C'paHs,,
lhlntort. D1ItS0n, DOLLins, Dunfi, Durham,
FRYE, Garfield Nuif, MuuLsob. HgNdtr, .IitUoty'.
sOn, MpF. HuJLFk, lTurl, HrtbHi, Hyhd,',
jones', ky.. ..ioWE, EG&soH, KiDlI1R, Knott,
LGphdnI. LntnTHcf. Lynch. AG9oOR, AIilliken,
Mill, MUHTNt. Nash. 0'Neill, Packer, Page
Pldisiel poppletun, Pratt, ISiTIHdJl, RdiHtN.
Robinson, RISt. Singleton, SinMiciS0H, SlemOns'
Smalls, Smith, Ia, Smith, Ga. SOlrell, 7hor7I-
buryh, 7OrMSt7,d, \. y, TUjIS,. Inh liOrttcs,
Vance, Ohio, HMi, NdhhoH, llGNdn, =. G.,
Wallace, Pa. White. Whitney, Williams, n. y,
Williams, Wis, Williams, Ala, Hood, Pa,
WOGRWT, Hootlinorth-&.
Mr.. Payne Dem Of Ohio, offered rcsolu-
ton That the House now proceed 10 the election
Of the Ave mgulbers Of the commission on the
Presidential electoral count. Adopted.
Mr.. Lamar (Dcn'.) Of Mississippi, rose and
put III nouInAtiNn NiesTA Payne, Of Ohio,
iInntnn, OF Virginia, Abbott, Of Massachusetts,
Garfield, Of Ohio. and Iioar Of Massachusetts:
The vote was taken. aud tile appointment q
Messrs. Payne, Hinton. Abbott, Garfield and
Hnar received large maturity Of the yotos,
aud were declared elected to act for the House.
Mr.. Banning (Dcnl.l J, 0f Ohio, introduced n
bill providing TINT the first session Of every
Ctilgrrs4 shall begin OIL Tie fourth Of March.