The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-01

hat any vi said persons so appointed electors
Is aforesaid held an Office OF trust or profit
lnder the United States at the time when
they were appointed, or that they were ineli-
gihle under the laws OF the State, or any other
matter offered to be proved ali cundi the said |
certificate aud papers.
The Commission il also OF the opinion, by |
q majority OF votes, that the returning officers |
of elections who caDvassed the votes at the |
election Tor electors in Louisiana were a law
fully constituted body by virtue OF constitu- |
tional law and that the vacancy in said body |
did not vitiale its proceedings.
"The Comm ssion has also decided and
does hereby decide Ivy majority oil votes, and
report AS conse uence OF the foregoing and
upon the GROUND before stated that the paper
to be certificate OF the electoral
votes at said State OF Louisiana, objected to
by 7. @ Howe and others, marked n o.,
No 2, by the Commission, and here
with returned, is not the certificate OF votes
provided for by the constitution OF the United
states ana that they ought not to be counted
as such"
The signatures are
SAM. Il. MILLER,
w STRONG,
JOS Il. BRADLEY,
GEO r EDMUNDS,
UP MORTON,
FRED. T FREllNGHUYsEN,
JAS A. GARFIELD,
GEO Il HOAR.
The decision having been read, the presid-
ing officer asked whether there We're any OBJ
iecti IFS to the decision and MIR. Gibson pre-
), nted objections to the decision, on the
ground that the Commission had refused 10
receive evidence which had been offered, and
had decided that the votes mentioned in ceT
,ifcates and ehould be counted Tor Hayes
al Wheeler, such evidence TO the contrary
not withstanoing. The paper recites at great
length the proceedings OIL the Commission,
bat the point OF it is the rejection OF evidence.
Ii is signed Try most OF the leading Democrats
in both houses.
In addition to these objections Senate
Wallace off red another series OF ohectlous4it-
which the the Houses separated to consider
| the objections separately. The Senate after
the ;llotted two hours d. bate hy a serict party
| vote decided that the report III the Commits
sion should stand. The House 10y a vote oil
| lao TO 100 took recess until the Doth without
considering he objections.
On the Goth the House after two
hours debate by vote Of Ia to 80, endorsed
the objection to counting thu vote OF Lau'si-
ania. The Senate was then notified and the
Joint session was resumed, The Senate hav-
ing sustained the finding OF the Commission
aud the House having refused to do so
| the vote OF Louisiana was counted
| Tor HAYES The count then proceeded
| and Maine and Massachusetts, were recorded
Tor Hayes and Maryland tor Tilden. Whef
| Michigan WAS called the Democrats inter
posed ohlectioGs 10 the vote OF Daniel l.
Crossman, one of the electors, declaring tina
one Benton Hanchett, having been elected
ore OF the electors Tor the State OF Michigan
and having held and still no ding the Office 0
Unit, d States Commissioner, had absentee
| tinsel from the meeting Of electors On tin
9th OF December, and that his place hat
led L.x4 ttcr 1icat h3An al
ton claims that the fact that Hauchett ab
scented h lnsell from the meeting did 10
create O vacancy, and therefore that sail
CrossmAn had not been duly appointed
elecior. The two Houses then separated t
consider the objection and after considerable
debate both houses agreed to count Cross
mans vote. The Joint session and count wa
| then resumed.
, Then followed the State OF Minnesota wit
FIVE votes Tor Hayes and Wheeler; Missl<spp
with eight votes Tor Tllien and Hendricks
Missouri, with fifteen votes Tor l1deD and tier
bricks Nebraska, with three votes Tor Hayt
!, aud w Ter, aid Nevada, with three VOTE
for Hayes and Wheeler.
MIR Springer objected to the connt OF or
! OF thu three votes 81 Nevada, on the groun
. that All eIector, z a. Daggett, Was at the tin
2 Oh his appointment and Tor long time pr
t onsIv and thereafter continued to be
z United Stat Commissioner tor the CiTcu
il aid District Courts 81 the United States
j the district OF Nevada The object ou
q signed ty Aessrs Springer. Tucker, Vanr
i oi Ohio, Sparks, Savage. Marsh aud Jenk
Republican,. am by Senator's Barnum, W.
| lace and H-rrfuYd
!. The two houses then again separated. III
!. Senate promptly voted to count Nevada
!, spite 81 the objection but the House tool.
4 RECESS until the next day and the count /
. the day ended.
! The House. Oh the DIST inst. vote
/, not to sustain the objections To Nevada, o.
the 5.int Convention again assembled 81
Il Nevada Vas counted for Uayes AMI WLeele
i TheE followed In sneces-io the Stats
} New HAMPSHIRE. with five votes ior Hay
~ AID Wherler, New jersey, Dine vvtes
q Tildcn and H4-fdrieks, New York, IS vot
d inr Tiden ard Hendricks Ohio, y votes
b Hayes and Wh-ci+r.
> The presiding officer now opened and han
= ed t. the teller Ine certificates received ire
ID Oregon. The frs was read by MIR. Stone a.
ie proved TO be the sworn certificate "a !
three Hayes elections, Cartrighf, Ddell a
n Watts, executed before notary publ
= Tue papers contain full statement OF the
IL ngs 81 the three ectors the resignation
Watts a. Posi- lima. ter; i,s subsequent cho
it's by the otHer two electors !; the original bali
r cast by the three electors, &c. frey vi
ng read IN full, and The presiding officer th
80 handed 10 the teliers the certificate OF
D. three rival electors, Cronia, Miller, aud Pa
IL er, authenticated by the signatures Of
Id Governor and Secretary Of State. with the =
rs OF the State attached Tisis certIgra.e ri
two VOTES to hayes and WherlrT, ami
n vote to Tllden and H~nIrieks. Senrtor Nit
he ell ,,re-ented ohlestinEs to the certificate
-r- CronIn, Miller, aid Parker, on the follow
ID grounds:
r. first. Because neither Of said persons v
he ever appointed electors by the State Oh Ore
On In any nfanner HhHfever.
ci- Second, It appears from the records
Is papers contained In and attached 70 the