The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-08
JOINT SESSION.

JOINT SESSION.
At 1910 the Senators took their seats and
the decision of the Commission in the South Car
DINA case was read. Mr.. Phillips presented
objections to the decision. signed by Is members
Of the Senate and House, and objections were
also fled by Mr.. Southland on behalf Of other
members. The Senate therefore withdrew at
G. 90 the Senators again came into the hall and the
action OF each house on the decision having
been read, the presiding officer announced that
the two houses not concurring otherwise, the
Electoral votes Of South Carolina would be
counted, and they were thereup0n declared by
one of the Tellers as seven for HAYES and
Wheeler The votes of Tennessee (l2) and
Texas (S) for Tilden and Hendricks, were then
announced without object on and without full
Vermont with four votes for Hayes and Wheeler
The certificate having been rea in full, Mr.
Poppleton presented two sets of objections to
Inc vote Of Henry n. SOlace. one of the Ele t.
ors, on the ground that he was Postma- ter when
elected, and that the law of Vermont did not
authorize an appointment by the College OF
Electors to I'LL the vacancy caused by the alb
sence of an Eleotor. The joint session then
terminated.
In the Senate, on the 1st, no business
whatever was transacted, although nearly all
the Senators were in or about the chamber dur
ing the entire day. At lO:'0p. m. a message
was received from the House, announcing the
action Il that body in the Vermont case, and the
senate unUeuldIely repaired 10 Lne nail Oh the
House for the purpose Of resuming the count.
Upon returning at III 80 resolution to count the
vote of Downs together with the other Hayes
Electors from Wisconsin as agreed to without
debate, three or four Democratic Senators how
ever, voting no......In the House, after some
two hours had been spent in dil&tory motions,
ETC., resolution was presented by Mi:
toppleton, the preamble of which recited
that sealed package. addressed to the
President of the Senate, purporting to
contain the Electoral vote of Vermsnt. was DE,
livered yesterday by Mr.. Hewitt to the President
of the Senate who refused to open it in the pres
ence of the two houses and that such package is
retained by the Presidenr or Secretary OF the
Senate; the resolution declares the action of the
President of the Senate to be in violation OF the
law and Of the privileges Of the House, and that
| until such package is produced the counting OF
the Electoral vote can not proceed further.
At l: 3 a. m. after an excited and protracted
wrangle on points OF order, the speaker ruled
that debate must begin. An appeal being tax. n 4,
the confusion became SO great that the Speaker
ordered the Sergeant at Arms TO clear the noor
| of all but members, which was done. The rul-
| ing Of the Speaker was sustained by the House,
and at O'Clock the debate began on the ob1ec-
ton to counting the vote OF Vermont, Icing open
ed by MIR. Poppleton. The subject of the miss
| ing package again came TO the front, however,
| by Mr.. Hewitt gaining the floor and explaining
how he got the package and what had become OF
it. After good deal Of colloquy in regard &c
what had become of the paper, a messenger from
| the Senate came into the hall and rendered the
package to Mr.. Hewitt who refused to receive it,
and thsreuron announced the fact to the House.
After long and exciting discussion in regard e
| the package in question, and the duties of the
President OF the Senate in reference thereto, 8
vote was taken on the resolution OF red by MIR
Poppleton, which was defeated-yeas ll6; nays
,4S. AS the vote on this resolution was general
" regarded as the final test vote upon The ques-
ton of allowing the count to proceed we give the
yeas and naysas follows: ..
Yeds-Messrs. Atkins, Ashe, Ainsworth, Bag
by, Bagley, H., Banning, Beebe. blackburn
Buckner, Burchard (wis.). Carr, Cate, Caul
field, Chaplin. Clarke (Ky.), Clarke (Mo.)
Cochrane, collins, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Cnlber-
son, Davis, De30lt, Dibrell. Douglass. Eden
Ellis. Faulkner, Field ,Fipley ,Forney Franklin
Fuller, Glover, Goode, Hamilton lind }, Ham
ilton IN. j. Hardenberg, Harris tGa 1, Har-
ris Va.), Harrison, Hartridge, Hartsell,
Hatcher. Henkle Holman, House, Humphreys,
Knott, Landers (Ind. }, Lane, Luttrell, Lynde.
Mackey, Marsh, mcfarland, McMahon, Meade,
ills, Morey, Morrison, MutchIer. CBrIen,
B., Rice, Riddle, Robbins (Pa.), Robbins IN.
c.. Roberts, Ross, Savage, Sayler, Scales,
Schumacher. sheakley, Slemmons, Smith (Ga },
Southland, Sparks, Springer. stanton Stenger
fucker, Tar9ey, Vance go5. Vance IN
Waddell, Walker IVA J, Walling. Walsh, Wells
(Mo.), Whitthorne, Wiggenton, Wike, viii
Nays wessrs. Adams. Bagiey. Geo. A, Ba-
ker (lnd. Baker IN. " Baliou, -tanks, Bel
ford. Bell, Blair, Bradley Brown Ky Brown
Ks. :, Burchard gll.l. Burleigh, Campbell
longer, Grape. Crouhse, Cutler, DAnford Oar
rail-, Davis, Dlnnison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Dur
ham, Eames. Egbert. Evans. FELTON, Flye,
Goodin, Gunter, Hale, Hancock. HARRISON,
Harris Chass }, Hathorns, Raymond, Hays,
Hendee, Henderson, Hewitt u. ], Hill,
Hoar, Hoge, Hopkins, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hun
ter. Hurlbut. Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr
Kelley, KimbalI, Lamar, Landers Conn i,
Lapham, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Lemoine,
Lord, Lynch. Magoon, McDougall, NcCrary
Norton, Oliver. O'Neill. Packer, Page, Payne,
Phelps, Phillips (Ks.), Pierce, Plaisted, Plat,
Potter. Powell. Pratt, Rainey. Rea, Regan,
Reilly, Jno. Robinson, Ross, Rusk, Sampson.
smalls. Smith pa J. Strait, Stevenson, stowell,
Swami, Thornburgh, Throckmorton, Townsend
IN. ". ToEnsend (Pa.), Tufts, Van Worries,
WaldrOR, Wallace 81 81: Wa MSi,s W VA
house, whiting. Willard, Williams IN. " 1,
Williams, A. s. (liieh.), Williams (Wis.l Will
liams del J, Williams, w. b. lMich J, Willis,
wiltshire, Wilson Qa.) Wood (Pa.), Wood On.
", Woodburn, Woodwork, Yeates-1is.
Various amendments, substitutes, motions to
reconsider etc. were in turn rejected, when at
$40 an amendment to the effect that the vote OF
Sollace be not counted was voted on and carried
By the decisive vote of-yeas, POS; nays, 70.
The Speaker now announced, in the face of nu-
merous objections, that the Senate would be no.
titled to attend the joint session, and at II O'Clock
the Senators again entered the hall. The
joint session closed at IL IS, and, the
Senate having Withdrawn, Mr.. Mills introduced
a resolution that the House now proceed to
choose President, in obedience to the pro-
visions of the Constitution. At this point
III :40) a message from the Senate announced
that the objections had not been sustained. The
announcement was greeted with very general
clapping of hands on the Republican side of the
House and in the galleries, and the Speaker or
dered that the Hobbies be cleared. Mr. Lynde
then moved a recess till 10 O'Clock to morrow
morning. r. jeeted-e9 to las. At O'Clock a.
m debate on the objection TO the Wisconsin
vote commenced, and at 8 30 a resolution was
canied that the vote of Downs be not counted.
The Senate was again notified, and at A., a. m.
entered to participate in the final joint session,
which being concluded, the House adjourned at
4 p a. IN.