The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-01-18

desired it he should vote against the proposition.
He would not invite counsel 70 argue the question
nr. Evarts said thathis side had argued thewhOle
question fully and had covered the whole merits
f 81 s9S allowed teTn. A 80 - '-0
The motion was Withdrawn.
BIr. Hoar then moved that the Commission 90
into secret for the purpose Of consultation
On the main question.
Adopted, ana the crowd directed to leave the
The Electoral Commission Adjourned at . P. III.
until o'clock tomorrow. The report en-
bOdyinG the decision is in accordance with
signed by eight Of It's members. The report viii
be presented to the joint session OF the two houses
tomorrow morning.
THE VERDICT.
The Electoral Commission. in secret ses-
sion, tins evening. by a vote OF against Z.
Declaring that the eight Hayes and Wheeler Elec-
torsl votes of Louisiana shOnld be counted. A
10 Congress tomorrow morning. -, ....-
Morton offered the following resolution:
rsrfi4c No SS eI e tb sf iefoE Of be fate
OF Louisiana ana that their votes the votes pro
should Be counted for President and Vice President"
This resolution was adopted by q vote OF TO L.
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bradley. Edmunds, FrelInghuy-
sen, Garfield. Hoar Miller Morton and Strong-8.
Rays-Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field,
HuntOn, Payne and Thurman.
Justices Miller and Bradley. and Representative
Hoar were then. appointed committee
. briaf statement OF the reasons thore-
for, to be signed by members agreeing
therein and to be transmitted to the Joint session
OF the two houses, as required by the Electoral
act.
A recess OF about ore hour was then taken.
30 afford time for drafting the report which, upon
sue VI tLle Was
Strong, Bradley. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen,
The report is to the following effect:
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO CONGRESS.
The Electoral Commission having received cor
eertoates Of the EIeotoFal votes Of the stale Of
louisiana, ana certain papers accompanying
has duly considered the same, ana has decided.
and does hereby decide, that the votes of VIM Pitt
JOhriao Peter Joseph, J. II. Birch, ]. A. sheldon,
and Morris Marks named IN the certificate OF VIM.
certified 10 hy said persons it appears by the GER
and marked No. by said Commission, and here
with returEed0 are votes provided for by
and that the same are lawfully to
be counted therein certified namely: eight votes
for Rutherford B. Hayes, of the State OF Ohio, for
President and eight votes for VIM. A. Wheeler, of
the state OF New York, for Wee President.
the eight persons first before named are duly ap-
pointed Electors and by said State of louisiana.
The ground or this decision, stated briefly, Is
substantially follows:
That il is not proper TO go into evidence qLi'Mde
ate, in the presence of the two houses, to prove
certified by the Governor of the State of Louis /
ana in and according to the determination and
TO behind the certificate of the Governor so fan
as IL IS rounded upon the action or the Returning
Board.
The report will also state that the Commission
could not receive any evidence to show that any
ElectOr was ineligible the 7th Of
the ground that it was not essential tC
show that an EleCtor eligible on thai
day. so long as he was eligible when he
east his vote IN tho Electoral Col
lege and the fact appears that the alleged
ineligible Electors, Brewster and LevIsee, were
chOs en- to fill the vacancies caused by their owl
absence from the college, and there was no ale
CATION OF ineliSibilty at the time they cast then
votes.
O'Clock, when adjournment to o'clock tO-mor
row evening was ordered.
While the Commission was in secret session re
marks were made by Messrs. Morton. Thurman
Garfield, Bayard, Edmunds, HuDtOn, HOar anC
Bradley, the last med closing the discussion.