, 1877-01-23

IL Is too lAte for any Of these Republicans
to claim that tho President of tha Scnnta In
o,or, nr,,,,.;.., H.. ~. r....t....:.
=, ~ sno @o!7''suS'o" ~
c"oue the E!cctoral vote. a motion to aincnu
tho bill by providing that, In case Of tfsa-
grecmcut betvcon ibe two Irnu.es M Ia
copnt,r, ,,,o voto H.. px.o,,,.a, - a.. O..
.'s 'o'e' tue .es.usn' "a sne Ss'.
'''o hho"'" uecae "nich IN the true ana Fa'1t'
return, received only seven votes. of which
only four syerr Rennht;c.ns ,ron.
ros 1,orrw,r, nr,1 rrp,, ~ n1;o,,,u,,
""3 '"1 ~A
'o"s w.
LINT thla recorded action asserting the pow
cr Of Congress- to govern the counting Of thu
votos. mud ,,orv,rr t,,a o-,,r.;ro ,,,.,,o-;,r ~
A.. p.-.:,..,.
eae A'es'uen' VI LUZ eenato 10 10 sor 's not
tho on'y embarrassment under Which tile Re-
rubaicnna mist labor who make that clal,u.
In fhc tfnl,toa n,, tro.o 1,;,l. .or.r,t C,,,,,ro
,....,.a .,'.... .,". -.
.'.oi"e" sne'E op'nions On &n1s sopIec1 as
toLoTs. hlr. MORTON satd:
IT THE Const1tuttQnl docs not any who sha1l
count the votes; It earcs Il open to the Inference
that they shall be counted by the twn Houses on
the one hand AMI by the President Of thc Senate OH
The other. / will ntsame that Il Is open 10 both
Fiews, THIN the question comes. which IA tic
Hurc reasonable, which ID The better which is The
aafcf OF lx. two: 10 adopt Tint construction which
gives this great power to one man, the rresItlent
Of thr scnstc who nav be counting the yotes for
himself n It as turned ont six ti,nca In our his.
tori; would It he safer to leave It 10 the deter.
1ninat,on Of The two Houses Of con;rees, repre-.
scouting tht StAtts and the people? II VIC a7r omen
to adopt one or the other of these two construc.
c,ons. say The latter IL the safer: Il Is in con.
formiiy With the spirit OF our uoyurnment and Of
popular lnstltutiuns. then adopt tho l.ttcs con-
ntructton.
Mr. af uaaffa RI
count thr votes was conferred upon Congress, anil
rho duty was cnj1ncd upon Congress, The unwer
md tlc duty nso IN Congress Cont,rcaa Hust *.
rtei.u tho rasrvr md perform the ,tuty and II il
not possible under tho Conatltution 10 transfer 1t
Ito the President Of the acnatel
Senator nAwEs-1 agree with the Senator that
avery disputed question that cap pose,bly a,tfo
upon the papers themselves Int, better he decided
by The two llonsc,. as Houses than to be drc!Icd
by the President Of the Senate, 1 think
'nat the Con't'tut'on means That they 1.-The soscs)
s.oator ".a I,,.x ~ n" ,us 1"o E"n.,o .,oa,s,;
trl!crs-rhe more addition Of The num,.~ of ,n.c,
done merely as clerical duty by the y, persons
CERTAINLY Is subject to the supervision OF the two
r'ss, w. eonsses .he sso ~ 'os Instance In
tbc counting If the so:ts n, t:nvsn. y. .et, ~
House Of Representatives nud the Acnnse Of The
state. They sse to count The vote; that Is the
h ,,;a =. .e's's. .. tne esh'e SoFatNatona;
ja,ure: II IL counted in ,h,tr ns...es 10 ,s
tIry or clerks, ~ may he, nut tho meaning M +,
evidently f. shat they e"unt tho vote. This clerks
e'say a'e a.. aoose persons ae.nasea ~ the boases
Of thc ,o,s the,e In 1hs n,ci.ne. ~ oa.s ~" ,mn
Houses. the t,Yo House. III hare lurt,net1on orer
4 certainly. Hence It certainly mem. the count.
,hs o. Inc 10y sose ., me TWO nou.es Of Congress- al