Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-03

widespread and dangerous conspiracy 10 at
tempt the inauguration Of Hayes, He exprcss-
ed a firm belief that tho leading Republicans
did not wish for the passage OF this hi !, IN
/ which event there would be no settlement, and
the House, aftor electing President would
! have to surrender guominiously or light, II his
Republican friends were not prepared TO fight,
then he appealed to Them, by all The memories
Of the past and all the hopes Of tho future, to
pause before they entered Oh a struggle, the
ond of which no man could forosee.
Mr.. lioar (Rcp.), of Massachusetts,, said that
the dangerous period which Statesmen had
foreseen in American history Ind arrived. In
estimating the danger he was not affected by
any fear of civil war nor any menace Of vio-
ence. But the evil of civil war WAS not greater
than tho evil OF yielding one jot Of lawful
authority. Nothing could be more injurious to
the whole republic than that a man should be
put In the Presidential Office whom at least one
half of the American people would regard as n
usurper. He could not conceive that the
trainers Of the Constitution ever thought of
yielding to the president Of tho Senate the vast
power Of counting the electoral votes. That
power was in the two houses Of Congress-
regret that he could not vote for the bill. One
of his objections to it was that it irevocably de-
prived the Vice President of NIL power to ascer-
tain and decide the lawful electoral votes. He
denied that Congress had the right to give away
that power Of the Vce-President to any other
body.
Mr.. Caldwell (Dem), of Tennessee, opened
the evening session by favoring the bill, bcliey-
ing rs he did that peace and prosperity would
follow in the wake of it.
Mr.. Stevenson (Rep.l, Of Illinois, and Mr..
Canlfeld Oem.), Of Illinois, also favored the
bill in short speeches. :.
Mr.. Springer DEM. of Illinois, also advo-
Gated the bill, declaring til t the inevitable re-
sult Of Il O failure to pass it would be that Mr..
Tilden would be proclaimed President in one
wing of the Capitol, and Mr.. Hayes in the other.
Mr.. Hale CRep.). of Maine, said that this bill
startled him by the bold assumption of the
power of Congress- to regulate and control the
ment, had never been lodged in the two houses
by the trainers of the Constitution
Mr.. Hewitt Dem.), of New York, stated his
belief in the lawful election of Mr.. Tilden, and
his firm conviction that it was the detormina-
ton of the present administration to inaugurate
Mr.. Hayes by. declaring the right of the Vice
President to count the votes. or course the
House would not remain passive, and the re-
suit would be civil war. To avert this disaster
he supported this bill.
Mr.. Willard CRep.), Of Michigan, favored the
bill, and urged that mere partisan considern-
tions should be lost sight of and set aside in
favor of the public interests.
MIR. Smith Rep.), of Pennsylvania, opposed
the bill and expressed himself as fnvoring the
counting of the votes by the president of the
Senate.
Mr.. Garfield (Rep.), of Ohio, said that while
he admitted the bill had great merits and was
Intended to tide over possibly great public
danger, he considered it unconstitutional. He
then advocated the right of the president of
the Senate to count and announce the electoral
vote.
The House was addressed in favor of the bill
by Messrs Hooker Dem. |, of Massachusetts,:
Hartridge and FELTON, [Dem.l, of Georgia
lDem.l, of Kentucky; Hill [Deml. of Georgia
Davis [Dem.l, of North Carolina Bland
Dem |, of Missouri Southland Dem. |, of
Ohio: Foster [llep.l ], of Ohio Landers Dem. !.
of Indiana Hardenburgh [Dem.l, of New Jer-
sey Vance Dem. of North Carolina O'Brien
!Il Dem Of MARYLAND Payne and Walker
York: Brown IDem.] of Kentucky Gibson
Dem of Louisiana and Payne [Dem.l, of
Ohio.
md in opposition to it by Messrs. Mills
Dem of Texas Baker [Rep.l, of Indiana :
Hurlbut [Rep.l, of Illinois Singleton iDem.l,
Vance p Of a 6hn oi N1% york
New York Lynch [Rep.] of Mississippi; Knott
Dem. Of Kentucky; Carr Dem. ], Of Indiana.
Dunnoll [Rep.], of Minnesota Pratt [Rep.] of
Indiana Lawrence LRep.l, of Ohio; Black
burn [Dem. ], of Kentucky; and Jones IDeml, |
of Kentucky.
The vote was then taken, and the Compro-
mise bill was passed by ballot of 19l yeas to
So nays. The following is the vote in detail,
the names of Republicans being in idlics:
Yeas-The Speaker, Abbott, adams, Aims
worth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, Geo. A.
Bage,y, John II. Bagey, Banning, Beebe, Bell,
Bland, Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradley, Bright,
Brown, Ky. BucIner, Burchard Wis, Burleigh,
(abp1l (u1Iwnll Tam GarOpbal Cnn6ar
Caul6eld, Chaplin, Chiae,adea Clark, KY, Clark,
No., Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, Cox,
Grape, Culberson, Cutler, Da'raU, Davis, Dairy,
De Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas. Dnrand, Eden,
Ellis, Faulkner, FELTON,, Field, Finley, Foster,
Franklin, Fuller, Ganse Gibson, Glover, Goode,
Hancock, Hardenbergh, Harris, Mass. Harris
Ga, Harris, Va, Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell
Hatcher, Hatto,m, Raymond, Henkc, Here
ford, Hewitt, N. y. Hewitt, Ala, Hill, Hoar,
Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, Hosh'i,s, House.
Hunter, Hunton, jerks, Jones' N.
Landers, Conn, Lane, Learen'cor'h, LIE Moy.ne
Levy, Lewis, Luttrell, Lynde, Mackey, Maish
McCrdyy, McDiH, Mcfarland,
Mcmahon, Meade, Metcalfe, Miller, Money,
Morgan, Morrison, NTutcher, Neal, New, Nor
ton, O'Brien, OtiUer, Payne, Phelps, Phillips
Mo-, Pierce, Piper, Plat. Potter, Powell. Rea,
Reagan, John Reilly J: B. Reilly, Rice, Riddle
Robbins N c., Robbins, Pa, Roberts, Ross
y. j., Sampson, Savage, sayler,, Scales
Schleicher, Scelye, Sheakley, Southard Sparks
Springer, Stanton, Strait Stenger, Stephenson,
stone, Swami, Tarbox, Teese, Terry, Thomp-
son, Thomas, Throckmorton, Tonnsend. Pa,
Fucker Turney, Vance, " c., Waddell, Walk
II, N. Y, Walker, Va, Walling, Walsh, Ward
Warner, Warren, Watterson, Wells Mo-, Wells
Miss. Whitehorse, Whitthorne, Wyke, WI
ara, A. s. Williams Mich, Williams, Del,
". B. Williams, Mich, Willis, Wiltshire
Wilson, W. Va, Wilson, Iowa, Wood, N. Y,
ieates Young 191.
Nays-Bahpr, Ind. Baker, N. Y, Ballou,
Banks, Blackburn Blair, Bradford, Bro,cn,
Ba,As, Blackburn, ILL.,, Buttz Caldwell, Ala,
Cdsnon Carr, Cas,ceH. Cate, Conger, Crounse,
Dmtord, Denison. Dobbins Du'aeH, Durham,
Eoons. flames, Fye, Forney. Fort, Freeman,
Frye, Ga,JieM, Hale HARRISON, He.dee, Helder-
son, IIoge HtJJtll, Hurd, H,ulbm, Hyman,
Tones. Ky, Joyce, Kassan, KimbaH, Knott,
LGphdn laurence, Lynch, Mdgoon, Miiken, T
Mills, Monroe. Nash, ONeiH, Packer Page,
Pldised, Poppleton. Pratt, P,nn'an, Rainey,
Robinson, Rnsh. Singleton Sinnicksom, Slemons,
Smnlis Smith. Pa, Smith, Ga, &o,ot9l, Thor1,-
,ugh, To,cnsend, N. Y, Tufts, Van Vorhees,
Vance, Ohio, Wat, Waldron, Wallace, s. G.,
Wallace, Pa, White, Whitney. Williams N. Y,
Williams, Wis, Williams, Ala, Wood, Pa,
HoodUnT, Wood,soytt-S6.