The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-17
JOINT SESSION.

The Css.s Proceeds - far a. Lsut.-
ssns objections Wers kAised-The
Case Yaily Covered.
February L..
The Senate having appeared. Vice
President Terry caused the Secretary
of the Senate and Clerk OF the House
to declare what action the respective
houses had taken In regard to the de-
eision of the Commission.
This having been done, the President
Of the Senate declared that both houses
not having eoncurred In setting aside
the decision of the Commission, the
vote Of Florida. would be counted for
Hayes and Wheeler.
The votes of Georgia, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky were
also counted for the respective eandi-
dates.
When Louisiana WAS reached, the
President OF the Senate handed to the
teliers three certificates, two of which
were In favor OF the Hayes electors and
one signed by McEnery as Governor,
In favor of TiIden electors. There was
also certificates which the Vice presi-
dent said he had received by mai, pur-
porting to cast the eight votes OF Louis
lana for Cooper and Carey. The read
ing Of this certificate created much
amusement, the electors all being
named John Smith, distinguished
from each other by the numb bers i, 9,
8, 4, 8 and 8, and by letters A, letter b,
and let her rip.
The Vice President asked and obtain
ed unanimous consent to suppress this
certificate which was manifestiy bogus
and a burlesque.
Objections having been made to the
other thee certificates, the objections
were referred to the Commission. The
SENATE Withdrew and the House took
a recess until 10 u. m. tomorrow.
The elections To the Hayes electors
assert the foulness of the returnin Y
board, that two of the electors were
federal officers, the certify ing governor
a creature Of compromise and merely
defacto, not by any construction
dejure, and that half of the electors
were State officers, when the constitu-
ton Of Louisiana forbids the exereis-
ing Of functions like those by presi-
DENTAL electors.
Senator Mcdonald, Of Indiana, rose
aud submitted an objection to the
Hayes and Wheeler certificate. The
objection was based on the ground that
the Hayes electors had not been duly
elected, but that their election had
been certified to by w. P. Kellogg,
who claimed to be. but in fact WAS hot,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana !;
because the returning board of the
said State was without Jurisdiction,
for the reason that the laws Of the
State OF Louisiana confer NO power on
the returning board to CANVASS or COM
but four Of the Ave persons required
by law; since those four were of the
same political party when the law re.
quired them Of different par
ties; since there existed q
vacancy in the said board which
the four had refused to all
because the four members OF the re-
turning board had full knowledge that
q true compilation OF the votes would
have shown that the Tilden
electors had been duly elected; be-
cause said board had offered for
money to sell the vote of Louisiana
and because A. b. Levisee and A. Ii.
Brewster, as the Republican electors
| had held offices of trust under the
government of the I'm tied States at
the time Of their appointment rs cleo
tors. The objection was signed by
Senators Mcdonald, of Indian; Ste
venson, OF Kentucky; Salisbury, OF
Delaware, and Bozy, of Missouri.
Members, jerks, of Pennsylvania,
Gibson, of Louisiana; Tucker, of Vir-
ginia; Levy, of louisiana; Ellis, OF
Louisiana; Morrison, of Illinois; Glib
son, OF Louisiana, also sent up objec-
tions to the Hayes and Wheeler certi-
! fieates. because,
First-The government Of Louisiana a
was not Republican in form.
Secoud-No canvass was made on
which the certificates Of election were
issued.
Third-Any alleged canvass of votes
was an act Of ssurpation, fraudulent
and void.
Fourth-Some Of the electors wers
Ineligible by the law OF Louisiana and
were disqualified from holding the Of
fee of electors AZ holding State OIL
GERS.
Kellogg being acting defAeto Gov,
ernor.
Jefirion, the supervisor of registrs
tions for the parish of Pointe Coupee
Marks, district attorney and Burch, /,
member of the State Senate aud q
mem der Of the board Of control o
State penitentiary, An administrsto
Of the deaf and dumb asylum, snC
treasurer OF the school board of Eas
Baton Rouge.
Fifth-Becar 80 Jefirion was espec
tally disqualified by the thirteenth
section of the act Of the legislature o
the 24:h Of July, 1874, which provide
that no supervisor Of ofregistration sbal
be eligible to any Office ut that cleo
ton, and because JefYfion wss AT th
last election supervisor o. registration
Il e. H.. ,aarish OF Poir,r (.o.,r.o1