The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-15

ida ndi given iuur NOtes Tor II Is. Hayes,
Of Ohio, Pre-idsnt. aud f,uc votes for
Wan A. Wheeler, Of New York, as Vice
Pr--ident
The VICE PRESIr ENT then opened
the certificate from the state Of Georgia /
and handel it To the tellers.
1t was read by representative Cook Of |
Georgia.
The presiding officer asked whether there
was any objecti.n to the vote Of Georgis.
None being made, he announced hat the |
vote would be counted, and directed the |
tellers TO declare il.
| Mr. COX then declared that the state !
Of Georgia Ia, given eleven votes for Sam'l |
j. TIlden, Of New York, "a President, and |
eleven votes for IhOs. A. Hendricks, of |
Indiana, as Vice Pre-ident.
| Next followed in succession, the state OF |
| Illinois with twehts-one for Hayes and |
Wheeler; Indiana with fifteen for Tilden |
and Hendricks; Iowa with eleven for |
Hayes aad Wheeler; Kansas with five for |
Hayes and Wheeler, and kentucky with |
! Twelve for Tilden and Hendricks.
| hen came the certificate from the state |
OF Louisians, showing eight votes Tor Hayes |
aad Wheeler.
The preriding officer stated that that GER
tIfcate had been received By mail, and that
no corresponding one had been received by
I messenger.
The messenger appointed for that pur-
pose was Thos. c. Anderson, an of the re-
/ turning board This was authenticated by
kellogg, a. Governor, he being himself one
OF the electors.
! The certificate having been read, the pre-
siding officer handed it to the teliers.
\ Another certifc.te from the rame state,
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showed eight for Tilden and Hendricks
This was authenticated by McEnery, "a
/ Governor OF the State. Still third cer;if-
] icite was opened and read, corresponding
with the one received By mail, with votes
Tor Hayes and Wheeler, authenticated by
! Deslande, Secretary OF State
Senator MCDONALD submitted an OBJ
| jection to the Hayes and Wheeler cerlii-
cafes. The o. lection was based on the
J ground that the Hayes electors had not
( been duly elected, that their election had
been certified by VIM. z. Kellogg, Who
claimed TO be, but was not, in fact the Gov
ernor of the State, and because the return
\ ing board was without jurisdiction for The
reason that the laws OF Louisiana conferred
no power on the returning board to canvass
ard compile the vote since they constitu-
/ ted but four oil the five persons required by
! Law since three OF the four were of the |
! same political party, and since there was a
vacancy IN the said board, which four
! members had refused TO fill hecau-e OF our
members Of the returning board had full |
knowiedse thai the true Compilation OF the |
VOTES wonid have shown that the Tilden |
! electors had been duly elected; because the |
| said board had offered, for money, to sell |
| the vote Of Louisiana, and because II. b
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| trust urder the United States at the time OF
| their appointment a electors
The objection Is signed by Mcdonald, |
Salisbury, Bogy, senators jenkins, Gibson, I
Tucker, + H.. aud Morrison, memb.rs.
Mr. GIBSON also sent up an objection |
10 the HAYES and Wheeler certificates be- |
cause.
First. The first government Of Louisiana |
was not Republican in form
Second, No canvass wss'made on which. |
the certificates OF FL c,ion were ISSUED
Third, An alleged canvass OF the votes 1
was an act OF u.urpation, fraudulent and |
void
Fourth, S me of the electors wer, in-
eligible by the laws of Louisiana, and we're
disqualified from being electors as holding
| state office, Kellogg being acting detdeto
| Gov Jatfrain supervisor OF registration Tor |
the parish of Point Coup, Marks,
district attorney, and Burch, m,m-
Der OF the state senate, u member
ct the board OF control of the |
state PeniteniaJy, and because Jafffain
Was specially Unqualified by the 18TH sc
ton II the act OF the legislature, "a h JUL, |
1874, which Provides that no supervisor Of |
n. Is'raIton shall be eligible 10 any uific. |
t that election, and because Jafirain wss
at the last election a supervisor Of Iegistra-
ton for the parish OF Point CIupe
This objection is signed by Senator's
Salisbury, McDonsid and Teller, and Rep
resentaiive- Jrnek-, Fucker, Gibson, Field,
Levy and Ebert
Mr.. WOOD, OF New York, submitted
further objection to The HAYES and Wheel
er certiicate- on the ground that the eisc-
tors were not elected az provided by the
legislature
Mr.. HOWE submitted an objection to
the Tilden and Hendricks certificates on the
ground that there was no evidence that
those electors had been Appointed in such
m snner as the legislature directed, while
there was evidence conclusive in law that
neither OF them had been so appointed: also
on the ground that there was no evidence
that McEnery WAS Governor OF Louisiana
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sive evidence that Kellogg was, during the
year 80 and Tor several years prior there
TO, Governor Of that state, and was recog-
nized "a such By the judicial and legisla-
tive departments of Louisiana, and by all
departments of the government Of the
United states.
The presiding officer then said, care
there further objections to The vote Of the
State OF Louisians? There being no fur
ther objections, all of the certificates from
that state with the papers accompanying
the same together with the objections, will
be now submitted to the electoral commits
sion for judgment and decision. The SEN
ate will now Withdraw to its chamber"
The senate thereupon withdrew.
Mr. CON reported a resolu ton amending
the rules OF the house, that pending the
count OF the electoral vote, and when the ,
house is not engaged therein, it shall, on
assembling every calendar day, after recess
from the day preceding, proceed, at Il o'clock
with lis business though the legislative
day had expired by adjournment.
After being amended so az to prevent the
resolution from interfering in any way
with the counting of the vote. 1t was
adopted and the house took recess till 10
o'c eek.
WASHINGTON, D. C., February Is.
The clerk was nearly two hours in read
ing the journal Of the |, glslative day of the ,
first Of February.
The report of the committee on the cleo
ton in Florida, declaring that the iIlden
electors had been elected in that state, was
considered, u
Mr.. PURMAN rose to debate the report
OF the Florida committee. Up TO that time