Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

catloll from Justlce CllHoru, saying
the electoral commission had reached
a decision in the Oregon case which
had been transmitted to the president
of the cenate.
Mcmahon offered resolution di-
recting the clerk of the house to mott
fly the senate that the house would
be ready at l o'clock to resume the
count.
Wilson raised the point of order
that nothing was in order but reso-
luton to notify the senate that the
house was now ready to receive that
body. He therefore offered that res
olution. He wished to call attention
to the fact that the very moment the
commission reported that it had como
to decision, the hall of the house
was as much at the disposal of the
senate as of the house. The act ar
ranged for the first meeting in the
hall of the house, but ii was greater
violation of the spirit of the act that
the senate should ask the house to
to meet it IN the senate chamber than
that the house should shut its doors
and prevent the senate from coming
to its hall.
The speaker ruled that McMahon's
resolution was in order, but that Will
sons resolution could be offered as
a substitute.
IT WAS SO OFFERED AND AGREED
TO. YEAS l49; NAYS 81.
The question was then on the reso-
luton Us amended.
Vance of Ohio endeavored..t to make
a motion for a recess till I o'clock on
Monday, but was not recognized.
THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED WAS
AGREED TO. YEAS l57; NAYS SO.
The following members voted in
the negatiqe:
Abbott, AINsWoRTH, Asher,
Atkins, John II Bagley, Banning,
Blackburn, Boone, Bradford, Bright,
Burchard, Wise, O'Dell, Caldwell, of
Alabama, Caldwell, of Tennessee,
Carr, Cate, Caulfield, Clark, Mo. ely
mer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook, Crane,
Cox, Alberson, Davis, Debolt, Dibell,
Egbcrt, Field, Finley, Forney, Frank
lin, Fuller, Ganse, Glover, Hamilton,
Ind, Harris, Ga, Harris, Va, Hart
sell, Hooker. Hopkins, House, Hum
phreys, nunton, Hurd. jerks, Knott
Landers, Ind, Lane, Levy, Linde
Mackey, Marsh, Metcalf, Manlcr
Morrison, Mitchlcr, Phillips, of Mo-,
John Reilly, Rice, Riddle, Robbins
N. c., Roberts, Ross, N. j., Scales
Shcakley, Slemons, Southland, Spring.
CT, Stanton, Stenger, Stone, Swami
Terry, Thompson, Tucker, Vance. N
G., Waddell, Walker Va, Walling
Walsh, Whitthorne, Wiggington
Wykem, j N Williams, Ala. Yeats
and Young-S9.
Mcmahon, moved to reconsider the
vote and Hale moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table.
The last motion was agreed to-
Yeas It's; Nays IA.
The speaker then directed the clerl
to notify the senate of the action O.
the house.
JOINT CONVENTION.
The two houses of Congress met il
joint convention at noon and the de
cision of the Electoral Commission
touching the votes of Oregon wa
read. In brief the ground of tn
decision, which is in favor of all til,
Hayes electors, is that said elector
appear to have been lawfully ap
pointed and they voted as such at tn,
time and in the manner provided fol
by the constitution and laws, and tn,
Commission are further of the opin
ion that by the laws Of Oregon tn,
duty OF canvassing the returns of al
votes given at an election for Presi
dent and Nice-President was imposed
upon the Secretary of State and upor
no one else; that the Secretary o.
State did canvass these returns anl
ascertained that J. G. Cartwright, w
IL. Odell and j. w. Watts had ma
jority of all the votes given TO
electors and had the highest numbe
of votes for that office, and by the OK
press language of the Statute thes,
persons are deemed elected; that il
obedience to his duty the Secretary
OF State made the canvass and tabu
lated statement of the votes show.
ing this result, which according tt
law he placed on file in his office OF
the 1th of Dec. 1876. All this an
pears by official certificate under sea
of the Secretary of State and is sign
ed by him and delivered by him t.
the electors and forwarded by then
to the President of the Senate will
their votes; that the refusal or fail
ure of the Governor Of Oregon tt
sign the certificate Of election of tn,
persons so elected does not have tn,
effect of defeating their appointment
for such electors; that the act of til,
Governor of Oregon in giving to f
A. CrOnin certificate of his election
though he received one Thousand
votes less than Watts, on the GROUND
that the latter was ineligible, wa
without authority of law, and il
therefore void; that although the ev
idence shows that Watts was post
master at the time of his election, tina
fact is rendered immaterial by hi
resignation both as postmaster an(
elector, and his subsequent appoint
ment to fill vacancy in the Elector
al College.
The Commission has in conse
qnence of the foregoing and upon the
grounds before stated, has decided
that the paper purportlng to be tn,
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Oregon, signed by E. A. Cronin, J
N. T. Miller, and John Parker, is no
such a certificate votes of as is pro
vided for by the Constitution of Tn,
United States, and theylought not t.
be counted as such.
The members of the Commission
agreeing to and approving of this
| decision are Samuel +. Miller, JOSEPH
=. Bradley, w. Strong, George f
Edmunds, O. p. Morton, Friedrich Il
Frelinghuysen, Jas. A. Garfield, Geo
+. Hoar.
The presiding officer asked wheth.
or there were any objections to the
decision.
! Senator Kelly objected to the de.
cision on the following grounds:
First. That Watts was not cleo.
ted.
Second. That he was not appoint.
ed.
Third. That he was disqualified
to receive any appointment as Presi
dental clector or to sit as such as hi
held an office of trust and profit un.
der the United States.
Fourth. That Cronin was elected
Presidential clector for Oregon and
in accordance with law, and cast q
legal vote as such for Tilden, and
that such vote should be counted.
The objection is signed by Senators
tors Kelly, Whytc, Cooper, McDon.
aid, Norwood and Hereford and by
Representatives Lord, Poppleton
jerks, Vance, Throckmorton, Wike
Wiggcnton, and Luttrcll. The pre-
siding officer asked whether there
were any further objections, and
there being none, he announced that
the Senate would withdraw to its
chamber.
| HOUSE.
After the Senate withdrew, the
Speaker announced a new Legislative
day as ruled out of order; also the
motion by Lane to take recess till
$3.50, it being dilatory motion.
The Republican side and galleries
loudly applauded this ruling.
Discussion then proceeded on Hale'e
order that Oregnn's vote be counted.
Yesterdays journal having been
| read Clymer offered a resolution III