The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
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would resolve the unanimous Nutr ui tA, senate
They w,ly unanimously elected
House.
sHE ,.Nuuusual Elf.FouAl mlI
Immediately af,sr ,hr opening u the Housr.
tlr IAN, uhleh haA htrH resolved from ID.
Senate f.s concurrence. Na4 referred b. the
fIup,I committee aud almost instantly reported
back. according o. agreement, Iu allow ui do
bate,
Nr MeCmy .Eef.l II Iowa. ~ ihr Joint
oaumauyt vlsuui Jhe debate ty stating that
after Au yar4v.t consideration tlU slmIalttrt
had reached lle conclusion tAat tile llil ought
O. pAss. To, country oas iu the presence -
Ncia great luL 1rfy dangerous piuyrPrHgy. The
present MAO iAe crisis De national affair, which
tag tatl,rs uf thv TyFullc Lad furvscyu lU
l-3i. ami which 30 various periods lu tll, uA-
LHH, history great statesmen had fuTy-oc. and
had dreaded. 10 might d. that il the l4u wyge
defeated, and Congress fa4iad 60 pass Aly llrAs-
ugy oa The subject yae uf she other ~ the par
lss vuuid peacefully submit O. a decision
which th,y DuAoFel g. bv without law az au-
th9.ty, bLt he confessed O. ,cIy great doubts
znd fears THAI such auaid NOT D. the caso. lie
quoted john Mar-ssl and Daniel Webster 60
Trayr tr rllsyilgIlullatgy II the hil and do
ciArvi h.s Intention g. ald So passseu With yulcr
alId vote
Mr. Hau,ga DEM uf yirsluls. advocated
the Wrae,lIy. lir -raaar uf Presidential tle--
tH-- a- 1auE,T.u, fsrl.a.is iu oar history anl
d. auTy likely tAAu auY gthtI cause ta wreck
lr ship ~ -iatu declaring lhst all preoyIlhg
trouble. ~ tAaI character sunk lila absolute
la-lsiiacaucg as compared With those that nov
-tal,I Du4bIuss and the cauuuy ll thc face.
iiy b,-,,ul HAT tu ll.v iaa Lul-es q CUulsFtas.
-s.l aa; tu .hU president - tle senate belonged
tar power Boz e.G.. !au futes lll as au uu.4t-
rl,u doctrine u-s Lrd by MANY, be tlaIgAIa
esa 'a1u..sc advisable, and tho provisions Ia
tllr iI-l vr.l provided fgr the ,fargErlcy.
Ar. I,a-tr .Iaru-r - Virginia, gave gTya,
errtli o. ths committee faf fTy-eHiius this lil
ant CAV, ii Die unqualified rsrpast De cuum-
Grated C.tv--r:slcce including Ife.ld,ut
Grants assertion tAAi NJ uayc1 W., elected.
ilr -tatlull.E ~ tE.aEr = the South the mani
ruAliul % votes Nl SECRETARY Chandler etc..
which hy --li demonstrated tie ,tl-trsics 90 d
s,a,sige4d and dangerous conspiracy O. At
tguI' l.r irs-sr ruga-aa - HAYES. lig v,rTt,,-
81 -ua le-.f tlaf tao leading E,} uilrara
1la uHt ut-'. Ter thr ra-Hacr ur this t1l ul
vHirh event there Uuu h, Es settlement and
tae huu-y after vlur-ae : Iue-.irHt would
latt Gu surrender .raau,alalsly uT talf "
a.s Republican friends urfv uut ru-faued
o. asAl thea hv appealed O. them, hy a.i tAs
Wou7rr- " uAc past and aA iGo hgp,s ~ the
tattJv, o. pause hs1r, tAuN r4tsrrl SO ,tgHF-
gla tlr end 20 uilrh ulau raB.4 .Urc>rc.
Ar. liaaT Hop P, ~ Aassaelsu. otts rAil that
ia' dangerous Irs.'l which s,atr-uvl bad
ftrp-rCg tu AE,f.e.u history lsl arrived ia
estimating ..c laasc. be- aas nui arerial ly
a.. tvar 90 civil waT ugr any E.,lacg yf ,lo-
lstce. Eut tie ,'tl q essi var wa, nut greater
than th. ,El ~ welding uu, jut 90 lawful
authority. Nothing could De- mvTo Injurious tu
o." Whole republic !ian that man should D..
llt .u tGc irg.... initial ulea ahom AZ iraaI uut-
half uf Do, American people would regard a.
ururHcr Hr could HHt cuucely, that the
tT4u,l- ~ tho Constitution ever thought ~
Welding % ugc Ery+idrut - tae NeuAtg thr vast
power uf counting the electoral votes. That
aH# q b. e 4 q.
Aig. Muuruo Eop. !, u Ohio. expressed deep
rgg,t ,hat hc csnld Mt SIT. for'thc IAN, one
uf hi, objections tbit was that q i1r,ogably de-
Triyul thr Nirn-i'rrsldrni q al power 70 asccr-
tain and irclir t4o lawful electoral Nutos. lie
dsa.cl that tvugT,-a had tie rlsht Ia give apay
that powUy uf tho N,yc-rros.ioui ta auy other
Daiy.
Mr caldwell ,ntm.I. of Tennessee, opsnod
The evening session Is faNUrlne the liil. bcllry-
iue a. hy did that pcac, and prosperity would
follow In thc vaLc ~ H.
Mr, Stryca-on IltvpN. ~ Illinois and Mr.
Caul3cld lpn.l, ~ Illinois al-o favored the
b.ll m hort speeches.
Mr springer DEM uf lHmuis. also ad,o-
Gated the bih declaring that the inevitable r.
suit Il ih, failurr % IL 10 would D. that Mr..
Dl1un would Dc proclaimed President IN one
wing Of the Cauitol and Aif .lavcs iu tho other.
Mr. Hale lEspH of Ma 81. pAid this hl
startled him by the bold assumption % The
power Of Congress o. regulate aud control the
election Of President wbich power. iu his jude-
mout, had mover been lodged 10 the two Houses
by tie Trainers ~ the Constitution
Mr.. Hewitt Nptm.1 = ~ Nes York stated his
belief iu the lawful election ~ Mr. Illdcn aud
bis firm conviction that it was the determine
Zion ~ the present administration 90 in1ururatc
Mr.. uayus ly declaring the right 81 the Vice
President 90 count the vote. Of course the
House would NOT remain passive. and the Tc-
suit would bo civil war. To avert this disaster
he rrlFfUrtrl this hill
2 Dir. Willard Ecp.D - Michigan. favored the
hlil, and urged that mere partisan cuusidora-
tons rhonld 10 lost sight Of aul g.; aside in
favor ~ The public interests.
Mr. Smith tEcpl uf Pennsylvania opposed
the bin and expressed himself as favusing the
counting ~ the votes by the president OF the
Senate.
Dir Garfield (Ecp), Of Ohio. said that while
he admitted the bin had great merits and was
intended e. tic over possibly great public
danger be considered Il Unconstitutional He
then advocated the Tisld of the president ~
the Senate o. count and announce the electoral
vote.
The House wa addrsss,S in favor OF the bill
by Mcs-r,. Hooker IDem.I Of Massachusetts:
Hartrdgc and FELTON, iDcm. Of Georgia In
mar Dem. Of Mississippi Wattorsou IDtmI,
~ Kentucky Hiil lbml, Of Oyorgia Davis
Dom. !. uf North Carolina Bland Dem. ]. ~
Missouri Southland DEM of Ohio; Foster
IIopL l. of Ohio Innders lDem !. ~ Indiana
lDsm / of North Carolina o BTicu Dem 81
Maryland Pawn" and walker lpom. I. Of Nir-
riuia Field Ipou.l. of hcw York Brown
Dem. !, oi Kentucky: Gibson Dom. !, Of I.uui-
s.ann and Payne Dem. Of Ohio.
Aud IN opposition 20 If by Messrs. Mills
lDem.l, Of Texas; Baker IBep.I, uf Indiana
Hurlhut lRopl of Illinois Singleton IncmL
Of Mississippi Lnphsm tRop.l, u New York,
Vance Dem. I, ut Ohio Townsend Ikcpl 81
New York; Lynch Rep l.of Mississippi Knott
% 81 IN q Z
Duuucll I'rp.l, Of Minnesota Pratt lEop.l, uf
Indiana Lawrence lEgp.l. ~ Ohio Blackburn
DEM. Of Kentucky: and Jones lDun.l 81
Kentucky.
The vote was then taken, and the Compro-
misc bin was passed by ballo. Of l9i yeas to
Sc nays Tho following IS the vote IN detail,
the names Of Republicans being in Halirs:
Yeas The Speaker. Abbott, Addms Aims
worth Anderson, Ashe. Atkins, Bagly. Coo. 4.
H7g'gy. John II. Baglcy, Banning, Hcclc. Bell,
Bland Bliss. Blomt Boone. Bru3lgy, Bright
Brown Ky, Buckncr. Burchard. Wis. B,wljgh.
Cabcll, Caldwell, Tenn, Campbell, Gambler
CaulHcld, thapin, CbWend7I, CLARK, ky., Clark
Mo-, Clymcr, Cochrauc, Cook. Cowau. Cox.
Gupo. CulhCrsuu. Cutler, DdTraN Davis, BdrH
De Bolt DihrCll, Douglas, Durand Eden Ellis
Faulkner FELTON,, Field, Finley, Foster Frank
lin, Fuller. Gause, Gibson. Glover Qoode Good
IN, Guntor. Hamilton, Ind, Hamilton, y. j..
Hancock, Hardchcrgh HuT'is Mass. Harris
Ga, Harris. Va, Harrison. Hartridro lartzcll
Hatcher, H.ttiorH Raymond. Hcnklc, Here
ford, Hewitt. ~ Y, Hewitt, Ala, Hill, Hoar
Holman, Hooker. Hopkins, Eosl-bis, House
Humphreys, Hunter, Hunton, Jonks, Jones, n
H., kchr, hoilV, Lamar, Landers, Ind,
LandCrs, Conn, Lane. Le1r9urOrth, Lc Movnc
Levy, LOWS Luttrcll, Lyndc, Mackcy, AIaish
McDmgdR, hcCrUN HcDU Mcfarland
Mcmahon, Meade, Mctcalfc, Miller, Money
Morgan, Morrison Mutchlor, Neal, New, Nor
ton, OBrion, Oir0, Payne Phelps, Phillips
No, PiCrroe Piper, Plttf, Potter, Powell, Raa,
Reagan, John Reilly, }. b. Reilly, Rice, Riddle
Robbins, n. C., Robbins, Pa, Roberts, Ross
n. j., Sampson, Savage Sayler Scales
Schloichor, Seelye, Sheakley, Southland, Sparks
Springer, Stanton, STRAIT, Stenger Stephenson,
stone, Swami, TarboX, Teese, Terry, Thomp-
son. Thomas Throckmorton TotrnSnd Pa,
Tucker, Tumoy, Vance, N. G., Waddcll, Walk
o[ n. Y, Walker Va, Walling Walsh, Ward,
Warner, Warren, Watterson, Wells, no, Weiis,