The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-27

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Mr. O'Brien offered resolution declaring
that the vote Of Slater should not be
counted.
Mr.. Eames offered a substitute declaring
that the vote Of Slater should be counted.
Mr.. jerks opened the debate, asserting
the right of congress to go behind the re-
turns.
Mr.. Eames favored the right of Slater to
cast his vote whether Corliss was centen-
NAL commissioner or not at the time of this
election.
MIR. O'Brlen said the senators and repre-
sentatives who presented objections In the
Rhode Island case desired to test the con-
sistency and good faith OF the republicans
in both houses who voted to sustain the de-
cision of the electoral commission in the
Oregon case. The Rhode Island case was
tina exact converse of the Oregon case, and
the republicans to be consistent must vote
10 sustain the Rhode Island objections.
AT the conclusion of the debate the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Elmes, that the vote
of Slater be counted, was agreed to with
out division.
Mr.. Wilson then offered resolution to
notify the senate.
Mr.. Knott offered substitute that the
senate be notified that the house will meet
the senate tomorrow. A point of order
being raised against Mr.. Knots motion,
the speaker sustained the point and his de-
cision was applauded.
Mr.. Wilson's resolution was then adopt
cd.
The senators accordingly at six o'clock
reentered the chamber and the vote of
Rhode Island was announced as four for
Hayes and Wheeler.
The next certificate opened was South
Carolina, authenticated by Gov. Chamber
lain, showing seven votes for Hayes and
Wheeler. 1t was followed by another GER
tifcate showing seven votes for Tllden and
Hendricks, with statement by the elect
ors expliing the absenc of the governors
Authorization.
The obj 'ctions to the republican ceItif
cate were presented by Mr.. Cochrane and
objection to the democratic one by Senate,
Patterson. The democratic DIRECTORS set
forth, first, that no legal election was held
in South Carolina for electors, the general
assembly of the state not having provided
as required by the constitution for the
registration of people entitled to vote /;
second, that there was not existing in
South Carolina on the first of January,
1876, nor at any time thereafter up to and
including the tenth of December, 1876, d
republican form of government such as is
guaranteed by the constitution TO every
state in The Union third, that the ftde al
government prior 10 and during tie cleo
ton November 7, 1876, without authority
of law, stationed 10 various parts of The
state at or near polling places de,achm, nts
of the United States army by whose pres
ence the full exercise of the
right of suffrage was prevented and
by reason whereof no legal or
free election waf or could be h, ID ; fourth,
that at several polling places in the state
there were stationed United States deputy
marshals, appointed under tho provisions
of section 20, 81 and % United State Re-
vised Statues, which provisions were un-
constitutional and void that said deputy
marshals, exceeding over a thousand ID
number, by their unlawful and arbitrary
action, in obedience to improper and le-
gal instructions received by them from the
department of justice, 30 in:erfered with
the full and free exercise of the right OF
suffrage by the duly qualified voters of
said state that fair election could not be
aud was not held in the state November 7 (;
fifth, that there was not from the LIST Of
January 1876, up to and including the 10th
of December, at any time state govern
ment in South Carolina except the pretend
ed government, set up in violation of law
and the constitution by federal authority
and sustained by federal troops. The
objections to the democratic certif-
cate are: First, none of them
were duly appointed second, the lists Of
votes have not attached to them the GER
tflcate of the governor; third, said papers
have not annexed to them a list of names
OF individuals as elected TO which the seal
of state was affixed by the secretary OF
state ard signed by the governor and 81 Gre
tary, az required by the general laws OF
South Carolina; fourth, because G. c.
Bowen and ether Hayes electors were
duly appointed electors, and as such cleo
tors, at the time and plyce prescribed
by law cast their votes for Hayes and
Wheeler, and the lists of votes signed, GER
tilted and transmitted by such electors to
the president of the senate, are the only
true and lawful lists of votes for president
and vice-presdent Of the United States
ifth, because said B Iwen, etc., receive
the highest number of all the votes cast by
the qualified voters of South Carolina and
the proper officers duly Canvassed said
votes and certified coldDg to law and
under the great seal OF the state; siA tn,
tina; the lists of votes cast by said
Bowen etc., have annexed to them the
certificate Of the governor required 10 BIZ
m 'de by the revised a'utes seventh, ha
said lists have annexed to them a list OF
names Of said Bowen and others as elect,
ora aud t. which the al of the state ws'
affixed by the secretary of state and signe
by tue governor and secretary as require
by the general laws of South Carolina.
The objections having been read the
presiding officer announced that they
would be submitted to the electoral com
mission and the senate would now retire
The house then at six took recess till to.