The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-21
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
~ THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
Counting the Electoral Vote.
MICHIGAN OBJECTED TO.
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Objection overruIed by the Senate.
THE NEVADA ELEoToR NEXT.
A Unanimous Vote in the Senate.
WISE couNsELs PREVAILING.
The Bile About Worked OF.
The Bile About Worked OF.
HOUSE.
WAsnINoroN. Febrnnry 90.

to ascertain ii there was n quorum pres
ent That fact having been ascertained,
the regular business Of the day was in.
trOduced by Mr.. Gibson offering an order
that the Hayes electoral votes for Louisi.
ana he not counted.
Mr.. Hurlbut moved to amend by strik.
ing out the word mot"
The discussion was opened by Mr., New,
who said that he had voted for the Elec.
toral Commission without hesitation or
misgivings and he was not ashamed OF
the support which he had given TO that
measure. lie accepted without qualiiica.
tion his humble share OF the responsible
ity. He would vote to sustain the oh.
jections to the decision Of the Commission,
but he was in favor OF proceeding with!
out unnecessary delay to the completion
OF the count. '....
Mr.. Scelye said that in the case OF the
Louisiana election the corruption on one
side seemed as heinous as tile cruelty on
the other side was horrible. He found
it quite impossible TO say which of the
two sets OF electors from Louisiana
expressed the true will OF the people Of
that State. 1t would have been hard TO
find wiser and more candid men than
those who had pronounced the decision
Of the Electoral Commission. He appre.
ciated the strength OF their position. Con.
gress could not be too jealous OF the Con-
stitutional rights OF State to choose its
Presidential electors.
Mr.. Joyce declared the whole scheme
for the election 10 the Presidency OF the
Grand Fraud OF Gramercy Park had been
Il sublime Democratic cheat from begin
ming to end.
Mr.. McMahon said the decision Of the
commission in the case Of Louisiana Was
worse in its consequences to the American
people than the decision in the Florida
case. As to Oregon, no Democrat looked
forward with much hope to the decision
in that case.
Mr.. Rice protested against the wrong
and violence embodied in the decision,
and argued that the whole subject should
be referred back to the commission.
Mr.. Watterson rose to speak, and I'M
mediately the floor and galleries were
hushed into stiffness. He said II the
acceptance OF the inevitable with resolu.
tion and dignity be the highest as il ia the
rarest form OF courage known among
men, it is made harder in this instance BY
the consciousness OF double dealing and
foul play. Twocourses are open TO the
majority on this floor: On the one
hand, a passionate outcry at once
impotent and childish: On the other
hand, without offering needless oh.
struction to the progress OF events, an
earnest, manly, but temperate protest
against what we believe to be great and
grievous wrong. In my judgement, the lat.
ter is our clear and bounden duty. Weowe
it to the necessities OF the case, we owe
it to the country, we owe it to ourselves.
Because we were duped by false pretenses
into snare furnished US, is no reason
why we should forget the obligations
that press upon honorable men. In the
very act OF passing the electoral commits
sion billwe provided for the contingency
that has come upon us. voted for that
measure in perfect good faith. The re.
suit is against me, and destructive as
must think the means that brought it
about, l accept it as final, and l shall
go to my people and tell them all, for, as
| am advised, they know only part, and
when they have taken time for reflection
they will, | am very sure, illustrate the
wisdom and grace Of moderation in do
ing nothing that does not become good
citizens. Lille will still 20 forward in
spite Of all this, and there arc many
things to live for in this rough world,
and among the rest that day Of reckoning
dies irae dis lila, when the dark shall be
light and the wrongs be made right.
Mr.. Dantord defended the decision as
one which, outside Of party feeling,
would meet the approval of the whole
American people, although there had
been investigating committees into the
elections in Florida, Louisianagand Ore.
gon, which had found much crookedness,
yet in all words spoken, letter written and
kilograms sent there had not been traced
to the President elect or to any
member Of his household, one word that
would bring the blush OF shame 10 the
American people. Applause.
Kelley and Pratt were the other speak.
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