The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-01-18

upon proof Of the fact pat every vote that he casts
may be ineligible to be appointed Judge under
me en- TIded nv The Law Of tbe STATS In which
be Ives yet if he Is appointed his IN
II lie had been eligible. He may Returned out upon
and can there be exception found to this
Iulel He knew Of none In applying II TO EIeeIoIs
absurd il would be TO OveTtgrn that rule IN case
is past Temedy-that an Eiector was ineligible, ana
that it would have overrued wen settled principle OF
law WHO six months ago eoTtendea Ior any Slch pIhi
not into proof contradict the returns by the
By Tie State to decide and declare Woo had been
Stitf6ns law Us ain thai rIust bf The CSnstit
ton gives to each house the right TO Judge OF eee
not for that provision Of the Constitution. each
election were contested it would have to be by the eEs
!ature OF the state that SENDS Senator here But
NOT given IN regard TO Electors that the houses have in
no. given. II the trainers Of the Consultation had in
infer tho existsnCe Of SO great DSVer Is 10 overrule
every princIpIe of CONSTRUCTION in regard 20 the Constt
t. the power to Judge Of election returns and
SEP Of 5 qse ana 6 Place the Son5T9 Of an e
a A1% D' taT was 91G InIeh1eq, " We
~ oa tbe aiacti f r gear ~ VS. ny RSI
gTess. The Constitution saws the certificate shall be
Of The two houses whether he is to count the
assume Glues s u.s., a% me TWO houses are TO 90 II or
is ascertain that these certIcates came from tie
ELECTORS Of the State. and when that is vot9
shan then be counted. They mus+ asoer
sscerTaine5 thai r, eIr 1,1fv "a at ~, Zen IL NJ
ity. Aud how to know that the certificates came
from the Electors Of the stated In the first place. the
act Of Congress provides that pra (gcie evidence is
CONGRESS NAV repeal tbat acf IL
when you go behind that and come to the the
whenever tho officers appointed by the State to declare
eerned The action OF state officers is the act Of the
MI Bayard said that as member OF the Electoral
earnest study, patient labor and devotion, secure
POINTED. lis IaO'Is ana ans Efforts hau Oten crowned
g Tf he WAS rms m on @ GEn so ms
trys sake tor It - emed to him not only dlu this &C.
dust all the essential safeguards thrown the
election 81 Chlet Mag1+I3e but 1t nnoRnGed to the
morality were no longer the central basis Of their pc
The debate was continued by Mr.. Wallace against
and SARGENT in favoT thoTeaf '- y
MT Wallace lace SAD the SenatoT from one nir SheI
mind the rStuns but the records show that he himself
passage. and two Of tho Commission IBessrs Morton
oY the Commiss3l2h admitted ITS truth TINS IS
say the facts not state them. Gross and pal
them the American people have been given voice
to proclaim lie nullifY the truth
reverseEthe Will OF the majority Of that people If Of
unscrupulOus, and deraulter in public Office; third
ing dead mems names on the Dsy-ro5 of his city IF
these returns, certified by an executive whose
only title to b Els niage Is the Ged9 6 39y
to the Presidency then a government of law is
the people Of the United States whose rights are out
faS ~ TSemedy for every Wong OL Ina
has reDeed force and has unborn yEor 10 resist cor
sOnous touch OF fasehood ana forgeryare here to-day
The laws OF the people whom L represent are based
and thew believe that the end of legal PToceedngs
the attalument OF Justice They Will not respect de
hood sustans forgery and places the Federal Govern
should agitaIe for its reversal. The result before
tIy reached It is the decree Of party by
party feaIty from Judicial tribunal upon purely
legal question MAY We never look upon its Ike AGAIN
frauds had been committed in Louisiana by the Demo
seize the Presidency It by such means that few
days ago an assassin atsnpted the state House q
Louisiana to take the life Of man whom more than
One-halt Of the people OF that state had elected Cover
MI Sargent docking toward Mr.; Withersl said: The
laugh that one his party papers this
city yesterday COUnseled the ASSASSINATION OF Gov
Mr. Wifners-No. I do not laugh at that,
his is responsible for the assasstnatIOn Of Abra
MT W1theTs-Yes, slT; deny 1t fairly and squaTely.
stained ali with the crime Of assassination It
had assassnaIed from the best man GOD ever created
Abraham LncOln-down to the poorest negro in Mis-
of the Senator from California, he desired
to state that he The 'uDDqs saor8 6e @ f9T 6he
in hope that the members drawn from the Judicial
psTtment Of the CIoveTnment would gave the subject
fair judicial consideration but he mistaken. This
the Supreme Court the highest tribunal IN tho land
EoRlf rise R8 ned 5 the eGaes sde Ty 5e
senator from California aud from ONO Mr Sher4aHl
that the Democratic party responsible for ali the
wrongs committed and said threetouTths OF the ylo
Mr. Boutwell, said he believed the people OF this
that the supreme Court would lose no prestige By
Mr. Stevenson said the proceedings the American
Senate to-day wOIId live as long as constitutional
Yof 1t FOR Of 1' b cIefi M me ScorSi
Commission and din so in the interest Of peace 1t had
been said that there was but one Democrat who voted
Democratic party met This matter upon the broad basis
expected that there would be free fuiI ana far inves
COTdance with the proofs.
Mr. Stevenson then referred the condition Of Lou
cessul in governing the state that they might as well
i0T I b s 5Iorisbed the senate ffat the pro
ceedngs Of this would live. That trne. ana IN
his MI 08 be- b T1 for ptg i at u T hs
Republic il these proceedings could De burned
f For d DAVIS sE S Of had broken
at the feet Of the EleGtoIa! ON sl m ol9et 70
rights Of state. and today these same toany surges
20 cruelty them because tneY Womb not con-en %
sboHId be- a gads0ms thing 10 every man who cher
Commission did not go behind the returns. As a Re
publican cherishlng the past Of the Republican party.
ne would blush when the blankets all stripped
OF this Louisiana case
Sir. ChTistiancy argued that the Electoral Commits
sion was equally fair for both p5TIes e voted for
the bill establishing the Electoral Commission,
yyaSdeteTmlued abide by It's decision.
Before Mr.. Chrstiaucy hah concluded his remarks
he t,gDh for debdte expired
The question being the UesOuriGD Of NIr. Herman
as a substitute for that OF M SLermau's. il
terted-vRas 2S NAYS a strict party follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bailey. BaIuum, BaYaTd. BOgy, Cock
ren, Cooper, Davis Dennis Eaton d2idthwaite Cor
DON Hereford Johnston. Jones Of Florida, Kelly ker
nan Mctrraprv. Mcdonald, NaLcT, McJrmJn, Nor
wood Randolph. salisbury. Stevenson, Wal
lace Whyte and Withers-So-
NaT5-Mcssrs. AlCUTnf AllHOu. Anthony Booth,
boutwell, Bruce Burnside, Cameron, Of PenH5vlvania:
Cameron Of WsCOu sIu; Chaffee ChrisauCY, Clayton.