The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-02


substitute was adopted, yeas 2lO. nays 20,
the republicans deemipg 1t the best policy
to vote for 1t.
Mr.. O'Brien moved to reconsider the
motion tabled, III to So.
The question required on the adoption
of the resolution as amended.
Mr.. Vance moved to lay on the table ;
lost, yeas SO, nays 81.
The motion to reconsider, made by Mr..
Morey was laid on the table, 40 to SO.
This brought the house, at last, at 8 80
p. M, to vote on Poppleton's resolution, as
amended by Woods substitute, that the
vote of Sollace be not counted.
Mr.. Walling endeavored to interpose
further delay in the shape of request
that he be excused from voting W hich
the speaker refused to entertain and an
appeal from the ruling of the chair, which
the speaker also refused to entertain, and
so the roll call proct eded and it resulted
yeas 205, nays &c 80 the decision of the
house was that Sol aces vote be not
cnunted. Most of the republicans voted
with the majority for the purpose OF soon-
er bringing the question to a close.
There was but one more motion left for
the minority and that was to reconsider the
last vote. 1t was made by Mr.. Clarke of
Missouri, and laid on the table, III to SO
This point was reached at l0:45, SO that
the house had spent over twelve hours in
tine struggle.
| Mr.. O'Brien then attempted to offer an
order that the senate be notified, the inten-
ton being to spend couple of hours more
over that, but the speaker refused to recog-
nize him for that purpose, and said the
| chair had allowed q vote on every legiti-
mate legislative motion, and now the house
is brought to the following paragraph in
the law: "When the two houses have
voted they shall Immediately again meet
and the presiding officer shall then an
nounce the decision on the question sub
mitted." The senate has notified the house
in regard to its action on the objections to
the certificate from Vermont The house
has now reached its judgment on these OBJ
| jections and the duty is mandatory on the
chair to notify the senate of that fact.
(Applause)
Mr.. O'Brien-Therefor offer this or
der.
The speaker-The chair cannot enter
tain it.
Mr.. Springer-I desire to submit a pro-
position that the president of the senate be
requested to bring with him the duplicate
return. [Shouts of 'obiect."l
Mr.. Cox-There is no use in endeavorinp
to prevent the speaker counting in Hayes
at once.
Speaker-The gentleman need not object.
The chair has no authority to receive any
such motion.
At IL o'clock the senators entered the
hall and the action of each house on the
objections having been read the presiding
officer announced that the two houses moi
concurring otherwise, the electoral votes OF
Vermont would he counted, and they were
thereupon declared as five for Hayes and
Wheeler.
Then the certificate of Virginia was read
and the votes of that state were announced
as eleven for Tilden and Hendricks. The
vote of West Virginia was next announced
as five for Tilden and Hendricks. Their
came the last state, Wisconsin, with ter
votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
The certificates from Wisconsin having
been read, Mr. Lynde presented objection
signed by Senators Barnum, Mcdonald
Kelly, Cooper and Johnston, and Repre-
sentatives Lynde, Burchard, Philips, Tuck
er, Springer. Rice, Vance, Young ant
Morey to counting the vote of Daniel w
Downs, one of the electors for Wisconsin
because he held the tffice of pension sur
Reon and examining surgeon for the pen
81 office prior to, and on November Z
1876. the day of the presidential election
and on December Q, 1876, o. which Ga.
said FL &c was an office of PR ct and trust
and that said Downs could not therefore b
constitution a ly appointed elector for Wiz
cnnsin or vote as such under the Unite
States constitution that said Downs wa
not therefore duly appointed elector 70
said state and that his vote cannot be C, 4
stitutionally counted.
The senate then at lips retired to it
chamber so that the houses might separa c
ly consider and determine the obj ctions.
AS soon as the senate withdrew MI
Mills rose to p-ivileG. d question and sen
up resolution t be read.
Mr. Luttrell interposed with q motif
for recess, but subsequently, Withdrew
to allow MI Mills resolution to be read
1t sets forth that, whereas. at the lat
election majority Of the electors for Til
den were elected; whereas, the re,uruin
officers of Louisiana and Florida fraudu
lently suppressed the votes of those elect
ors legally elected, and certified the cleo
ton of persons not elected; whereas. tn
governors of these states gave certificate
to those not elected and refused them {
persons elected whereas, these false Gel
tihcaes were referred to the commission I
investigate and report on the votes c
those states, but refused to do SO wher,
as, in the count of the votes in the pre-
ence of the two houses on account c
frauds, Tilden, although having receive
a majority of the electoral votes has not
, majority in said joint court; whereas
Hayes has not received a majority of col
stitutional electors legally appointed an
, the contingency provided for by the cor
} stitution having happened, it becomes th
duty of the house 10 proceed to the eleI