Marshall County Republican., 1877-01-25

| tinued by Messrs. Johnston, Sherman and With
ers, after which the subject was laid aside
House-Ihe House passed a resolution permit
ting Barnes, the contumacous witness, to return
to New Orleans in charge of Deputy sergeant-at-
Arms, to whether he procure the telegraphic
| dispatches called for by Mr.. Morrisons committee
| =. Bills were introduced and referred: BY Mr.
Stone, Of Missouri to provide for the organization
%r Kt5eo the Territory Territory a., CT okahams; by
for public lands in cases where the crops have
been destroyed by grasshoppers also establishing
a land district in the Black Hills. .. Mr. Wells,
from the Committee on Appropriations, reported
the Indian Appropriation bill Mr.. Harris offered
a resolution instructing the committee on privi-
leges and duties of the House to report what num-
Der Of electoral votes il necessary under the con-
stitution TO elect a President Referred
discussion took place upon the resolution re-
ported by the Judiciary Committee in relation TO
the refusal of members of the Louis Returning
Board TO produce certain papers before the Louis-
ana special committee. At the conclusion of the
debate vote was taken and the resolution for the
arrest of the members of the Louisiana Returning
Board and their production before the bar of the
House to answer for contempt adopted by a
strict party vote-yeas. 15S; nays, 81.
THURSDAY Jan. S.-Senote.-Mr Edmunds
from the special committee appointed to devise
means for counting the electoral vote, submitted
report in writing, accompanied by a BILL The
report, he was happy to say was signed by all the
members OF both committees. with one exception.
The committee of the opinion that the meas
ur9 they recommended not what could be
called compromise, but 1t was measure of JUS
uce, and IN aid OF constitutional Government. No
one would have the right TO say that views
had been surrendered in any respect. Mr. Jones' of
tlerida. presented the petition of the four Demo-
cratic Presidential electors of Florida, claiming to
nave been legally elected, and asking that the
electoral vote cast by them for President and Vice
PRESIDENT be counted instead Of that cast by the
electors on the other side.
Rouse.-Mr. Payne, chairman of the committee
0rl urtf he oIa
rent report of the two committees of the House and
Senate, which report havin z been read it was. on
motion OF Mr. Payne, recommitted and ordered
printed.
FRIDAY, Jan. 19.--Sendte. Cameron.
of Pennsyly anis, presented resolutions adopted by
the Legislature of his State declaring that the
hhcates Of electors from the various States are
constitutional evidence Of votes cast for
hsesiden. bs nnnn,.a and Vice VICE President, and must
matte Appropriation bill was passed . Iouisiapa
was the theme OF another long and lively deba.e in
sherman, OF Ohio, were the chief participants The
former. in the course OF his remarks bitterly as
sailed the present State Government Of Louisiana
and was loudly cheered by the galleries whe-europ
on motion of Mr.. Edmunds the gentIemea,s GAL
lery was cleared of spectators.
House. Mr.. Hunter, from the judiciary Com
mittee, reported resolution dischargipg william
Orton President of the Western Union telegram
Company, from the custody of the serpeant-at-
Arms. Arm Adopted without division. j. Madison
we, melis -. ana Ihomas C. Anderson were brought be-
fore the bar Of the House to answer for contempt
OF the privileges of the House. Having
answered to the question propounded
to postpone their further answer nn,,i P'e,e ,hs
remaining members of the Louisiana Returnin0
Board shall arrive in Washington the matter was
referred 10 the judiciary Committee This was a
GALA day for the female suffraeists i'm ths 4onsa
BY precoDcerted arrangement tweuty-hye ne
tiuons were presented by members from as many
dist rent States in behalf Of sixteenth amepd,rort
to the constitution guaranteeing that shs fn.ni.a
shall not be denied in any State account of sex
SATURDAY, Jan. 20.-Sendte.-On motion OF
Mr.. Edmunds, the bill reported by the special COM
mttee In regard to the count Of the electoral yo.e
was taken mp. Mr.. Edmunds proceeded 10 address
tne senate at length, IN advocacy of the measure
Inc loliowing are some Of the points made by him
sion is to decide what is The electoral vote Of a
state The election Of the Congress,onal
part OF The commission BY a viva yoce
large enough to prevent the possihiitfy Of corrnat
ing inhuences. The Judges named are chosen sc
corning 10 geographical locality To guard against
~, ossnne, the oath makes psrtif anship impossi-
PIE Inc commission is not to decide a policy or
dsternine future. IL fs to pass on the irrevocs-
on oie p2si. The commission is 20 discover what is
VIC papeI' any, which speaks the constitutional
elews OF q state, ssd how many and what persons
were elected electors. The plan, be claimed
noids the scale Of justice In Absolute
equAiv ahd gives nothing 10 either party The COM
mission Is to determine whether the electoral vote
va cast according to Law. Mr.. Edmunde neither
amrmed nor denied that the commission had
power to go behind the returns He onlv said that
II Congress had the right to do this the com mssoy
mad, or would have, and that was one OF the Ones
lions submitted to 1t. Mr.. Edmunds al affirmed tina,
the eoustttutionality Of the bill was xirbout
doubt. tie maintained the President Of the sen
a'e has not the right to count the votes Ua
insisted that by legal Interpretation could a he
ned tnat The opening OF the vote implied the right
20 count Nor was the Vice President Judce m
that theory Is admitted, the monstrous proro
si.on must De conceded that the Vice President
AN Ssn try ana determine the case and finally declare
himself President Of the United states He
argued that the constitution had been 40 framed
enst tnere u but one provision In IL which er-
ecotes itself. That related TO the capture
OF slave property. Every other provision is onIv
executed by Congressional regulations The pre-i-
dent Is Commander in- Chief but every ACT a. regu
iA'ed by law. he functions of the iudicfzrv are
prescribed by the constitution yet their procedure
u entireiy c1ntrolled by law. Tho oopstitution
nhicn was adapted TO ali time, was framed 40 thai
Oongresslona legislation could adapt IL to the yari,
., rsehcles OF different generations. He denied
the TACT enphatcay that the precedents shfxv th.f
the President Of the Senate has counted the voses
On the contrary, Mr.. Edmunds affirmed that as
an sriihn eucal proposition, he had never even
counted one vote. 1he tellers were lwavs anno,nt
ed, ana that from John Langdon TO Scbuvler Col
lax the two houses dictated 20 the presiiing oicer
OF the Senate the course he should pursue
House.-The House, in committee of the whole.
devoted the day to debate, the speeches taxing n
wide political range.