The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-09

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81 lnd placsd nm Co., After Hn executive
session tbf seHHff adjourned t1 ten o'clock
fhis mofuIuV
IN ihe senate ON fbe 2s,h, senator
Hogy moved that the testimony taken 10 he
riso n South Carolina he read. senator
Cameron Wis said there uas no testimony
yet in possession Of the %seuate, because the
committee vhicb visited south Carolina had
not made IL report fhe chairman notified
tbe senators that debate was not In order.
The motion Of senator Bory was rejected
yeas, %; nays, o.. Senators Bayard and
Gordon voted with the republicans in the
negative. The two hours discussion then
commenced. and was participated in by
senators McCreery, Mcdonald, Morton, Bay.
ard, Patterson, Logan, Salisbury, Eaton,
sherman, Wadleigh, Menimon, Blaine, Cam.
sron, WIS, Christiancy and Herman.
The debate having closed, the resolution
1t senator Robertson, that the decision otthe
commission upOn the electoral vote of South
stand as the judgment Of the sen.
was agreed tO--yeas, 80; NAYS, %. A
strict party vote. The house was then mott.
led of the action Of the senate, and at a
luarter-past six a message was received, stat.
ng that the house was ready to resume the
count. The senate left its chamber, and upon
returning at a quarter-past seven, the presi-
dent pro tempOre announced that the senate
retired from the Joint meeting upon
objections to the certificate Of Vermont. such
trgvII pnu- a., x,,l III.
ry having read the various objections, sen.
ator Edmunds submitted a resolution that
the vote of Mr.. Solace, as an elector from
Vermont, be counted with the other
electoral votes of the state, the objections
theretot to the contrary Notwithstanding. Sen.
ator Merrimon, who signed the objections,
said he learned that dual returns had been
forwarded to the president of the senate from
Vermont, and considering the matter of sufi-
cient importance to bring it before the sen.
ate, he signed the objection. 1t appeared,
however, that the other returns had not
been delivered to the president of the senate,
and the matter should be inquired into. Sen.
ator Cockrell quoted from the constitution
and act OF 1872, and argued that under the
law ' ermont had ample power to protect
herself in case an %elector failed to deliver
the vote. lie therefore favored the resolu-
ton of senator Edmunds. Senate Edmunds
said he would merely call for the yeas and
nays on the passage of the resolution. He
lid not wish to dignity the proceedings by a
word. The resolution was unani-
mously agreed to, and the secretary directed
to notify the house. The senate at forty
past seven took 4 recess until ten
tomorrow.
In the senate on the LIST, upon return
ing, at 1l:30 p. M, the president pro TEN.
pore announced that the enate having re.
tired from the meeting, upon objection sub.
to the vote of Wisconsin, that obiec.
ton would now be read. The secretary then
read the objection presented in Joint meet.
ing, and Mr.. Cameron Wis. submitted the
following: Resolved, That the vote of Dan
iel L.. Downs, as an elector of the state of
Wisconsin, be counted, together with the
other nine eleetOia Al votes of that state, OBJ
j~ections thereto to the contrary notwith-
standing. The resolution was agreed to
without debate and without a roll call,
three or four senators on the demo.
cratic side voted nc" when the question
was put. Th secretary was directed to no.
tify the house of representatives of the
action of the senate. AT 4:20 a. m. the sen.
ate adjourned.