The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-15
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A. We minated last week The Eleclo.
ral Commission decided pot to admit
any eridcpee IN reicfence 20 The Flor
ida ELECTORS except IN regard to the
question: Of eligibility Unfortunately
tlis decision was reached BY strict
party vote Nevertheless we thiak IL
a let decision The constitution e..
gently intended that the states should
make their own laws aud have iull
charge u choosing their own electors
aad when the result is declared by the
proper authorities Of the state il
should be taken by the general govern.
ment - final Were il otherwise the
rights Of the state under tbs constitn.
tutiDu would be seriously abridged.
This view Of the case may help tue
Republicans ia the present instance
butt is quite as likely 10 help the
other eide IN cases 10 arise hereafter
Whether right or wrong the commiss-
lon has 80 decided aud ii must DO Gnal
as far as the present case is concern.
cd.
Alter able arguments on both sides
IN regard to the eligibility OF Humph.
reys, one OF the Florida electors who
was a government officer, but resigned
previous 10 the election, the case was
given TO the commission, who decided
after debating nearly all day, to admit
all the Florida Hayes electors. Satur.
day the result was communicated TO
the Joint meeting Of Congress aud the
decision was promptly objected to
The two houses then separated and
the Senate promptly approved the de,
cision and the house by strict party
70 &c took recess until Monday.
The following are points of objection
interpreted TO the decision Of the electo.
raj commission: First, that the decision
determined that the votes cast by the
Hayes electors is the true and legal
vote OF the state Of Florida when in
truth aud fact tue vote cast by the
! lllden electors is the true aud Lawful
vote that the commission refuse to re-
ceiye compe ent and material evidence
tending to prove that Hayes electors
were not appointed ia the manner pre-.
scribed by the legislature of Florida
bat were designated as electors by
the returning board Of the state cor
ruptly and fraudulently, in. disregard o
law aud with the intent TO defeat the
viii. OF the people expressed in the
choice OF the Tilden electors who were
regularly appointed electors by th,
state OF Florida in the manner prescrib
ed by the Legislature Third, that de
cision was founded upon the order o
the commission that no evidence b,
received that was not submitted TO thu
joint convention Of the two houses, ex
cept regarding Humphreys ineligibili-
ty; that the decision excludes evidence
taken 10y the two houses of Congress
committees OF each house concerning
frauds etc. committed by person
whose certificates are taken as proof o
the due appointment OF electors.
On Monday the house cousierded
the Florida case aud alter short sharI
speeches by several Of the Democratic
leaders deu9uucing the decision of thu
Electoral commission il was. voted OF
the part OF the house that the decision
be not sustained After the vote WA
taken the senate Joined the house an,
the vote ot Florida was counted 10
Hayes aud Wheeler IN accordance witt
the electoral bill The count Of state
then proceeded with no further obiec
ton Until Louisiana was reached whel
the following objections were raised
Senator Mcdonald objected to tn,
Hayes aud Wheeler certificates on the
! ground the electors had not been dull,
elected, bat that their election had
been certified by William T. Kellogg
who claimed to be, but. in fact. was no
the Governor of Louisiana, and because
the returning board OF said State wa.
without jurisdiction. for the reason tina
the laws OF Louisiana conferred n
power on the returning board. to can
vass or compile the votes. since the,
constituted but four OF five person
required by law since those four wer
OF the same political party. ADD sine
there was a vacancy in said board
which the four members had refused /
, GIT. because the four members Of ih
returning board bad fall knowledg
that true compilation Of the vote
would have shown that the 1ilden e