New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12


from the other wing. 1t did not come until
20 minutes after ~, and then it was
notification that the House would be
ready at I. Mr.. Ferry held that no motion for n
recess could be entertained and the Senator's whlled
away the time in reading OF debating until the ap-
pointed hour Then Sergeant-at-Arms French mar
shaded the double line. and marching at its head
with his assistants, among them being the venerable
Capt Bassett carrying the two mahogany boxes
containing the returns, he led the Senatorial pro-
cesson to the House.
The Senate entered the hall Of the House precisely
at o'clock. The joint session was called to ORDER
and President Ferry handed to the Secretary OF
the Senate the report of the Commission which was
read. David Dudley Field then presented the pro-
test, signed by more than the requisite number of
Senators and Representatives. This was simply
formal paper giving the grounds of protest, but
containing no new points. No other protest being
offered the Senate withdrew, and when order was
restored in the House, Mr.. Lynde at once moved
recess until 10 o'clock on Mon
day. Mr.. Hale was Immediately on his
feet with point of order. He claimed
that no recess could be taken under the law, but
that the consideration of the protest must at once
take place. This question was discussed for more
than an hour, the Republicans who spoke generally
supporting Mr.. Hae's position and the Democrats
opposing it, At length Mr. Hoar called attention to
the language of the bill, and gave it as his opinion
that one recess was certainly in order. Speaker
Randall Immediately overruled Mr. Hale's point, and
q recess was then ordered by strictly party vote
After the Senators got back to their chamber, the
objections read few minutes of silence en-
sued nobody taking the floor to occupy any part of
the two hours allowed by the law for debate. The
President was about to put the question on sustain
pUf ha obi tinus WI wa SUGGESTED
proper form to vote on sustaining the decision
of the Commission. Then Mr.. Stevenson unmasked
a scheme for delay, which other Democrats appeared
unwilling at first to be openly responsible for. lie
moved recess until Monday morning, on the thin
pretense of wanting the report of the Commission
printed; and when the notion after some desult0ry
talk got along to Yea and Nay vote, all the Demo
cratic Senators supported it. Even Mr.. Bayard went
on record appearing to want to defeat the orderly
working of his own law. OF course all the Republic
cans voted in the negative. number OF PROPOSE
tiOns in different FORMS confirming or Overrullng the
Commissions decision, were offered. They were
only so many various ways of declaring the
will of the Senate, but their originators
were persistent each for his own FORM
Finally the resolution offered by Mr.. Sherman
was adopted. 1t declared that the decision of the
Electoral Commission stands as the Judgment of the
Senate, the objections to the contrary nowithstand-
ing. On this the Yeas were "A and the Nays 25-a
party vote. Another tedious waiting spell followed
this vote and finally at about o'clock word came that
the House had taken until Monday. There
was then nothing for the Senate to do except re-
luctantly to follow suit, and recess was accord
ingly voted mem. con- until Monday at 10 o'clock.
The discussion on the Florida case will begin in
the House at 10 o'clock tomorrow, when SIX
speeches will be made on each side. Five of those
who will speak for the Democrats are Springer,
Field, Knott Tucker, and Thompson