New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-14
The Elentornl TrIbunnI.

IObOAbablNO ElclO Ou Iuo DhTD VI uNb Oou-
atOrs and twelve Representatives, and the
two houses separated.
Senators having returned from the House,
the objections to the decision of the COM
mission submitted by Mr.. Field were read.
Mr.. Stevenson moved that the Senate take
a recess until twelve O'Clock Monday. Re
| jected; yeas 26, nays "A; strict party vote.
After further debate, the following, sub
mitted by Mr.. Sherman, was agreed to by
party vote:
Resotped, That the decision of the com.
| mission upon the electoral votes of the
State of Florida stand as the Judgment of
| the Ser ate, objections made Thereto to the
| contrary notwithstanding.
A long debate took place as to the form
/ of the question sustaining or OVerruling the
objections fled by Mr. Field.
An order submitted by Mr.. Whyte, that
the Senate do not concur in the decision
made by the commission, created under a
clause approved January %, 1877, but that
the votes cast by Wilkinson Call, Robert
| Bullock, j. E. Youge and, R. B. Hilton, as
electors of the State of Florida, on the sew
enth of November, 1876, are the true and
lawful votes for President and Vice Presi-
| dent of the United States, and should be
counted as the electoral vote of that State,
was defeated by strict party vote. The
following is the vote:
Yeas-Bailey, BaFnum, Bayard, Bogy,
Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Eaton, GOldth-
waite, Hereford, johnson, Jones of Florida,
Kelly, Herman, McCreery, Mcdonald,
Maxey, Merrimon, Norwood, Randolph,
Ransom, Salisbury, Stevenson, Wallace,
Whyte, Withers-26.
Nays-Alcorn, Allison, Anthony, Blaine,
Booth, Boutwell,, Bruce Burnside, Came
ron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of WiscOn-
sin, Chafe, Christiancy, Clayton, COnk-
ling, Conover, Cragin, Dawes, Dorsey
Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, Hamlin,
Harvey, Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls,, Jones
of Nevada, Logan, MCMILLAN, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patter-
SOD, Robertson, Sargent, Sharon, Sherman,
Spencer, Teller, Wadleigh, West, Window,
Wright-45.
Mr.. Edmunds stated that Mr.. Thurman
was absent on account of sickness He
(Edmunds) would vote against the order
and the Senator from Ohio for it. He there
fore withheld his vote.
Mr.. Norwood stated that his colleague
tGOrdOn) was confined to mis- room by sick
ness.
The Senate then agreed to an order sub
mitted by Mr.. Hsmlin, that the vote of the
State of Florida should be counted for r
B. Hayes for President, and William A.
Wheeler for Vice President, as determined
by the Electoral Commission.
The vote upon this was, yeas 43, nays 25-
a strict party vote.
On motion of Mr.. Sargent, the Secretary
was directed to notify the House that the
Senate had reached a determination in re
gard to the decision of the Electoral Com.
mission, and was ready to meet the Houst
for the purpose of proceeding with the
count.
In the House, the Senators having re
, tired, discussion was sprung upon a mo
ton to take a recess till Monday, the
Republicans opposing it, arguing that undel
the electoral bill the House had no power
to take a recess, but should consider the OBJ
| ia0f RI dGRiaiOD Of the mi
for two hours, then vote upon it, and LEI
the two houses come together again.
The Speaker Overruled the peint of orde
r against the right to take recess, and &C
cOrdingly the House took recess till tel
| o'clock Monday.
t On Monday, in the House, after a spirited
= and earnest debate upon the decision of the
a | Electoral Commission with respect to thu
vote of Florida, the House decided, by
strict party vote, that the finding of thu
= commission was not correct, and that tht
r Tilden electors have been elected in tina
State.
The Clerk of the House was directed Il
= inform the Senate of the action of the House
= and that it was ready to receive that BODY
=, for the purpose of proceeding with the count
, The Senate having appeared, Vice Presi
dent Ferry caused the Secretary of tht
8 Senate and Clerk of the House to declare
!. what action the respective houses ha(
! taken in regard to the decision Of the com
mission.
< This having been done, the President o
the Senate declared that both houses no
having coneurred in setting aside thu
] decision of the commission, the vote o.
Florida would be counted for Hayes an(
Wheeler.
f The votes of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky weIe alst
counted for the respective candidates
d When Louisiana was reached the Presiden
s of the Senate handed to the tellers thre'
n certificates, two of which were in favor o
, the Hayes electors, and one signed b,
McEnery in favor of the Tilden elec
6 tors. There was also q certificate whiel
the Vice President said he had received b,
mail, purporting to cast the eight votes o
Louisiana for Cooper and Cary.
= The reading of this certificate causet
l. much amusement, the electors all beinj
v named John Smith, distinguished from eacl
y J. other by the numbers one, two, three, four
= five and six, and by the letter A, letter ]
/ and "Let her rip.n
The Vice President asked and obtainet
q Unanimous consent to suppress this eertif
cate, which was manifestly bogus and
'' | burlesque.
2, Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, rose AM
q submitted an objection to the Hayes AM
Wheeler certificates. The objection wa
based on the grounds that the Hayes cleo
a tors had not been duly elected, but tina
70 their election had been certified by William
n P. Kellogg, who claimed to be, but in fac
was not, the Governor of the State of Louis
lana; because the Returning Board of SAT-
State was without jurisdiction, for the res
n son that the laws of Louisiana conferred n
power on the Returning Board to canvass o
compile the votes, since they constituted bu
four of the five persons required by law
since these four were of the same politioa
party, and since there was a vacancy il
said board which the four had refuse,
81 to fill; because the four of the Returning
d Board had full knowledge that true CON
v pilation of the votes would have show
t that the Tilden electors had been dul.
elected; because said board had offered 70
money to sell the vote of Louisiana; an
D. because A. B. Levisee and o. H, Brew
n steF, of the Republican electors, had he'll
n offices of trust under the government of tn
Is United States at the time Of their appoint
ment as electors.
The objection is signed by Senators Nc
Donald, of Indiana; Stevenson, of ken
y tucky; Salisbury, of Delaware; BOgy, o
q Missouri; Members jerks, of Pennsylvania
l. Gibson, OF Louisiana; Tucker, of Virginia
Levy, of Louisiana; Ellis, of Louisiana
Morrison, of Illinois.
q Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, also sent n
q objections to the Hayes and Wheeler certif
n Gates, because
d l. The government of Louisiana was nc
D republican in form.
It 2. No canvass was made on which III
II certificates of election were issued.
8 Any alleged canvass of the votes wa
an act OF usurpatiOn, fraudulent and void.
A. Some of the electors were ineligible b,
, the Law OF LOuisiana, and were disqualifie
= from electors as holding State offices, Ke
), loRa being acting de fdctO Governor JOf