Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-20
THE CUrNT GOES on.
An Objection Raised TO the
Eligibility ofa Michigan
Elector.
And the Two Houses Separate
for Discussion.
CONGRESS
HOUSE,

Gibson offered an order tha. the
Hayes electoral Louisiana vote be not
F.eounted. Hurlbu. moved to strike
out the word not.
New SAID be had supported the ell
ectoral bill and willingly accepted the
responsibility therefor He would
oppose the commissions decision but
counselled no delay. .Seelcy said that
IN the case Of Louisiana, the electioa
corruption on one side seemed u bei-
nous IS the cruelty on the other side
was horrible. He found it quito I'M
possible to say which Of the two sets
electors from Louisisn. voiced the
true will Of the people. II would
have been hard 10 fnd wiser and more
candid men than those who had pro-
nounced the decision Of the electoral
commission. He appreciated the
A,rength Of their position, and con-
gress could not be to jealous OF the
constitutional rights of the state to
choose it's presidential electors.
Joyce declared that the whole
scheme Of the election to the presi !
dency OF the grand fraud of Gram
mercy Park had been superb dem.
ocra,ic cheat from the beginning TO
the end.
Mcmahon said the decision Of the
commission in the case Of Louisiana
WAS worse in its consequence to the
American people than the decision
in the Florida case. AS to Oregon
no democrat looked forward with
much hope to the decision there.
Rice protested against the wrong
and violence embodied in tho decis-
ion, and argued that the whole sub
ject should be referred back TO the
commission. -
Waitefsen rose amid breathfess
silence, and said tho acceptance Of
the inevitable with resolution and
dignity is the highest AZ it is the
rarest form Of courage known among
men. 1t is made harder in this in.
stance by the consciousness of double
dealing aud foul play. Two course,
are open to the majority on this floor,
on one hand passionate outcry, q
once itnpotent and childish, and on
the other hand, without Offering need.
less obstruction to the pro
gress Of events, an earn.
est and manly, but temperate
protest against what we believe great
and grcSious wrong. In my judg
ment the latter is our clear and bonn
den duty. We owe it to the necessi
ties OF tho case; we owe it to the
country; we owe it to ourselves. Be
cause We were dupcd by false pre-
lenses iate . snare, furnishes no rcs
son why We should forget cur obi
cations that press upon honorable
men. In the very act Of passing tn.
electoral commission bill We provided
for the contingency that has com.
upon us. Ivoted Tor. that mea,ur,
in perfect good faith; the result i
against me, aud detestible a. / mu.
think the means that brought.it abou
| accept it - 6aality.
! shall goto my post and shall tel
them all, for As now advised the,
know only part, and when they hay,
takeu time for reflection they viii
] am very sure, illustrate the wisdom
and grace ofmoder.tion, doing moth
ing that does not become good citi
zen'. Life will still go. forward i,
spite OF all this. There are man,
thlngs,to live for yet in this roug
world, and among the rest that d.
OF reckoning -" Dies Ias, Dies Tia,
when the dark shall be light and II
wrong be made right.
s
Danford defended the decision )
one which, outside of party feeling
would meet with the appro, IL Of th
A american people. Although tber