The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-01
The Presidential Tribunal.

ed IN secret session .
Mr.. Hoar offered the following:
Ordered. That evidence he not received.
Mr. Abbott offered the following as substi
tute:
Resolved, That evidence be received to
show that 80 much OF the act OF Louisiana
establishing the returning board for that
State is Unconstitutional, and the acts OF SAID
returning board are void.
This was rejected by the following vote:
YEAs- .bbett, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hun
ton, Thurman. Payne.
NAYs- Bradley, Eimunds, Frelinghuysen, |
Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong g.
Mr. Abbott offered another substitute as iol-
lows:
Resolved. That evidence will be received to
show that the returning board OF Louisiana, at
the time of canvassing and compiling the vote
OF that State, at the last election in that State,
waa not legally constituted under the Ia es-
tablishing ii, in this, that it was composed OF
four persons OF one political party instead OF
five PERSONS OF different parties.
Rejected by the same vote.
MIR. Abbott then offered another substitute {:
Resolved. That the commission will receive
testimony on the subject OF frauis alleged III
the specifications OF counsel for the obJect0rs
to certificates one and three.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr.. Abbott then offered fourth substitute
Resolved, That te. timeny tending to show
that the su- called returning board OF LOulsi-
ana had no jurisdiction to canvass the votes
tor electors tor President aud Vice President
is admissible
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered fifth substitute,
which was rejected by the same vote, which
| was az follows:
Resolved. That evidence is admissible that
statements and affidaviis purporting to have
been made and forwarded to said returning
| hoard in pursuance OF the pr, visions OF sec
ri he al On at 1870 alleging riot
| tumult intimidation and violence, at or near
! certain parishes were false and fabricated and
| forged by certain disreputabe persons under
direction and knowledge of said returning
| board; that said returning board, Knowing
said statements and afidavits TO be false and
| forged, and that none OF such statements and
| afidayits were made in the manner or form,
or within the time required by law did know
| ingly, wiluliy and trauduIeIty fail aud re-
| fuse to canvass or compile mere than ten
Thousand votes cast, as is shown by Commits
| sioners OF Elec ion.
Resolved, That evidence be received To
| prove that the votes cast and given at said
elect on on tie the 7,h Of November last, as
shown by tn return made by the Commits
soners OF Election for said polls and votil 8
places, in said State, have never been COM
piled nor canvassed, and that said returning
board never even pretended to compile OF
| canvass the return made 10y said Commission
ers 81 Election, but that I'D returning board
only pretended to.canvass the returns made
by the State Supervisors OF Registration.
Rejected by the same vote.
An eighth substitute was off red by Bayard
! as follows
r Resolved, That no person holding an cffic'
OF trust or profit under the United States Il
eligible to be appointment an elector, anf
that this Commission will receive evidence
TENDING to prove said ineliglbiiity, as Offered
e bv counsel tor directors oil certificates No.
IsYd 8.
RI Justice Field ffered the 9th and last sub
: stitnte, as follows:
Resolved. That in the opinion of the com
z mission evidence is admissible upon the sew
5 | eral matters which counsel for directors t
: numbers and offered to prove.
: This was also rejected by the same vote an
s | the QUE stiou on the original order submitte'
n bv Hoar came up, viz tThat the evidence OF
o tered be not received"
e Mr. Payne moved to strike out the word no
o Rel cted 10y the same vote.
e Tie vote on the original order was then ia
} ken, and it was adopted by the following vote
p Yeas Bradley, Ednunds, Frelihghuyser
o Garfield, Hoar. Miller, Morton Strong-8.
1t Nays-Abbott, Ba, ard, Clifford, Field, Hun
l. on. Payne, Thurman.
= Upon this action being made known to tn
X counsel the Democrats declined to make an
4, further Argument, and the Commission agai
!" went into secret =. ssion, when Senator Morto
" offered the following resolution.
l. Resolved That the persons named as eiec'
A. ors In certificate No. were the Lawful cleo
,r ors Of the tate oil Louisiana and their vot'
n are the votes ~ orlied by the Consultation
j. the United Stats and should be counted Il
70 President and Vice President.
n This resolution was adopted by vote oil
u Z, ~ follows: -
r Frslnghuysen, Garfield, roar and Morton.
n Nays-Abbots, Bayard, Clifford Field, LIN
C. ton, Payne and Thurman
re Justice Miller and Bradley and Represent
I'D tive iiuar were appointed committee
to adopt a report OF the decision to be submift'
III TO Congress.
'r-. Upon The asse milling OF the Sena
81 on the NH. the decision OF the Commissi
81 i'm the Louisiana case was read and the Sens
e, about \ motion that it WIS ready to me
eh the House and proceed with the count. L
~ House, however, declined to proceed
Is. Saturday. but by q vote OF 50 10 Ill adopt
les a resolution that thy would inert the Sens
n 10 continue the r0unti In lint convention
Ia ia NJ. on Monday the 10Th.
~ ACCEPTING THR RRsuLT.
An exciting Democratic caucus was held
"a Washington on the evening a the nth. II
r. solutions were offered fefnsing to acct
~ the decision o the Electoral Commission,
TX, lev affirmative votfs. After en- extended {
FOR rate, ,hH following r, solution offered by X
are gan "a Texas with the last clause added
- Mr. Bright, was ainr.ted iy vote oil 81 tn
O. htsoIved, That the count Ut the electo
vntts shall proceed without dtlatory oppo
TEX ton t. the ,rdsriy execution OF the net
ev- Congress creating the Electoral Commits
i.4 whose dec si o snaIi be received and ac
=, upon In ac oFdaice with the provisions Of =
law. But this resolution i accompanied "
'oi tile solemn and earnest protest ot the Den
the cratic party against the gross and shanel
5 Of vislafiun OF law, justlc and truth contain
yur in the decision Vt majority Hhn signrd
=. same I'm he eases III Florida aud Louisiana
81 At precisely Ii a. M on the IL
the tro houses III Congress met In joint
ises sion 10 proeeed with the count The Fri
-eo. dent On the Senat- said:
d .srlie joint meeting of Congress resumes
K m session The ohirrtiots presented 10 the {
-. tiHeatrs from the State Of Louisiana nav
t~en submitted To the Commission, the
houses have re1onrened TO receive aid 2
ats, slider the dec'son Oh that tribunal, IN Will
and by ! majority OF the Commissioners,
ity. signed BY the maj. rity OF the COMMISSION
"a sgreeins thereto"
Aeu The decision was then read Il Is IN
at guage the zane n the decision given m
are case or Florida, with the difference that vi
tfc fnfts+r rOfispa sAfhe cnfErul5SlOn las de-