Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-01
The Decision Of the tribunal In the Ore.
gon Case

ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
I = -i.WGsHINGTDN. ID. C., Feb. .. lsss
/ To the President Of the senate Of the United
state OF Oregon and the objections thereto sub.
United under said act, now report. tina; it has
uu con. idertd The ZANE. pursuant 10 aid act ,
anu !Iad by majority Of votes decided and
doe hereby decide that the vote. u. W n
Cd H. j. e. Cartwright and j. W. Watt narntI
IN the certificate OF laid persons and on the r,,-
: per ACCOMPANYING the same. which votes are
1 cttuned bF SAID persons a. appear. by the GER
uIlrAte> submitted 10 the Commits -ion AZORES. al
and marked No. /. y. & to the COMMISSION
+ ana herewith returned. are the vote, provided
/ ioF 10y the Constitution Of the United STATES
| and that the same are lawfully 10 be counted A.
| therein eertited--nsmev.i three votes for Ruth
eriord Il. Hayes OF the State Of Ohio for Pref
+ dent, and three votes for William A. Wheeler
I OF New York for Vice President The Commits
/ sion has, by nlsjOri.y OF votes, also decided
and does hereby decide and report that the three
persons nrst above named were duly sppont-
| Ell electors IN and by the State of Oregon.
The biief ground Of this decis sion /. that IL an
/ pears upon such evidence a. By the Con.tl,lI-
ton and law named in the act Of Congress is
competent and pertinent to the consideration
of the subject that the aforementioned eIec
tors appear TO have been lawfully appointed
such electors Of President and Vice-Pre.id4nt
OF the United States for the term beginning
March I, a. ID. 1871. of The State Of Ore and
that they voted a. such at the time and IN the
lAAAi4htA lot bF Tue constitution of The
United states and the law : and they are further
Of opinion that by the laws of the State of Ore
gon The duty OF canya.sing the returns Of all
votes given at the election OF Pre>i dent and
Nlce-Pre>Ident was imposed upon the Secreta-
~ OF State and upon no one else that The So.
relATy vi State did canvas these returns in the
ease before Us, and that they aseertained that
j. Z. Cartwright, ". II. Odrll and j. " Watt,
had majority OF all the votes given for cleo
tors, aud had the highest number Of votes for
thAt ONCE. and by express language of statutes
these persons are deemed elerted that in ODE
dience 10 MS duty as Secretary OF State made
4 canvass and tabulated statement Of the vote.
showing this result. which, according TO law.
he placed on file IN his Office on the 4th Of De-
ceDbeT, 1876. All this appears by AN official
certificate under the seal ofthe stste. and siyucd
by him and delivered by him 10 the elector.
and forwarded by them 10 the President Of the
Senate with their votes: that the refusal or fail
ure oil the Governor of Oregon 10 sign the GER
llhcAte OF the election OF persons so elected
does not have the effect OF defeating their an
poinlinent as such electors, that the act of the
GoEernor OF Oregon in giving T.. A. Cronin a
certificate OF his election, though he received a
thousand votes less than Watts. OF the ground
that The Ia tier was ineligible, j. without an
thorIiy. and j. therefore void: that althouob
the evidence shows that Watts was Postmaster
al the time OF his election. that fact is rendered
immateria by his resignation both as Postmas-
tel and eiector, and his subsequent aDnoint-
II - - ~ lam! ~ inaue Oy the ElectO-
RAJ College The Commission has also decided
and does hereby decide by a majority of votes
ana report that as consequence OF the forego- |
ing, and upon grounds before stated. the PAPER
purporting TO be certificate of the electoral |
vote Of the said State of Oregon, signed by +.
A. Cronin. j. n. I. Miller and John Parker. |
marked No. 2. n. c., by the Commits ion and |
herewith returned is not the certificate of the |
votes provided by the Constitution of the Uni |
ted States, and they ought not to be counted as
such.
Done at Washington, ID. c., the dsv and year |
fret above written.
SAMUEL r. MILLER
W. STRONG,
Jos. z. BRADLEY.
GEO. +. EDMUNDs,
o. p. MORTON.
FREDK. L. FRELINGHUYsES,
JAS. A. GARFIELD,
GEO. +. HOAR.