The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-03-01
The Pre- sidential Tribunal.

The Pre- sidential Tribunal.
On the Goth the House after two
hours debate by vote of l72 to 80, endorsed
the objection to counting the vote OF Louis
lana. The Senate was then notified and the
joint session was resumed. The Senate hay
ing sustained the finding Of the Commission
vote Of Louisiana was counted for
and Maine and Massachusetts were recorded
for Hayes and Maryland for Tilden. When
Michigan was called the Democrats inter-
posed objections to the vote OF Daniel L.
Crossman, one OF the electors. declaring that
one Benton Hanchett, having been elected
one Of the electors tor the State Of Michigan,
and having held and still holding the Office OF
United States Commissioner, had abeented
himself from the meeting Of electors on the
9Th OF December, and that his place had been
filled by the other electors. The objection
claims that the TACT that Hanchett absented
himself from the meeting did not create va
cancy, and therefore that said Cross
man had not been duly appointed elector.
The two Houses then separated to
consider the objection and after considerable
debate both houses agreed to count Cros
mans vote. The joint session and count was
Then followed the STATE OF Minnesota with
with eight votes tor Tilden and Hendricks !;
Miss uri, with 16 votes tor TiIden and Hem
dric ks; Nebraska. with three votes for HAYES
and Wheeler, and Nevada with three votes tor
Hayes and Wheeler.
Mr.. Springer objected to the count Of one
Of the three votes OF Nevada, on the ground
that an elector, R. n. Daggett, was at the time
OF his appointment and tor long time pre-
viously, and thereafter continued to be a
! United States Commissioner for the Circuit
| and sdistrict Courts of the United States in
the District of Nevada. The objection is
signed by Messrs; Springer, Tucker. Vance,
Republicans, and by Senators Barnum, Wal,
lace and Hereford.
The two houses then again separated. The
Senate promptly voted to count Nevada in
spite OF the objection but the House took q
recess until the next day and the count for
the day ended.
The House. on the 2lst inst. voted
not to sustain the objections to Nevada and
Nevada was counted for Hayes and Wheeler.
Then followed in succession the States OF
New Hampshire, with five votes for Hayes and
Wheeler; New Jersey, nine votes tor Tilden
and Hendricks; New York, 35 votes for Til
den and Hendricks; Ohio, % votes Tor Hayes
and Wheeler.
The presiding officer now opened and hand
| ed to the tellers the certificates received from
Oregon. The first was read by Mr.. Stone and
proved to be the sworn certificates OF the
three Hayes electors, Cartright, Odell and
Watts, executed before notary public.
The papers contain full statement of the do
ings Of the three electors the resignation OF
by tho other two electors the original ballot
cast by the three electors, &c. They were
| read in full, and the presiding officer then
handed to the tellers the certificates of the
three rival electors, Cronin, Miller, and Park
er, authenticated by the signatures OF the
seal Of the State attached. This certificate
gives two votes to Hayes and Wheeler and
| one vote to Tilden and Hendricks Senator
Mitchell presented objections to the certificate
OF Cronin,, Miller, anu Parker, on the follow
| ing grounds:
First. Because neither OF said persons were
ever appointed by the State of Oregon in any
manner Whatrver.
Second. 1t appears from the records and
papers contained in and attached to the GER
ti6cates OF w: H Odell, &c. Cartwright and
John "; Watts, that they were duly ap-
pointed electors and cast their votes as such.
Third. Because it does not appear from
| the face OF Gov. Growers certificate attached
to the returns OF the votes of Cronin, Miller
and Parker, that such certificate was issued
to the three persons having the highest num-
Der OF votes tor electors but was issued by
him to persons whom he deemed eligible,
though one OF them, Z. A. Cronin, was not
fRCS1Dfed sRaCS. thereto according to the laws Of the
Fourth, because it appears from the certi-
fcate OF s. F. Chadwick, Secretary OF State.
that Odell, Cartwright and J. w. Watts re-.
ceived the highest number OF votes, and that
therefore the certificate OF the Governor, in so
| IA 90 $nA IN sEx %1o - w
Watts as one Of the electors appointed; and
in SO far as suoh certificate contained the
name Of E. A. Cronin as one of the electors
appointed fails to conform to act of Congress
in such case made and provided, and to the
laws OF Oregon; and that such certificate is az
to said Cronin without authority and of no
eject.
Senator'S Kelly, Bogy, Mcdonald, Steven
son and Cooper, and Representatives Field,
Tucker, Lane, jerks, Watling, Clymer. Wig.
ginton, Poppleton, Vance, OF Ohio, Hurd and
Luttrell, object to the counting OF the votes
cast by Cartwright, Odell and Watts. The
grolnds Of the objections are:
Gates OF the electoral votes Of ofOregon have not
annexed to them the certificate of the Govern
or OF Oregon, as required to be made and an
nexed by section 1856 and 1873 United States
Revised Statutes.
second-The papers have not annexed to
| y
and Watts as electors, to which the seal oI
the State of Oregon was affixed by the Secre-
tary of State and signed by the Governor and
Secretary, as required by section 60 of chap.
ter 60 OF the general laws of Oregon.
Third-1t was the right and duty of the
Governor of Oregon, under the laws Of that
State, to give the certificates Of election or ap-
pointmenta as electors to John c. Cartwright,
VIM. Odell and B. A. Cronin, they being the
three persons capable OF being appointed
Presidential electors who received the highest
number Of votes at The election held in Ore
gon Nov. Z, 1876.
Fourth-Cartwright and Odell had no right
elector Dec. 6, 1876. as there was no vacancy
in the Office OF Presidential elector on that
Fitth-Cartwright and Odell had no righ,
or authority in law to appoint Watts an el-
ector Dec. 6, 1876, inasmuch as they did not,
on that day, compose or form part of the
electoral college OF Oregon as by laws consti.
tuted.
Cartwright and Odell had no author
ity to appoint Watts an elector Dec. 6, 1876
because on that day Watts was still postmas-
ter of Lafayette, Oregon, and was still on
that day holding said Office of trust and pro-
fit.
seventh-Watts, who claims to be an elec-
tor in the above described certificates, was in
February, 1879, appointed postmaster At La
tayette, Oregon, and was duly commissioned
and qualified as such postmaster, that being
an Office OF trust and profit under the laws Of
the United States, and continued to be and
act as such postmaster from February, 1873,
until after November la, 1876, and WAS acting
when the Presidential electors were appointed
by the State of Oregon, and that he was ineli-
gible to be appointed as one of the said Pres
identiA electors.