The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
Congress In Joint Convention.

On the 18th, in Joint Convention, objec-
tons were made by the Democrats respec-
lively to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island,
on account Of i~neligibility of Electors. The
two Houses responded in each case, and,
after a warm discussion in the House, in
which the Electoral Vote of Boggs, of Penn
~sylvania, was rejected, and Slater, of Rhode
Island, was accepted, the Joint Convention
again met. The vote of Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island were then announced for
Hayes and Wheeler.
The next certificate opened was hat from
South Carolina, authenticated by Governor
Chamberlain, showing seven votes for Hayes
and Wheeler. 1t was followed by another
certificate, showing seven votes for Tilden
and Hendricks, with a statement by the
Electors explaining the absence of the Gov
errors Authorization. The objection
to the Republican certificate was presented
by Representative Cochrane, of Penn
sylvania, and the objection to the Demo-
cratic one was presented by Senator Patter-
son, of South Carolina. The objections
having been read, the presiding officer an
nounced that they would be submitted to
the Electoral Commission for its judgment
and decision, and the Senate wonld now
retire to its own chamber
On the 28th of February, the two Houses
met in Joint Convention, and South Caro-
lima was placed on record for Hayes and
Wheeler, and the States of Tennessee and
Texas for Tlden and Hendricks. Then
came Vermont with four votes for Hayes
and Wheeler, The certificate having been
read in full, Mr.. Poppleton (Dem.l of Ohio,
rose to present objections to it, but first
asked the presiding officer whether any
other certificate had been received from
Vermont thar that which had BEEN read,
The Presiding Officer replied in the mega.
tive.
Mr.. Hewitt stated that he held in his hand
a package purporting to contain the Elec-
torsl votes of Vermont, which package had
been delivered to him by express, about the
middle of December, and that with it came
a letter, stating that a similar package had
been forwarded to the President of the Senate
by mail. On learning to-day that no cores.
ponding package had been received by
the presiding officer, he had rendered
to him this package (holding it up,) the
seals of which were still u~nbroken, and
the presiding officer had declined to
receive it. He now rendered
the package to the presiding officer, as pur.
porting to contain the Electoral votes of
Vermont. The PRECEDING oficer-The Chair
has stated that he has received but one
certificate from Vermont. The Chair also
states that the law prohibits him from receiv-
Ing duy dllcT luC uIob 1AuEoudy III ICUIudT1 y.
His duty is to receive, open, and have read
all that have been received on that day.
Mr.. Springer desired to offer a resolution,
which the Chair decided was out of order,
and finally the following objection was pre-
sented:
"The undersigned Senators and Members
object to the counting of the votes of the
State of Vermont for the reason that two re.
turns or papers, purporting to be the returns
of the Electoral vote of said State, were
forwarded to the President of the Senate,
and that only one of said returns had been
laid before the two houses, the President OF
the Senate having stated that but one return
has been received by him from the said
State. A duplicate copy of one of said re.
turns is herewith submitted for the consid.
Grafton of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives."
Accompanying the objection was the fol
lowing, which was also read:
BURLINGTON, W., Feb. q, 1871.
To Samuel Randall, Speaker Of House Of Represent
Aires:
The certificate of Amos Aldrich as Eector wa
deposited in this Office December 18Th.
Clerk of the United States District Court Of Yer
mont.
Mr.. Poppleton then presented two sets o.
objections to the vote of Henry N. Sollace
one of the Electors, on the ground that he
was postmaster when elected, and that tn,
law of Vermont did not authorize an ap
pointment by the College of Electors. to fl
the vacancy caused by the absence of TIL
Elector.
The objections having been read, Mr.
Springer demanded the reading of the du
plicate return sent up with his objection
This was decided out of order, aud III,
Senate proposed to withdraw. AS the Sena
tors were Withdrawing, Mr.. Springer called
out that he now made the point of order
that there being duplicate returns the cas-
had now gone to the Electoral Commission
and could not be considered by the tw,
houses.
No attention, however, was paid to it no
to the proposition made Immediately after
ward by Mr.. Mills, that the House procee'
to elect a President, the speaker declaring
under the terms of the compromise agree
ment, that the House now took a recess til
ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
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