The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-01

t tomorrow. There was no objection mad,
} and the proposition was agreed to.
E Mr.. Cochrane's resolution, that III
vote Of South Carolina be not countet
was thep adopted, and,the Senate wa
notified.
i, THE COUNT RESUMED.
. At G:20 the Senators came into the hal
and the action OF each house on the deci
sion having been read, the presidin
officer announced that the two houses no
, concurring otherwise the electoral vote
Of South Carolina would be counted, an,
they were therefore declared by one Of tn
tellers, US seven for Hayes and Wheeler
Pending that action, Mr.. Jones Ky.
raised the question that there were not
. quorum OF the Senate present, only q
having entered the hall, but the presid.
ing officer paid no attention TO the inter
r9ption and directed the clerk to proceed
with the reading, Mr.. Jones contenting
himself with the protest against proceed
ing.
The votes Of Tennessee, l2, and Texa,
s for Tilden and Hendricks, were ther
announced without objection, and without
the full reading Of the certificates.
Then came Vermont, with four votes
for Hayes and Wheeler.
| The certificate having been read, Mr.
Poppleton rose 10 make objections 10 it
but frat asked the presiding officer
whether any other certificate had been
received from Vermont than that which
had been read.
The presiding officer replied in the
negative.
Mr.. Hewitt stated that he held In his
hand u package purporting to contain
the electoral votes OF Vermont, which
package had been delivered to him by Ex.
press about the middle Of December, and
that with it came letter stating that a
similar package had been forwarded 10
the President Of the Senate by mail. On
learning to-day that no corresponding
package had been received by tile Prcsi,
dent Of the Senate, he had rendered to
him this package (holding it up), the
seals Qf which were still unbroken, and
the presiding officer declined to receive
them. lie now rendered the package to
the presiding officer as purporting to
contain the electoral votes OF Vermont.
The Presiding Oficer-The Chair has
stated that he has received but one Ger.
tiiicate from Vermont. The Chair also
states that the law prohibits him from
receiving any after the first Thursday in
February. His duty is 10 receive, open
and have read all that have been rccciy.
ed on that day.
sPRINGER's TACTICS,
Mr.. Springer understand that the
third return from the State Of Florida
was received on the Sd, after the lst Of
January, Am correct t. correcting
himself, but still stumbling, ~ mean
February.
The only response which the President
made was that January was not Februa.
ry, and he asked whether there was any
objection to the vote Of Vermont
MIR. Springer offer resolution
The Presiding OfiiCer-If il is an OBJ.
lection to the certificate from Vermont
the Chair will entertain it, but If il is
simply resolution the Chair will not
entertain il.
Mr.. Springcr-After II is read it will
be seen what it is.
The Presidential the member from
Illinois submits an objection to the Ger.
titicate the Chair will entertain it, but
he can not entertain a resolution.
Mr.. Springer persisted in his efforts to
have the resolution read, but the presid.
ing officer was just as firm and unyicldiRg
in not permitting it TO be read, and he
lntimated that il the member from Hi.
nols would not come TO order the ser
vices OF
THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WOULD EE
CALLED
into requisition. Finally, Mr.. Springer
undertook to put his resolution in the
shape OF an objection, and proceedings
were informally suspended TO give him
time to do so. After about quarter Of
an hour had been spent in fixing il up,
in consultation with others, the following
objection was sent up, signed by Senator
Merrimon and Representative Springer
and Hamilton (of lndiana).
THE DUPLICATE RETURN.
The undersigned Senators and menu
bers object TO the counting OF the votes of
Vermont, Tor the reason that two returns
or papers, purporting to be the returns Of
the electoral vote Of said State, were for
warded TO the President OF the Senate,
and that only Onc Of said returns has been
laid before the two houses. The Presi-
dent OF the Senate having stated that but
one return has been received by him from
said State, duplicate copy OF one OF
said returns is herewith submitted for
consideration Of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
Accompanying the objection was the
following telegram, which was read:
BURLINGTON, VI. Feb. o., 1877,
70 Samuel j. Randall, Speaker of The House
Or Representatives:
The certificate OF Amos Aldrich, as an
elector, was deposited in this office De.
cember 18th.
lSlgncd i. i. SMALLEy,
Clerk Of L. S. District Court, Iicmoat.
Mr.. Poppleton then presented two scts
OF objections to the vote OF OF Henry n,
SOlaCc, one Of the electors, on the ground
that he was postmaster when elected
and that the law OF Vermont did not au.
thOrize the appointment by the College
Of Electors TO fill vacancy caused by the
absence Of an electOr.
The objections having been read, Mr..
Springer demanded the reading OF the
duplicate return sent up with his objcc.
ton.
The presiding officer (entirely ignoring
the dcmand)-Are there any further oh.
jections TO the vote OF Vermont. After Il
pause, the chair heard none.
Mr.. Springer-docs the chair decline
to receive the return submitted with NV
objection?
The presiding oilicer-Thc chair de.
cIincs TO receive any.
Mr.. Waddell (iocoscly) being uliunHe,
The Presiding OlliCcr-In any form,
Laughter. The Senate will now retire
to its own chamber in order tho, the two
houses may separately consider and de
eide upon the objections.
As the Senators were withdrawing Mr..
Springer called out that he now made the
point OF order that there being duplicate
returns the case had now gone TO the
Commission, and could not be considered
| hy the two housps