The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-02-02

| burg, were initiated frecmasons in the pres.
ence of 1900 brethren, including a deputa.
ton from England, Germany, and France
| FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON. Feb. IA Renter from Con
stantinople says it is believed that the Porte
in its negotiations with Servia is disposed
| 70 acquire a guarantee, the continued
! Turkish occupation of AleXiWartZ Mouten-
cgro, in reply to Midhat Pasha's dispatch
| to treat direct for peace, accepts the propo-
| sal to negotiate and requests the Porte tu
state the conditions that will accord as n
basis ofnegotiations
Senate
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The resolutions
/ were adopted ordering the proceedings OF
| the Electoral Commission to be published in
| the Record,
Ingalls, and Allison were appointed tel
ers The minority on Privileges and
| Elections Committee submitted the report
| declaring that Frost. the Missouri Elector.
was relieved of political disabilities bv act
of May y, 1872; Senate repaired to House
| to assist in counting the votes and ad-
| journed.
JOINT SESSION.
After the Alabama certificates had becn
| read, the presiding officer asked. are there
any objection to the certificate of AIabama
u
| the vote of Alabama will be counted: the
| teller will announce the vote. Mr.. Cook.
one of the tellers, announced 10 votes for
Samuel j. Tilden for President, and 10
votes for Thomas a. Hendricks for Vice
President, the certificate of Arkansas was
then read and the result was announced as
six votes for Tilden and Hendricks. After
| the presiding officer has asked the same
questions as in the Alabama case the Cali
tornia certificate was read by Mr.. Stone and
six votes was announced for r. b Hayes
| and w. A. Wheeler; the Colorado
certificates were read by Cook and
| three votes were announced for Hayes and
| Wheeler; Connecticut came next, the GER
| tificates were read by Allison, and six M ore
votes were announced for Tilden and Hen
! dricks tho Delaware certificates were read
by Mr.. fngalls, anu InTeo ceo~
ed for Tilden and Hendricks; Florida wa.
reached and the presiding officer was hand
ed the certificate signed by Governor
Stearns and which recognized the Hayes
electors, and after it had been read, the
certificates of the electors for Tllden and
Hendricks was also handed out, and both
| read by Mr.. Stone, while Mr.. Allison over
looked the duplicate. The Chair said that
| he had still another certificate received the
| 31st of January, yesterday he then handed
| the paper to the tellers; it proved to be
| the certified proceedings of the Board of
Canvassers authorized and appointed BY act
Legislature of Florida, who declare that
| the Tilden and Hendricks eletors were elect
| ed the papers were the action of the Til
| den electors and the review of the count by
| the Supreme Court; the latter document
contains an elaborate detail of the Florida
case from Democratic standpoint After
| the reading had progressed sometime, Mr.
| COnkling called attention to the fact that
| the paper now being read would make thir-
ty-six wide columns of printed a'ter, and
| he knew that the Seuate required that all the
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with member of both houses. He thought
the two would be implied with by simply
reading the result There was no objection
| and the result was announced that the TIL
den electors had been elected. The chair
| then asked if there was any objection to
| the count of the State of Florida. David
Dudley Field, of NewYork arose and sub
| stituted a written objection to counting the
vote of that State; the objection was read
| by clerk Adams, of the House. In accord
| ance with the provisions Of the electoral bill
the duplicate returns and the objections
were referred to the electoral commission,
| after the various objections were read, and
| there being no further objection the pres
iding officer announced that the Senators
| would retire 80 that both houses could con-
slider the objections, and the Senate then
retired to their chamber at 3 30 P. NJ.
/ The following are the rules adopted by
/ the electoral commissions:
| Rule lst. The commission shall appoint a
Secretary aud two Assistant Secretaries, Il
| Marshal and two Deputy Marshals, Stem
| ographcr, and sucE messengers as shall be
needlul to hold during the pleasure of the
| commission.
/ Rnle End. On any snbject submitted to
/ the com mis- sion, a hearing shall be had, and
such counsel shall be allowed TO conduct the
/ case on each side.
! Rule 3rd. Counsel not exceeding two in
number on each side, and be heard by the
| commission on the merits of any case pres
ented to it not longer than hours being
allowed to each case, unless a longer time
/ and additional counsel shall be specially
authorized by the commission in the hear
! ing of interlocutory questions; but one
/ council shall be heard on each side, and be
not longer than 15 minutes, unless the COM
mission allow further time and ad-
ditional counsel and printed argu-
ments will be received, rules fourth and
6,h gives admission to the pnblic TO sittings
of the commission, and shall be regulated
i'm such manner as the President OF ths
commission shall decide. 7th. The commis s.
sion will sit, unless otherwise ordered, In
the room of the Supreme Court ef the
United States, and with open doors, ex-
cepting when in consultation, unless other
wise decided.
Obiectors to any certificate or vote to Sc
lect two of their number TO support theli
objections In oral argument and TO advocate
the validity of any certificate or vote, the
| validity of which they maintain, ana In
. like manner the objection TO any Other
certificate they may select TWO OF tneil
der this rule not more than four per
| sons shall speak and neither side shal
occupy more than two hours. Ruiz