The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-13

their places, and as soon as order was re-
stored, the presiding officer rose and ,aid:
The JOINT meeting of congress resumes
lite session. The two houses separately
have considered and determined the obiec-
tioDe submitted by member of the house
to the decision of the commission on GER
tlticates from the state OF Florida. The
clerk of the senate will now read the de-
cision of the senate.
The decision of the senate having been
read by the clerk and that of the house by
its clerk, the presiding officer said: The
two houtes not concurring IN ordering
otherwise the decision Of tho commission
will stand unreversed. The counting will
now proceed in conformity with the decis-
ion of the commission. The tellers will
announce the vote of Florida.
Senator Allison, one Of the tellers there
upon announced that the state of Florida
had given four votes for Hayes and
Wheeler. The certificate from Georgia
was then opened and no objection being
made the tellers announced that Georgia
had given eleven votes for Tilden and
| Hepdricks. Next followed in succession
the states Of Illinois with twenty-one votes
for Hayes and Wheeler, Indiana fifteen
votes for Tllden and Hendricks, Iowa
eleven votes for Hayes and Wheeler, Kan
sas with FIVE votes for Hayes and Wheeler,
and Kentucky with twelve votes for Tilden
and Hendricks. Then came the certificate
from I.on;o;opa ahntptpn aiuhk
Hayes and Wheeler, the presiding officer
stating that the certificate had been re-
ceived by mail and that no corresponding
one had been received by messenger. This
was authenticated by Kellogg as governor,
Che being himself one of the elect
orsl. The certificate having been
read, the presiding officer handed
to the tellers another certificate from
the same state (Which corresponding one
received by maiD showing eight votes for
| Tilden and Hendricks. This was anthem
ticated by McEnery as governor. Still
| third certificate was opened and read, the
corresponding one having been received by
mail with votes for Hayes and Wheeler)
authenticated by Deslonde, secretary of
state. The presiding officer offered and
presented another certificate received by
mail, no corresponding one haviug been re-
ceived by messenger. Stone, (Mo.,) one
of the tellers proceeded to read it, but it
was mere burlesque, certifying that seven
John Smiths had been appointed electors,
and that the vote of the state wa, for
Cooper and Carey. The vice-president
asked the unanimous consent to dispense
with the reading but objections being made
the document was read to the end. 1t pur-
ported to be signed by John Smith, Com
pany2, bull dozers, governor of Louisiana
and winding up with the motto "Such is
lite in Louisiana" Subsequently the pre-
siding officer directed the paper to be
omitted from the proceedings of the Joint
commission.
Senator Mcdonald rose and submitted
an objection to the Hayes and Wheeler
certificates. The objection was based on
the ground that the electoral college had
been duly elected, but their election had
been certified by VIM. P. Kellogg, who
claimed to be, but in fact was not, COVER
nor Of Louisiana and because the return
ing board of said state was without juris-
diction for the reason that the laws of
Louisiana conferred no power on the re-
turning board TO canvass or compile votes,
since they constituted but four of five per-
sons required by law, since those four were
of the came political party and since there
was vacancy in said board, which the
the four members of the returning board
had full knowledge that true compilation
of the votes would have shown that
Tildcn electors had been duly elected be-
sell the vote of Louisiana aud because A.
B. Levisee and D. II. Brewster OF the re-
publican electors had held offices of trust
under the United States government at
their appointment as electors. The objec-
ton is signed by Mcdonald, Stevenson.
Salisbury, Bogy, senators; jerks, Gibson,
Tucker. Levy, Ellis, Morrison, representa-
tives. Gibson also sent up objections to
the Hayes aud Wheeler certif-
Gates, because, first, the govern
ment of Louisiana was not republican in
form; second, no canvass was made on
which certificates of election were issued ;
third, any alleged canvass of the votes was
an act of usurpation, fraudulent and void;
fourth, some of the electors were ineligi.
BILE by the laws of Louisiana and were dis
qualified from being electors as holding
state office, Kellogg being acting acting d.
tacto governor, Jeffrion supervisor of reg
istration for the parish of Point Coupee
Marks, district attorney and Burch a men,
Der of the state senate, a member of the
= board of control OF the state pententiary
administrator of the deaf and dumb asy
lum, and treasurer of the school board Of
East Baton Rouge; fifth, because
Jeffrion was especially disqualified by the
18th section of the act of the legislature O.
the Gath of July, 1874, which provides tina
no supervisor of registration shall be eligi
BILE to any Cffice at that election, and be
cause Jeffrion was at the last election 81
pervisor of registration for the parish o
Point Coupee. This objection is signed b,
J, Senators Salisbury, Mcdonald and Ker
/, nan, and by Representatives jerks, Tucker
Gibson, Levy and Egbert.
Mr.. Wood submitted further objection
to the Hayes aud Wheeler cerliAcat oil
the ground that the electors were not elect
ed provided by the Legislature.
Mr.. Howe submitted objections to th
Tilden and Hendricks certificates on tn