Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-03
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.
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senate.
, The members OF the special committee o
seven appointed to devise means for n satisfac
tory count Of the electoral votes entered TIN
Senate chamber, Mr.. Edmunds Q,ep.), Of Yer
mont, the chairman Of that committee said Z:
am directed, Mr.. President, by the soloc
committee raised under the resolution OF tn
Senate on the subject of counting the olectora
vote, TO submit report In writing, with m nc
companying bill. The report is signed, | an
happy to say, by all the members of both com
to say on this occaslon-after stating tina
We desire to take Il mp at the earliest possibl,
day, possibly on Saturday, but certainly OF
Monday, to press II to determination In som,
form steadily from TINT day forth--is TINT tn,
committee are Of opinion that the measure W,
recommend IL not what IL called compromis,
In any sense of the term, but Is measure IN ait
OF the exercise of constitutional government
and that in no sense of the term will anybod,
have just right to say thnt anybody's o )inionl
or views have been surrendered in any substan
tial respect. II is not measure Of policy OF
continuance, but measure OF constitutions
Justice for the preservation of the peace and
order Of the government.
The report OF the committee and the accom-
panying bill was then read by the chief clerk
and it was ordered that they be printed. Tho
report il signed by George ID. Edmunds Fred
erick u. Frclinglinysen, Roscoe Conkling, A. q
hh'rhiai'' !. y. Dayaru ana VI. ". ransom on
the part ., 'ho Hehn,c, MI. morton puiilS VI,
of the House of Representatives it was signed
by the seven members, namely: II. b. Payne,
Eppa lIunton, A. $. Hewitt, W. NJ. Springer
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In discussion on the Louisiana question
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20 III iile aiscussiol MI. morton Vas
'e oi,1 t VI Inc coii,iii..ee
'hat ulo Hoe aien 'nu rePpil anu nc ulu lot
MAKE nll i:m ne spoke IN Oppose.
tloh 10 the oiii. ne Knew that thefe was great
aao 10y " sioieiioc. ine p,i ne ueciaieu, was
iosIl.eu ipi .ne ,oasoii Una. ilie'peis Vi tiie
,Mo MUSES. peheveu 'hi' uaheei tiireatei'eu 'hc
t tp'i.. nc nv ho' pc'ic.o IA we reality VI
,de uan6er' Ino reui uaneer 10 1e appre-
iii'i , , was N lo. s.'lnuls up ana a9nls our
t n vote should pe counted as u was 1or the
llrst seventy.lwo years III the history OF our
Poverhnent tilere VIII DC any revolution. he
pc heyed thal any one VINO attempts IL VIII De
nl.eriy uestroyed' ne regarded me PHI as
cohiprolllise; anu tlat IL should take lts pace
Tory or the conh!fy-th ie compromise OF lSzo
ana tile compromise OF 1901. ne oeheVed that
rutherford - Hayes was fairly elected
President and If counted in he would be
llauSurated W'h0ut violence ana there
would DC no revolution. he closed abruptly
after a holding the 1o . only h1ty minutes; Mr.
liai.i'aea .liat III 'iie absence OF le9is
.loi, tlle Preslaem. OF t,e nena'e must count
ny YVES 70 prevent uea , ne aiu lo'
nov WV, tiIiH power Sdiotiu ne cAcrclsel III Up
poSislon 10 tle VII Oh tne Two houses, put lts
eNeicise he heiu w DC 10 more VI ustli
.i'!i ila1 oteil coiltea III every couiil DOWN
~ Wy auoi,tiol VI liie tmelSSecoli,l JoiiI RUE.
n ilS cel ooJectloh 10 the Dill was mat IL gives
tlie commission power 10 go pehlhd the re-
luils ana ascertain "l,al electors were uuiy ap-
pointed, whlen ne ned TO DC unconstltutpnal,
ana rfSaroeu peslues is chall6e OF tne exist
iie status III InNor vi tHe democrats MI. RE
,ilienuyseli (hep: oi new Jersey lolaoWed MI.
Morton IN written speech III favor OF the Dill.
lie oenied that IL gave the commission powefto
20 pack OF tle papers submitted TO IL TO see t
now returning boards performed their duties,
here were TWO diverse hepubllcan OPINIONS at
me outset as to the most important feature OF
the measure; mr.: Cameron lhep.), OF Penn
siylVania, made hve minutes speech against |
the bill, denouncing II as Democratic affair,
framed by three or four Republicans to crafty |
their political opponents. 1t created, he said,
a political court, to cheat one partyo the other,
by trick or lot; Mr.. Edmunds Gtep.) of YER
mont, declared that prompt action was neces-
5ary, and that he should push matters to
vote /
, Mr. sherman hep. J, OF Ohio, held the floor
for an hour, during which he delivereda speech .
against the Electoral bill He travelled over
the same ground trayersed by Senator Morton,
lnddwelt chiefly on the points assaed by the
Indiana senator. He maintained that the Con
'titution clothed the president of the Senate !
with the power to count the electoral votes,
and asserted that the legislation proposed by
The conference committee of the two houses
was not only unconstitutional but antaSonistlc
to the spirit Of our government. What the
president of the Senate did was in the presence
and under the Sclutinzing gaze of the repre-
!entativeS OF the States and the people, in open
lay and with the eyes of the nation upon him.