The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-20
Tbc Senate and House in Joint ses-
sion-0bjections to the Louisiana
Vote.

NOLGs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
The senate resumed session at 10 o'clock.
Few senators were present.
In reply to question of Mr.. withers of
Virginia, the president said the house will
be ready to receive the senate for the pur-
pose of resuming the count Of the electoral
vote at II o'clock.
Mr.. Withers inquired II 1t would be in
order to move a further recess until that
hour. The president replied it would not.
The senate having already taken one recess
from Saturday till this morning, would not
take the second until another question was
raised in joint meeting. At 1886 o'clock
The presidcn. announced that the senate
won!.i now repair to the house,
Upon returning at IL 90 o'clock p. m.
the president announced that the senate
having met the house of representatives,
and objections having been made, the two
houses separated for the purpose of DELHI
Grafton. Unless some seuator asked, he
would not direct that the decision and OBJ
jectons be read again.
Mr.. Davis Of West Virginia said the pa
pers should be read.
Mr.. Sargent of California said that if all
the papers we're to be read, the two hours
allowed for discussion would be consumed.
The president decided that the time &C.
cupied by the reading would not be taken
out of the two hours.
Mr.. Sherman of Ohio submitted a reso-
luton, that the decision of the commission
stand as the judgment Of the senate, de-
spite objections thereto.
The debate upon sustaining the decision
of the electoral commission was commenc-
ed by Mr.. Msxey of Texas, who denounced
the decision as heartily In favor of fraud
and against truth and justice. 1t would be
condemned by the people for all time.
Mr.. Herman submitted the following sub
stitute for Shermans resolution:
Ordered, That the votes purporting 10
be the electoral votes for president and
vice-presideDt, and which were given by
VIM. P. Kellogg and others, claiming to
be electors for Louisiana, be not counted,
the decision of the commission TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The question being on the substitute of
Mr.. Herman, Mr.. Maxey spoke Of the cleo
toral commission being invested with the
same power as tho two houses of congress
in canvassing the electoral vote, and said it
was entrusted with the duty Of deciding
who we're the true electors, but this duty
had not been performed. The commission
was directed TO ascertain the true vote Of
the state, but instead of that they had
brought forth certificate reeking with
fraud and offensive to the nostris of all
honest people. The judgment of the CON-
mission had been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. In conclusion he said
the democratic party counseled lawful and
peaceful submission to the decision and
confidently relied upon the will of the peo-
pie and the merits of the case.
Mr.. Herman said the senate should not
affirm the decision which had been made
by the commission. BY the law recently
passed congress conferred upon the elect
oral commission all power and authority
which both houses had to investigate and
decide upon what was the true vote. He
then spoke of the offer of democratic coun-
sci to prove that fraud existed in Louisiana
| and that certain electors in the state were
Ineligible and commenting on the decision
said IL file of soldiers should threaten tc
murder the governor of the state unless hi
| signed the certificates Of certain electors
and the governor yielded, under this de
cision, there was no power in the two
houses Of congress to inquire into the mat
ter. The decision was to the effect tina
there was no power in congress to Obtain
truth and smite down fraud. He entered
his solemn protest against it and did 81
from higher motive than for the success
of any man or any political party. He diC
not want it to go to the world without pro
test that false and fabricated certificate
was to be counted. He was deeply painet
that such principle should have been at
firmed by vote of 8 tot.
Mr.. Thurman reviewed the organization
and action of the returning board, said thu
canvass was illegal aud that an offer t
prove 1t had been made to the commission
and should have been accepted, in thi
opinion he was fortified by the action O
both houses of the congress of four year
ago in rejecting the vote of Louisiana. FL
referred 10 the alleged ineligibillty of Ger
tain electors in that state and said he coult
not regard that other as notification o
the constitutional provision on that sub
ject under this decision. No matter b.
what fraud the man might be elected pres
ident, or how ineligible an elector Nigh
be, there was no power to inquire into il
The vote of an Ineligible elector must b
counted and neither the state or congress
could right the wrong. He utterly dis
sented from such q decision as being d.
structive to q republican government
Tia. decision would have the effect of
proclamation to dishonest returning board
to perpetrate whatever villainy their intel
ests might call for with the certainty th'
they would be successful.
Sherman said the senators objectin
knew when they voted for the bill organ
izing the commission, that these very que
tons of taking evidence were to be submit
ted to it and they were in honor bound /
its decision. Although he voted again
the bill and fought it step by step, after
passed he made up his mind TO abide by i
decision. These objections now from II
other side were insulting TO the tribun
and insulting to those who sustained it's d
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