The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-18
denc. and he thought they now ought to
20 into the merits OF the case.
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.

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TIE IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Then, on motion of Commissioners
Hoar. the commission at $50 went into
secret session tor consultation.
Immediately after the doors were
closed Senator Morton offered the toll
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That the persons named as
electors in certificate No. were the law
ful electors of the state CT Louisiana, and
that their votes are the votes provided by
the constitution of the United States and
should be counted tor president and vice.
president.
This resolution was adopted by vote
of eight to seven rs follows:
Yeas-Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuy-
sen. Garfield, Hoar. Miller, Morton.
Strong-s.
Nays-Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field.
Hunton, Payne. Thurman.
Justices Miller and Bradley and Repre-
sentative Hoar were then appointed a
committee to draft the report Of the de-
cision with brief statement OF the
reasons therefor, to be signed by men,
beers agreeing therein, and to be trans
mitted to the joint session of the two
houses as required by the electoral bill.
A recess of about one hour was then
taken to afford time for drafting the
report, which, upon the re-assembling of
the commission, was presented, and after
| being read was signed by Miller, Strong.
Bradley, Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuy-
sen, Garfield and Hoar.
THE REroRT.
The report is to the following effect:
The electoral commission, having re-
ceived certain certificates and papers
purporting to be certificates of electoral
votes of the state OF Louisiana, and Ger.
tain papers accompanying the same, and
objection thereto, report that it has duly
considered the same and has de.
cided and does hereby decide
that the votes was VIM. Pitt
kellogg, .. Ii. Brewster, A. b. Levisse
Oscar JOffrian. Peter Joseph, J. ii
Birch, l.. A. Sheldon and Morris Marks.
named in the certificate of VIM. Z. kel.
lOgg, governor OF the said state, which
votes are certified by said persons as ap.
pears by the certificates submitted to the
commission as aforesaid, marked num-
Der one by said commission, and here
with returned, are the votes provided for
| by the constitution OF the United states,
and that the same are lawfully to be
counted as therein certified, namely :
g., II 80
the State of Ohio, tor president, and eight
votes for VIM. A.wheeler. of the State Of
New York. tor vice-president. The com
| mission also decides and reports that the
eight persons first before named were
duly appointed electors in and by said
State OF Louisiana.
The ground Of this decision stated
briefly is substantially as follows That II
is not competent to 20 into evidence
ati,aad> as to the paper. opened by thu
president OF the senate, III the presence
Of the two houses, to prove that othe
persons than those regularly certified BY
the governor of the State Of Louisiana
and according to the determination ant
declaration Of their appointment wer,
chosen. In other words. to 90 behnt
the certificate of the governor so far as i
Is founded upon the action of the return
ing board. The report will also stat,
that the commission could not receiv
any evidence to show that an
elector was ineligible on the 7th {
November, the day of election, o
the ground that it was not essential I
show that an elector was eligible on tbs
day, SO long as he was eligible when b
cast his vote in the electoral college, an
the fact appears that the alleged inelig
BILE electors, Brewster and Levisse. WEI
chosen to fill the vacancies caused b
their own absence from the college, an
there was no ineligibility at the tim
they cast their vote.
The commission remained in session
until O'Clock, when an adjournment I
o'clock pm. was ordered.
While the commission was In secre
session remarks were made by Morton
Thurman, Garfield, Bayard. Edmund
Hunton, Hoar and Bradley. the las
named closing the discussion.
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