The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-08

gether with the certificate read in the
presence of the two houses, to the Elec"
toral Commission for its judgment and
decision, and that the Senate be request
ed to make like order, requiring the
President of the Senate to open such
package in the presence Of the two hous-
es, and that until such order be made,
the House will not be ready to meet the
Senate and proceed with the count Of the
electoral votes.
AS the vote progressed on this resolu-
ton, and as there was an apparent pros
pect of its having majority in its favor,
The greatest excitement prevailed in the
hall Conservative members talked with
each other in groups, and expressed the
conviction that the adoption of the reso-
luton would precipitate anarchy and
revolution, At the close of the roll call
a rumor prevailed that the resolution
was carried, but gradually, as member
after member who had been out when
their names were called, or had with
drawn their votes, rose and in response
to the second call, responded mo-" the
gloom was dissipated, and gave place to
very perceptible feeling of relief FL
nally the vote was announced-yeas ll6,
nays 14S.
The following is the full vote
Ainsworth, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, j. ii.
Bagley Banning, Beebe, Blackburn, Bland,
Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright,
Buckner, Burchard (Wisconsin), Carr
Cate, Caulfeld, Chaplin, Clark Ky Clark
| (Missouri), Cochrane, Colline, Cook Cow
an, Cox, ,Culberson, Davis Debolt, Dibrell,
Douglass, Eden, Ellis. Faulkner, Field,
Finley, Forney, franklin, Fuller, Glover,
Good, Hamilton (Indiana), Hamilton IN.
J.), Hardenberg, Harris (Georgia), Harris
| (Va.), Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell,
| Hatcher, Henkle, Holman, House, Hum
phreys. Hurd, jerks; Jones IN. H. Jones
| Ky, Knott, Landers Qnd.), Lane, Lut-
trell, Lynde, Mickey, Marsh, Mcfarland,
Mcmahon, Meade; Mills, Money, Morri.
son, Mutchler, O'Brien, 0dell, Phillips
(Mo.), Poppleton, James B. Riley, Rice,
Riddle, Robbins (Pa.), Robbins (N C),
Roberts, Ross, Savage, Sayler, Scales,
Schumacher, Sheakley, Selmons, Smith
(Ga.) Southland, Sparks, Springer Stanton,
Stenger, Stone, Teese, Terry, Thompson,
Thomas, Tucker, Turney, Vance (O.),
Vance IN c., Waddell Walker (Va.),
Walling, Walsh, Wells(Mo.) ,Whitthofne
Wigginton, Wike, ]. N. Williams (Ala.),
Wilson (Va,), Young-1l6.
Nays-Adams, Bagley, G. A., Baker
lind. J, Baker IN. W, Ballou, Banks, Bel
ford, Bell, Blair, Bradley, Brown (Ky.),
Brown Kan Burchard Ills.), Burleigh,
Butts Campbell, Gambler, Cannon, Cason,
Caswell, ,Crittnden, Conger Crapo, Crounse
Cutler, Danford, ,Darrall, Davy, Dennison,
Dobbins, Dunnell, Durham, Eames, Eg-
bert, Evans, FELTON,, Flye, Fort, Foster,
Freeman, Frye, Garfield, Cause, Goodin,
Gunter, Hale, Hancock, Haralson, Harris
Mass Hathorn, Raymond, Haye, Hen
dee, Henderson, Hewitt IN. ~, Hill,
Hoar Hoge, Hopkins, Hoskins, HubbeIl,
Hunter, Hurlbut Hyman, Joyce, Kasson,
Kehr, Kelley, Kimball, Lamar, Landers
Conn. J. Lacham Lawrence, Leavenworth,
Lemoyne, Lord, Lynch, Magoon, McDou-
gall, McCreary, McDill, Miller, Mineie,
Morgan, Nash Neal, New, Norton, Oliver,
O'Neil, Packer, Page, PAYNE, Phillips
(Kansas), Pierce, Plaisted, Platt, Potter,
Powell, Pratt, Rainey, Reagan, Rea, John
Reilly, Robinson, Ross, Rusk Sampson,
Schleicher, Seelye, Singleton, Sinnickson,
Smalls, Smith TPenn.), Strait, Stevenson,
Stowell, Swami, Phrockmorton, Thorn
berg, Townsend(N.Y. Townsend PENN
Tufts, Vanvoorhees, Waldron, Wallace
Is. C.), Wallace PENN, Ward, Waiter
son, Wells (Miss.), White, Whitehouse,
Whiting, Willard, Williams IN. Y, Will
liams Mich J, Williams (Wis.), Williams
(DeL), W, B. Williams (Mich.), Willis,
Wilhire, Wilson (Iowa), Wood PENN,
Wood IN. ~, Woodburn, Woodwork,
Yeates-148.
Mr.. Hopkins then offered as an amend
ment the same resolution just rejected,
except that it omitted the clause as to the
count not being proceeded with. 1t was
defeated by exactly the same vote-ll6
to 14S.
Mr.. Lane moved to reconsider the
vote.
A point of order was raised that under
the operation Of the previous question
the motion was not in order, but the
Speaker, while expressing some doubt on
the subject, decided to entertain the mo-
ton.
Mr.. Hale moved to lay the motion to
reconsider OH the table.
Agreed to-yeas, III; nays, 80.
Mr.. Wood offered an amendment that
the vote of Elector Sollace be not
Mr.. Walling moved to lay it on the ta-
BILE.
In the course of the discussion on this
point Mr.. Wilson of Iowa, declared that
if the House intended to execute the law
it wodld be absolutely necessary to
adopt resolution putting off all fiIibust'
ering.
Wr. Walling replied that when fraud is
law flibustering is patriotism.
Mr.. Hancock never practice
patriotism.
The Speaker overruled the point of or
der, but the motion was rejected.
The question recurred on Mr.. Woods
amendment, as a substitute, that the vote
Of Sollace be not counted.
Adopted-yeas, 2l0 nays, %; the Re.
oubIicans deeming it the best policy to
Tote for it.
Another diliatory motion to reconsider
was made by Mr.. O'Brien, and was laid
IN the table-yeas, III nays, Sc.
The question recurred on the adoption
If the resolution as amended.
Mr. Vance, Ohio, moved to lay it on
he table, Lost-yeas, 53. nays, ISL,
Another motion to reconsider was
made by Mr.. Money, and was laid on the /
ITO; nays; Sc. @ ,y- o
This brought the House at last $3.50 p.
n.y. to q vote on Mr. Popleton's resolution
IS amended by Mr.. Woods substitute,
hat is: !
That the vote of sollace be not count
ID. h .. "nh
Mr.. Walling endeavored to interpose !
urther delay, in the ehape of request
hat he be excused from voting, which
he Speaker refused to entertain, and an !
ppeal from the ruling OF the Chair, which
he Speaker also refused to entertain, and ,
o the roll call proceeded, and it resulted :
yeas, 2O5; nays, 26 So that the deci- q
ion of the House was that Sollace's vote J
II e.. /