The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-01
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XLIVth CONGRESS Second Session.
OREGON COUNTED FOR HAYES.

houses of Congress met in joint conven'
ton at noon, and the decision touching
the votes from Oregon was read.
The brief grounds Of the decision ls
that the votes of w. N, Odell, J. .. Cart
wright andJ. w. Watts are the votes to
be legally counted as certified in certiti-
cate No. /, namely, three votes for Hayes
and Wheeler, the evidence showing
them to have been lawfully appointed.
Objections TO the Decision Of Oregon.
Senator Kelly objected to the decision
on the following grounds:
First-That Watts was not eleced..
Seeond--That he was not appointed.
Third-That he was disqualified to re.
ceipe any appointment as Presidential
Elector, or to sit as such, in that he held
an office of trust and profit under the
United States.
Fourth-That Cronin was elected Pres
idential Elector for Oregon, and, in &C
cordance with the law, cast legal vote,
as such elector, for Tilden, and that such
vote should be counted.
The objection is signed by Senators
Kelly, Whyte, Cooper, Mcdonald, Nor
wood and Hereford, and by Representa-
tives Lane, Poppleton, jerks, Vance,
Throckmorton. Wike, Wigginton and
Luttrell.
The presiding officer asked whether
there were any further objections to the
decision, and there being none, he an
nounced that the Senate would with
draw to its chamber that the House
might consider the objection when the
Senate had withdrawn.
Proceedings Of the House.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from Justice Nathan
Clifford, informing the House that the
Electoral Commission had considered
and decided the question entrusted to 1t
in regard to the votes Of Oregon, and had
transmitted its decision to the President
of the Senate.
Motions to adjourn. to Monday were
lost.
In the discussion on the motion OF
Mr., Lane to reject the vote given by
Watts.
Mr.. Hewitt arraigned Mr.. Hoar for
bad faith in deciding in the Commission
contrary to his expressed views in the
l1Ou6e, anu Ill lllO Wy MAlOll
the electoral bill was framed.
Mr.. Hoar replying described Hewitt as
man rickety, shaky, crazy, and out OF
joint
The House finally disagreed to the de-
cision of the Commission in counting
Watts vote.
In the Senate, of course, the doings OF
the Commission were approved.
After counting Oregon for Hayes and
Wheeler, the returns of Pennsylvania
were opened, when it was objected to,
Daniel F, Morrill,, not being legal elec-
tor, both houses adjourned to Monday.
WASHINGTON, February 26, 1S77.-The
House met at 10 o'clock, but it was near.
ly u before business began, the interval
being consumed in call of the House,
and in voting by yeas and nays on the
question whether the testimony taken
before the Committee on Privileges of
the House in the case of the Pennsylvania
elector, Boggs, (apponted instead of
Daniel J. Morrill,, Centennial Commits
sioner,) should be read. The House de-
cided-133 to 116-that it should be
read, and it was accordingly read.
Mr. Kelly offered resolution that the
vote of Boggs should be counted, and
Mr.. Stenger offered substitute that it
should not be counted.
Mr.. Kelly said the objection was based
on principles SO often overruled that his
side of the House could submit the ques-
ton without discussion,
Mr. Stenger took the ground that I'M
der the Constitution and under the laws
of PENNSYLVANIA Henry K. Boggs was
not entitled to cast his vote as an elector.
At 12:l0o'clock the Speaker announced
the new legislative day, and after the
iournsl of Saturday was read the discus
sion was resumed.
Sensational Speech from Hewitt
Mr.. Hewitt again returned to the
charge which he had made on Saturday
against the good faith of Mr.. Hoar for
acting and voting in the Electoral Com
mission at variance with his speech in
the House, and said that the gentleman
in his attempt to answer the charge on
Saturday, had seized the mantle of Web
ster, and tried reversing the usual pro-
cess) to exc out the fox's skin with the
lions hide. But even the mantle of
Webster was not broad enough to cover
the misrepresentation of fraud. He cited
various propositions and votes in the
Commission, showing that Hoar had uni
formly voted against the admission of
evidence to show fraud on the part of
the Louisiana Returning Board. He
asked if that Quoting Hoars words) was
"iustice and righteousness" He (Hoar)
had voted in the Louisiana case that the
Commission had no judicial power, and
in the case of Oregon he voted that the
Commission had power to take evidence,
that the seal of the State was an authen-
tic seal, and as to whether Watts held
commission from the United States; but
where there was an allegation of fraud,
then he had voted that there was no
power to prevent fraud. That gentle
man had been, on all occasions, the
great champion of 'justice and right
eousness." This magnificent perversion
and the Belknap impeachment case
would long be read by Americans, and
yet that same gentleman had voted not
to receive evidence of fraud. In con-
cusion, he said: I ask my Democratic
friends-deceived defrauded, cheated as
they have been-whether we should
meet bad faith with bad faith2 / an
swer that we never ought to allow the
record of the Democratic party to be
soiled by single act that will make any
man blush. | went on that Committee
against my will. | knew that whatever
Idid on that Committee would be sub
jeet to misconstruction but when took
my place there, / ceased to be partisan.
] tried to become "a patriot. 1 tried to
perfect measure of justice, Cancellation
and peace for the suffering people Of the
country. We perfected it. We brought
it here. 1t has been approved by Con-
gress and by the country, and now shall
we stop in this career toward the solution
of the greatest problem ever presented
to a,ffee people, because we have been
met with fraud and injustice on the
other side. say no. Let us give the
people Of the country and of the world
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