The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-01

port OF the commission on Chinete immi-
grafton. Ordered printed.
THE HOUSE IN JOINT SESSION.
AT 1910 o'clock the presence of the SEN
ate was announced
The decision having been read, Mr..
Phillips of Missouri presented an objection
on the ground, first, because no legal cleo
ton was held In South Carolina for elect
ors, there being no registration second,
fraud and federal interference intimidated
the electors third, United States deputy
marshals interfered with full and free
voting; fourth, the certificate of electors
was not made by the lawfully constituted
governor; fifth, the electoral commission,
contrary to it's duty and authority, refused
to inquire into the facts and allegations
aforesaid sixth, said electors were APP
pointed while the state was under durees
from the power of the United States, I'M
lawfully exerted seventh, certificate No
is void for rregularity-first, In that the
electors we're not sworn as required by the
state second, the certificate does not state
that said electors voted by ballot as re-
CURED by the constitution third, certif-
cate upon enclosing envelope was not the
one required by law.
Mr.. Southland presented objection be-
cause said electoral votes, as well as votes
Of the people of said state, were given I'M
der duress, caused by unlawful exercise Of
federal power.
The senate retired.
Order had hardly been restored when
Mr.. Springer moved that the house take a
recess till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Mr.. Wood hope not. Let US proceed
to count.
MIR. SprinRer-I object to discussion. If
there is TO be any want to take a hand in
it myself
Mr.. Wilson called for the yeas and nays.
The motion for recess was rejected, 92
to ITO.
As soon as the result was announced
Messrs. Sheakley of Pennsylvania and
O'Brien of Maryland rose with motions TO
take recess till 7.30 o'clock tomorrow
evening
The speaker promptly ruling the motion
not in order MIR. Sheskley appealed.
Mr.. Wood moved to table the appeal.
Mr.. Wilson of Indiana = The chair need
not entertain the appeal.
The Speakrr-The chair knows that, but
entertsins the appeal. The house might
as well say now whether the speaker is
right or wrong.
Mr.. Springer-Is not an appeal debat-
ADLER
The speaker-1t is not
Mr. Spripger-I desire to give my reasons
for sustaining the appeal.
The speaker-Debate is not in order on
an appeal, where the original proposition
on which the ruling was made is not de-
batable.
Mr.. O'Brien-I rise to point Of order.
The speaker-The gentle nan will state.
Mr.. OBrien-I will have to ask the in
diligence of the chair for few minutes.
The speaker-The chair will indulge the
gentleman any reasonable time.
Mr.. O'Brien-The point which make is
that the motion to take a recess should
have been entertained by the chair.
Interruptions continued for some time.
A demand was made for reading the testi-
r,ony T., fha Jorth N.raltra oa.a Toat
81 to 1T.
Mr.. Wood said the reading would re-
quire FIVE days.
A motion to reconsider was made.
2, The electoral commission decision holds
that the failure of the legislature to pro-
vide system of registration does not Ien-
der nugatory all elections, otherwise all
government in the state is usurpation.
There is q government in South Carolina,
aud it is and was 30 recognized by the ex-
ecutive and both legislative branches of
the United States. So tar as the commits
sion can take notice of the use OF troops in
the state, 1t appears they were placed there
by the president to suppress Instruction,
at the request of the proper authorities.
The commission also are of opinion that
the governor and secretary of state having
certified that said electors were duly ap.
pointed, based on the action of the state
canvassers, there is no power in the COM
mission nor in the two houses of congress
to inquire into the circumstances under
which the primary vote was given. The
votes to be counted are those presented by
the states, and when asceriained and pre-
sented by the proper authorities of the
states they must be counted.
After some further attempts at delay,
Mr.. Cochrane offered resolution thai the
decision OF the electoral commission on the
votes OF South Carolina be not sustained
and the votes be not counted.
The discussion was opened by Mr..
Hooker of Mississippi, who declared that in
the case Of South Carolina, as in the cases
of Florida and Louisiana, the commission
had refused to perform the functions with
which 1t had been invested, had refused to
take evidence on the subject matter, and
that, therefore, the house was not bound
by its action.
Mr.. Lipham defended the action of the
commission and alluded to a speech MADE
at a public meeting in Washington last
night by one of the commissioners (Hun-
tony in which he declared it was their duty
to stop the count, TO do anything TO beat
Hayes. If those who were making oppo-
sition TO the count imagine they would find
in the PEOPLE anything but condemn alton Of
their action they were very much in error.
Mr.. Goode declared unhesiatiDgly that
the duty of the democrats now in refer, nee
TO the commissi was to do uLto others as
they would have others do unto them under
like circumatanoaa They ehnuld accoId