The Portland daily press., 1877-02-13

poWOi vi tuO ICluIuluS DOarQ 10 CANVASS or
comoile the votes, since they constituted but
four of five persons required by law, since those
four were OF the same political party, and since
there was vacancy in said board which the
four members had refused to fill because the
four members of the Returning Board had full
knowledge that true compilation of votes
would have shown that the Tilden electors had
been duly elected; because said board had offer
ed for money to sell the votes Of Louisiana, and
because A. b. Levisse and 0. II. Brewster of
the Republican electors had held offices of trust
under the government of the United States at
the time of their appointment as electors. The
objection is signed by Mcdonald of Indiana
Stevenson of Kentucky, Salisbury of Della
ware, Bogy of Missouri. (Senators), jerks of
Pennsylvania, Gibson of Louisiana, Tucker of
Virginia, Levy and Ellis of Louisiana, and Nor
rison of Illinois, members of the House,
Mr. Gibson of Louisiana also sent up objec-
ti0ns to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates be-
cause, first the government of Louisiana was
not Republican in form; second, no canvass
was made on which the certificates Of election
were issued; third, any alleged canvass of votes
was an act OF usurpton, fraudulent and vold
fourth, some of the electors were Ineligible by
the laws of Louisiana and were disqualified
from being electors as holding state offices,
Kellogg being acting de fdct0 Governor, Jaff-
rom supervisor OF registration for the parish of
Point Coupee, Marks district attorney and
Burch a member of the state Senate, member
of the board OF control of the state penitentiary
an administrator of the deaf and dumb asylum,
and treasurer of the school board of East Baton
Rouge; fifth, because Jaffroin was specially dis
qualified by the 18th section of the act of the
legislature of the oath of July, 1874, which pro-
vldes that 40 supervisor OF registration shall be
eligible to any office at that election and be-
cause Jaffroin was at the last election a su-
pervisor OF registration for the parish of Point
Coupee
This objection is signed by Senators Sauls-
bury, Mcdonald and Kernao, and Representa-
tives jerks, Tucker, Gibson, Field, Levy and
Egbert.
MIR. Wood of New York, submitted further
objections to the Hayes and Wheeler certii-
Gates on the ground that the electors were not
elected as provided by the legislature.
Mr.. Howe Of Wisconsin submitted objections
to the Tilden and Hendricks certificates, on
the ground that there was no evidence that
those electors had been appointed in such man
ner as the legislature directed, while there was
evidence conclusive in law than neither of
them were so appointed; also on the
ground thatithere was no evidence that
McEnery was Governor of Louisiana in the
year 1876, while there was conclusive evidence
that Kellogg was during the year 1876, and for
several years prior thereto, Governor of that
state, and was recognized as such by the legis-
lature and judicial Departments of louisiana
and by all the departments of the government
of the United States.
Presiding officer-Are there any further OBJ
jections to the vote of the state of Louisiana.
latter pause.) There being no further OBJ
iections, all of the certificates from that state
with the papers accompanying the same, to-
gether with the objections. will now be sub
mtted to the Electoral Commission for judy
ment and decision. The Senate W vi now with
draw to its chamber.
The Senate thereupon withdrew and the cur.
tain fell on the third act of the con INVENTION.
Proceedings i'm the Commission.
The Electoral Commission was called to order
at $50 p m. today and received the certificates
and accompanying papers in the case OF Louis
lana from the presiding officer of the joint ses