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COUNTING THE VOTE.

taken and that the House il now ready to
meet the Senate IN the hall OF tho House.
At 2:25 p. M, the senators arrived and took
tier places and as soon az order was
restored the presiding officer rose aad said
the JOINT meeting Of Congress resumes its
session. The two Houses have separately
considered and determined the objection
submitted by members of the House to the
decision of the commission ON the certlii-
Gates from the state of Florida ;5thc clerk of
the Senate will now read tho decision of the
| Senate. The decision of the Senate having
been read hy its clerk and that of the House
by lis clerk the presiding officer said the
two Houses not cOncurrlng 10 ordering it
otherwise the decision of the commission
will stand unreyersed. Counting will now
proceed in conformity with the decision OF
| the commission The tellcrs will announce
the vote Of Florida. Senator Allison, one
OF the teli,rs, thereup0n announce d
that the state OF Florida had gwen
iuur votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
The certificate from Georgia was then
opened, and no objection being made the
tellers announced that Georgia had given
II votes for Tilden and Hendricks Next
followed in succession the state at Illinois
with II Votes for Hayes and Wheeler :;
Indiana with 10 votes Tor Tilden and Hen
bricks Iowa with IL votes for Hayes aud
Wheeler; Kansas with 5 'eS for Hayes
and Wheeler. and Kentuck, .itn IL votes
for Tilden and Hendricks. zen came the
certificate from Louisiana, wing eight
votes for Hayes and Whces The presli-
ing officer stating that the -tifeate had
been received by mail and tat no Cores
bonding one had been receiy 4 by messen-
ger. This was authenticated by Kellogg
no hnIpn hImsuiE a
electors The certificate having been
read the presiding officer handed TO
the tellers another certificate from
the same state with corresponding
one received by maiD. showing eight votes
for Tiden and Hendricks This was au-
thentIcated by McEnery As governor. Still
a third certificate was opened and read,
corresponding one having been received by
mail. with votes for llayes and Wheeler.
authenticated by Desmond, secretary Of
state. The presiding officer opened and
presented another certificate received by
mail, no corresponding one having been
received by the messenger. Mr. Stone, of
Missouri, one of the tellerS proceeded to
read it. but it was obvious from the first
sentence that it was a mere burlesquc. GER
tiiying that seven John Smiths had been
appointed electors. and that the
state had given its electoral votes
for Cooper and Cary The Vice President
asked the unanimous consent TO dispense
with the reading. but objection being made
the document was lead To the end IL pur-
porting TO be signed by John Smith, com
pany bull-dOzer, governor o. Louisiana,
and winding up with the motto Such
Is life in Louisiana" SubScq uently
the presiding officer directed the paper to
ha mil t.I frt,r,, tt, tNr,oarl,p1. g h.,
joint convention. Senator Mcdonald rose
and submitted an objection to the Hayes
and Wheeler certificates. The objection
was based on the ground that the Hayes
electors Lac not been duly elected, because
their election had been certified ny VIM. T.
Kellogg, who claimed to be, but in fact
was Rot, governor of the STATE of Louisiana,
and because the returning board Of the
said state was without jurisdiction for the
reason that the laws If Louisiana conferred
no power On the returning board to canvass
or compile the votes, since they constituted
but four OF the i've persons required by law
and since these four were of the same pOlt-
ical party, and since there was a vacancy in
said board which the four members had
refused tu fill, because the four menu
bers of the returning board had full knowl-
edge that a true compilation of the votes
would have shown that tho Tiidcn electors
had been duly elected because said board
had offered Tor money to sell the vote of
Louisiana. and because A. h. Le7isse and
U. H. Brewster OF the republican electors
had held Offices of trust under the United
States government at the time OF their ap-
p0intment As electors.
The objection is signed by Representatives.
Mcdonald, Stevenson. Salisbury. Bogy and
30, IL I
Ellis and Morrison. Representative Glib
son also sent in objections to the Hayes and
Wheeler certificates because, first the gov
ernmcnt Of Louisiana was not republican
in form second. no canvass WIS made on
which the certificates OF the election were
issued third. any illegal canvass of the
votes was an act Of usurpation, and was
fraudulent and void fourth, some of the
electors worn Ineligible by the laws Of
Louisiana, and We're disqualified from
being electors, is holding state
Office, Kellogg being acting de tactc gov
ernor. Jciirain supervisor of registration
for the parish of Point Coupee, Marks
district attorney, and Burch member OF
the state senate, member OF the board OF
control of the state penitentiary, admins
traitor OF tho deaf and dumb asylum, and
treasurer of the school bOsrd of East Baton
Rouge fifth. because JOtirain was special
iy disqualified by The 18th section of the
act OF legislature. Of the 9th OF July, 1874
which provides that 10 supervisor Of regis
tration shall be eligible to any office at that
election, and because JOffrain was a. the |
last election supervisor Of registration Tor |
the parish OF Point Coupee.
This objection is signed by Senators |
salisbury. Mcdonald and Teller and by |
jerks, Tucker, Gibson,
Field, Levy and Egbert.
Mr.. Wood submitted further objections |
to the Hayes and Wheeler certificate. on the
ground that the electors were not elected rs
provided by the legislature.
Mr.. Howe submitted objections to Tilien
and Hendricks certificates on the ground
that there was no evidence that those cleo
tors had been appointed in such manner
ls the legislature directed, while there was
evidence conclusive in law that neither of
them had been 80 appointed also on the
ground that there was no evidence that
McEnery was governor of Louisiana in the
year 1876, while there was conclusive evi-
fence that Kellogg ives during the year
1916, and for several years prior thereto
was governor Of the state, and recognized
~ such by the judicial and legislative de-
Dartments OF Louisiana. and by all the de-
,artments OF the government of the United
states
Presiding ofticcr-Are there further OBJ
ections TO the votes of louisiana Alter
pause. There being no further objection,
III the certificates from that state with papers
the same. together with OBJ
ections will DO now submitted to the elec-
oral commission for Judgment and decision
The Senate will now withdraw 10 its cham
Ter. The Senate thereupon withdrew, and
10Th Houses resuLied legislative business
WAsuINGIoN u. Z, Fab I3.-The cleo
oral commission met at IL u m Judge
clifford sad the objections To certificates
No. and Got tho Hayes electOrs) would
,e heard Tor Two hours. and then the ohiec-
ions to certificate No. would be beard for
wO hours, and that tho commission was
low ready 10 hear objections to the first
amed 4 bricr delay was caused by the
light illness OF Mr.. Thurman, who came
n late.
Mr.. Mcdonald proceeded in sup
ort Of the objections to the Hayes certili-
ates, recapitulating the objections present
d in the House yesterday. lie quoted the ,
tatutes Of Louisiana showing two sets nt {
lectOral laws, one known a. tho act of
SIS. which was carried into the revised |
fatutes OF 1870, and the session act of lists, d
'hich was carried into the revised statutes {
I lo7o. and tbs sGssiOn act OF 1870 The I
ct OF March 18th provided that Tho revised
tatutcs should 90 into effect on the first Of
pril $50, and that all acts OF the !
resent session IN conflict with Z
10 revised statutes should be valid The !
rave question dru~i a. 10 which of these =
els wcIr IN iuIce at the close OF the session 0
1870. 1t tao pr1si-lJn named stood a. !
n act OF the legislature ,kua tho act Gf u
$50 wns repealed hy the session net of 1870. v
was commonly held that the latest law q
pealcd the other, but this case Ms pecul-
r.. ~ while The laws wuru being revised o
10 Legislature WAS going on With new Or u
,tmenIE aud i.enrc an UT that rryi.,.d tho Fl"
atutcs should not interfere vain the y
ssOu acts of 1870, although the revised u
atuit4 went into operation nl,rr the Z"
. stature had adinurncd lie maintained Il
at thus act retained tho act ui GS IA iorre II
o next referred t. the act at lS12 to rcssu- t'
t., conduct aat maintain the freedom aud 1T
irity Of rlgr!inu-. t. pre- crIbr modes Of II
NJ king ,Di,.tE. lo.i.gi 81 urhIll for the ~