The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-02-01

aese vo s %o RSs s S Rn the s
spoke length as % the consiituionafy Of the
bin. and asked: Did not reason and the fitness Of
tended that the power TO vitiate. on allegation Of
and thus tnfn The eiecHon. should not be Teposed
the american Congress Il was not designed 70 com,
init tins vast power 70 one man especially as that man
man law the morning OF time, said should
others II President the senate had the power
might select a President for the secret purpose Of
making the count one way Was such a creature OF an
No such action designed for this Republic, the
tant on the globe Should this e eSpepnnt f It
G0aid turn back me hands on the CLOCK OF ages MT
clude his remarks TO-DAY.
q l4 friend from New York tMr; conklingl, who was
ate go ms executive session but gave notice that he
woqia ask the Senate to vote the bin o0Orrow.
pointed members 6onfsTenee Committee on the
After executive session. adjourned.
HOUSE WASHINGTON, January %.
The Speaker corrected the ruling made by him res
dents message the of troops late cleo
ton to select committee of eleven would come up
would the speakers table, aud
TTsSes deOar1g that the President Of the senate
s mot and taat has the right TO count ana
Memorials from Boston and St. Louis favoring the
so.called Compromise bun, were presented
lima, and took the iron-clad oath.
The House then considered the resolutions reported
Ir. seeiye. who declared the doctrine laid down in
perversion Of the spirit OF the Constitution
cruelty we're pIacJiced and put forth IN certain quarters
to control the late election No honest man IN his
greater wrong II sought to be righted but
ident for the next four years was a mere temporary
question but the question of how the President should
question spread its hands through coming time aud
the report OF the Committee Counting the Electoral
on adopted by Congress with the same unanimIty
with which it had been adopted by the committee he
our Nations second century which no year Of The
,i 80 h I'M mi te a ,ba ySnTi5
that this great and free people, which had lately shown
threatened in eInatlonal dispute had now shown Itself
disputes about rights in the sole effort 20 learn and fol-
Mr.. Wilkins. OF Wisconsin. argued favor of count
ing the Electoral vote by the President of the Senate
msnt in support of the resolutions He proceeded to
relate the history OF the consttntiona provision aud
declare the Electoral votes was not rsPosed in tho
based the T Of 9e ThO9
bower by a fat. not OF the oiigarchy Of the
senate but loo by to be Sasya that 9
word presence as used IN the Constitution, was, to
ing ~ the same room Radcay meant being beOTe;
1t Indicated, IN all legal procedure supervision by
guard to defend every done in the presence OF
same sense was found in the sublime appeal of Moses
carry not hence" 1t did not refer to the omni-
preseuce of diety. but It meant presence in the
The of the presence IN that clause of the
Constitution action OF vital. controlling and
deTerninng supervision OF the whole procedure. 1t
could IOt that the House 10 be merely
witness mistake which 1T could not corTect an H.
LEGALITY which it could not forbid; wrong which u
trste for such construction contended for
opposite side, the majesty of the of tn
two houses becomes solemn farce, dumb show, an
empty pageant and amy thiCal humbug In conclusion,
he favored The Electoral Compromise Bill not because
exactly fulfilled his precOuceived idea abOut trDu
nal created counting the Electoral vote, but
because he conceived it essential to tho and hap
pIness of the country
At the OF MIR. fuckers speech the further con-
sheraton OF the resolutions postponed until to-
morrow.
Mr.. Holman made effort to go into committee of
the whole Indian Appropriation ItIll, the
majority against such course was sttonR de-
clded.
Mr.. Cox, chairman OF the COMMITTEES on Election
Frauds in New York, submitted report in regard to
the alleged tampeTing with Mr.. HewNts mail
in thu New York Post-Ofhce. 1t completely
exOnerates Postmaster James and his subOrdnates
the t-ofce all blame ia matter. ana de-
claUes that such tamperng has been done. Printed
and recOmmitted.
Na.Ur