The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-02-16
THE LOUISIANA CASE.

The Senate having appeared, Vice |
President Ferry caused the Secretary !
OF the Senate and Clerk of the House !
to declare what action the two houses |
had taken III regard to the decision OF |
Of the Commission. This having been
done, the President of the Senate de |
clarett that both houses not havin.
conquered in setting aside the decision
Of the Commission, the vote OF Florida
would be counted for Hayes and
Wheeler. The votes Of Georgia, Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Ken
tuck y were also counted for the respec-
tive candidates. When Louisiana WAS
reached the President Of the Senate
handed to the tellers three certificates,
two of which were for Hayes Electors,
and one signed by McEnery, as Cover
nor, in favor of the Tilden Electors.
There was also Il certificate which the
Vice President said he had received by
mali, pulporting to cast eight votes fo,
Cooper and Carey. The reading of this
certificate created much amusement,
the Electors all being named John
smith, distinguished by numbers /, =,
}, i and 3, and by letter "A, letter Il,
md let-her-rip.
the Vice-Prcsidcnt asked and OBJ
tanned unanimous consent to suppress
this certificate, which was u,anift~stly
bogus and II burlesquc. Objections
having been made to the other three
certificates, the objections were referred
to the Commission.
THE OBJECTIONS TO THE LOUISIANA
ELECTORS.
The objections to the Hayes Electors
assert fOulneSs OF the Returning Board,
two Electors Federal officers, the ccr-
flying Governor Il creature OF cO,nprO-
mise, and barely dc f:,ctO, not by any
construction dc jure, and that half the
Electors were State officers when the
Constitution Of Louisiana forbitls cxcr-
riSing functions like those of Presitlc,,-
titl Electors.
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, rose
and submitted an objection to the
Hayes ami Wheeler certificates. The
objection is based on the ground that
the Hayes Electors had not been duly
elected, but that their election had
been certified by VIM. =. Kellogg, who
claimed to bc, but i'll fact, was not the
Governor of the State of Louisiana
and because the Returning Board OF
said State was without jurisdiction, for
the reason that the laws OF Louisiana
Board to canvass or compile the votes
since they constitute but four of the
tive persons required by law, since
those four We're of the same political
party, and since there was II vacancy
i'll said Board, which the four had re-
fused to till, because the four member
of the Returning Board had full
knowledg that 4 true compilation of
the votes would have shown that the
Titden Electors had been duly elected; ;
because said Board had offered for
money TO sell the vote of Louisiana,
and because \. Il. Levissec and .. IL.
Brewster, of the Republican Electors,
had held offices of trust under the Gov
ernment Of the United States 1T the
time of their appointment as Electors.
The objection is signed by Senators Nc
Donald, of Indiana; Stevenson, of
Kentucky; Salisbury, of Delaware !;
Bogy, of Missouri; Members-Je nks,
of Pennsylvania; Gibson Of Louisiana !;
Tucker, of Virginia; Levy, of LOUISE
ana Ellis, of Louisiana, and Morrison,
of Illinois.
Gibson, of Louisiana, also sent up
objections to Hayes certificates because
first, the government of Louisiana, was
not Republican in form; second, ny
canvass was made on which the cert
tieates Of election We're issued; thilH,
any alleged canvass of votes was an act
of usurpatiion, fraudulent and void !;
fourth, some ofthe Electors were lncli-
gible by the law of Louisiana, and
We're disqualified from being Electors
as holding State offices, kellogg being
acting de facto Governor; Jotfrion, Su-
pervisor Of Registration for the parish
of Pointe Coupee, Marks, District At
torney, unt Burch, Il member of the
State Legislature and Il member of the
Board of Control of the State Peniten-
tiary, an Administrator of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, and Treasurer of the
School Board of East Baton Rouge ;
nth, because Joffrion was especially
Disqualified by the 18th section of the