National Republican., 1877-02-20
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

MosDAr. February 10, 1871
The senste met at 70 o'clock, with Mcssrs.
CocKRniL, wiTnxRs, CAaERoS, Of WIS,
and MCMILLAN present.
Mr.. wITHERs Inquired lift would be In order
TO take further rece IS until II O'Clock, the hour
Tor meeting the House.
The CHAIR replied that 1t would not. The
Senate could take but one recess, and 1t did that
On Saturday.
Mr.. wITHERs. Is that your construction of
the law.
CHAIR. Yes. sir.
Mr.. wITHERs-Jocoseiy. l will not appeal
from your decision, though think 1t probable 1
could overrule you.
At 1857 the CHAIR announced that the House,
having notified the Senate that It would receive
the Senate In Joint convention at II o'clock, the
Senate would now proceed to the hall Of the
House.
The Scnateth formed in procc ssion, preceded
by the Sergeant at.Arms, two SPECIAL policemen,
Captain Bassctt, with tho two mahogany boxes
containing the returns, and two more special
policemen, and proceeded to the hall Of the
House.
IN ns n. order II shsS 70
The CHAIR said the Senate having met the
House In joint convention to hear the decision OF
Louislans, and the House having objected to the
same, the two Houses have separated to consider
senate the objection made to the same By The
Mr. SHERMAN said that unless some Senator
desires to have the decision and objection read he
Mr.; DAVIS said he would like to have the
Mr. SARGENT said II the decision and ob,ec.
tions were read II would probably take up the two
hours that they were allowed for discussing the
The CHAIR said he would decide that two
hours M 9, debate y alone n,s nigh, be allowed
lows: That the decision OF the Commission in re-.
MIR. DAVIS said the objections ought to be
read, SO that they might be printed in the Record.
The CHAIR said they would appear, whether
Mr.. SHERMAN said II read again, they would
appear twice, as they wosid appear in the House
MI. pXy'iis said they were not so sure aeoat
that: The House might 60 through With the same
be printed he would not insist upon having them
MT. BoaY said there va, no great objection to
THE decision was read, and tho House Elections
the long lawyers brief accompanying the objec.
tfonf, when the demand for the reading was with.
Mr.. HERMAN submitted as a substitute for
the resolution offered by Mr.. SHERMAN, that It is
ordered that the vote purported to be given for
be not counted, the decision OF the Comm sion to
the dontrary notwit thstanding.
report Of the Commission, and said tho Uommis.
sion was sent out to find out what the true vote
but they lad sd 70 T. The SSco1
had a Fight 70 espsSt. The % people 'nsa Ssa
given them a stone. Under this iiis''Gs decision @
a President would be seated against the will Of
nS nsSPe was PsnSI 70 Nd wpe,: the On
fraud, aud not on the will Of the people. II will
never receive the sanction Of the lawyers or the
bunal. hoping the truth would be sought, but the
truth had not been sought. He said that he
,as n h aSS 70 and trust
Mr.. HERMAN said that In his opinion the Sen
ate onght not TO sanction the decision given by
SO. He claimed that the Commission ought to
have gone behind tho returns and ferretsd out
Mr. THURMAN gave the law creating the
n,,a. Met,n.n,ng Board q LousI.na and defined their
by = board Illegally constituted, and acting
ing against scquiesns in tie decision Of ,hs Uom
mission by the vote OF the Senate.
IN MT ShERMAS M said he was surprised 70 hear
the creation Of this Tribunal step By step, and
opposed Il as we'll as he was able; but when the
abideby its decision. The Senators who have
spoken this morning were earnest In their efforts
by IT, and Il was an insult to this GoS%lsson a0,Ss fos
them to come in here and make such statements
rs rs they had lust made. Because decision had
oeen siyen % sss,nst them they protest against ae
MI. sHERSxS gave a recital OF some Of the
truth came cut the world would stand aghast al
the enoImity of the attempts at frand and intim-
t. H. and saa Then said a. 1e''e slsSsslsI ssssi
tss VH,s Of the ssST of thss Stale wa4. wast
They had no right 70 20 bshind the votes Of those
M .ad aid he done nc al Z, could
used his best endcsyors to arrive at q just and
that Commission, ana he was pained, and his
EIlsf r. was as indeed deed Pognant e reflect that his
recite the part he had taken on tho words he had
spoken In the meetings Of the Com mission. That
may may BE- done in The future He was sorry TO feel
dealing and true votes were net TO be the rule Of
action ID our elections.
Mr. LOGAN said he was not here when the
bill creating the Commission was passed, but he
had heard much that has been said about It, and
seemed 70 him that there was an undue amount
those who favored this bill. He then argued that
Congress had no power to go behind the return.
they had Il was contrary to ali Tie lights Of I sSs
States, and II there was any right that State
Was invested with, II was the right to elect Pres
MT WALLACE Lac 2, said the people he represented
WOulu not accept Of This decision, but would ngl-
tate and continue to astate IL till they had re.
MI SARGENT said he opposed the bill, from
the beginning. Every Democrat on this floor but
one had said II must be passed, and II Was passed
and now they say that the country ought not to
abide by Its decision. He said at that time that
the Commission would not rise above party, and
every vote taken shows the partisan character OF
tho votes. Not q Democrat on that Commission
has risen in one single instance, above party but
has given every single vote for his side cf the
question, and because there happens
70 be one more Republican on that
Commission than there was Democrats,
they cry out and protest against the decision,
tions sgainst II that the Commission would at.
Senators on the other side, and the Senator irom
Ohio mt. THuRMAN) had said they would do no
such thing, MT. SARGErr gave a recital Of some
Of the outrhges and frauds 10 Florida and Louisi.
ana, which had eliminated In the attempt to as.
sassinate the Governor OF Louisiana IMr
WlThEns and others near Mr.. SARGENT
Mr. SARGENT said the Senator may laugh,
Does he laugh at that act of attempted Assassi.
nation? Docs he laugh because somebody
attempted to assassinate q man that one haif
Of the people Of the State honestly thought they
had elected as Governor? Does the Senator laugh
at that? Does the Senator laugh at the assas assna-
tion Of 90 many poor people Of the South Does he
| laugh because one OF his party papers In this
city advised that Rutherford b. Hayes be assas.
snated IL he comes to this CITY? Does he laugh Mt