The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-02

preklucnuhi eicCdons ANoVs - AosVs WeAS |
given under duress caused by unlawful
exercise of federal power.
Objections being made to the decision
Of South Carolina by the commission, the |
senate withdrew, and MIR. Springer i'm
mediatsly moved to take recess till 10
o'clock tomorrow, and q vote by yeas
and nays was taken.
The motion was lost, and after some
DELAY, Mr.. Cochrane oiiered.a resolution
that the decision Of the electoral commits
sion on the votes OF South Carolina be
not sustained by the house and be not
counted, and after . lenghthv debate the |
house proceeded to vote on the resolu- |
ton.
Mr.. walling moved to add to the reso.
luton the words: In conformity with
the decision Of said commission.
Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, offered as a
substitute that the decision be not con-
CURED In.
Mr.. Hale made point Of order against
the amendment and substitute that under
the electoral law the main question must
be put at once, but the speaker over
ruled it.
The question was first put on ordering
the main question. and ii was 6 o'clock
before the result was announced. While
the vote was being taken, efforts were be-
ing made by members of both sides to
arrive at some basis for compromise, be-
cause it was evident that hours would
vet be consumed in yea and nay votes,
before the point of the reassembling OF
the two houes in joint meeting could be
reached. No compromise, however, hav-
ing been effected, walling, as soon as thu 4
result of the vote ordering the m ain
question was announced, moved t., re.
consider that vote.
PROPOSITION OF coMPRoMfsE.
MIR. Wood, Of New York, then offere,
!, proposition Of compromise, which was
at the suggestion of the speaker. reduce
to writing, as follows:
5 The amendments now pending 70 /
Withdrawn and the house to cor,e to
i direct vote on the original revolution
the senate to be then invited tn meet tn
!. house tor the purpose Of continuing Ii
|. count, and that when tha state OF Vel
e mont shall be reached, and the tw
l. houses separate, the house shall the
d take recess till tomorrow. There wa
% no objection made and the proposition
d was agreed to.
IN JOINT SESSION AGAIN.
Mr.. Cochrane's resolution that thu
= vote of South Carolina be not counte
o was then adopted and the senate was M
= titled. At 6:2O the senators came int
e the hall and the action of each house Q
Of the decision having been read, the pr
siding officer announced that the tw
houses not concurring otherwise, IL
,e electoral votes of South Carolina woul
n. be counted and they were thereupon d
clared by one Of the tellers a. seven Il
HAYES and Wheeler. Pending that
ton, Mr.. Jones, Of Kentucky raised Z
n question that there was not a quorum
IN the senate present, only twenty.eig
having entered the hall; but the prssi
no ing ofiicer paid NO attention to the int
ceeo with Tie reaoIng,, Mr. Jdnts ca
re- tenting himself with protest agair
ing the proceeding. The votes of Tenn,
in see, IL, and Texas, 8, for Tilden a
sy, Hendricks were then announced wi.
f. out objection and without full readu
ste OF the certificates. Then came
he VERMONT
nd with four votes for Hayes and wheele
z: the certificates being read In fuil.
I'd Mr.. Poppleton rose to present obje
70, tons to it, but first asked the presidir
ce officer whether any other certificate hi
Is. been received from Vermont than til
Q which had been read. The presidir
officer replied in the negative.
= Mr.. Hewitt stated that he held in b
% hand q package purporting to be Il
u electoral votes OF Vermont, which pac
N, age had been delivered to him by EXPIRE
I ~ about the middle OF December, and tn
zee with 1t came letter stating that simil
~ package had been forwarded to the pre-
IRE dent Of the senate by mail. On Iearnir
-, to-day that no corresponding packa,
raj had been received by the presiding oflct
in ne had rendered to him this packa,
"a, tholding 1t up), the seals OF which we
mi still unbroken. and the presiding onic
be declined to receive them. He now te
ie- dered the package to the presiding oftic
"a a. purporung to contain the elector
~ votes OF Vermont.
ne The presiding otiicer-The chair b,
stated that he has received but one Ger
OF on fcate from Vermont. The chair ali
"a states that the law prohibits him fro
receiving any after the first Thursday
a, February. His duty ID to receive. op.
"a and have read all that have been reoeiv.
~, ~ On tina, day.
sw Mr.. Springer-I understand that 4
third return from the state Of Florida w
~ received on the 5lst Of January; am
"a correct in thstf correcting himself
W mean February.
~ An the response which tie presidir
ofncer made was that January WAS "a
NE February, and he asked whether the
yu- was any objection 10 the vote Of We
ere mont.
re- Mr.. Springsr-I offer a resolution
oes The presiding ofncer-If il Is an objs
AL ton TO the certificate from Vermont Z
80 chair will sptsrf.iu n bus II ~ IL .;,n,,