The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Agony Overs to- IBID Ii.

WASHINGTON. Feb. "A resolution va,
adopted by the Electoral Commission that
| tie ballots cast by Odei Cartwright
and Watts were the lawful Electoral votes
| of the State of Oregon. and should be count
ed for Hayes and Wheeler The vote stood
/ 5 cas-, nays.
When. this afternoon. information reach
/ ed the House that the Electoral Commission
| had decided upon counting the vote of Ore
| grn tor Hayes and Wheeler, IA motion was
made and carried to take a recess till to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, the purpose
| of the majority being to hold caucus be-
| fore the official announcement of such de-
/ ci,ion was received.
| The motion was agreed to by n vote OF
! 100 cas- 20 100 nay :. All who voted in the
| Affirmative were Democrats. and those who
voted in the neg,tiv were Republicans,
with the addition of IS Democrats.
| WASHINGTON, Feb 23.-Directly after
the recess OF the House, ii notice was read
| nom the Clerks desk, inviting the Demo-
Gratis to remain for the purpose of holding Il
| caucus.
When the hall had been c,eare4 of all
| others, Representative Lamar called the
meeting to order. He said that he had been
| requested To suggest that the caucus adjourn
| til 80 p. m.
Whereupou, member proposed Saturday
| night, but the voice of the majorit, being in
favor of continuing the caucus this alter
| noon without an adiOurnmtHt. hcDreseIta-
| tive Mcmahon, OF OHIO moved that to-mor-
row a motion be made in the IIeuse inyit-
| ing the senate 70 meet the House in Joint
conveii ion at O'Clock on Monday.
! Repr sentative kei r OF Missouri offered
| a sub~titu c, namely, that motion tie IN ade
| IN the House in Joint session Tomorrow at
| one O'Clock for the purpose of proceeding
with The count Of the Electoral vote.
10 tins, Representative New, of Ohio.
| offered an amendment, which Keller ac-
ctpted, 10 tie effect that after the two
houses shall Lave met in iCint session
! TO "aucus the decIsit II of the Electoral
Commission on the Oregon Question, and
shali nave reported thereon, the House will
then proceed to the discussion of the dec:s-
n.
An earnest and excited discussion cnsued
IN which Representatives Naner, Of ONO.
Knott, o. kentucky, Sparks, OF Illinois, ana
Lane OF oregon, participated, fayoring de-
lay till Monday.
Representatives HI, of Georgia. Brown.
OF Kentucky, WiishiIe, OF Arkansas, Har-
rison, OF Illinois, and House. OF Tennessee.
were in favor OF meeting the Senate to NOR.
TOW Ior we puTpo.e OF continuing the
counting of tie Electoral vote.
Speaner Randall made a few remarks
counseiing calm deiberation in view Of the
Importance OF the question presented.
Representative Field, of New York also
spoke briefly. stating he hal prepar d two
bulls, one providing for the eltc OF
President and Nicc-President on the first
Tuesday in May, the presiding officer OF the
| Senate To act as President in the interval
between the 4Uh of March and that time
| The other bill provides for quo warranto
proceedings, so that the contestants for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency could 90
before the United States supreme Court.
and there present their claims TO the office
nder the operation of the previous ques-
ton the substitute and amendment to Nc
Mauon's motion were rcjected-ayes A.
noes 66.
The resolution of Mcmahon, inviting the
Senate to meet the House at l O'Clock on
Monday, was then adopted by about twenty
majority.
The reasons given, by several gentlemen
who were present at the Caucus, for this de-
lay, were that the House wanted time for
reflection, and to prepare objections TO In
South Caroliba and other cases.
a number of Democrats. who did rot
sanction delay, lett the hall from time to
time before the close of the proceedings. and
others privately said, after the adjourn
ment, that they wOnld not be found by the
Caucus, as many Democrats had purp3seIy
absented themselves
Represehtiye Wilkes, of New York, will
under all circumstances, oppose the post
ponement contem plated by McMahOn's res
olution.
No action was taken on Fiel1's two bulls.
which were regarded as unconstitutional,
and besides quo WarrantO before the Su-
preme Court, some of whose mem bers have |
decided against Tilden, would be iueffectu- /
al.
The Democrats OF the Caucus who favor |
ed the imm ediate assumption OF the count /
ing of the Electoral vote, express their sup /
prise that those WHO advocated delay mus
tered In such strong force, and say that /
many Democrats Who will act differently |
were not aware that there would bea Car |
Gus tonight, and besides, the &C who voted /
for delay scarcely number more than one |
third of The Democrats of the House.
W.sHINGToN, Eeb,y. 2a-An informal /
meeting at Speaker RandalPs house agreed |
that the Army should consists of 1900 men,
with provision that troops should not be |
used to support either purity, or dual Gov
of South Carolina or Louisiana.