The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21

Iptled. or canvassed, and that said returning
board never even pretended to compile OF
canvass the returns made by said Commits.
sioners of Election, but that said returning
board only pretended to canvass the returns
made. by the State Supervisors of Registration
Rejected by the same vote.
An.eighth substitute was offered by Bayard
as follows:
Resolved, That no person holding an Office
OF trust or profit under the United States is
eligible to be appointed an elector, and that
this Commission will receive evidence tend
ing to prove such ineligibility, as offered by
counsel tor directors to certificates No. and
Rejected by the same vote.
Justice Field offered the 9th and last sub.
stitute, as follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the com.
mission evidence is admissible upon the sew.
eral matters which counsel tor DIRECTORS tc
numbers and 8 offered to prove.
This was also rejected by the same vote and
the question or the original order submitted
by Hosr came up, viz "That the evidence
offered be not received"
Mr.. Payne moved to strike out the word not
Rejected by the same vote
The vote on the original order was then ia.
ken, and it was adopted by the following vote
Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong -8.
ton, Payne, Thurman-7.
Upon this action being made known to the
counsel, the Democrats declined to make any
further argument, and the Commission again
went into secret session, when Senator Morton
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the persons named as elect
ors in -rtiticate No. were the lawful elect
ors OF the State OF Louisiana and their votes
are the VOTES provided by the Constitution OF
The United States and should be counted tor
President and Vice. President.
This resolution was adopted by vote of 8
to 7, as follows:
Yeas-Bradley, Strong, Miller, Edmunds,
Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar and Morton.
Nays Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Num-
son, Payne and Thurman.
Justice Miller and Bradley and Representa-
tive Hoar were appointed committee to
adopt report Of the decision to be submitted
to Congress.
Upon the assembling of the Senate
on the 18th the decision of the Commission in
the Louisiana case was read, and the Senate
adopted motion that it was ready to meet
the House and proceed with the count. The
House, however, declined to proceed on Sat-
urday, but by vote OF l52 to Ill adopted a
resolution that they would meet the Senate
to continue the count in joint convention at
Il A. N. on Monday the 10Th.
ACCEPTING THE RESULT.
An exciting Democratic caucus was held at
Washington on the evening OF the 18th. Two
resolutions were offered refusing to accept the
decision of the Electoral Commission, but
they received few affirmative votes. After
an extended debate, the following resolution
offered by Reagan of Texas with the last
clause added by MIR. Bright, was adopted by
a v.te of 60to 40:
Resolved, That the count of the votes
shall proceed without dilatorY opposition to
the orderly execution of the act of Congress
creating the Electoral Commission whose de-
cision shall be received and acted upon in
accordance witRth provisions of said law.
solemn and earnest protest of the Democratic
party against the gross and shameless violation
OF law, justice and truth contained in the de-
cision of a majority who signed the same in
the cases Of Florida and Louisiana.