The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-26

Hendricks for Vice President, and the
vote cast should he counted.
The presiding officer asked II there
were further objections, and there being
none, he announced that the Senate
would again withdraw.
The whole proceeding only occupied
until ten minutes past twelve o'clock,
a New Legislative Day.
When all the Senator's had Withdrawn
the Chairman announced that the new
legislative day OF Saturday had CON.
menced, and the chaplain offered prayer,
The journal having been read, Mr..
Clymer (Pa.) offered n resolution that
for the more complete consideration Of
the report Of the Electoral Commission
in the Oregon case, the House now take a
recess until 10 o'clock on Monday morn.
ing.
Mr.. Clymer asked leave to explain his
motive for Offering the resolution, but
objection was made on the Republican
side.
Mr.. Hancock rose to point Of order,
and made the point that under the elec.
toral law il was not in order TO take re.
cess after the Commission had decided,
but that the count should proceed at once.
There was Il clear direction in the law
that the count should proceed, and the
manner in which they should proceed
was detailed. Under the law the powers
OF the House could not be enlarged, and
recesses could not be taken ut will. lie
felt, us much rs any one, the modification
Of defeat; but he hoped that he would not
lose his manhood so much as 10 advise
that the House should not proceed under
the law. He held, therefore, that there
was no authority under the law to pro.
crastinate the count by recess at this
time.
Mr.. Clymer said he had not offered the
motion for he.purposes Of proCrastina.
ton. The motion was made in good faith.
Time was asked to consider this import,
ant question; time, that il all might be
considered in the quiet OF the Sabbath.
But he would not take up time by further
discussion.
The Chair said that'he had already de.
cided this question, and that he
would rule now M before that it was in
the power Of the House to take one re-
cess.
ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE FnLIBUSTERs.
The question was then put, and the
House by vote Of ll2 yeas to 1853 nays
refused to take u recess until Monday.
The Democrats voting in the negative
were Messrs. Bogy, Beebe, Bell, Bland,
Blount, Brown (N. W, Campbell. Cand.
Ter, Carr, Cutler, Durham, Eden, Egbert,
FELTON,, GoOdin, Hancock, Hardenburgh,
Harrison, Hatcher, Raymond, Hewitt
IN. W, Hill, Kehr, LeMoyne, Lord,
Metcalf, Mllliken, Mills, Morgan, Neal,
New, Phelps, Powell, Reagan, Robbins
lPa.), Savage, Schleicher, Stevenson, Tar.
box, Teese, Throckmorton, Walker (N.
~, Ward, Warren, Watterson, Wells
MO- Whitehouse, A. S: Williams, Will
liams lDel.), Wills, Wiltshire and Wood
IN. W
ANOTHER DILAToRY MOTION.
Mr.. Lane then moved that the House
take recess until $3.50 on Monday morn
ing.
The Speaker said that he could not re-
gard that motion in any other than
dilatoty light, and he conld not entertain
the motion when it proposed to dlsobey
plain provision Of law made under the
Constitution.
Mr.. Hale then offered an order that
the count Of the electoral vote OF Oregon
shall proceed in accordance with the find
ing OF the Electoral Commission.
Mr.. Lane submitted rs a substitute an
order that the votes OF ]. W. Watts, as an
elector, be not counted.
THE TWO HOURS DEBArE
allowed under the law then commenced.
Mr.. Lawrence argued as to the eligibili-
ty OF Watts, and contended that the will Of
the people could not be prevented by an
error. II there was n doubt in such n
case il must be resolved in favor OF the
people, and resolving 1t that way Watts
was entitled to cast the electoral vote.
The House finally voted to Disagree
with the decision OF the Electoral Com
mission in tho case OF Oregon, and the
Senate was notified, and when the two
Houses again met the vote Of Oregon was
counted for Hayes, and the electoral GER
tiIicates OF Pennsylvania were read.
Objections being called for, an objec-
tion was made TO the vote Of Mr.. Morrcll,
and the Senate retired without discussing
the question.
The House then took n recess until
Monday.