New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-20

crushed y this decision and for the first time. the VIII
majority OF the people expunged and reversed Ny
the votes Of the Electoral Colleges.
MR.. SARGENT on PARTIsANsHIP.
Mr. Sargent Rep.. CALI said bis judgment was def'ber
atey made up and expressed against the passage
of the bill creating the Electoral Commission Al that
time every Democrat the floor except one insisted
that the bill should pass II was passed. and by Demo
cratic votes During the debate npon the bill he stated
that il would said the decision Of te Commission was
partisan. matter which way they decidad But the
cratic member Of the Tribunal had risen In the slightest
degree craftsmanship Every vote they had gwen
saturated with parsansip Because IN tne se P
ton Of the fifth Judge there happened TO be one more nc
publican than Democrat on the Commission anu pecdu5e
those Republicans carried out me an When their
members the Commission were Just rs partsa
Democratic counsel went before the Commission and
offered to prove long list Of things which they knew
the Commission only sustained the right Of the state In
selecting Its electors. He did not c0ncede Tor inomeh
Louisiana Thousands Of Republicans in that State were
taken by the throst and srangod and Ihus prevenea
apparent majority The policy of the law in Louisiana
that such fraudulent mjorites should DC cast QUIZ
and the Returning Board did right IN throwing 'ne'n
He defended the decision OF the Commission at length
and sad the condemnation OF the American P sotPie
would be written upon the Democratic party. pS,i
was not fair mode OF eeotoneerlng. An oe hepre es
their and would be needed Frauds lad been S
such means that they expected TO seize the Presidency
II by such means that few days ago an assassin SIN
life of a man whom than onehaf OF the people OF
the State had elected Governor Laughter on the Deno
OF Vrgnia said the Senator might laugh at that TACT
Did the Senator laugh at the fact that one OF inc party
Mr.. withers-No; do not laugh at that ..,o,
Mr. Sargeut-Oes the Senator laugh at the faet that
his party Is responsible for the assassination OF Abraham
Lncolni Does the Senator deny thati 49,, .onaroiv
Mr. Sargent (resuming said the Democratic party was
stained all over with the crime OF assassination h n
ham Lincoln down to the poorest negro In mississippi
MR.. wIrHKRs's MISTAKE.
Mr. withers Dem Val said before replying to the
TRADE OF Senator from California he desired 10 state
that he supported the bill for the creation OF the Efec
oral Commission in the hope that the members drawn
from the judicial department of the Government would
give the subject fair judicial consideration but he was
mistaken This decision had the ;s anat
in the land, could not rise above party any more tnan
pronounced politicians IL would SeTnf i sh eo ,mt
serving the Electoral Commission should vote one
way in regard to one state ana on tne same ae,c
way. This decision that Congress could not ihqure
INTO amd IN she ayepaoy aycced BY its
widest adherents. He then alluded to the charges maze
by the Senators from California tMr Sargent and ONO
(Mr Sberman) that the DemOcyatic party was respon
sDe for ali wrongs committed and said threefonrths OF
the violence the South mad been nsuBteu ana prousht
about by the Republican party.
MR.. BoUTwELLs DISAPPOINTMENT.
Mr.. Boutwell, Q,ep., Mass) said In these moments
when disappointment waited upon 80 many OF his friends
on side OF the chamber he desired to say that
he was disappointed in two particulars He never had
any doubt as to the election Of Gov Hayes but he knew
did not SO believe and in the interest OF pao
n 9 the decision o, the Electoral Commission he
voted for the bill creating that Commission He was dis
apoointed that any gentleman in this Senate who had
ndaav fo lead
port the bill should come here now TO condemn the
the Judgment OF eight men had not been taken better
evidence OF the justice OF the conclusions reacneu tnan
the dissenting opinions of other men, lie believed
the people OF this country would accept the Judgment OF
the Commission and that the supreme Court wouid lose
no prestige by the action OF its members.
MR.. sTEvENsON'S REMARKS.
Mr. Stevenson (Dem Ky) said the proceedings OF the
American Senate to-day would live long c0nstitu
tiona government lasted the principles of liberty had
a yoary. He voted for the bill creating the Electoral
Commission and did in the interest OF peace. 1t had
been said there was only Democrat who voted
against ii thank God there only one because the
Democratic party met this matter upon the broad basis
expected that there would be tree full and fair inves-
tigaton and that Judgment would be rendered III accord
the condition Of Louisiana, and said this Returning
Board had been successful In governing the state that
they might well extend their operations and govern
Mr.. HOWE on LOUISIANA.
Mr. Howe Rep., Wis., said the Senator from Kentucky
mr. steyensou had admonished the Senate that the pro-
ceedngs OF this day would live That true and In
his ld g1nent Mr. Howes it pity that It true.
He thought IL would better for the fame Of the Repub
lie II these proceedings could be buried out o sight
soon as they should be finished For days the waves OF
yuperaton had broken at the feet Of the Electoral Com
mission in order that Commission into the cru
cihxon of the rights Of State, and to-day these
foamy slrges beat upon the heads OF members of the
Commission, cruelty them because they would not
consent to cruelty a State. The Commission and It's
mission vested only with such prerogatves as the
two houses OF Congress had would 10 be SAID that Con-
Constitution in selecting electors II Congress could tell
Louisiana that it could tell New-York also but sew
then defended the action OF the louisiana Return
returns of that board system of fraud and corruption
by the Democrats would have been exposed He
man who cherished the reputation of the Democratic
party that the Commission DID not go Dehnd the returns
As Republican, cherishing the past OF the Republican
party he would not blush when the blankets were all
stripped of this Louisiana case.
MR.. CHRIsTIANCY's SPEECH.
Mr. Chrstiancy (Rep., Michl said he deprecated all
partisan luminosity, which resulted in no good He con-
fessed he never had very high confidence in the ineg
rty Of the Louisiana Returning Board, and he feared
that that board by its wrongs, hoped to overcome
the wrongs perpetrated by their opponents He argued
that tho Electoral Commission was equally far 10 Dot
pares. He voted the bill establishing the Electoral
Commission, determined to abide by the decision.
Before Mr. Chrs!ancy lad concluded his remarks the
two hours allowed Tor debate expired
THE VOTING.
The question being the resolution Of Mr. Herman as
substitute for that of Mr. Sherman, it rejected
Yeas 2s Nays A. follows: Republicans Iii Roman;
Democrats in Italic.l
Rnileu Dennis, heUU RondotpR,
Barnn1, Eaton, hefndn ransom,
BdyGrd, G0tdMUdme .LCtIeTH, S,TneoWH
ROM. IhcDohdtd SteceftS0nb
tocg,eU Vere6TL MdreN wallace
I,onsr Johnston. NerrtnOn. WhyS,
min Jones (Fia), NOrlc0Od, Witers-2a