The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-03-08

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Z. Mr. Frelinghuyuou offered resolution dec In
Ing that The peFrons nsnse n The Dsmeestic
| votes ehouid not be counted This wns adopted
unsninaously. II. Morton offered : resolutien
declaring that the perso.s named Il the Rspubli..
tho State Of South Carolina, and that thelr
| yotes be counted. This motion prevailed
% I. NJ. Merton o1srsd RESOLUTION
missionef Clifford for the ability, iHpartislity and
Sseeni,y with xhich hs had pr'sided over its de-
report vse drawn up to b presented to the two
fhSIS',ss EyinS the grounds Of its Sscls|9n y
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the consideration Of the subject t6at the Re
! publican Electors appear to have been law.
| Vlce Preeident a fha TInifed Sfafes fnr fhe
south Carolina. and that they voted !. such It the
tom q hs United IN staes snd hs as ~ and he
| Commission has, by majority Of votes, decided
that It is not competent, under the Constitution
The q lie ssDsss n s
thoee regularly ceriacd to By the Governor Of the
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CURED for the psrfoImsncs Of their "a duties had
sassah sss hsa no q y s
Of said retnrning ofacer was mot in accordance
| with the truth and fact, the Commission BY ma
In the Jurisdiction OF the Two houses OF Congress
f,ssidsas y sntss M Ss upon u ths ss 4 sacS eS
| the votes Of tho benocratic Electors oS 6outh
Carolina we're rsjecssd BY the unanimous yots Of
At1o 10 on the 2oth ult., the Senate and
House met In Joint Convention TO proceed with
the count. Tho decision Of the Commission in
the South CAROLINA case was read Two sets Of
| objections to counting the vote were presented,
ene by Mr.. Phillips. Of Miesoun, and one BY NJ.
| Southland, Of Ohio. The Senate Withdrew, that
| the two houses might separately consider them.
The Senate promptly oserruled the objections,
and the House. ai.sr an exciting debate; and sn
| 30 m the Senate Joined the House, and the
action OF each house having been read, the Pre-
siding omcer announced th.t. the two houses not
counted for Hayes and Wheeler, and 1t was 30
counted and announced. The votes OF Tenneeeee
Hendricks without objec ion and without . full
reading 0fthe certificates The certificate from Yer
mont having been read, Mr.. Poppleton rose to
present objections to IL, but first ssked the Pre;
siding Officer whether any other certificate had
been received from Vermont than that y hich bad
been read. The Presiding Oficer replied in the
negative. Mr.. Hewitt stated that he held In his
oral votes Of Vermont, Which package had been
delivered to him by express about the middle Of
December and that with + came letter stating
President Of The Senate by mail On learning
today that no corresponding package had
been .essvsd e{ the Presdlng 3s hs
up). the seals Of which were still unbroken, and
the Presiding Officer declined 10 receive them. He
now rendered the package 70 G the Prssidng ofacsf
Vermont. The Chair stated that he had received
but one certificate from Vermont The Chair also
bs Il
was to receive, open end have read all that had
bes received on that day. Mr; Springer offered
nsso %nca the Chair
to the certificate from Vermont Finally objec-
tions were offered to the count of the vote of
I ground that be was Postmaster when elected, and
that the law Of Vermont did not authorize an ap-
intment by the College of Electors to Ill the
this point Mr. Springer demanded that the dupli-
cate returns offered by Mr. Hewitt be read and
that the case be remanded to the Electoral Com
ceived the alleged duplicate return - pro.
vided by law, and ignored the demand, and said
that the Senate would retire in order that the two
As the Senators were withdrawing, MI. Springer
called out that he now made o point Of order
that, there being duplicate returns, the case had
not be considered by the two houses. No atten-
tion, however, was paid to It, nor 10 the PROPOSE
tion made immediately afterward by MI. Mill.
Speaker declaring, under the terms Of the com
promise agreement, that the House sheuld take
recess until ten O'Clock on the morning Of the let.
The Senate, on the 1st, overruled the
objections filed to the count OF Elector Solace, Of
Vermont. The House, after debate lasting
twelve hours, sustained them. The two houses
came together at eleven p. M, and the action OF
each house on the objections having been read,
the Presiding Officer announced that, the two
houses not concurring otherwise, the Electoral
v, to Of Vermont would be counted. and 1t was
announced as counted for Hayes and Wheeler.
The certihcats Of Virginia wss read and an
nounced for Tlden and Hendricks, as
was also the certificate and vote Of
West Virginia. Then came Wisconsin, the last
State. Mr Lynde presented objections to count
ing the vote OF D. W. Downs, one OF the Electors 8,
on the ground that he held the oflce Of Pension
Surgeon, prior to and on Nov. 2, an ofice Of
honor and profit, and that he was in consequence
ineligible to act as Elector. At II rs the Senate
retired that each house might separately consider
the objections. Atel1:60 the Senate over
ruled the objection without debate and d.
Of Representatives. In the House, Nj. Lynds
moved that the vote Of Downs be not counted. A
subetitute was offered that the House proceed to
elect Prpsident. The euhstitute was subse-
quently WITHDRAWN, and the House, at $40 :. M,
decid MOI to count Wisconsin. At 4:0t on the
morning Of the I'd. the two houses met in Joint
Convention, the Presiding Ofiicer announced the
action Of each houre, and directed the vote ef
Wisconsin to be declared, and It was declared and
counted for Hayes and Wheeler. At 4:lb = m.
the Vice- President Of the Senate declared Hayes
and Wheeler elected by vote Of 1856 TO 1874 Tor
Tiidcn and Hendricks, and the Joint Convention
dissolved.