, 1877-02-13
CHICAGO TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1877

}. TUESDAY,. FEBRUARY Z
or1cr TO take recess except uron ouestfo,
raacd in joint Convention.
No business WAS transacted TN to noon, III,
Senate awaiting notification from The 1Eous,
That that body was ready to rcaume the Join
session TO continue The count.
| IN TIE HOUSE.
The session Was resumed al 10 o'clock,
Afr. McCrnry rosc TO open tho discussion upor
tho objection to tho decision Of the Elcctora
Commission.
Mr.. CtyIner raised tho point that there vas III
quorum present. It Was then arrccd tho tlcba&t
shout, not begin TIL haif-past 10. At tba. tou,
Mr. Field offered the following:
vota from Florida shatt not prucccd In cnnfofma.
h f thn dSe,ton xo;.. Of u: Hestora c9m.
State Of Florida for President and Vice PrSident
Mr. Hale moved as an amendment:
O1utred+ Tho tho counting Of the Efectoral votes
s sis IL asesa e ssaf III I'LL ds Il
| sion.
| suBs1lruTg.
Mr. Knott offered - q substitute On order
rccftfng tho language Of the Electoral net, tlat
tho Commission might inquire Into such pctt.
ttons, dcpostfons, aud other palcrs as shall by
tho Constitution md now cx1stiu9 law
bc competent; rccitlng ntso the fact that
III tho Florida cnso the Commission had
decided and determined TINT no cyflcnco
would be received or considered Which lad not
hcen submitted 10 the two Houses i11 Joint con-
vcntlon by tho President Of tho Senate; that
certificate No. 1-that Of tho Hnyes Electors
contained no eTtdcnco whateyer, whttc ccrtflI-
catcs No. . and 3-Ttldcn Elcctors-dld contain
fst1ts -.
hitter had t,ecn duly elected and appointed Is
Electors, anl therefore ordering that tho deds,
Ion Of tho Commission aud tue grounds thereof
| be rcn,ant1cd and
! REcoxMIrTkD TO THE COMMISSION,
| with request that tho sarno be 90 corrected,
ahd that tho Commission be further requested
TO furnish In detail TIC reasons Of its dtclston
30 that the House may be enlightened "a to tho
couEtc It ought to pursue Ia the discharge Of its
duties; and TINT, III tho meantime, the votes OF
tic 1laycs Electors be not counted.
Mr. Hale made point Of order that under
the Electoral Commission law It was tho jm-
pcrattTo duty Of the House ut tho cud Of two
hours' dobatc to vote on the main question,
which was whether the votes should be counted
In conformity With the decision, and that
nothing in the shape Of dclay-in whatever form
ptcscntcd-could now
ARREST TIE WHEELS OF ITS DECISION,
Mr. Wilson Qowa) added TO Afr. Natc's point
the Commf.ston that World rc1n,,. =, f...,
concurrent actlon. eaA"s ~ ''
Mr. Woo,1 m. v, drc,,rn;1 tbo, ,nr ,,,,,.
ttou Of dcstre on thc nart ., .tc ~ n,,,n".a.s. '
st,c nj Tho Housc tn tntcrn,.. ,n, r,o+;a,,. 80
nostlon Ia anx ,,ccd.,on ~ ~ Ei...e.s, ~ ~
miasion WA entfrr,y cro,,ttans .,,d ,,n.n". v
purtel by nnytbinp tiat hn1 ,a,rn ,s1ace ''''"p
Mr., Un1c-iJa. enr,h,,,n i,ao,, ak ~,
jn,, IN tn,1ica,c anv ci,ar,,o =, ,,t is.,.a.
Mr. WnodETbc ccn,ion,,, h.. i,,.t .n,,,,,, =,
delay. md has nttmatc,1 tint thcrc !. ~ ;n,ao
tonni il,no,ftiom an thc w. -, t,,a s,ass. IT, -.
DELAY action. ran ,..uro ,ho .,ontI.,ns., 49,.
there /. M .,ch ,ntcrtton viii ~" as'4 la. ."as
IN root1 faith to cotrv NJ, t., ~ ro.aas,s ~
Elcrtorn1 Commts.Ion lar md t,o rss,,s .,at a
may hc rcoc]r, in n,,r.n,''c ~ IN, y. 'rss .ss
,.ma tfno ,vo do,,,,,tS a.. ~. -. '@' ~ ''o