Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-08

| oHouIu De cOunIeI. Mr.. t1eiO OHerSQ q SInSt
Iute, IN sub-tance, III at the presence of Uiite
States troops United States harshals dn d.
prve The people of the right OF suffrage, an, III,
therefore the Republican Electoral vote aoal
not oe counted. This substitu' e was rejeced-
| TO sand Mr. Morton resolutions adopte-S 7
| Z! Mr.. Frehnghuysen offered a isolation leclal
ing that the persons named in the Demlcrati
cert icGte were not the lawful Electors aIi fhei
votes should not be counted This was 3 optt
unanimously. Mr.. Morton offered reslutio
declaring that the persons nam, in the Rpubh
can can cerlhcate Were the lawful Elecprs o
| the State of South Carolina and tina thel
votes be counted. This motion preaied-
Q to Z. Mr.. Morton offered a reDlutiol
| conveying the thanks of the commission Com
missioner Clifford for the alb lity, impartiaity AM
uroanlty with which he had presided owe its de
noefatlons This was adopted nnanim&sly. 4
report was drawn up to be presented 81 the tw,
houses, giving The grounds of its e5cfsion a
ioAoWs: That 1t appears up suck eyidinc
as, by the Constitution and law creating thi
commission is competent and pertinent t.
ne consideration of the subject that he Re
puphcan Electors appear to have been law
fully appointed such Electors of President an
Nlce-F resident of the United States for tht
term beginning March 4, 1877, of the State O
South Carolina, and that they voted "a srh at the
time and in the manner provided by the eonstitu
lon of the United States and the law.and the
Commission has, by majority of woes, decided
mat 1t is not competent, under the Constitution
and law, to go into evidence Gtiunde papers opened
DV the President of the Senate in the presence OF
the two houses TO prove that other persofs than
those regularly certified 10 by the GOV,rno of the
state on and according to the determination of
tee appoinr ment by the returning offers for the
elections in said State prior to ne time re-
CURED for the performance of their duties had
Deen appointed Electors, or by couli er-proof 10
snow that they had NOT, or that the etermination
OF said returning officer not il accordance
with the truth and fact, the Commisson by ma
lorty of votes being of opinion that ia not with
In Inc jurisdiction OF the TWO house of CONGRESS-
assembled to count the voies for Resident and
Nlce-fresldent to enter upon the rial of such
question. The report also sets fortfths fact that
the votes of the Democratic Electrs of South
Carolina were rejected by the unanimous vote of
the Commission.
At 10 on the 28th ult., thSenate and
House met in Joint Convention toproceed with
the count. The decision of the Commission in
the South Carolina case was read, Two sets of
objections to counting the vote wee presen; ed.
one by Mr.. Phillips, of Missouri, All one by Mr..
Southard, of Ohio. The Senate rithdrew, that
the two houses might separately tnsder them
The Senate promptly overruled ne objections,
ana the House. at er an exciting dbate. and an
attempt at flibustering, voted to ustain them
At $50 p m the Senate joined the louise. and the
action of each bouse having beenread, the Pre-
sldlng Officer announced that, the Eo houses not
concurling, the vote of South CarGna would be
counted for Hayes and Wheeler, and it was so
counted and announced The voteof Tennessee ee
and Texas were then announced ,r Tilden and
Hendricks without objec ion andwithout full
reaolng Of the certificates The certifate from Yer
mont having been read, Mr.. Popleton rose to
present objections to it, but first sked the Pre-
siding Officer whether any other ertifca had
been received from Vermont than hat " hich had
been read. The Presiding Officer iplied in the
negative. Mr. Hewitt stated that held in his
fand package purportiDg TO contn the Elect
oral votes of Vermont, which packge had been
delivered to him by express about he middle of
December and that with it came aletter stating
that a similar package had been foEarded to the
President OF The Senate by. mail On leasning
today that no corresponding packags L.
up) the seals of which were stII dn 8seii Pa %
the Presiding Officer declined TO receive item He
now rendered the package 20 the Presidirg Officer
as purporting to contain the Eectoralvotes of
Vermont. The Chair stated that he hadreceived
but one certificate from Vermont The Chair also
stated that the law prohibits hin from BREWING
any after the first Thursday in Felruary His duty
was to receive, open and have read allth had
be- received on that day. Mr.. Syringe offered
to submit a resolution which tb Chair declined
to entertain unless offered an objection
to the certificate from Vermoni Finally objec-
tons were offered to the coup of the vote of
Henry n. Solace, one OF the .lectors, on the
ground that he was Postmaster ven elected and
that the law of Vermont did notauthorize an ap-
p intment by the College of Rctors TO fill the
vacancy eau ed by the absence an Elector. At
his point Mr.. Springer demand that the dupli-
cate returns offered by Mr.. Heitt be read and
that the case be remanded to t. Electoral Com
mission. The Chair st9ted tn he had not re-
ceived the alleged dup icatereturn as pro-
vided by law. and ignored the emand, and said
that the Senate would reJira in der that the two
houses might separately consid the objections.
As the Senators were withd amg, Mr.. Springer
called ont that he now NADIA point Of order
that, there being dupli cate retms, the case had
now gone to the Flee oral Comission and could
not be considered by the two hlses., No atteo?-
tion, however was paid to it, 1r 10 the PROPOSE
ton made Immediately afterwd by Mr. Mills
that the House proceed to elec President, the
Speak ker declaring, under the TINS of the COM
promise agreement, that the Hose should take a
recess until ten O'Clock on the nrning OF the 1st.
l,o lot 1a1 he
objections filed to the count of Hector Solace, of
Vermont. The House, after debate lasting
twelve hours, sustained them. he two houses
came together at eleven p. land the action of
each house on the objections hing been read,
the Presiding Officer ANNOUNCE that, The two
houses not concurring oherwl', the Electoral
V te OF Vermont would be cound. and it was
announced as coun ed for Hay esand Wheeler.
The certift ate of Virginia was read md an
nounced for Tden and endrcis, as
was also the certificate sd y)te of
West Virginia. Then came Wisonsin, the last
State. Mr. Lynde presented objttions Il count
ing the vote of D. ". Downs onef the Blecto 8,
on the ground that he held the dce of Pension
Surgeon, prior to and on Nov7, sn office of
honor and profit. and that he VAIN consequence
ineligible to act as Elector. At 1:25 tie Senate
retired that each house might seIratelI consider
the objections. At II: 80 the Senae over
ruled the objection without ebate and dj-
rected The Clerk to so nofy ne use
of Representatives. In the Hose, Dir. Lynde
u
substitute was offered tn the HQseproceed to
elect a Pr sident. The substitute vas subse-
quently withdrawn, and the Hous, 3:40 a. m,
decided no to count Wisconsin. A4:oi on the
morning of the I'd. the two houses et in Joint
Convention, the Presiding Ofhcer aounced the
action of each house, and directethe vote of
Wisconsin to be declared, and il wassclared and
counted for Hayes and Wheeler. 4:15 a. m.
the Vice-President of the Senate dared Hayes
and Wheeler elected by a vote of35 TO 1S4 Tor
Tilden and Hendricks and the JoiConyention
dissolved.
"A curious murder trial ha just been
brought to conclusion at udson, n.
Y. The evidence showed thahe killing
was done by man named Kte, yet his
wife, who was standing by win the shot
was fired, swore that she waguilty and
her husband innocent; he rroborated
her testimony. The jury sept away
their perjury, and, creditinthe more
material statements of bystaers, sent
enced the man to imprisonmt for life,
and acquitted the woman. 1lentencing
Kiere, the Judge said: ''our wife,
who was indicted with you, as, by her
conduct and her evidence, oibited an
amount of affection for youwhich has
been the wonder, as it has eXed the ad-
miration, of this whole comnnity. That
she should be willing to safice herself
either from her own volitioOr at your
suggestion and entreaty, tfspare your
life, to save you from inceration in a
felon's cell, by taking upi herself the
| whole responsibility of thisime and ex-
onerating you from all)articipation
therein, furnishes an evidee of woman
| " heroisn and devotion slom if ever
witnessed before. As We ntetnplate it
we can almost forgive her deliberately
swearing to an untruth intder to carry
out this object and purpo; The story
was too unreasonable and lprobable TO