The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-15
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not begin I'LL half past ten O'Clock.
At that time Mr. FIELD offered the fol-
lowing:
O.dersd, That the counting OF the eiscto-
raj vote -froni FiUrid, shall not proceed in
conformity with the decision Of the eiector
al commi-sion, bus that the votes Of Call,
Young, Hilton aud Bullock be counted as
the votes from the S:ats of Florida FIR Pres
iient and Elce-President OF The United
States.
Mr.. HALE moved the following amend
nIent:
Ordered, That the counting of the cleo
toral vote from the Safe of Florida shall
proceed IN confOrmit, with the decision Of
the electoral commission.
Mr.. KNOTT offered a substitute, an or
der reciting the language OF the electoral
act, that the commission might inquire in
to such petitions, dispositions and other pa
pers as hall, by the constitution aud now
existing law, be Competent, and recitiEg
also the TACT thst in the Florids case The
commission he'd decided and determined
that TO evidence would be received or
considered which had not been cub
mitted 10 the two houses in Joint con-
vention by the president OF the senate tha.
certificate No. /, that OF tie Hayes electors,
tiiicaies Nos. and 5, of the Tliden electors,
did contain evidence fully and specifically
showing that the latter had b en- daily elect
cd and appointed as electors, and therefore
ordering that the decision of the cofnniis-
sion and the ground. thereof he demanded,
and recommiited t. the commission with n
Request that the same be SO corrected or eI-
planned, and that the commission lie fur
her requested to furnish, In detail, the
true reasons OF its decision, SO st the
house NAV be enlightened as TO the course
it ought to pursue in the discharge of its
duties, and that in the mean time the votes
of the HAYES electors be not counted.
Mr.. II LIE made point OF order, that
nnder the electoral commission law 1t was
the imperative duty OF the house, at the
end Of TWO hours debate, TO tie on the
main question, which was. whether the
| votes shnuid be counted in conformity
.ith its decision, and that nothing in the
| -hape OF delay, In whatever form PIE
-entsd. could now arrest the wheels OF its
| decision.
Mr.. WILSON added 10 Mr. Ha!e'S
point Of order, that The house could reler
nothing 10 the commission that would re-
quire al least concurrent action
| Mr.. BANKS said that Gnder the pro-
visions OF the electoral act, the house was
compelled to give an affirmative or mega
! tive vote upon the decision oil the commits
sion. II would not be respectful - the
commission TO remand i decision to II.
| The SPEAKER oveTrulei the point OF
order made by Mr. Hale, but sus aimed that
made by Mr.. Wilson, holding that there
was nothing in the electoral commission
| law that authorized iecommitial OF Il
qGesiicn back 10 the Commission, and also
| ruling that ii was not competent for one
house To refer bill or ANY other matter to
an outside commission.
| Mr. MORE AIRY addressed the house In
support oil Ot the report Of the ommission-
| The debate was continued By Ne-sIs.
Banks and Frye in favor OF the report Of
he cnmmis-ion, AID Mesafs Springer and
| HGrd IL oppp-itioa.
! Mr.. CARR said:
! | have no he-iIancy in saying that my
Convictions ale, that under the pal raDie
facts behind the Governor certificates, the
vote Oh the state OF Florida should have
been ret rnsd Tor IIidtn and Hendricks;
nut, sir, al The sane tiIae | hold that The
Democratic majority Of this hou-e has no
moral right to complain that this cUmmIs-
SION has render d PARTISAN decision IN re-
| ,.or,ing the tour ,lsc oral vote If Fl irIda
for Hayes. While | assert that this de-
cisipn is contrary TO the facts and contrary
10 the will OF a large majority Of the peo-
| PIE Of the United ) .ates, yet | - boldly As
se-t that the wrong Is chargtabls To a
cause further back than tue Commission.
| The wrong rects upon The shoulders of
those who established the partisan tTibu-
| nal. When the Democratic ma orily OF
this House adopted this Law, with a fall
knowledge that maj Drity Of the commits
sion would be Republican, governed ny
Republican instincts, controlled by Repub-
| lican interest, warped by Republican
biasses, aud moved by Republican motives,
they deliberately abandoned every claim
that the Democrats asserted
to the control OF our
national affairs. The commission have
done TO more nor less than what could or
should have been expected or required OF
. them. You erected that political tribunal,
invested 1t with political attributes, and
gave them political questions TO determine,
which they have settled from political
standpoint. Being Republicans, they be-
liev.d that the Republican candidates for
the Presidency we're, and ought - be elect
ed. In making their declaration, they have
been true and faithful to their political SEN
timentl, education and association. No le-
gal wrong Can attach to them for this,
but when you, as Democrats, deliberately
put such power over such questions in the
binds Of a tribunal 50 constructed, you
committed bold and daring wrong to your
pretended political convictions, and assur-
eddy to your political associates, whose DO
litical sentiments and rights you betrayed
and abandoned to your political adyersa-
ries. | arise to remind the Dem cratic ma |
jori:y that in common decency your votes |
on this measure have stopped you from in |
dulging in even one word oil criticism |
ag4ins, the accession OF that tribunal 1t is /
yOur own Of-pring,you brought it into being. |
You gave it life and power, and you alone |
are responsible for the result. IL is no ex-
cuse for YOU ID assert that you did not an
tcipate such a result, that you expected |
higher and better things from your found
ling. You had 10 more right TO expect a
tribunal 50 constituted TO reduce differ
ent result, than TO expect thornbush TO
bring forth figs; nor will 20 weak al apology
save you from the just condemnation which |
yOur betrayed and outraged constituency
will forever heap upon your ireschsrous
heads Laughter and app!ause.) No. Fir, the
wrong is great, and The burning outrage lies
at your hand, and your hands alone
nor will the Democratic people be slow in
ascertaining the true source of their dis.
com6ture and defeat. 1t NAV subserve
your purpose for brief time to attempt to
shield yourselves under the cover of hollow
denunci4tion of your tribunal, as the cry of
stop thief" for moment may delude the
officers of the Law, but when the mad popu-
lace shall have vented its merited anger
upon this tribunal for brief hour, it will
seek the true object Of its Just indignation,
and the blame will at last lie where it prop
erly belongs. The few only, who had the
moral courage to stand here upon this floor
and amid the derision and eontumely Of
the Democratic majority, dared to warn
you OF the Inevitable results of tina. days
work, have moral right to complain at
the end of this days labor but, sir, while
they have dep regrets as 10 the action Of
the commission, they have deep and bitter
and condemnation To heap
upon the heads of those who, claiming to be
the leaders Of the great Democratic party
in this trying hour OF its existence, have
proven themselves either in competent from
ignorance, or unworthy for base
Renewed laughter ard applause
Here, then, in the name Of the Democracy
Of the whole country, l absolve that com
mission from all charges, save it be that Of
an hOnest mistake; in the name Of the
sane great power, denouDce The majority
Of this house as being responsible for the
wrong recreaDt, ignorantly as corruptiy