The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-28

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The Presidential Tribu
At precisely IL a. M, on the 10Th,
the two houses of Congress met in joint ses-
sion to proceed with the count. The Presi.
dent OF the Senate said:
session. The objections presented t. the GER
tifcates from the State ot Louisiana having
t'een submitted to the Commission, the two
Houses have recOnvened to receive and re-
consider the decision of that tribunal, in writ
ing, by majority OF the Commissioners, and
signed by the majority of the Commissioners
agreeing thereto"
The decision was then read. II is in Ian
guage the same as the decision given in the
case OF Florida, with the difference that where
the latter recites, ''the Commission has decid-
3D." the words of the present decision are,
"the Commission s;s has by a majority OF votes
decided" The official communication con-
tinufs: 1.-THE brirt ground OF this decision is
that it appears upon such evidence as by the
constitution and law named in said act of
Congress is competent, and pertinent to con-
sideration OF the subject, that the before men.
toned electors appear to have been lawfully
appointed such electors Of President and Vice
President OF the United States, for the term
beginning March 4th, 1877, Of the State Of
Louisiana, and that they voted as such at the
time and in manner provided by the constitu-
ton OF the United States and the committee,
and the commission has by majority of votes
decided that it is not competent under the
| n Qa OF 1o%o ot
passage Of said act to go to evidence ali cundi
the papers opened by the President of the
Senate in presence OF the two honses to prove
that persons other then those regularly certi-
fed to by the Governor of the State in and &C.
cordiDg to the determination of their appoint
ment by the returning officers tor electors in
said State prior to the time required tor the
performance OF their duties had been appoint
ed electors or by counter proof to show they
had not, or the determination of said return
ing officers were not in accordance with truth
and TACT, the Commission, by a majority OF
votes, being OF opinion it is not within the
jurisdiction of two Houses in Congress assem-
b'ed to count the votes for President and Vice
President to enter upon the trial of such a
question.
The Commission by majority of votes, is
also of opinion it is not competent to prove
that any OF said persons SO a. pointed electors
as Aforesaid held an office Of trust or profit
under the United States at the time when
they were appointed, or that they were ineli-
gible under the laws OF the State. or any other
matter offered to be proved all cundi the said
certificates and papers.
The Commission is also of the opinion, by
a majority of votes, that the returning officers
of elections who canvassed the votes at the
election for electors in Louisiana were law
fully constituted body by virtue Of constitu-
tional law and that the vacancy IN said body
did not vitiate It's proceedings.
''TEe Commission has also decided and
does hereby decide, by a majority OF votes and
upon the ground before stated that the paper
purporting to be certificate of the electoral
votes OF said State of Louisiana, objected to
by T. O. Howe and others, marked
N. c., No. 2, by the Commission, and h re-
with returned, is not the certificate OF votes
provided for by the constitution OF the United
States and that they ought not to be counted
as such"
THE signatures are'
SAM Stony +; %3ElnR'
JOS B. BR ADLEY,
GEO F EDMUNDS,
o. P. NORTON,
FRED. +. FREL!NGHUYssN.
JAS. A. GARFIELD,
GEO. +. HOAR.
The decision having been read, the presid-
ing officer asked whet .er there were any OBJ
jections to the decision and Mr. Gibson pre-
scented objections to the decision, on the
ground that the Commission had refused to
! receive evidence which had been offered, and
| had decided that the votes mentioned in GER
! ti6cates aud should be counted Tor Hayes
and Wheeler, such evidence to the contrary
notwithstanding. The paper recites at great
| length The proceedings OF the Con- mission, but
| is signed by most OF the leading Democrats in
both houses.
| In addition to these objections Senator
Wallace offered another series OF objection
after which the two Houses separated to con-
slider the objections separately. The Senate
after the allotted two hours debate by strict
party vote decided that the report OF the
Commission should stand. The House ty a
| vote OF 40 to 1870 took recess until the Goth
| without considering toe objections.
On the 2Oth the House after two
hours debate by vote of 172 to 80, endorsed
the objection to counting the vote OF Louis.
lana. The Senate was then notified and the
joint session was resumed The Senate hav.
ing sustained the finding of the Conn mission
and the House having refused to do 80, thu
vote OF Louisiana was counted fOl
Hayes. The vote then proceeded
and Maine and Massachusetts, were recorded
TOR Hayes and Maryland for Tilden. Wher
Michig IN wan called the Democrats inter
posed obj. ctions to the vote OF Daniel L
| SlOSSnI"iis OnO =" tne clcctOiSs ueclaTlhS uA"
one Benton Hanche*t, having been eE.ctec
one of the electors TOR the State of Michig m
and having held and still holding the Office o
United States Commissioner, had absentee
himself from the meeting OF electors on tn
9Th OF December, and that his place had bee1
filled Ivy the other electors. The oljectio,
claims that the TACT that Hanchett absentee
hinselt from the meeting did not create a va
cancy., and therefore that said Cross
man had not been duly appointed elector
The two Houses then separated t.
| consider the objection and after considerah hi