The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
Friday. February .. ls77.
CONGRESS.
Continued from yesterday. J

A recess was taken, curing Wnlcn the
floors filed up by members OF the cabinet
and counsel for the national commission OF
both parties. The galleries were packed;
largely with ladies. Justices Miller ana
Field arrived first of the commission, and
at o'clock the speaker announced that
the senate members had arrived, where
upon the house arose and the senate filed
down the main aisle and took seats on the
Democratic side The president of the
senate took the chair. The speaker
being on his right, called the house to or
der and amid perfect silence, said
In obedience to the constitution the
senate and house of representatives have
met to be present at the opening OF the
certificates and counting and declaring OF
the result of the electoral vote for the
president and vice president of the United
States, for the term of four years, com
mencing on the fourth day of March next.
In compliance with law the president
of the senate will now proceed. in the
presence of the two houses, to open all
certificates of the several states, in their
alphabetical order, beginning with Ala
bama"
Bassett, assistant book-keeper of the
senate, brought in the strong box, in which
we're the certificates, .and placed them on
the desk before the president of the senate,
who opened it, took therefrom the certif
cate from Alabama, handed it to the tell
ers, who were seated just below him at the
clerks desk, and Mr.. Allison. one of the
telers, read the document in extenso the
result being that Samuel }. Tilden, OF
New York, and Thomas A, Hendricks, OF
Indiana, had received the ten electoral
votes of Alabama, The vice president
said the certificate received from Alabama
by messenger having been read. the dupli
cate certificate received by mail would be
read.
Mr., Stone was reading the duplicate
certificate, when he was interrupted by
Senator Conkling who suggested that it
was hardly necessary to read the duph
cate certificates, but that when the first
certificate was read by one teller, the
other tellers should look over the dupli-
cate in order that the comparison might be
made.
The president of the senate asked
whether there was any objection to the
proposition, and there being none, he
stated that that course would be pursued.
Mr.. Stone having then resumed and
completed the reading of the duplicate
certificates, the :presiding officer said:
Are there any objections to the certi6
Gates from the state Of Alabama" After
pause: The chair hears none, The
vote of the state of Alabama will be
counted. One of the tellers will announce
the vote so there may be no mistake.
The result was announced by Mr.. Cook.
The same ceremony was observed con-
corning the next state (Arkansasl, given
for Tilden aud Hendricks. The next state
was Calfornia-six votes for Hayes and
Wheeler; Colorado three votes for Hayes
and Wheeler; Connecticut-six for Tilden
and Hendricks; Delaware-three for Til
den and Hendricks.
When Florida was reached, Mr. Stone,
teller, proceeded to read the certificates,
the first OF which showed four for Hayes
and Wheeler, and the second four for
Tildeu and Hendricks, the former being
authenticated by the late Gov. Stearns,
the latter by Attorney General Cooke.
The presiding officer then handed the
tellers still another certificate from Florida
received through messenger Jan. 81,
corresponding with one by mail on the
Both of January, it being an authentica-
ton of the act Of the Tilden electors and
made by Gov. Drew. After a partial
reading of the paper accompanying the
third certificate Mr.. Conking proposed
that the reading be regarded completed
and the result be announced, as under a
late act OF congress all papers would be
referred to the provisional tribunal. So
ordered
The presiding officer asked whether
there was any objection to counting the
electoral votes of Florida.
Representative Field sent to the clerk S
desk written objection TO the first certii-
cate for Hayes and Wheeler, signed by
Senators Jones of Florida, Cooper and
Mcdonald of Indiana, and Representatives
Field, Tucker, jerks and Springer. These
objections were referred to the electoral
commission and the senate returned to its
own chamber.
The house resumed legislative business
Mr.. Hopkins moved the previous ques
ton on the Florida investigating commit
tees report, but objection being made that
the minority report had net yet been made
the speaker suggested that it be allowed
TO go over and come up. tomorrow as IN
finished business.
Mr.. Laphan made q point kthat the
disputed electoral votes having been re-
ferred to the commission, it was not COM
petent for the house to pass on tie ques
ton.
The speaker overruled the point, saying
that was a question for thehouse to de.
termine.
Mr.. Kasson-It is a moral point Of
order
The question was finally postponed til
Saturday, and the house look recess til
10 tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Feb. /.
Following is the substance of the OBJ
jections presented to-day in the house o.
representatives in the Florida case; Repre-
sentative Field presented the objections t
counting the votes of the Hayes electori
and to the paper purporting to be the certi
hcate OF NJ. Il. SteaTns as Governor o.
Florida, that said electors were appointed
in behalf of said state. He objected II
the papers purporting to be lists Of tn
votes cast by the electors and to the vote
themselves, on the ground that elector
ave net appointed by the state of Florid
in such q manner as its legislature LA
directed or in any manner whatever
Second: That the Tiden electors were ap
pointed in the manner directed by tn
legislature. Third, That the qualife
electors Of the state appointed the Tide
electors, which gave to the apointees a
irrevocable title. Fourth, That Stearns
certificates to the Hayes elector
is untrue and corruptly obtained
Fifth, That said certificate
the result of conspiracy betwee
Stearns and the electors Sixth, That
Stearns' certificate ever had any validity
it has been annulled by the lawful certif
cate of the executive of Florida and b
the Judgment of the circuit court nf III