The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-09

about the middle of December, and that will
II came q letter stating that similar packag
had been forwarded To the President of the Senat
by mail. On learning to-day that no correspondent.
package had been received by the presiding officer
he had rendered to him this package hoding II up)
the seals of which were still unbroken, and the pre-
siding officer declined to receive 1t. He now ten
dered the package To the presiding officer as pur
porting To contain the electoral votes of Vermont
!, The Presiding Officer" The Chair has stated tha
he has received but certificate from Vermont
The Chair also states that the law prohibits him from
receiving any certificate after the first Thursday IN
February His duty Ia to receive open and have
all that have been received ON that day." The pre-
siding officer then asked IL there any objections
TO the vote of Vermont, whereupon the following
signed by Senator Merrimon and Representatives
Springer and Hamilton, of Indiana, was presented
The undersigned Senators and members object 10
the counting OF the votes of the State of Vermont
for the that two returns papers purportng
to be the returns OF the electoral vote of said State
were forwarded to the President of the Senate and
that only of said returns has been laid before the
two houses. The President of the Senate having
stat ID that but return had been received by him
from said State duplicate copy of of the said
returns Is herewith submitted for the consideration
of the Senate and House of Representatives" Mr..
Poppeton then presented two sets of objections TO
the vote of Henry n. Sollace of the electors
the ground that he was Postmaster when elected,
and that the law of Vermont did not authorize an
appointment by the College of electors to fill the
vacancy caused by the absence of an eector. Mr..
Springer demanded the reading of the duplicate
turn sent up with his objection, but the presiding
officer persisted in his refusal TO have IL read The
two houses then separated.
THURSDAY, March 1.-SENATE. Nothing was
done in the Senate beyond voting to count the cleo
tora vote of Wisconsin for Hayes.
HoUsE.-Tbe day proceedings in the House
of exciting, and at times disorderly, charac
ter. Those in favor of preventing a conclusion of
| the electoral count led by Mr.. Springer and Mr.
Walling, resorted 10 all sorts of bustering tactics
| and the morning hour passed before anything was
DONE Mr.. Poppleton succeeded in getting resolu-
sealed package addressed to the President of the
Senate by Mr. Hewitt that it appears by a tele-
gram from the Clerk of the United States
District Court of Vermont that duplicate of such
return was deposited in that office on the 18th of
| December, 1876: that such package had been made
part of the objection to the certificate of Vermont,
and still remained unopened, and that the objection
cannot be considered until such package is opened
according TO law; that such package is retained by
the President Secretary of the Senate, and there
fore resolving that the refusal of the President of
the Senate To open such package in presence of the
two houses a violation of law and of the privi
leges of the House. and until such package shall be
opened the counting of the vote cannot proceed fur
Their, according TO the constitution and law, aud that
the Senate be requested to meet the House in joint
that such package may be opened and pro-
cceding had thereon according to law. Speaker Ran
dali ruled the resolution out of order. scene of
excitement then ensued nearly half the members be-
ing ON their feet at once good deal OF colloquy
ensued ~ 20 what had become of the paper, and,
while the discussion was in progress, messenger
from the Senate entered the hall and ten
dered the package 20 Mr.. Hewitt, who refused
to receive it.. Mr.. Gafhdd read letter from the
Secretary of the SENATE saying that he had put the
package purportinS % jo the second certificate, in
his pocket, theS package looked like private
communication, but being admonshed that his
reception of IL might be construed as a re-
cepton of ii by President Ferry, he took it from
his pocket and placed it on his desk, and since
that time he had not seen the package. Mr. Stone
who of the tellers stated that he saw the
Secretary of the Senate throw the package under the
desk and among the rubbish ; that he (Stone) inn
mediately wrote a note to Mr.. Hewitt, and that Mr.
ITaNkitt mud had pnnxa sat ion iph he
saw the Secretary take the package from under the
desk and put 1t in his pocket. Mr.. Field
offered an amendment to Mr.. Caulfields resolution
to the effect that the second certificate from YER
mont be opened the presence of the two houses of
Congress and sent to the Electoral Commission.
vote the resolution was then taken amid the most
intense excitement, and it defeated-yeas, ZIG
nays, l43. number of dilatory motions were made
and it was not until $3.50 p. IN. that vote
taken the resolution that the vote OF
ElectOr SolaCe be not counted. IL was carried
yeas, 205 nays, 26-most of the Republicans
voting with the majority, for the purpose OF
sooner bringing the question to close. The
two houses then assembled in joint session. As
soon as the Senate had withdrawn, Mr.. Mills, of
Texas, offered resolution to the effect that, as
there had been failure to elect President of the
United States, 90 the House will proceed Immediately
in obedience to the constitution to choose President
from the persons having the highest number of
votes, not exceeding three the list of those voted
for as President" Mr.. Wood, of New York, moved
an adjournment, but there were objections, and
scene of uproar and confusion ensued, lasting for
several minutes in the course of which Blackburn
exclaimed that Friday, hangmans day, had been
ushered ina tit day to witness the contamination of
the villany and scandal of this proceeding. At $40
a. III. the debate closed, and the House decided by
rising vote, not to count the vote of Downs Mr..
Mills then withdrew his resolution to go into an
election for President. The joint session was then
resumed.
JOINT CoNvENTIoN.-The two houses net in joint
session at II p. M The action of each house on the
objections having been read, the presiding officer
announced that (the two houses not concurring 9TH
erwise) the elector.l votes of Vermont would be
counted and they were therefore declared IA 5 for
Hayes and Wheeler. Then the certificate of Virginia
read, and the vote of that State was announced
as IL for Tiden and Hendricks. The votes of West
Virginia next announced as for Tilden and
Hendricks. Then came the last State, the State
of Wisconsin, with 10 votes for Hayes and
Wheeler. The certificates of Wisconsin having
been read, Mr.. Lynde presented objections to the
counting of the vote of Elector Downs, on the
ground that he held the Office of Examining Sur
geon of the Pension Office at the time he acted
ecctor, and therefore disqualified. The two
houses then separated to consider and determine
the objections. At 404 a. IN. the joint convention
was resumed. The decisions of the Senate and
House in the case of Wisconsin were read and
Mr. Ferry directed the tellers to count Wisconsin.
lie then announced that the counting of the electoral
! votes of the thrty-eght States of the Union was
completed and directed the tellers to ascertain the
result Mr. Allisod, of the teers, announced: ar.
b. Hayes, 1855; Samuel J. Tilden, 1884," Mr.. Ferry
then announced that Rutherford Il. Hayes and Will
lam A. Wheeler had been declared President and
Vice President of the United States, and the joint
convention dissolved.
FRIDAY, March 2.-SENATE.-Ar resolution was
adopted authorizing the appointment of a committee
to make the necessary arrangements for the naugu-
ration of the incoming President, and Messrs. Nor
rll Howe and McCrccry were appointed on the COM
mittee IA petition received from Gen. Abe
Buford, the well-known Kentucky turfman, for the
removal his political disabilities The crcden-
tails OF l.. +. Grover, Senator-elect from Oregon,
were presented and referred. Mr.. Howe, from
the sub-Committce Privileges and Elections,
which made investigation in regard TO the LOUISE
ana election, submitted portion of the report of
the committee, now finished, and moved that IL be
printed. So ordered. Mr.. salisbury was granted
permission TO file and have printed the views OF the
minority of the committee. Mr.. Jones, of Nevada,
from the special committee appointed in August last
to inquire into the change which has taken place in
the relative value of gold and silver the causes
| thereof, etc, commonly known as the Silver Com
mission, submitted the report of the commission.
/ Mr.. Boutwea member of the commission, submit
/ ted u minority report signed by himself, and also
one signed by Prof. Francis Bowen, one of the ex-
perts appointed 10y the commission. Both reports
were ordered printed House bill granting To the
state of Missouri all the lands therein selected as
swamp and overlooked lands passed. The
concurrent resolution of the House TO print 100000
/ copies of the Agricultural Report for 1876 was
agreed to. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
was passed.
HoUsE.-Mr. Hurd offered preamble and resoln-