The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-24
argued by the senator from Indiana {,

800 - 80 hbhhg ~ w ~ hlutoltila
&C; did not in ,ly he an,hori y to do a ja-
dici, oct. Had the president of the scna c
power to send FIR witnesses, call for
teleg ans. and impris'n persons unltss
they gave Them Up. The constitution lad
not; endow,d him with the power t, set Z
dill ut problems. AS carly as 1892 The
els'c Of mi, had 10 its fundamental Lac
re 'ety words of the federal constitution,
thai the presiding in er should open tcr
t~ifca;es a d the vut,s slnuli be- c un
ell. Even al that csily day 1t was Ihe
understanding that tie pres NJ oiicsI
mercy opened the cert fcates and the { 40
HOUSES pr ceeded to coun. the vote. To
open the certificates was a purely minis
t,rial act, but to count ihe v,'cs was some
thing mmc The gnod t%erlifta cs must be
assurrd from the bad. If New York sent
forty five vot's only thirty five would he
true votes aud the true tnes must lie t,kcn
from tie false. Ii the certificate fr m
Massachusetts, should show that the
state had voted for the democratic
candidate 1t would be false. The
world knew that she voted for the re-
r, publican nominces and must be 81 couut-
cd. If the el,c.ors in one site had voted
for julius C1 iar (He meant julius Ce.ar
Of Koms) [liueh erl or Harry the Eighth,
those votes would not be counted without
Inquiry.
lie spoke a. length az &c the consiitu-
tionalily of the bill. tnl asked did not rea-
son and the fitness Of things inform the
senate that our fathers intended tla' The
power t. %viiiate, on an allrg itica Of fraud
or irregularlty, the electoral vote of a state,
and thus OF an election, should net te re-
posed in ore man? They knew it would
be more safely reposed in the American
congress. 1t was no, designed TO commit
this vast power to one man. especially -
that man might be the sole Judge in his
case. Divine and human law sir &c
the morning Of time said no m IN should be
n judge in his " case, even Though he
sat with others. If the rresidelt Of the
senate had power 10 count the vo;cs, a bare
majority in the senate might elect "a Iresi-
dent for the secrc. purpose Of max NJ the
C unit one way. Wa such a cieiturs of
an hour n eater ancnnr than the two house.
Of congress NJ such action was designed
FIR this republic, the Only cons.d reble ex-
pertinent of free government eXisnt on the
globe. Should tbs experiment fail j.
n, .,,ll f.,x- Ill a.. l.,.fa. .. .l. .L..I &
ages. AT / 80 MI. COnklag announced
tn It he would not be- able 10 conclude his
remarks To-Day.
Mr.. Elmrnls s.il On accoun, Of the in
Dip s.tiln OF bic ir cad from New York
(Conkllng) WHO was mt able T. proceed
today. he woull move that the senate 20
into executive ses ion, but gave notice that
he would csk a v,ts on tie bill tc-morro~.
Mess. b utwc.i, ChFisiianoy and Wa
lace were appointed members {. the con-
ference c, mDi tee on tue bill 4 perfect a
revision Of The stttuas.
Mr.. Moron moved an executive sossi n
agreed t.. =, ! when the dools were re-
opened the senate adj ufuei.
HOUSE.
The speaker coir,c ei tie rulin; made
yesterday that Nr. Woods re,olu Ion g.
r i,r The presidents uessa. to a &c. ext
coHmt &c would c N MP this mnFllng as
unn .sn d bl,i.es.. lie aid the mc,,4-r
wolld 20 osk t. a pe.ktrs TAB and
tie les lduon- reported ~ are seisct u-
miites on pIisles't. a,clHi,g ;uaf uc
pr, dent of tae te a has % aud C o.
Z -, has the rieni to com, aai d.cae
the ele t rsl w.t., Cc, came up 80 Lu-
Ii listed bl-lots-.
Mr. lie &c arfseni1d p mom1r'a' of TIE
BoHon mricI nts Ia i.v0f The cd up Rise
bl and a.ked thai. be- rc4d. o Jreted o
by Ar. Z Nn,urrI o. New lik. winch
crew irom Nn. paice the iem4Ik ,AAi hat
le t cmln oil q 4 t. eyeistnins lnokil-
to a s,t isn.,.t ot TIC p.csld n iiq lcsgol.
Mr. Wills r.soit d, memorial Of lhe
ciizear ol :. L.uls ia iay.r ,ftlc blisnl
a heitblA ne fca-.
Sir Town nd agsin otjct-d, where
upon ;lc IA use pr. ce,dci % the 'o1siler-
alton OF resolutions i%cpor,'i hy he house
5 c csmmii Tee ard ~ ad Messed by Mr.
Sc ye, Nh1 s.il o. QUESTION vas wh,ther
.'u-e has The iisAtt3 make an oipor-
tut y which puis t q elect oa Of q presi-
de-. in is power. The doe rine J. i'll down
in ilc.e ie. l.iiNns le declared to b. ibeI
on The let er .ri eltlre pefyer-ion # the
spl Il Of the c,as,iiut' on. He implorcd
the house 70 consider well before At io' K a
sep which would make the president ct
the Uaii,l states the creature AMI tool of
TIE mouse Of r,p-e-en'atiscs. lie admitted
the chica ierY, corruption, fraud. cruelty
prlciicel and iut forth ia certain ql4rfsfs
10 clntr.l the l.'e c%lsclion, hat the Hf1aa
would b me greater il sought 10 re
rightei in any huI q Righteous way. lie Tt
ierred 10 the jlint commit ess report as q
piece # pure and lofty patriotism AMI
hoped Il would pass congress unanimously.
Mr. Williams Of Wisconsin, replied to
The speech of Mr. Wills saturday. a iend-
ing Pr sideat Grant and G neral Rucer
from the structures If Mr.. willis. and ar-
glias in favor of counting the elscioral
vote boy The pfcsdent Of the senate.
Air. Tucker maie a constitutional and
legal argument, 10 support of the rosolu-
tim. declaring the word 'p'cscncc' as
us.d in the constitution meant "bHing he
fore" l. mlcl'el iu al gal procedure
sui e~'Yi-ion hy a present superior. on
pr mpt and really 10 control, 20 gusrl an
10 aii. to defend II meant presence iu the
sease 90 super.nt,ndsrce direction aud
cse. Tbs USE OF the word "pre.cuce ma
thst clause OF the consiituiil ~ meant re-
rive. vital, controlling. and 'iormlaius sn-