The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
THE SCENE IN THE
HOUSE..
THE COUNT DOWN TO
FLORIDA.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
WAsuINaToN, Feb. /


of the house Cook and Stone.
Kasson called the chairs attention to the
fact that it was customary to have four
representatives of the mi nority appointed.
The speaker raid the gentlemen had
been appointed under authority OF the
house, and that the fact had been commu-
nicated to the president of the senate
and the chair understands that he will ap-
point two of the majority Of the senate.
Kasson-That will have been done on
account of the action of the speaker.
Speaker-The chair does not feel offend
ed. He has simply done his duty.
Cox, IN. Y.)-Nevertheless it is an in
science.
The speaker laid before the house COM
municaticn from Justice Clifford stating
that the commission was ready to perform
its duties.
The senate resolution was agreed to for
the publication of the proceedings of the
commission.
Mr.. Payne offered resolution directing
the clerk of the house to inform the senate
that 1t was ready to receive that body for
the purpose of opening and counting the
votes adopted. Recess until 1855.
After recess the galleries were packed
with spectators. Judges Miller and Field
were the first of the judges who presented
themselves. They came in without any
| Formally, and took seats in chairs in art a
| to the left of the main aisle, at two minutes
past one. The speaker announced the ar
rival of the senate All the members of
the house at the speakers tap, arose and
remained standing while the eenate, pre-
ceded by its clerk, doorkeeper and other
officials, 1led dow n the main aisle aud took
seats set apart in the first four rows on the
right, on the democratic side of the cham
Der. The president of the senate took the
chair, having the speaker on his right, and
when the senators and members were all
seated, the president Of the senate rose
and, using the gavel to enforce order and
silence, said: The joint convention of the
two houses of congress for counting the
votes will now come TO order.
While perfect silence reigned, the presi-
dent of the senate said In obedience to
the constitution the senate and house Of re-
representatives. have met to be present at the
opening OF the opening of Ger tificates and
counting and deciding of results of the
electoral votes for the office of president
and vice.president. In compliance with
the law the president of the senate will
now proceed, in the presence of the two
houses, to open all certificates of the sew
eral states, and in their alphabetical order,
beginning with the state of Alabama.
Then the strong boxes in which the GER
tificates were placed were carried in by
Bassett, assistant door keeper of the SEN
ate. Having been placed on the desk be-
fore him the president of the senate opened
it, and taking from it the certificate from
were seated Just below him at the clerks
desk, and Senator Allison, one of the tell
ers, paoceeded to read the document In
extenso the result of it being that the same
| lniBut UC uC
of the senate asked whether there was auy
objection to the proposition, and there be-
ing none, he stated that this course would
be pursued. Stone having resumed and
completed the reading the presiding officer
said "Are there any objections to the
certificate from the state of Alabama p
After pause, 1.-THE chair hears none the
vote of Alabama will be counted one of
the tellers will announce the votes so that
there may be no mistake" The result was
announced by Cook of Georgia.
The same ceremonial was observed In
reference to the next state, Arkansas, ex-
cept that the reading of the duplicate was
omitted. The result was announced that
six votes were for Tilden. The next state
was California and the result was an
nounced, six votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
Then followed Colorado, three votes foI
Hayes Connecticut with siA and Della
ware three votes for Tilden. When the
reading of the Delaware Ger, flcates wal
concluded, the presiding officer asked in
|
counting the votes of Florida, but he i'm
mediately corrected himself and substituted
Delaware amid suppressed laughter. Their
Florida was reached and Mr.. Stone pro
ceeded to read the certificate. The reading
of the first certificate showed four vote
for Hayes The presiding officer handel
to the teller another certificate, which wa
also read by Mr.. Stone, and showed fou
: votes for Tilden. The former certiflcat
= was authenticated by Gov. Steafns, tn
latter by Attorney General Cooke. Thel
the presiding officer handed down still an
other certificate from Florida, receive
!. through a messenger January 81, and
corresponding one received by mail Janu
airy 80. This is the Authorization of tn
: acts of the electors who voted for Tilden
Z, and is made by the present governor, Drew
After some half hour had been spent il
reading the papers accompanying the thir
certificate, Mr.. COnkling proposed that tn
- reading be regarded as completed and ths
I the result be announced. There was n
objection and it was so ordered.
The presiding officer asked whether ther
were objections to counting Che votes c
;, Florida.
~ Field IN. - sent to the clerks desk
= written objection to the first certi6cai
signed by Senators Jones, Cooper, McDoi
aid, and representatives Field, Tucke
n jerks and Springer. The clerk OF tn
~ house read the paper. 1t asserts that the pc
e sons assuming to act as presidential cleo
= ors never were duly appointed that othe
7. had been elected, and had an irrevocab
title TO the office; that the certificate I
&c election of the frat four persons was NJ
m truely and corruptly procured and made