The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-02-07
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by T,,,."a,N 30 ;:.2 3o"rNa! o: Commerce.
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.tH:"n'jH-. ai,l y! the galleries were ''p'i
: ::ii,~i. ,
i!tr f.ousn WAS cti!ri IL Gricr a. usual
Z, l. n'cluck. and there MIS- az unusually
!:".r attendance II hear tic c,ll?lIill ;
Rae reading OF lie Journal WAS then
Ordered.
'!i.n Speaker thcn ANNOUNCED rs tcilrr>
Irn ,l,,' ,.&r! G: The House 20 count Inc
i.l2r,rra! vote. Mc>$r>. Cook, OF Georgia,
AID .St",lr. o.! Missouri.
Nj. T&-Sun, Oi Iowa. Sain that both
,~t:ir.c Gcn'!c'Irn were from the :naiorit,H
safe OF iiir ~l!".iHc, and the appointments
were regarded as L violation Ct The Gus
~ton,a:r ~ris:i!tSo q the minority.
The Speaker said he had been a.'thrr-
iuc! lv iir i:OUsr 10 appoint the ~tc!lcrs.
lie hal iM!oruyi the president of the
i$>nIto %!.o nc Intended 20 appoint, and
ht >urio$cl l!'2t tliat officer would act
~%rroylin=!y, ami ar:oin. two 0! the ma
jp"itT Of that body.
At three !Ginu,cs past the Senators ell
tered the chamber, the Representatives
! tSttIN lti- b.i['lt H|O.tNl4i-s IL Il''S' :
look aca;S 10 the right Of The chair, while
acting Vice President Ferry took his
place 10 tit right Of the Speaker.
Tlr .ci.rrs tool. seats at tic Clerks
,lc-l.
al having been seated, Vice President
Ferry called The Joint convention toor!cr,
and said that in Obedience TO the COuStilu-
ion the Senate and House Of Representa-
lives had met tube present ut tlcopCnin@
Of the certificates and the counting and
declaration uI die votes :0r President and
Vice President o.: the United States for
The term OF four YEAR,; lrOii tic 18th OF
March. ISL, a!Il in compliance with the
law he would now proceed to open all the
votes, commencing with tic State OF Ala
!aMa. / box on The desk to the right OF
the i:cSiGiny officer WIS then unlocked,
MtU
OPENING THE BONES,
Mr.. Ferry tool: out 4 package. and, open
Ing il III tic end, announced that, having
opened The certificate Of the Stale Of Ala
Uama. he would hand it to the tcllcrS. lic
then handed ii 70 Mir. Allison, WHO read
The certificate and enclosed papers. The
Vice President then handed the duplicate
another OF the ~tcllcrs, who proceeded to
read tIr same.
Senator CunklinG suggested that tho
reading OF both the certificates and the
duplicate was not necessary. Ii there WaS
no objection on the part OF the President,
or Of the joint convention, he would also
suggest that Us the regular certificate
was read by one teller the duplicate
should be followed by Il OF the other
~ucll2rS.
The convention was asked ifthrrc WAS
objection, #nG there being none the Pres
iicut OF the Scnat" said thu. chat cours"
would be pursued i'll future.
Arcr the Alabama certificates had been
read, the irtHi'iinG officer asked: Are
there II objections 10 the certificate OF
the State Of -A!abama:" Alter Il pai:Sc
''Thc chair hears non and the veto Of the
State OF Alabama will be counted. The
"tcllCrS will announce the vOtc.' NJ. Cook,
one Of the t~cllrrl,] announced ten votes for
SHlnur! j.. Ti!lrIl for President, and ten
votes Tor Thomas \. Hendricks for Vice
President.
The certificate Of Arkansas was then
read ~ suggested by Senator Cunkiin",
and the result was amloUMcrl ~ six vote,
Tor ridden and licEdriritS after the pr">ii-
nag officer had asked the >&u!c Questions
Is III tie Alalai,ia ease.
The California certificate was read by
Mr.. Stone. and six votes were announced
:nr Il. i. Hayes and William y. Wheel
~.
Til" Colorado certificate WAS read hy
Mr.. Cook, and three votes were &llEOullc-
eel for Hayes and Wheeler.
Connecticut anne next. The certificate
was read ~ MI. Allison, and six votes
were HMnotmccu fer Tilicn and lien
bricks.
Ihc Delaware certificate WAS real ~
Mr.. jEGo!ls, and three more votes scored
.vr li:uCn and Hendricks.
THREE CERTIFICATES FROM FLORIDA.
Florida was then reached, and the pre-
sizing officer first handed The certificate
signed by Governor S]lcaGncS, and Thicl!
rccu.lIiArd the Hayes Electors, HnI after
il had been read, the certificate Of the
Electors for TiiacI and Hendricks WIS
also handed oul, and both We're read BY
Nj. Stone. WAiIc Mr.. Allison U~VcEiUUArJ
I'll" duplicate.
The cll,i. then said that he had Sill
III p.lICr certificate, received Oh The 3iNt 81
january, Yesterday. lie then handed the
pa"cr t. the ~t>!l*gS and it proved 10 be
The certified proceedings Of the Board OF
CanvuSSoys authorized and appointed by
IN &C, Of the Legislature OF Floaida, who
declare the Ti!!cn and Hendricks Flee
tors elected. Included in the papers wa>
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