The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-05-18
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essrsOss. and no oGher package pufporsing to be
hst 6om sach State shall be opened Oejec-
tion 70 . lit or lists from State are TO be ne
SezTed and considered separately By The two
HoaseA II bat one List Of votes b Submitted 70
eAcA House Tor decision, and il appears upon
Tease@bling that the two Houses hzve not con-
Cured in rejecting the list, hen if b TO be re
ceived. II more than one Int . submitted and
the two Houses do not concur in receiving eithc-
OF them, then they shall be rejected Amer a
List Of votes Of electors from State has been re-
ceived under the rules Of the resolution regula-
ting the reception Of lists and before the vote Of
the electors Of another State is considered. the
names Of the electors on the accepted list shall
be read. and II NO objection is raised to any cleo
tor all such votes shall be counted by the tellerA
II objection is made TO any Of the electors On
the list, the objection must be considered by the
two Houses separately, and II they concur in .
decision TO reject the vote Of any elector it shall
not be counted, Otherwise all votes On an accept
ed list shall be counted. The joint meeting is
not to be dissolved until the electoral votes are
all counted and the result declared.
Contrasting the action Of the Republicans and
respondent Of the New York Herald says:
The plan agreed on by the Senate Committee
on Rules for regulating the electoral count is so
much better and fairrr than the old twenty
second joint rule that II is hoped that il will be
passed by the vOte Of both parties in both houses
The twenty second joint rule was framed and
adopted by the Republicans when they possessed
q large majority in both houses 1t provided that
IL objections were made in the joint session tn
counting the votes Of any State il should be ex-
cluded unless both Houses, sitting separately.
should agree 10 count it, The late Senator Nor.
ton said Of this rule: " II is the most dangerous
continuance 10 the peace Of the nation that has
ever been invented by Congress torpedo
planted in the straits, with which The ships of
State may at some time come in fatal collision. "
and he desired a reversal of the rule, viz that
no State should lose Its vote except by the con-
currence Of the two Houses Now this. which
Mr.. Morton urged as what o1ght in fairness to be
done the Senate committee have now resolved
on. The Republicans used the tweniy-second
joint rule, with the power il gave them 10 throw
out States by the vote of one House as long as
they had control Of both houses When ihey
lost control OF The House Of Representatives they
repealed the rule, as it could no longer be used
by them for partisan purposes, but omitted 10
agree upon any substitute, and thus left the
whole question at sea in 1875. The Democrats
now have control Of both Houses They might
take advantage Of the Republican precedent and
readopt the old and inquitous tweniy-second
rule, and it is creditable to them that they do
not propose 10 do 50. They propose measure
instead which was advocated by The late Senator
Morton, and which it is very desirable shall be
adopted by both houses at this session, and il
possible by the agreement of both parties for on
the adoption of some such measure may depend
the orderly counting of the electoral vote