, 1881-02-06
marched BY themselves, such as wolves anu
foxes. Laughter!

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NIX CAIKlNS
commended that neither the Elce-fresldeht
nor the.two Houses had right to count tne
yotes, in the sense Of determining any qtIes-
ton OF disputed fact. His judgment was that
such q question should be submitted to some
tribunal with power to decide the fact-
Mr.. Mediation argued that. If the pending
resolution contained anything, 1t contained
the assertion that the two Houses hao tne
mower to count the vote. lie SPOKE Tor tne
Democratic party, and, lie Thoughts 1or lne
independent gentleman from Georgia, "nen
he said that, whatever might be their views
upon the Morgan resolution, they were
united in the conviction that the President
Of the Senate had no right to count the vote.
He hoped that heresy was done for now and
forever.
The question then required on the resolu-
tion, the first branch of which was agreed to
without division. The second branch was
agreed to--yeas, 100; nays, II.
THE REPUBLICANS.
as q rule, voted in the negative, and The Dem
ocrats in the affirmative. The following DEM
ocYats, however. voted in tho negative:
a[essrs. Acklen, Converse. Cnlberson, Hurd,
S1en,ons. and Young (rcnn.); and the FOL
lowing Republicans in the atllrnative:
Messrs. Baker, Belford, Disbce, Bowman,
Burrows, Call;ins, Cannon, Carpenter, Chit
tenden, Crapo, Daggett, Dick, Ferdon, Field.
Fisher, Hall, Hawley, Hayes, Hazleton, He'll
man, uiscoek, uorr, Kelly, Killinger, Lind
scy, McGowan, Morton, O'Ncill, Prescott,
Rice, Robinson, Stone, and Taylor (O.) Fol
lowing is
TIE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION:
RESOLVED, etc., First, that the two Houses OF
Congress shall assemble in tho hull Of the House
Of Representatives "Wednesday, the 9th Of Feb
ruary, lsSl. at L. H., and tho President or tho
Senate shall be tho presiding officer; that ono
person be appointed teller on the part Of the
Senate and two on the part Of tho House, to
make a list OF the votes as they shall be de-
clared; that the result shall be delivered to the
President of tho Senate. who shall announce the
state OF tho vote and the persons elected to the
two Houses, assembled ais aforesaid which sha's
be deemed declaration Of tho persots elected
President mud Vjco-President OF tho United
States, and, together with the list OF votes, be
entered on the journals OF tho two Houses
Second that If it shall appear that any votes OF
Electors for President or Eicc-presidcnt OF the
United States have been given on day othor
thun that fixed for the cnsting Of such votes BY
act Of Congress, In pursuance Of tho Const1tu-
ton Of the United states, II tho counting or
o1nitting of the counting Of such votes shall not
essentially change the result, they shall bo re-
ported BY the President Of tho Senate in tho
following manner: "Were tho votes OF the
ELECTORS cast on tho - day Of -, lsS9s
| to be counted, the result would be for 4 i for
President Of tho United States - votes. and
D for President Of the United States - votes.
n not counted, the result would be for 4. D. for
President OF the United States - votes, and
for y for President Of the United States -
| votes: but, IN either event, -- is elected
President of the United States," and in the same
manner for Tice~Prcssdcat.
/ TIE SENATE RESOLUTION.
| The following is the text of the resolution
which passed the Senate yesterday concern
| ing the right OF the President Of the Senate tc
| make the Electoral count:
| 1csolred by the Senate Ulsc House Of Representa-
tiucs concurrt',g, That the President OF the Sen
ate is not invested by tho Constitution Of the
United States with the right to count tho votes
| Of tho Electors for President and Fice-Prcsf-
t dent OF the United States, so as to determine
| what votes shall be received and counted Of
what yotes shall be rejected, and that it Is the
! duty of Congress, without delny, to institute
| measures to secure due and orderly perform
| ance Of said duty In tho future.