The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-07
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, February 5.-Mr. BiCk'
nell, as privileged question. called up
the Senate concurrent resolution for
counting the Electoral votes. He said 1t
was alleged the electors OF one State cast
their votes on a day not prescribed by
law. The question would be made
whether or not the vote OF that State
should be counted. A like difficulty had
occurred in 1921, 1887 and 1870. The
object OF this resolution was to avoid such
difficulty. Whether the vote Of Georgia
be counted or not counted 1t would make
no difference In the result. Every body
admitted General Garfield had been duly
elected President, and would be 80 de-
clared, but to avoid any difficulty this
resolution was proposed, and he hoped 1t
would be adopted unanimously. II pro.
vided Tor the same hypothetical counting
which had already tided the country over
difficulties on two occasions.
Mr.. Robeson demanded q division Of
the resolution.
After an interesting debate, in the course
Of which Messrs. FELTON, and Speer assert.
ed the loyalty of the people Of Georgia
and the subservience oI the State law to
the Federal law, which remarks were re.
Ceived with applause on the Republican
side, the resolution was adopted, the frat
branch without division, and the second
branch by vote OF yeas, 100; nays, II.
The Republicans, as O rule, voted In the
negative and the Democrats in the affirm.
ative. The following Democrats, however,
voted In the negative: Messrs. Acklen,
Converse, Culbefson, Hur1, slemons and
Young, OF Tennessee; and the following
Republicans in the afllrmative Messrs.
Baker, Belford, Bisbee, Bowman, Bur.
rows, Calkins, Cannon, Carpenter, Chit.
tenden, Orapo, Doggstt, Dick, Ferdon,
Field, Fisher, Hall, Hawley, Hayes, Ha.
zleton, Hellman, HscoCk, Horr, Kelly,
Killinger, Lindsey, MCGOWAN, Morton,
0'Neill, Prescott, Rice, Robinson, Stone
and Taylor, OF Ohio. o..
The following is the text oi the resolu.
ton as adopted:
Resolved, &C., Flrst, that the two Houses
oil Congress shall assemble In the Hall Of
the House ot Representatives on Wednes.
day, the 9th day OF February, 1881, at IL
meridian, and the President OF the Senate
shall be the presiding officer; that one
person shall be appointed Teller on the
part Of the Senate and two on the part Of
The House Of Representatives,, to make a
list OF votes 90 they shall be declared (;
that the result shall be delivered to the
President Of the Senate, who ehall an.
nounce the state ot the vote and the per.
sons elected To the two Houses assembled
as aforesaid, which shall be deemed q dec.
laration Of the persons elected President
and ViCe.P President OF the United States,
and, together with the list OF votes. be EN-.
tered on the Joui mails OF the two Houses.
2. That II II shall appear that any votes
OF Electors for President or President
OF the United States have been given on a
day other than that fixed for casting such
votes by .aCt oil Congress In pirsuanCe:ot
the Constitution OF the United States, II
the counting or emitting 10 count such
votes shall not essentially change the re-.
suit OF the election, they shall be reported
by the President OF the Senate In the fol.
lowing manner: Were the votes OF Elec.
tors cast on - day OF -, 1880, TO be
counted, the result would be, for A B, for
President o; the United States, - votes,
and o D, for President Of the United
States, = votes; Il not counted The result
would be, for A y, for President Of the
United States, - votes, and for O y, for
President Of the United States, - votes ;
but Ia either event - Is elected Ptesi.
dent Of the United States. And In the
same manner for vice.pfesident.
Consideration was then resumed Of the
Appottionment Bill, with no limit 10 the
debate, though MI. Cox intimated he
would call for the previous question this
afternoon.