, 1881-02-06
that State law could be supreme, when the
Federal law decided otherwise. was


AN Exploded IDEA.
As citizen ana Representative of Georgia,
he here declared that the people of that State
were absolutely loyal to the Federal laws.
This announcement was greeted with ell
tllusiastic applause on the Republican SIDE
It appeared subsequently in the debate
that the law under which the Electors
were chosen was one enacted i'll
1862, was intended to affect the election OF the
President Of the Confederate States. and had
found its way into the Georgian code by
what one OF the Bourbons was pleased 10
designate as ':carelesness.' Mr.. speer, OF
Georgia, helped to add to the Bourbon DIS
comfort by congratu1ating the rest OF tno
Democrats OF the House that they "ou.o
finally come to the postum oeeop.Io 1.r,o1 ~,
three independent hlenl2els'-' m1asa
Stephens, Dr. felton' nlu nm! nl.aae nt+o, n,,,1
tAree gentlemen nc sa'a' III t's ,nn n'@ no',rhan
Ill other thlnSSs, 1ao oppos.a 49, ,,rnn,,s
method III the oontlls an. ~" ,.,,on,sNo ~
had come ovcF ~ uo :'a', XII, d,r;s;,,a
declaration when WAS ieee1,su ".s.l ,,,al,;no
lauslltef py 1ne Douloou2' ".,n .,a ,,.,,o no,,1d
M 1s'olhl4!pus ., a1,n-r;,,
HOT collce''' Ite11 Sl''7-.- ,,,,~e
THE Fn'sf oSn " t1l., .,. ,,.,e s1nntod
tue one 1e,a.'tA1s .us sns ,.n.oa .a.,;nct
WHnout u''' .u'a ,,,,;a,, ,,rov;t;os
H. oh lle seeolu .eso.us' ~ tho ,oto
tor an alleillaIi'c .nno ~ ~.nae a,,d r,ye
OF the ola1e " oSo1 na w., ,d,,nto,1
were c''!eu 'a'1 ~ 10 =. ~ nan,,hlicans
os 'ote o. ~ ~ ~ 49, .A" ,rh,,e :, ,,otter
Young III t.'o ''-,';~,, 49, u>,;ra L.,c
VAS oisposeu " oss. W" ~, pn,,da,1 ~, tto
"..sseu "ssHs' . ,.o,,1d ,,nrs;st l., Thoir vo,
otner Douloo"e "ou,u 4,',. p. 49, a,,,,a,.;t',,c
attempt ~ ea'is en.ousn ' ,,.,s.,;r:, =, 10
anu fe'oiut'oi.al, 7Gne 49, as'a;,,od - H.
Ao!e'n teso!"tlo. 49,. :. J.. 49,. ',;,'I tl,at Can
Ecfl.S .ouyt ,.:. y. . .,;n,,+ ,,a+ ho cnnst;t,,.
HASs1e!os e.eet''A rras,.. - ,,,,et
t1ou'tIs ueti.n.u ,.a.e1,1a nIs' s.',,a',
n1'c oee" o4'A'''e~A "t'e44
N.Y. s'i'tseSi'' w lAs'1No's'
arose and spoke III 1;Nor u eue iesolut,ons: ::
lie at one tllne hot long aso uecialeu . nss
firm intention 10 ABSENT hl'hseh l'onl u!e
count' anu 10 ihuuee rs n'aAs nlq1e Deinu ''.
Gratis as he could 70 10 Inc same. uls sps9ei1
OIL To-Day SHOWS 1i's' nv mas 1eeonslueeA ia ia
determination anu oeclueo 10 allo" Auo
coone 10 pfoceeo III Il ieea'* n'"nne4'
FROM THE RECORD"
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 5.-Nf. Blck-
nell, as privileged question, called up the
Senate concurrent resolution Tor counting
the Electoral votes. Mr.. Bicknel said 1t was
alleged that the Electors OF one State cast
their votes on day not prescribed by law.
The question would be made whether Oh not
the vote of that State should be counted. a
like difficulty had arisen i'll 1921, 1857, and
1878. The object Of this resolution was to
avoid such difficulty. Whether the vote OF
Georgia be counted or not counted, would
make DO difference in the result Every
body admitted that Gen. Garfield had been
duly elected President, and would be so de-
cIared, but, to avoid any difficulty, the reso-
luton was proposed, and he hoped it would
be auoptcd unanimously. It provided for
the same hypothetical counting which al
ready had tided the country over the diff
culties on two occasions.
Mr.. FELTON, asserted that the people Of
Georgia should not be held responsible for
the Ignorance Of their officials. This House,
instead If living aside the vote Of Georgia,
SHOULD ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD.
that Georgia had no vote to be counted or
laid aside. When there was 4 Federal law
ami State law touching Federal elections, the
Federal was supreme, and lie wished it
understood that the mass Of Georgians recog-
nized that fact. The old idea that the Stale
law was sovereign and supreme when the
Federal tav, had decided otherwise was an
exntoded idea in Georgia. fApplause on the
psnn1,}ican side. Tie wished the world to
| tunc, th,t as o,,a ranresentatiye of Georgia.
i,a ossn1red the. fact flat. henceforth
ond forever tha npon,e Of Georgja
ware absolutely loyal TO the Federal
laws rAnn1apsa m 1ne Republican side. |
The ncnnio of Ceorpia had no desire
to v;olatc the Frtipra} laws and when lav,
has han nossnd nn,1rr which the Electors
| bad cast the;r votas there had been m in
tnntfon m the nart of the Legislature TO con
n;ct ~ With tha Fadsrol lave
N1'0' ,t1. sprrn
ra;a +,o r,oo,,,o of f.nor,;a l,,d hoon 1oro1 r.
ta E.dor,1 ,fo,vs.r sinna thax la1i dow, their
! o,,,s IN ,1ood fa;th in 1s;5 and ,y,a,, they
| aaan,,Ya, tIe oo,,et;t,,tio,,1 amendments
+lo,7 ~ .oeo,,tad +,,om IN ooo1 fo;th Tho tran.
t1n,,a,, frp',, (-n,.- I.rset, fpohas onl Ii1 ~,
;,;,,et;oa ] .,.ban ho eo;;1 m mor- ~, thn non,.
na.,.;. ei,f, 1or,d stand f,rt,, and s,,aal- fo,
,,hnt t,,a1 un1arstond to hn trna
na,mocracv a,r,inst the MORGAN resolution,
! ~r,",r', ,,.a.a t,,rao non,oerate rl, ha,
dama +1,,1 ITa1+nn s+a,,1,ons ,n1 h;msn,f,
anI ,,a,, rooor,1ad tbojr 1.ntas 'oa;pe. Tho rnso
1,,t,on ia ir;no1 vii, tha pent1e,nar
fr.>,n S.,v 1arsn,. IN conrrnt,1ot5n9 his Der,
t ocratic l,rethre,, that they lad reached a so.