, 1881-02-03

purpose would cus,nt the yutcs, aild then |.
hand up tho lists to tic presiding officer, WHO
would lnake the declaration Of the
result. lie {Eaton) did not attach to
tho amendment nny practEcal consequence,
rs tho election of tiurtul a1id Arthur
was conceded by everybody. hut 10 thought
tho nresunt occasion lifting ono for ali ex-
prcssfon Of the sentiment Of tho body upon
the question. :
Mr.. Thurman opposed the amendment us
unnecessary. liz sail thu words "as thoy
allnll be tlcclarcdn had l,ecn In nso for hall
Il century, mil had never been tnkcn, by 'l,-
plica.fon, to conyay tho ldca ttat tho prest-
dent Of tho Sol,ntu hui right to cU,llt tho
v0te III the se',se Of tecl!litsE fur whom tho
yoto wns or wns not cnst. II llo 1tad drawn !
t,e ortgna! resolution III which those words
occurred, l,o wnld not have detained tlictt,
but, In Wow Of tho Interpretation glvoM thoin
BY lnng usage, ho did -,,ot regard their re-
tention rs niforltng my eastsn Tor tho apprc-
tension expressed by his friend {Eaton) thai |
the President ut the Senate
wUuf.n EVER AssuME TO MAKE TI1E COUNT,
lie could not vote for the amendment for
another rehsor, and That WIS TINT 1t omitted
to make provision for decision In d1sput-
cd caac. Suppose two returns should be re-
ceiyetl from u State. 1t liau happened be-
fore. and hn l,nd heard It saltl TINT somebody
HOW hold II bogtfs return from Oregon. Tho
Senator from Oregon {Slatcr). l,e said,
nodded his head. 1luw were tic tellprs to
proceed III such /, case? Taking pr,ctical
yiew ut It, The question MS 10 the right Ut tho
President uf tho Senate cotid not ar[sn ex-
ecpt upon objection. SO long rs tho
votes were opened and counted
without objection. the count would
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nnd tt7c rnanit yn,ll In rocordcd. and never
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.,''. ,'t'',.., ~" m',hi n ~ri,,,r,,,a,,, hoia,a
t,1tl. npleetus'' ht u''l ~" WIN, nsnoso
that t'lat ol!eer ever would. VIII reference
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nhnut the failure to settle tito question, Mr..
Thurman said 1t WIS no tlisgrace to this Con-
grrss lint It hal not been ab1u to ngrec upon
measure John Marshall ana lass assoctntes'
y hs DAY, mad tried to settle It. and fa,led'
| Vim i'urcn tried It and failed. 1lo (Tllur-
m@ e hHped ht la' nat nr . 3hs
cu'lla y! nis "1S, n"1 ~ utu wv. nl'u ,loM tio
Con,Alittee ia4 f':poIloa ~ teHp'"ry TX
pctllent Il pl0n substantially Identified With
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ussee WILL. .a. .ea".'M a,. -. s'.o asse...i .as'
oecause savo1lsy Ut elsnt} saata "so uo''h
Marshall tnllcd in trying tu cUrract tho troll
hp then existing. tseru was therefore a1l i'll
heritcu disability in Congress and lu tho peo.
,,,a - I'm IYnite,i stotss t., t.xcanc In INV
p'o y. :llo u'.!.eu o'a.G1 ~ :ss"p. -. a"1
way from the danger which now t'lrentelea
tho country every four ycars.
Mr.. 'rh,,rmat-t sald noltllnn of the Kind,
sa;,txt ,"ra m .,,arrace tn no ,,ot IT,, hnvo
',.',', "as -" 10 w. =" ,,. .aso
nceon'pllaled ~Ant ;hafsnait anu van Infen
failed to accomplish. II the Senator from
Naiue was to remain In the Senate, md |
rcrrct he Is poinp nut pf Il.
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HA'E NJ oooisi ~ "ooAo Aeeos1f1lsn
IT.
Mr. Blaine replied TINT he believed n body
Of good, squire, sels1ble men {alld Ile only
nfotmc,i to t,a mn Y,rh ,nou, ro,,,d yorv
" s.,s',s ~. " ~ -. t ,s,"i,. ~.
leha''s W eol ~ ag'ee upon lc'"eus' n"'
tito trollble was that TIC 1)e!noeratlc party,
when It got Into power, could notapply ITSELF
III tHta HQTHt AtHI III Sl4tlE klllSt IlU ttNt HUI