National Republican., 1882-12-08

elected never were elected; ana second
because the returns read by the letters ur
not certified according TO law The first oh
lection was not considered, an effort to brini
before the senate the state election return
being refused consideration. Tho proceed
ings upon the second objection were as fol
lows:
Mr.. MoRTos. offer the following resolution:
| R6soiprd, That the electoral vote of Arkansa
| should be counted.
| Mr.. EDMuNDs l ask to have the papers upoi
which tue question arises read
Mr.. MoRroN The papers do not show anything
abou, 1t.
not.
| Here followed Mr.. RTcEs amendment to Mr.
MoRToNs resolution, calling for the state return
which the senate refused to consider The elee
torn certificate, certified by the secretary of state
OF Arkansas, was then reidl
Mr. MoRToN. ask If there is no certificate from
the governor.
Several senator's No.
Mr.. MORTON. then ask leave to withdraw my
resolution.
| Mr. SHERMAN. renew IT,
Mr. EDMuSDs Let IT be read and then l will
move to amend it.
III was accordingly read.l
Mr. EDMuNDs move to amend that by insert
Ing after the word should" the word mot"
ask now That the secretary may report to the
senate the seal pich ateSs Msdction Of the secretary
qf state Of arkansas.
[The seal was described and the words thereon
read by the chief clerk
Mr.. EDMUNDs. 1t is not the state seal at ALL
latter some points of order on new questions,l
Mr.. EDMuNDs. will ask again that the full in
scription OF the seal, or what purports to be the
seal, should be read, ] believe the secretary by
accident did not read all the words. ! believe II
appears distinctly to be the seal OF the secretary
and not the seal of the state.
Tine chief clerk read the words seal of the
secretary of state, Arkansas"
After various efforts at debate, which were
all declared out of order, the senate adopted
a resolution that the electoral vote of Arkan-
sas should not be counted. The vote on the
resolution was as follows:
iEAs-Aiessrs. Bdyard, Boremsp, Carpenter,
Cdssery, Cooper, Edmunds, Fsnion, Ferry of Michi-
gan, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamlin, Hill, John.
ston, Rehg, Mdchen, Morrill, OF Maine, Norlcood,
Ransom, Rice, Robertson, Saulsburg schur=, Scott,
Sieuenson, sotckton, Thurman, TIpton TrumbaR and
Hicktrs-2S.
NAYs-Messrs. Ames, Caldwell, Chandler, Clay
ton, Cole, Conkling, Corbett Cragin, Ferry of Con-
necticnt, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert Har-
lan, Hitchcock, Howe, Logan Morrill, of Vermont
Nye, Pool Ramsay, Sherman, sprague, Stewart
and West-2i.
ABsENT-Messrs. Alcorn, Anthony, Blair, Brown
low, buckingham. Cameron, Davis, Go!dtatu1ite
Hamilton of Texas, Lewis, Morton, osborn, Pat.
terson, Pomeroy Pratt Sawyer, Spencer Sumner
Wilson, Window, and Wright
We have put democrats in italics. 1t will
be observed that eighteen democrats voted to
exclude the electoral votes of state because
the certificate was attested by the wrong seal
and that one of those who SO voted was Soma.
tor Johnston, Of Firginia, Senator LEWIS did
not vote.
The names arrayed against the exclusion
of the vote for the technical reason stated
carry also with them high authority. We
have cited the case and the vote to show that
the state board of canvassers of Virginia is
not the only body which has found itself di-
vided upon the question of the validity of an
election-certificate attested by the wrong
seal.