Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-25
Representatives.
From the Congressional Record, lOi. ], Pa
LII Pane 2-22G- plssci WaLch 3. 1871.

III Page 2,22G, passed Nmch 3, 1877.
Resolved by the House Of Representa-
tiyes of the United States: That it is the
duty of the House TO declare, aud this
House does hereby solemnly declare, that
Samuel ]. Tilden, of the State OF New
York, received one hundred and ninety
six electoral votes, for the office OF Presi-
dent of the United States, all OF which votes
were cast and lists thereof signed, certified,
and transmitted to the seat OF Government,
dire cted 10 the President o. the Senate, IN
conformity with tie Constitution and laws
of the United States, by eC,ors legally
eligible and qualified as such electors, each
OF whom hsd been duly appointed and
elec ed, in a manner direct q by the Leg
islaturs Of the State, in and for which he
cast his votes as aforesaid; and
that said Samuel J. TildeD, having
thus received the vote of a majority or the
electors appointed as aforesaid, he was
thereby duly elected President OF the
United States of America for a term OF
four years, commencing on the 4th OF
March, \. u. 1877; and this House further
declares that Thomas A. Hendricks having
received the same number Of electoral
votes for the Office OF Vice President OF the
United States that were cas-. for Samuel j..
Tilden for President as aforesaid, the said
votes having been cas-: for him by the
same persons who voted for the said Til
den for President, as aforesaid, and at the
sane time and in the same manner, it is
the opinion of this House that the said
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of the State OF In.
diana, was duly elected Vice President Of
the United States for a term of four years,
commencing on the 18th day of March, A.
ID. 1877.
Yet, mirabile dictu! this election of
Samuel J. Tilden as President, and OF
Thomas A. Hendricks as Vice Presi.
dent of the United States, as you all
know and deplore, was set aside by
means ofthat Infamous, odiOus Hybrid,
''th- Electoral Commission"-that I'M
con, titutional hotchpot of itching Re
publican and Democratic Senators aud
Representatives, and grave Supreme
Judges, trailing their ermine in the
mire of corruption aud perjury! Toe
result vas the substitution by high
handed usurpatiOn, 6are-faced forgery,
and by Senators aud Representatives,
ehirsing their preruSatlve OF counting
The electoral votes, in the Presidential
chair of that great fraud, Rutherford Il.
Hayes, in lieu OF the peoples elect
President and Vice PRESIDENTIAL done
under intimidation of executive mill
tary interference OF an INSCRIPTIONS
partisan President.
This foul, disgraceful stigma upon
our national auual-, this crushing in
fanny, should he wiped away by the
people Of the United States in great
public addition and in the only
mode OF vinGicatiOn that can rectify
and avenge the shameful violation in
1877 Of the sacred unalienahle constitu-
liOuRl right of the people to free suf-
frage aud TO stamp upon the political
gamblers OtlS7G an eternal burning
brand OF national rcprobation! That
can only be aCcomplish ned by the unsn-
imous RECOMMENDATION Of the old ticket Of
1876, and there j. little doubt but that
the conservative and patriotic votes Of
our country, actuated by simple sense
of Justice, will triumphantly ratify it.
Most respectfully, and ] think patriot
icslly, ask the honorable West Vir-
ginia delegation OF 1884, to take share
in this grand, illustrious national assOil-
ment or absOlution.
ALFRED BEEKLEY, SR.,
An Octogenarian JetferSoniau.
WjhirOOd, RdIcigh County, ApriI 1911,
1851.