Year: 1873

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUSBl


WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The Senate Commit
tee Privileges and Elections has divided the Lous
into three parts namely Which electors were
legally chosen which of the two Senators eject
here If either, is entitled TO the Senate and is there
republican form Of government in Louisiana On the
first of these questions the Committee will make q
unanimous report. tomorrow, setting forth the
facts as they have been brought out
In the inquiry. These facts that the
Lynch Returning Board which gave certificates
10 the Grant and Wilson electors had any of the
legal from the parishes which 10 base their
conclusions, and its proceedings therefore void
The WarmOth Board the other hand, was illegal In


its constitution though had the regular returns from
the parishes Neither set of electors therefore, be
said 10 be legally returned II the Committee recon-


mend any action 1t will probably be similar to that taken
years ago in regard TO the OF Georgia On that
occasion the following preamble and resolution were
passed


Whereas The question whether the state of Georgia
has become and is entitled TO representation IN the two
houses Of Congress is now pending and undetermined
and


Whereas BY the Joint resolution of Congress passed
July 90 1865 entitled "a resolution excluding from the
Electoral College votes of States lately in rebellion
which shall not have been reOrganized was provided
that electoral votes from any OF the States lately IN
rebellion should be received counted for President or
Vice President of the United States until among other
things such State should have become entitled TO repre-
senaton in Congress pursuant TO acts OF Congress IN
that behalf therefore


ReSOpcd, BY the Senate the House OF Representatives
cOncurrng that on the assembling OF the Two houses on
the second Wednesday of February 1862 for the counting
of the electoral votes for President and
provided by law and the JOINT rules of the counting or
Omittng 10 count the electoral votes of any which may
lie presented Of the State OF Georgia. shall not essen


TALLY change the result in that case They snail be re-
ported by President OF the Senate in the following
Were the votes presented as or the state OF
Georgia, to be counted the result would be, for
President of the United States, votes; If not counted
for - President of the United States, voJes but in
either - is elected President of the United States
and in the same manner for Vice-President.


Additional testimony will be taken on the other
branches of the inquiry and no report will be made for
a week but that Of tomorrow will foreshsdow the
character Of that which is follow In the Senatorial
contest the Committee will probably find that neither
body now claiming be the Legislature is legally con-
sttuted and therefore that neither Ray nor Mcmillan is
entitled to the seat. The Committee find however that
Legislature legally chosen, but that its mem
bers are divided between the two irregular
bodies Hew 10 get the lawful Legislature to-
gether is a troublesome matter. The question
as to the expediency of q republican form Of govern
ment in the State will be difficult for the Commit
tee decide than either OF the others If IL should be
found that no Governor has been chosen according
the Constitution AMI laws Of the State then the people
would have TO go back TO the beginning, and as the
Constitution provides that the Governor shall hold
office until his successor chosen, Mr.. Warmoth would
return to the Executive chair, the articles
Of impeachment against him, on account Of
which he was deposed, having been dismissed
by the Senate. He might then call together
the Legislature which was legally chosen and that body
could if so disposed up the remainder Of the mud
die. An important question has already arisen as 10
Kellogg Legislature to he illegally constituted
II President should continue to sustain IT, serious
conflict between the Executive and Legislative branches
would arise If he withdrew the military protection the
people would disperse the body at once.