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Forty-fourth Congress

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16
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February
Year
1877
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Tuesdav, Fob. 6. - Senate. - Mr. Cunaron rcj portcd a bilí from the Conimittce on Foreign ltclaHona to prmnntr telegraphlo communicatinn between I this country aml Enroñe.... The liill forthe relief of s.'itltj-s npon publio landa under the Pre-empttan laws was paased Mr. Wlndom, from the OommltI tee on Approprlationa, reported adveraely on tlio House bilí t pay Ca})t. Bada 1600,000 m Iiík etts contrae) - Tne Senate refused to pass thc bilí aboíishinjí the Washington Board of Pólice Conmil-Hmicrs over thc Predeut'.s veto. Vhe vote Btood 39 to 'i'.! - nut two-thirdn. Houhk.- Tho Hoime devoted tho mout of the day, in coinnüttec of tho whole, to thc consideratie n of tho Dclicicncy Appropriation bilí A rcnolution was adoj)ted orderlng printiug of ílir stimony taken bef ore Ule Houae committee ou Louiaiaiia af! faire. WBDNE8DAI, Fcb.7. - SsXATE. - The Senntc In1 BiBtcd pon it unendraonte Ut th' Military Aial.iiiy I Appropriaticm liill, and a cotumitteo of confcivncc wh ordered. . . .Mr. [ngaBfl reportad witb an amendíucut the Scuat lill t. onsblo Indiaim to beoome olttaeitf. . . .MaaaiB. Hamlin, Dorsey and DaviH were appointed the ncw confí'rencc oommlttee on Uie part of the Keuatc on the bilí involvin({ the restoration of the fast mail train aud thc f rauking privilege The sonate dlacuaaedi without aetion, the billH to p,iy Capt, Badea $500,000 for blajetttea, and t unend the Paouto Bailroad acta so a to créate a HrHiMng ; fund for the liquidatitn of the Indebtedneas lu, the Governnicni i.;, thfl Union Paeiflo....Tlte Senate rofnaed, by rote "i 20 yeaa ti -a nye, to concur in the Honae amr-ndment to the Iencicncy bilí orderlng a rednctlon of the priceof composlUon in i the Ciovcrnnient Printing Office. House. - Thc Honae considored the DeOdoncy Appropriatton bilí. Au aiucndmeut va adoptad prohlblting tlu Oongreaalonti Printer from payüig 1 ' for oompoaition than thc averago paid in New : York, BalUmore and Philadelpbia. ...Mr. Blount, from tho Oommlttee on ApproprlatlonB, reported thf Naval Appropriation bilí. The liill apiíronriatcs 12,4M,7S2. Thobsdat, ]■'(!. s.- sunate.- Tlio oredenI tial of Senator-elect OarUtnd, of arkanaaa, were flled - The bilí to pay Capt. Bada foi hisMlBaiaBiiipi jf-tlio ivin hulnliniu-iy postponed. The ludían Appropriatioii bul waB döouseed, amrml.cl and pasaed. HOUSE.- Mr. Hale rcad a letter addrcwiod to him l.v Che memberaof tho Lonlaiana Beturning Board, etattng that they were conflned in a dark, danip I duugcon of thc cellar of the capítol, and offered a reeoluUon dlreoUna Miat they be remorad to better ouartera, where theu health may not be endangered. Aftfr a lengthy dlacuaaion, the renolution wa referred Tne Deflolency Appropriatioii bilí was onder discuHHion when the IIouhc adjourned. Fbiday, Eeb. í. Sknate.- HíIIh ncre introdnoed appropxjatlng $7,000 to defray üw eenaea of the Electora] Ooinmlaalon, and to anthorlze and eqnlp an expeditioli to (Ín Aivtir ww, aocurdiiij; tu plana auggeai i by Oftpt, Howgate. . . .The tili i enoonrage and promote télegrapnio communloatíon between Ajnerlcaand ii:ui-iir wa jtassod. H íiu-orporatea a oompany t oonairnct a new cable, { til thr Aun r-iran end at . ...The bilí to auiend the Paolflo Bailroad acta ivas debated. House.- The Houbc paioied the Denciency Approprlation bilí, and the bilí to provide for the dlatefbnüon of the Mcxican clainiH awarde Mr. Morribon, Cnairman of the Bpccial committce ou LouiBiana aiHirK, submittod ii( report of Uut oonuulttoD, ! whicU concludcK with a resolutiOD dedtiririi tbat tUo i Democratie doctors received a majority of volea iu the Btatéof Louisiaua; tbiit the pretended etui vans and QompUatiou of votos forelectorw by the Board of !!■ tnininíí offioen WOfl without authority of iftW, fraudul.nt, and void, and that the vote of that State cannot be oounted for Hay" uid WhoelOT without the con n mint ion and approval of illegal and fraudulent action by naid lïeturning Boud Mr. Townsend rabmitted a mlnority report recomni onding the adoption of ft rosoliition deflaring that the Etepublioan electora have ! becu eleoted in Louisiann, and that the electies was examinad luto, detormiixed. dedared and praniü■iiited by the proper authoritien of suid State, ander :. all the. forniK of Uiw, and in coniplamv with tlie :-iüiiti.m of the (Tnlted Statee. Bota reporta were ordered printetl and reoommlttod. Satübdaï, Peb. 10. - Joint BsaflioN.- Preoise]y at 1 o'clin-1; the Senators .took tln-ir Beata in joint i sessionwith tlie Ilonsc memberf , and President Ferry ! took the chair. Thn decwion of Up Electoral Commlsslon baving beeo read, rltteD objecüona were Hiiuli' 1 ■ it by Repreaentativö Fiedd on the pari of flve Senators and twelvo BeproBentatlTOS, ana then the two housee Bftpanted. Sknatk. - The ('huir prOKfnted i ocninmnicatioii f rom tlif Prenident of the Electoral Coxnmisaion, iuforming the Benate Uial it has deddod apon the mat; tors anbmitod oonoernlna the electoral votea from Florida. Tht objeottona t dedüdona of the commlssloxi Bobmltted by Wtr, Field waro roadL A long look place as to the furin of the. quentionH hiiktainlngor overruUng Uw objectlona filed by Field,and an OTOer BUbmittcd by Mr. Whytr that the Sonate do 1 not concnr in the decisión made by the oommiaalon oreated onder ut approved Jan, 30, 1H7", lmt that the votes cat by Wükbuon, Col. Bobert Bollook, J. B. YongC and It. li. Hinton -df the elector of Flori; da are the trne and tavfu] votes for President aml Vice Prealdeni of that State, and thuuld be oonnted uk the electoral vote of the Htate, was defented by a strlct party rote-óu the Democratie Senators pres' ent VOtlng in the ailirmative, and the Bepublioana in tlie negativo, The foUowing reeolution. offered by Mr. Shcnnau, waa then adopted by a strict party vote - a to 25: "Jtesotved, That tlie deciBton of the oommisslon apon the electoral votos of the stat.' of Florida Btand jis the Jndsment of (he Benato, the objections mado thereto to the coutrary notwithstanding.11 The Secretary was directed tti notify the House that the Sonate had i reached a determinatlon iu regard to the Electoral Commlfision, and waa readyto meet the Houhc for the ptupose of prooeeding with the connt. Hovke. - After the Bonaie had retlred from the hall of the House a mot ion waa made by a Democratie nxenxber to take a reoesSa Hale made the poiut of order that a recesa COUld not now be taken. A Iour diHciisKion foüowed) parttclpatod iu by Sleasre. McCrary, Eaeson, "Wiison and ïïankB, BepnhUcans. nud Wanen, Jones and Kayler, Democratn - the ronnei OppOSing anti the lattBX advoeating a recesa. Speaker lïandall maint;un.il that, aceording to the upirit of the Electoral Coinmission act, it was competent lor tho House to take ■ recesa, nul overruled the poiut of order. Mr. Halo lïppoalod from the doolsioxi Mr. OoX moved to lay the iippcal on the. table, wbicb was cnrried - 15G to 76. The motioii to take a reoegfl lili Mimday WBS then carriod- 168 to 106. Mondat, Feb. 12. - Senate. - No business was transacted in the Seuate. At 2:30 p. m., iü response to :t nolithiition from the House, it proceoded t thf It'pnsrntatives rhambor for the purpose of resuming tho comit of the electoral votos. HorsK. - Mtr. Knott offered a rosolution to rocoiuniit the Florida oase back to the Electoral Commisslbn. Messrs. Hale and Wilson raised poluta of order Ihat Uu resoiution WRS out of order, and that the House had no power tb refer anythiug to the coinniission. Thf Speaker sustaineil the point OÍ order, and said that only tin; joint con vciit ion of the fcwo houses conld refer tho matter to tho tribunal. The drlüitenu sustaiuingthe decisión wan tben begmi, aud was oarried on witti in in 'h warmth and earnestnesH. Bpeakex was Bustsined in lijs decisión, the vote irtamUng kit to 97. The reaolution ilcclaring the Tilden electora in j Florida electcd was agreed to by a voto of 108 to 103. A resoiution was then passed míormins the Sánate that the House was ready to proceed with thf count. Joint Skssion. - The Sonate enterod, and the joint convention was callcd to order. The resolntion of the Sonate and Hunne in ref crence to the vote of Florida were read, and Mr. F.rry said that, on the two houwen did not agreo, the deolBton would stand. The tellers thon rocorded fnur votes for llaves and Wheeler, The con vent ion then prooeeded ! to connt, the State f Qeorglii beintg iirst after Florida. Ni objeotton being Interpoaed to the vote nf Geotgift) tin eleven voten were eoimteil for Tilden and Heiidrieke. Next followed In BnooeSBion the State of Illinois, with twenty-one for Hayes and Wheeler; Indiana, with tifteen votes for Tilden and HendricKS ; Iowa, with eleven votes for Hayes and Wheeler; Kansas, wttb five votes for Hayes and Wheeler; Knntucky, with twclve votea for Tilden and Hendricke. Then carne a certiticate from LooisJana, showing eight votes for Hayes, authenticated by Kellogg as Governor; thls was followetl by tho opening of anothcr certifícate ahowhig eight votes for Tilden, authenticatfïd by McKnery as Governor. Still athird j oertifloate wan read, purporting to be authentieated by Deslond, Booretary of State, with vote for Hayos. The presiding offtoer ojiened and presented another certil'urate received by mail, no corresponding one hwing been reeeived by messenger. it was obvióos froiQ the first sentenco it was a mere burlesque. it oommenoed by certifying that John Smith had been chosen elector froin the i'irfit Ditrict ; John Smith No. 2 from the Second ; John Smith No. 3 from the Third ; John Smith'No. i from the Fourth ; John Smith No. 5 from the Fifth ; John Smith No. 6 from the. Sixth ; and John Smith and John Smith to be electora at large. It followed the usual fonnalítiew, and certifled that the eight electoral votes of LoulslAna had been cant for Cooper and Oary. The paper purportod to be signori by "John Smitli, Company 2, Biilltlose.rs, Govtriior of Louisiana," and w#und up with the motto, " Such íh life in Lonistana." Bubsequeutly the presiding oflicer directcd the paper to be oinitted from the proceedïngw of the joint convention. Senator McDonald BUbmltted ao objection to the HayrH and Wheeler certificaten, on the ground that the Hayes elector had been duly eleoted ; that their election had not been oertWed by wiiiiam p. Kellogg, whö claimed to 1m-, imt in fact was not, Qovernor of the State of Louisiaau, and becanse the Retunung Board of sald State was without jurisdictiou, for the rcapon that the lawa of T.uiii:ini conferred no power on the Beturning Board to oanvass or compile the votes, Btnoe they constttuted but four of the five persons required by law, Rükoe these four were of the saine jwlitical party, aud niñee there was a vaoanoy in said board, which four members liatl refused to nil; beoauae four memberK of the lleturning Board had full fcnowledge that the true compilation í)f votos would have shown that the Tilden electora had been duly elected ; beoanse said board had offered fox money to sell the State of Louislaua, anti lecause A. B. Levlsee and O. H. Brewstor, of the Republican electora, held otñís of trust under the Government of the 1,'nited States at the time of their appointment as electors. The objection is igned by McDonald, Stevenwm, Saulsb'ury, Bogy, Senators; Jenfca, wilson, Tucker, Levy, Ellis and Morrlson, Representatives. ]lessr.4, Queon and Wood, of New Ytrk, Kubmitted further objections, iu behalf oï the Democrats, to the Huyes elcctors. Mr. Howe sabnütted objecoons to the Tilden certiücates, on the ground that tbere was no erldenoe that thofe eleotora had been appointed in Buch mannev as '.]}■ '.. -i -Ijitmv (hnctcd ; while there was evidence conclusivo in law that ueither of them had been K) appointed ; abo on the ground that thore wan no evidence (hot !eKm-ry was Governor of Louisi iaua iu the year 1M71, while títere was eonclunive j evidenoe that Kellogg was during the year 187fi and forseveral yeara prior tboreto Governor of that Btate, and was reoognlzed as ucn by the ludida] and leglslaüve lepartmonts of IouÍKÍana, and by the depurtwcnts of the Government of the United St;it is. All of the certificaten from Ixmisiana, with the papers aooompanylng them. were then sent tothe Electoral OonimiHHiou for judginont and decisión, and the Sonate wlthdxew to iU ohamber.

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