Forty-fourth Congress

Mr. Gibson offered an order that tbc Have electoral votes for Louisiana be not counted. Mr. Hnrlbut moved to amend by strüiing out word "not." The diseussinii was Opebod by Mr. Nmv, who aid that 1! bad voted for tbc Blrctoral Con missiim bill without, hesltationormisgivlng, and bc tmt not ashahied of the support which ho ' had given to that measure. He aceopted, with1 out qualificatiou bis hunible hare of responsi! bility. He woiild vote to sustain tbc objectious , to the decisión of the commiHsion. He wan in ! favor of proceeding without nnnecscoary l"lny 1 to tiie Gompletlón of the coitiit. Mr. Seeiye said that in the case of the Louixiana election, the corruption on ono sido seenied as heinous as the cnielty on the otherside wa horrible. He found it quite inpossible to na y wbioh of ttii1 fcwo sets of eáeoiora trom I.ouisiana voioed the true will of the people of that State. It would have been hard to find Kiser and more candid men tban those who had pronouneed the decisión of the .Electoral C.'oumiishIoh. Ite appreeiated the strength of their position. Congress could not be ííh) jealous of the constitutional right of the State to choone its electora. Mr. Joyce declared tïiat the wbole spheme of the election to the Presidcncy of the grand fraud of Gramercy park had been a superb Democratie cheat frota beglunlng to rml. Mr. lïice protented aeáinst the wrong and violenoe embodied in tle dticision, and argiud that the wliole subject nhould bc rcferred bck to the coniniishion. ICr. Watterson rose to speak, andinnnediately the fiool" and galleries were husbel into stillnl'ss. He Hnld !f t!i" ar""'ptn of the inevitable with rosolutionanddignltybctlie higlii'St, n it in the rarest fonn of courage kiwnvn among men. it is made harder in tliis preJM'iit instance by uie ('niiH(M(it)s!K'SK of doutjlelealiug and hml plny. Two cotu'srn nre open to the mnjority on this floor- on the one hand, pnsslonate outcry. at once impotent and cnildish ; on the otber band. without offering needless obstruction to th' progresa of eveuts, au carncHt. manly. hut teinierate protest aainst what we beUeve to be great and grievous wrong. In my jndgment tin' latter is om olear and bounden dnty. We owc it to the neeessitie of the case ; we owe it to the country ; we nwi' it to ourselvert. Because we were duped by falsa piatepaee Into the nare furnisbed, it i no i i'asoli why we shollld f orget the obligation tliat pressupon honorable men. In the very act of passing the Electoral Commission biil we provided for the contingent that bascóme apon us. 1 voted for that moaomre in perfect I good faith. The rusult is against me, and, detestable as I must think the means tbatbrought it alout, I accept it aH a finalíty. 1 shall go to my constitucnts and shall teil them all, for. as now advised, they know only a part, and, ; wben they have taken time for roneptiou, they will, I ain verjr sm-e, t trate the wisdom and gracc of moderation. doing nothiiig tlntt ds not beoome yood ; zens. Tife will still go forward, in spite of all this. There are many things to live for yet in this rongh world, and, among the rest, that. day ; of zeekoning - ''Die irte 'iíp illa" - whcn the' dark shall be light, and the wiong bc made right. Mr. Danford, of Ohio, dtffended the decisión i a oi whieli, ontwide of party feeling, would meet the approval of the hole American people. Although there had heen investigating ! oommitteën into the eleotions In Floridn, Ijourisiana and Oregon, whieh had f(tund much orookedncHO, yet in all words spoken, letters writtin. tclegrains sent, there had not been trACed to the Presidelit-elert. or to anv nifinlicr of bis houvebold, one word that would bring i the lilush of shaïne to the American peoplo. [Vi))lause. Mr. Ellis, of I,ouisiana, said : Louisiana, by the voice of 10,1(01) majority of her people. votud for Sltnuel J. Tilden for President, bilt 1 find to-day by the voice of this oomioiaoáo her ili'tnnil vote cast for one Huyes. Iu nrriving at tlmt decisión, in overthrowiug the will ol ÜM people of l.ouisiana, thnt eomniission deciilcd ni the l'irst place that tbey would not examine uto the uni'onstitutionality of the law creating this Heturning lïoard. In the seoond place, it refiiRed to go into the qaetioD of fraud, and in the third place, havinj; swnu to deoïde accordtng to the coustitution of the Tnittd Stat-s. they, the cbosi'ii ininistors and high priosts of thüt i'onstitution, at and cloned tlieü' oars againnt the expfe.istd voioo and will vt that CÚDHtitution, ag: luit anj proof us to the incligibility of two ol tUese e.leetof". wfill knuwu. disputad and undoubted. Tho Returning Bonrd violated tbc EWction luw, and no lawyer has cvor doubted it. No lawver will over dispute it. It tx a principio of luw familiar to rvrry noophyte in tho DtofU1 nion tlmt whatcvèr ix ñoño in opposltlon to tho declared will of tlic pcoplc throogh theli cpnstltlltion Ir au absolute ntilllty. Ihit again, edr, they refusrd to neai am rtfoof 9 fraud; Frattd - !t öblJtWatt it vttlatBS -vr" vltijng. Jt Unclasps tllb clntclies of thb most skillfúlty driiwn mbrcgkirg nel aíoiitul real estáte, ft vitinti'K even wie snnctity of tho marriage tie, and vet tlu's groat Governnicnt, which was ablc to suminon .3,(KI0;0OO in its defenae, which was able' to sliaké tlie world by the. eartliQuake of its agony anti strtlggle lol' soH-prosfTvfttlon, must fall hopeleaaly paralyzed befare the fraud oonveyed to it by fonr moa whose aot.-f are black with crimo, whose soul aro geared with jury - ayo, blacker than Judas Isoariot, nnd i whom if were base flattery to cali men. Asto the , eligibility of these electora under the constitutinn. these Commissioners who had BWOTQ to dooide aooordlng to the constitution, rh T said beforo, snt thrc. these Wgh pfiestai thos" choson : mlnlxtWj with thesttpld wiiji'll is Held by tllis tloiisó and by the Sennte placed in their handx to guard the conxütution, and to guard this Government against the Ilegal vote of tliin Electoral College, vet they sat thereandrefused to hear the must poxitire and convineing testimony of the ineh'gibility of two of these electors. Kir, the deed is done. The crime is arcomplished. For fooi years from tho 4th of Miireh next the Kepublican party will hold the shadow of exeentive power, 1 ay the nliadow, bemnse tbc "botanr1; of i'stlrpfti powW i over and (Mil ni ver b8 l:eallzriL 'int: Iniiiililtaj cil of Gustave Dore han illustrated thé logóud i of tbc wandering Jew. Yon havo all seen it. In all tliat dreary march of yearx he found no rost, no reating-plaoe from bis crime and itri memories. Whether amid tho bvisy hnunts cif meu or in tho dim niskw of tho forost, whether upon the mountain top or amid the roar and xpray of the ocoan storm, there was ever Uie memorv of the crime of the Jew, the palo, suffering face of the Rodoemor. and the accusing voiee forever in bis ear. So it must be with the Repúblicas partv nnd tb'1 nnjust .fudtr'-s of thix cumniÍKsioli ...'I1!1 spo'ls of offW'u wlil not cominHatts it. 'Ih'ë. plendors of tno l'residontial receptioiiB and levees cannot banish its presonce. The silenee and gravitv of the Cabinot meetingH will not banish or liush its accuxing voic, and in fonr yeard more this great American jeople, thiB wronged, ouüagod peoplo, will riso in their majexty and will hm-l these dnuiken guest of the feant from power everywbere, and brand with the indolible brand of infumy th&ie mfcn who have aided, countenanced, abetted, and defended this monstroua crime. Mr. Foster, of Ohio, who represents the district in which Gov. Hayos resides, Bpoke of the duty of bitth partles to abitle bv the decisión of the Electoral CumniUslon. anti said this is not a timn foi' inptf ])iil'ty nxliltatloii; The cxultation oí Ü1P patriot" over tlifi natioh's (■st'apR from the dangers that threatoned its peaee, prosperity, and happiness is fitting and proper. In the triumph of ]w ace over disorder and poa, sible civil war. botb pnrties can unite in exultai tion. Whïle I do not rejoice siuiply iu a party sense, I do rejoice that one of the purest and most patriotic of our fellow-citizcns is to guide the affairx of this Government for the four years to come, lïepresenting as I do the district in which Gov. Hayes resides, and bting a lífrlong uwilllMM of hls, 1 bilt spt'ak the opinloli of all pei-smis who know htm when ï say that his administration will bc wise, patriotic and just, notwithstanding whatever may bc said to tbc contrary here or elscwhere. TÍie people of the country may confidently exect from him not only a fair, hut a gonerous, consideration. His letter of acceptance is the expression of a man of the broadest and loftiest patriotism. I feel certain that I shall 1h' sustained by bis ncts whan I say that his highest ambition will bo to admlnlitet the (iiivenimrnt so pntriotlciilly and wlsely as to wipe awny evi'iy neceaslt.V of pxcusc ! for the forniatloli of phltit's on fl soettotlal basis, and all traces of party color linea ; that thereaiter and forever we shall hear no more of a solid South or a united North. The flag shall float over States, not provincos ; over freemen, not subjects. When ! Gov. Haves ap]ealed to the people of the South in his letter of accept&nco, he addressed them as "My countrymen," and why not lus countrymen ? Are not the Souüiera States the equal of those of the North, Eat or West, and is not the South au integral part of the nat ion? It has bren said sneorfngly, and for tb11 pjor pose of stlrring the wild passlollfi of the hiiinnn hoait to bad actions, that the Sotitli, luider President Hayes, must submit to an unconditional surrender to the Republican party. No, ir ; no such demand will le made. AU that will be expected is patriotic co-operation of the Southern patriots in the great work of restoration throngh the Union, the Con! stitution, and enforcement of the ' laws. In this great work the representa[ tive men of the South have already distinguished themselves for patriotism and states manship dming the pendency of this present crisin ín our lilxtorv, Mr. Sparks, of Illinois, in repryto Mr. Foster, said that he doubted the patriotism of any man who took an office thnist upon him by fraud, and which he knew he got through fraud. He imagined ''thelittle gentlemen f rom Grammercy Park " paying a visit to Hayes at the White House, and saying, as he took up his bat to leavc, "Sir, a quartcr of a million of people voted for me more than voted for you, and a clearly-defined majority of the electoral vote of the country was foï me, hut through your rus cally, scoundrelly, fraudnlent llotiiniiñg líoards 1 you havo stolen the office from mo," Itegtiltif lröCplhigM. Tuksdat, Feb. 20.- Sexate.- The Señale mot at 10 o'dock, l)ut 110 hutúncas wii don, the Senators only awaitiníí a notificatinn that the Houno was ready to continue the count of the electoral vote. Tlrb notiHcHlloü was ïnfldfMit lilJO, andthr Kcnatc ropaired to the chalnbef OÍ t)lO llollfiP Of !toiTHPHttÍVCH. XTion remming. t 2i80 p. m., the mm f f"""""', the alleged int'ligiblo elector froin Michigan, wbb taken tip, aiid the following re&olution, ofïered by Mr. AlliHon, was adopted by a vote f 40 to 17 : iiJ('.i4lri}, That paid vote be counted with the othnr votes of the doctors of Baid Stat, notwithrttandiiiK Uu 0DJ6CuODjB made uiereto. TIn followinjí, alBO by Mr. Alu'son, wu unaiiiiuoimly agreed to : " Henal red, That the objection made to the vote of Daniel L. Orotwman, one of the elector of Michigan, is not good in law, and is not auatained by any hiwfnl evidence.". . . The Senat1 theu repaiml to the Hll nf the Hontw for th pUfpcfeé of reinuning tile count, hut nhortly ietlirned to cnfiflidor the o)jections to the vote of K. M. Dagge ttt on e of the Nevada electora. The matter was speedily disposed of by the unaniniour adnptinn of a renolutiou ofi fered iy Mr. Jonen, of Nevada, that the vote of Dagge tt be CGimted, notwitbstandiug the objections thereto, pOÜfs, - As fimn h-í the House was callerï to order the regular hufiineee of the day waa Introducta by Mr. Gibson, who offcred a resolntion that the Haynn elflDtolti votefl of 3oiiiiana c not countod, ' The diftcUHsion was carried on without any j Bjecial excitement on either side, thi; , Republicana npeakine in support of the dcinion of tlie, xmïni.slOU, BUrt the Dcmocrutij in npIKwitiou. The only exceptiou wan in the cane of Iteprctientative Soelye, who made a brief speech, advocating the throwing of the vote of the St;itc (Louixiana) out altogether. lie .-nut that be bolle vod the Democratie chargea of fraud ■gttfaut the RepublicanH, and the Ilej publican charges of intiniidation Dgainut the Dcnincrat!') mid for that rcanon hc thought the voto of Ntjite oqghi not to be ooanted. Tli. debato Inwint two and a half hoiirn, and t itw -1ohp tJbe yeu and naya were ordered on Mr. oibnon's resolution that tli' vote of Louimiina, declarod 1 the ! Klectoral Oomniinsion, nliall not be (unU'd, the VOte Ktandtng 172 yen to í)9 nayH. Two Bapnbttouu voted with the Demx;raU in favor of the roHOlution - Misurs. Soelye and lifrce, of MaMwidniHrttH. A iutMsHgo wan n-nt to the Senate that tbfl Houne na ready to meet that body iu joint convention. The Houho nbnequcntly met again, to ctnnider the objectiotis oiTcrrd to the counting of the vote of D. L. Crcwpinan, one of the Michitfjui eleoton Mr, 't'ucker onered a rewolutfon that the vote of Cronniuan le not counted. Mr. Ji'nkH oñVrrd a BUbffUtUta to tin cflpct that, a it wiw not proven at the time of liin apiointinctit th;it C'rotwniau mi au offloer of the DoMed BUtei, therefore, that the vote objected to be counted. Tuis wan agreed to without a división. The two houne then nut in JOÜM Beáiion. At a later huur, iftet tbc joint sesnion had adjourued to cousider the objeotionw to counting the vote of Elector Daggett, of Nevada, the House voted to adjourn, without taking up the case of Nevada. Joint Convbhtios.- At 1:35 the Senate and Houhc met in joint convention. The prewiding oftiOecfltatfld that the two houfes actiug scpurately liatl coiwidired and decidcd objectiouK to the eettlfiattea rontt he State of Louiiana, and that the action of each Houbí' would now be read. Tuis having leen done, the pnudlng ofticor stated that the two houaea not having decided otherwine, the decisión of til oommlfluon would stand in foroe, and he reotad the tellerH to declare tho Vote Looistaiu. Senator Allinon, one of the téUers, tberepon anOOmÚsOd Uiat I,oniíiíina luid tfivefl elght : vot h for Hayo fr l'rewident, and eiht votes for Wheeler for Vice Prertident. Tho po was un nuinifOKtation of any kind at the i nmmerment. and the opening and countiug of the OertfflcaAea prtJOWddd, State of Maino giving aoven votee for Huyen and Wheeler, Maryland elghl votes for Tilden and Hendricks, and MasK:tohtiKttH llulilnnn votaa ta Bayoa and wheeirr. iien the certifícate froin the State of Michigan waa read, glving eleven vote for llaves and Whfeler, Mr. Tuckcr, of Virgiuia, rtwe and presented an objoction to tlie counting of the voto of Daniel Ij. (irossman, one i of the elector, declaring that one lïenton Haiiclictt , having Ih'í-ji electod one of the electora for the State of Mtéhigall, and havin heUl and is still holding the office of Unlted Htato CommiKhioner, had abwnt4-il hiuisf-lf' frnn the meeting OÍ the electora ra tlw sth "f Deconbar, and that hia pUoe had been fiUed )y the ofhet aleotois. The two Bónaaa ItifmrnrnnTBtort tn oonridei andootupon the , objections. At ftQO p. m. the Benatora aaln entered Hall oi the Etouae, and tba }otnt oonTentkm waa reauroed After the annonnoomairt f (He ooncurvent acjion m each houee in oVerruling th objection in the caae of one of the MichiKan electiva, the eleven votea qJ tnal Slate were announced uk beiug cast lor Hay en and Wheeler. Ttfien j foüowed the State of Minnenota, with 9 votes f pr Hayos and Wli.!rr : MifKÍHippi, with 8: votca ïor Tijden and Hendrickfl ; UUwouHt with 16 votes for Tilden and ËCendricka ; Nobraaka, with :i votm Lor Hayea and Wheeler; and Nevad, with 8 votes for Hayea and Wheeler. Mr. Springer objected to tho oounl i( one of Uie votea oí nevada, on the grouñd Unit Elector R. BI. Dággett waá a Dnited statea Commiralonei t Ihe time of hia appointment. The objection havlng been rea4t Uw Benitora. witbilrew. WïbMsDAV. TYb. 21. Mi'. Mitoli ell, frotn the Oommtttoe on Privilege and Btoottone, tjubinitted a long reiMirt in the Otftae oí tho órfgen tootora, aud akcd that it lie prlnted in the iecord. Übjcctiou wan made by Davitt and Kornan. who , d-unitd tie report should be priutt.il other I porta. Mr. Mítcholl withdrew his motton and the I report was orderod printed in the nmialxnanner.... Mr. Shorman, froín Committee on Financo, I portod a bul to aid in.tho retmmption of specie ! 1 tneutflt ■The legislativo, Judicial and Kxecutive I ! n nd the Poetoflioe Appropriation billa rere ilistívmeáf Affldüded ntid flnaiiy piMML Hot'sr..- Testímtmy to stmtnln tuo objeetfon ! ngainst tilo I voto ef lt. M. Daggdtt, of , {féTidftj "b Mftd) tf-HereUpon Mr. SpTÍñeí, whn i Surte tilo objectioH, dfféftd A rfrarfiUllHii tíwt tijiwttto1 ; b cóÜilted, and oxplaiüed that nn error lina btfeü made in describing the orno held to Daggett as thnt i of United States ComniÍPKÍoner, while testtmom Khowed tlmt he hrld the offiwoí Clftrk of the United j Matea ('uurt. The resolutinii was agriad to without división. lhe Senate was then notined that the Eíoitee was ready k cnnfjftue thc eount, and toe fcwo 1odic8 met in joiiu k i Joint Convention. - The Sonate and House met in joint session for tho prapose of counting the j electoral votes. Thc preniding oflicer having called the meeting to oran and directel the reading of the n'snlutione OÍ each house in favor of counting the votes of nevada, a teller then announced that Nevada ad QMt íl TOtM fr Haven and Wheeler. Then followcd, in fluccexRlon, tho fltate of New HampKUrj MriMt ñ vt"8 for Have ftnd Wlieelcr J New ïèrsèy,! riflfe föf Iflfleö ttf A'etnltlsks! ew York, 33 votes íor Tilden aiid Hendricks ; rïorth , Carolina, 10 votes for Tilden und Hendrickn ; Ohio, ■2 votes for Haycs and Wheeler. The presiding of fleer now opened and hamled to tho teller thr first certifícate received f rom Oregon. It wa read by Mr. Stone, and proved to bc the sworn certifícate of the tlnvr Ilayr-H electora, Cartwright, Odell and Watts, Axecuted bef ore n notary public. The paper contain a full statement of the doings of the three. electora, the ivslgnation of Wattn au Poatmnstcr, hi nubsennent cEoioe to the otkev two electora, the original bailóla Cdst by tile tiiree eléctórs, etc. TBey were rr-nd iii full. Tlie presiding offloer then handed to Uu tfeUëft jttfi bertuloate of the three rival electora - Croriin, Stiller, aöd Parker, authenticated by the gnatures of tile GdveMítfr and, Secretary of State, with the eeal of the State atUehed, Thifl certincato gives two votes i to HaycB and Wheeler, and one vote to Tilden and i HeudrickH. Senator Mitchell presented object oiih to the certiucate of Cronin. MÜler and Parker, on the groundB : First, Ix'canne neither of the pernonn nunifd in said certifícate were appointed electora, ae J providel by the lawH of Oregon. Hecond, that Watts, Odell and ('artvri;ïht W6M clected by the peoplp of Oregon, in the manner prescribed by the lawM of OreKn. Tliird, bftGftUM it does not uppear i that the jprnon nimed In the Cronin certificate rebeivéd kfie tUroal tmtnbrr of vrfpa at the electiuu foi 'lectora. Fourtli, becauHO it appears f rom the rertifieate i' the Secretary of State j th;it Odell, Cartwright and Watts were only elected. í l-'iítli, bécaHae it apjwarB ly eaid certifleate tlia) ■ (Xlell and (artwriKht coiutituted a niajority of the Electoral f'ollege, and eontrolled the Klcctoral College on the fith day of Doceniber. The objectionn werft BignííV by 8enatrK MiU-hell and Knrgent and by Repreeentatlves Lawrenoe, Bnrchard (111.) and McDill. Senator Kelly preentel objectioun to tlie certifleate of (iartwright, Odell and Watts : First that e ach certifícate has not the certifícate oí the Governor of Oregon anuexed, as required by law. Seeond, that the Secretary if State has no power to glve a certifleate, except in cxfflnebKlB with tlxe Governor. Third, that Baid WatU was ineligible beoatUM of holding a Federal oínce. ' Fmirtn, tlmt ( 'artwright and Odell had no right of ántílority il law to apiHiut Watt to m an elector on Uec. ti,iS7ti, an tliere wa iin rnwiney. FiHh, that it ■ waa the right and dnty of thf (íoverlior oí Oregon i to give (Jnmin a certifícate oí clection. Sixth, that Odell and ('artwright hal no right to appoint Watts, 1 as there waa no vacancy, Cronin liaving been elected. Se vent h, that OdeÜ and Cartwright had no right to appoint Watts bocauto they diil have the power to nll vacoueies. Thuiwday, Feb. 22.- Sf.natk.- Mr. Kernan introtlueed a bilí to authorize the New York Land ! and Ocean Telegraph Company, a corporation under the mw of Kew York to lny, land and malntain linefl of telegraph cable oh the Atlatitic coast, to ( communicatc with Kurope. Referred . . . . A bilí appropriating $250,000, to erect a ftre-proof building adjoining the Hmithsonian Institution for a national [ niuseiun, wae paieed. House. - A resol ution was adopted authorizïng i thc Preident to accept the statne of " Liberty ! '■ lighteuine the World." when r-rewented by the ! 1 French republic, and to desígnate a mutable site for ! the Htutue on either Governor'a or Bedloe's island. . , , A large portion of the day waa connumed in commitlve of the wlinlr, onthe Deflriency Appropriation bilí, Fhiday, t'cl). 28. Sf.natV:. Tbo Sfiiato de. voted the eutire day to the connideration of the Naal Appropriation bilí, whlch was Anally passed. HOCSS. - The rntire ■nwtnn was conannied, in committee of the whole, npon the Sundry Civil Appropriation bilí. Hatcrday. Feb. 24. - Senate. - The Preai, dent pro tem. presented a coinnmnication froín the President of the fLlectoral Comraission, conveying the deciwion of the coniimssion regarding the ' . electoral votes froín Orejón, inwl the Ilouse. was no, tined that tlie Kenato was ready to reumr tbe emmtInfl of the VOtCS f the States. Shortly afierwardthe s.'imtors innrehed to tlw Mali of the House. .. .Üpon i the return of ttto ftenftte, Mr. Hargont Babmltted a resol ution tliat the decisión of the comnilssion upon 't the electoral vote of Oregon stand as Uie judgnient j i of the Senate. .The resolntion was adopted, and j l the Seuate again proceeded to the Hall of the House to continue the count. Hou.sk. - The Amiy Appropriation bill was reportel from the Appropriation Committee and or! dered printed. It reduces the number of cav alry regimenté to eight ; artillery to four, and infautry to Bisteen, and contains a provino liroltibitiutí any of the money appropriated by the bill froln being uppUpl for the jy, transiMrtation I or BubaiatStLce of ttfoopa to be eiuployed in support of the HiiiniK of either Ñicholln or l'ackard as Governor of Louieiana, or in nupport of the rival Igi8. latures in aaid State, and prohibits the employment of any i)ortion of the army in support of the claims of any State Government or anyomcers of any state i nntil duly recognized by (Jongress. . ..Tlie Senate amendments to the Poütofllce Appropriation bill were non-concnrrel in, and a conference coimnittee ordered .... The House received the Senate at noon for the purpose of proceeding with , the electoral count After the wlthdrawal of the ; Senate, a motion to adjourn was voted down. After oonaidenbte ftlíbustering and mnch confusión, the : House was brouffht to hmrinofll by tlie presentation of the follówing, by Mr. Hale : ""Ordered, That the couut of tile electoral vote oí the State of Oregon nhall prweed in conformity with the decisión of the K lectora 1 Cotatoinsion." Mr. ÏAue oflered tlie foilowing as a substitute : " Ordered, Tlmt the ; vote purporting to Ik the electoral vote : for President and Vice President, and whkh ! was given by one John W. Watts, clainiing to be an elector from the State of Oregon, be not counted." In the disoiuslon, which did ntt diflfer in ubstanee froni tbat whicli took place in the cases of Floridu and Louisiana, Mesure. Lawrence, Phillips, LeMoyne, 8tevennon, Neal, Wodwrth, SiimpKon. CaUhvell, Urown, Clymer, and Bnrchard (Hl.) made addresses. Mr. Hewitt arraigned Mr. Hoar i for liad i'iiith iii deciding in the commission contrary i to his expresned views in the House and in the couïn i i 1 1 ■ ■■ by which the Electoral lill was f ramed. Mr. Hoar, replyiug, de.scriled Hewitt as a man rickety, haky, crazy, and out of joint. The i Mi. use tnmlU voted to disagroe vith the decisión ol tlie Klectoral 'ommÍKion in the cage of Oregon, i and the Senute was notincri. Joint ('onvfntion. - The two houses met in joint oonvennon at noou, and the l ciKionnf EÜeotoraJ Tribunal touching the votes from Oregon was read. In response to an inqulry froni the presiding ofli1 eer whether there were any objections to the decisión, Senator Kelly pneuted objections on behalf of the Demoerats, based upou the following grounds : First, that Watte was not elected ; uecond, th&t hc v,an not ; )) m d ; itii''l, thüt he was liiuahiir' to receive any appoiiititifiit as r. Pr.-Huleiitial elector, orto Hit aw BOCA, a he held au office of frurt and profit under the i United States ; fourth, that Cronin was elected a ! Presidential elector for Oregon, and Ín accordance i with law cast the legal vote s sueh elector for Til. den, aud that uch vote should bo countod. The 1 Senate thereupon withdrew to its chamber. Suti: seqnently tlie two houses again met in joint seaafon, , the vote of Oregon was counted for Hayet, and the , electoral certincates of Peunsvlvania were read. , Objections being called for, object ion was offered to the vote of Klector Morrill, nd tlie Senaie retirad ! without dÍHciisHÍng the queution. Monday, Feh, 2f. -A conmmiúca1 tion froín Justiee (Uifford wíib read, aiinounciiif that Senator Thurman, on account of üliifllfl. liad , resigned as a nieiuber of the Klcctoral (,'oinminsion. On niotion of Mr. MelïimaM, Mr. Kernan wasunanimouHly choseu to íill the vacancy. .. .At 3:10 the i Senate ww ofticially uotiñed of the actiou of the ! House in the Punnsylvania case, and the two housen ■ thereupou met in joint scHtüion. Upon returning at :i::ío, the President pro Mm. aunounced that the Beaate retired frnn the joint meeting upon oljectlon made to the oerttneate of Ithoïe Islaud. The SeiTttary rend tlie oT)jection to the vote of t William S. Slater, appointed elect4r by the Legifttature in place of (Jetfrue H. i'orlbw. Mr. Burnside Kiibmitted a resoliiti n that the vote of William S. ! Slater le cQBDjte with the other rotea of tbe 'lector of Khodf Inlanl, notwithHtaiuUuK the objections ! made thcreto. After a brief debate, tlie jtiestion ! lring on tlie resolution ot Mr. litiriiKide, it was unitniiiiounly agreed to- yea, 57 ; nays, none. At .":".% the Senate again met the House. Upon ri-turn1 ing at 6:30, the President pro tempore annouuced ' that the Senate hu ving retired from tho joint i meeting of the two housen upon an objection submltted to thc from South ('arolinn, and the paperu liaing leen submitted to the Electoral Comniission, the Senate would now rewume legislativo businesH Conference committees ajipointed on the Dcticiency, Naval and Legislative Appropriation bilis. Houuk.- After considerable filibustríng the HOUH ilecia.'d. by a vote of 133 to U6, to listen to the read ing of the tentimony taken bf-fore the BOUH Committee on Privileges in the case of Klector Boggn, oi' J'misylviniia, appointed inptead of Daniel -T. Morrill, ('entennial 'ommissiouer. Mr. Kelley then offered a resolntion tliat the vote 1 BoggH should be oounted, and Mr. StenRer offei-ed h subfftttota thut it nhould not be. A long aud excitiiiR debate ensued, in the course of which Mr. Hewitt ftg4n arniigne! Mr. Hoar for lwd faitl, hut ap]n;iUil to the l)e.nioíTats to yield to the decisión, and trust t the ballot-t kx for the remedy. The memben nthesed avound hlm in excited circles, and, as he clowed with nu invocatiou for peaiw, he was asked by Mr. ('ate, of Wiwonniii, why, if the decisión wa infamouH, he advied yielding to it? Hewitt's rej)ly -.vas: "It is lwttor to y i ■ 1 1 1 Ukan to precipítate miarchy and revolution." Then tbe BeoUmettt was oharaoterlxed by ('ate a cowardly. Mr. Yeates, of North Oaroliiuk, fOTOed hi way through the circle, and with a flunlu'd face and ex;ited manner esdasned, addrtmmg liimsclf to -Ut. Chte ad tba Demoofata wln wei-o oppoKing aoquieaoenoe. Thone wbo denouuce uh now as oowarda when tbe ptnob catnr Dftaeo years ñáo turned ajninal na.1 Mr. Btanger?B subatttolo was adoptad reas, 135; naya. no. The two boaaea Otea met in joint wepnion, but nhortly after separate.d for the purpose of considering the objeetiou to the counting of the vote of Elector Sl;it r, of Khode Tttland. A motion to adjourn for the day. was voted down. Tlie House then decided that tlie vote of Slater tíboiUd be coiuitod, and the two housea again mét in joint convention. After aepaxatíng, the House adjonmed for the day. JooVX ('onvkktion. - The two hotises met in joint Hession, and, the action of each house huving ïeen read, the prStMfng OftOttf announced that, tlie two lumwes not haviiifí concurrid otliírwife, tlie votes of IVnnHvlvania would le eounted. Senntor AlUaon, one oí ttie tellerH, {hereiipon amumiujed tliut the Btote t I'eimiylvania tind fftren twentyc yote ior Haycs and Wh..r. TluO rtituat' frOKQ ïthiRit: Inland vu toBU ii ul. and objeetiou WH offered to thfc counting of tbe vote oí Elector Hlater, whereupon the two houtti-H Kt'parated for thc purpoee of 0 TOtriderlnK objection. The joint sesion was rwoBIOd M Öp. m., twd the four votee of Hhorte ïnl;iml were tnnounbed fia cast for Hayos aud Whe lor. The oext certillcatc opcncd was tbat from Houtli Carolina, autlienticatod by Gov. Chamberlalu, nhowiug pnvpn vrrtrn fnr Huyen ond Wbeeler. lt wa f'jllowM by atwilier fefttLotp iliowing tM?vcn .H.n for TililPti and JleudriclíK, Witli a nl.-fU-h'-Ht fco rti' flpctdra pxplsinlng 111 alfnro of thr rtoviniOr h I f iiÜKMitinitimi. Objectftm vwoftV-rfcl lo the Itopnl - i i.i it n i-Tí Ï'h -'i oh thí ground tlial UkT6 wan no loal j Rlecitfon In MoittJi Oarolïiift tw PmiIdettUl oleolAre;] i'Jí Hiat thiTdid ilot i'i-t. M füi' ol UieoleOtiotí, a miiltilicnti ftm of gtvpfiitni-üt ííl tllat Hut ; ■-I ■ tl'.if Uit' fttll ■■r'-iic of ttif ri-(iit rif fitffrago w&a ju-, "íííí-cí, 1., WiHtetf iitV-rtorrticp il) Ülat United ftUtea Murciáis wtfe BWÜÖÜfa it'..1" IIo111, tnircby Intcrfering with tho oxíriinf of (Ijp rltf-H of mffMgto. Objëettonswwe prfwntrd to th Dem i ocratic ecUflCAte 1) Ijtohusc the clectort. wnre not duly sppolnted ; (2) becauae thr votos are not crtiürd by thr ftovornor ol thr Stotr ; (H) Ikv cihc the papfrti have not aunfxrd to tlii'iu the juuñefl 01 ïi.c SlBttwsj roflulred by the Uwe oí South OAroUni ; (4) bpcauno tnfi Ma" i4frtOTH wew -liüy ohOMO in accordanco witli tbotowsöl Stftith ('jimlimi jjihI ct-rtified by the Govomor. The objert;niiH hiiving leen reail, they werc HUbmittod to the Electoral Coiuini(öion for it .iudginent and aecision, and the Senate retired to itn own chuinber.