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Louisiana, the case of-

submitted to the Electoral Commission..

decision on, by the Electoral Commission.

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certificates and objections referred to the Electoral Commission in.
Lynde, William P., & Representative from Wisconsin-
objections offered in joint convention by, against counting the vote of Will-
iam L. Downs as an elector for the State of Wisconsin...
motions made by, to take a recess..
resolution offered by, that the vote of Daniel L. Downs as an elector of the
State of Wisconsin should not be counted, because he held an office
of trust and profit under the United States, and therefore was not
constitutionally appointed an elector by the said State of Wiscon-

sin....

Maine, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted....
Maryland, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted....

Massachusetts, the State of―

electoral votes of, counted.

Matthews, Stanley, connsel-

interlocutory remarks by, on the-

Louisiana case

Oregon case..

South Carolina case

arguments by, on the-

Florida case

Oregon case..

M.

McCrary, George W., an objector on the part of the House-

points of order raised by.

argument by, on the Florida case..

McDonald, Joseph E., an objector on the part of the Senate-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the Louisiana case.

out the words " is not good in law, and".

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motion made by, to amend a resolution of Mr. Senator Allison, by striking

resolution offered by, Whereas the Electoral Commission created under the
act of Congress approved January 29, 1877, entitled "An act to pro-
vide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-
President, and the decision of questions arising thereon, for the term
commencing March 4, A. D. 1877," has according to said act commu-
nicated to the Senate the fact of the physical inability of Senator
Allen G. Thurman, a member of said Commission, to perform the
duties required by said act: Therefore, Resolved, That Francis Ker-
nan, a Senator from the State of New York, be, and he hereby is, ap-
pointed a member of said Commission, to fill the place so made
vacant by said physical inability of said Thurman, as required by
said act...

interlocutory remarks by, on the Louisiana case..

argument by, on the Louisiana case

McGrew, J. M., Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, a witness-

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communication from, announcing the physical inability of Hon. Allen G.
Thurman to perform his duties as a member of the Electoral Com-
mission

McMahon, John A., a Representative from Ohio—

resolution offered by, that the Senate be notified that the House of Repre-
sentatives will be ready to meet the Senate in joint convention at
one o'clock p. m. this day, for the purpose of continuing the count
of the electoral vote....

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Merrick, Richard T., counsel-Continued.

briefs submitted by, in the Louisiana case.

Merrimon, Augustus S., a Senator from North Carolina-

resolution offered by, that it is competent to receive testimony to sustain
the several exceptions to the decision of the Electoral Commission in
the South Carolina case....

Michigan, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)

Miller, Samuel F., an associate justice of the Supreme Court, member of the

Commission-

act of Congress appointing..

sworn and certificate of oath filed..

motions made by-

to adjourn

to take a recess.

that the objections to certificates in the Florida case be heard as one ob-
jection to each set of electors, and be argued together.....

that the objectors to the second certificate in the Florida case have until
three o'clock to present their statement......

that counsel be allowed two hours on each side to discuss the question
whether any evidence will be considered by the Commission that
was not submitted to the two Houses by the President of the Sen-
ate; and, if so, what evidence can properly be considered; and,
also, the question, what is the evidence now before the Commission.
that Commissioners Strong, Frelinghuysen, and Bradley be a committee to
draught a report, as required by law, of the action of the Commis-
sion in the Louisiana case.....

orders submitted by-
that no evidence will be received or considered by the Commission which
was not submitted to the joint convention of the two Houses by the
President of the Senate with the different certificates, except such.
as relates to the eligibility of F. C. Humphreys, one of the electors.
that the decision and report submitted by the committee appointed to pre-
pare it, be adopted as the decision of the Commission on the matters
submitted to it touching the electoral votes of the State of Louis-
iana
that the President inform the Senate by letter that the Commission has
considered and decided upon the matters submitted to it, under the
act of Congress concerning the same, touching the electoral votes
from the State of Louisiana, and transmit the same....
that the President inform the House of Representatives by letter that the
Commission has considered and decided upon the matters submitted
to it under the act of Congress concerning the same, touching the
electoral votes from the State of Louisiana, and has transmitted said
decision to the President of the Senate, and transmit the same.....
that the decision and report submitted by the committee appointed to
prepare it, be adopted as the decision of the Commission on the mat-
ters submitted to it touching the electoral vote of the State of South
Carolina

that the President inform the Senate by letter that the Commission has
considered and decided upon the matters submitted to it, under the
act of Congress concerning the same, touching the electoral votes
from the State of South Carolina, and transmit the same....
that the President inform the House of Representatives by letter that the
Commission has considered and decided upon the matters submitted
to it, under the act of Congress concerning the same, touching the
electoral votes from the State of South Carolina, and has transmit-
ted said decision to the President of the Senate...
that the injunction of secrecy imposed on the acts and proceedings of the
Commission be removed

that 450 copies of the Record (after all the proceedings, including the
arguments of the Commissioners, shall have been published) shall
be bound with an index, under the care of the Secretary and his as-
sistants, and distributed equally among the members of the Com-
mission

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the-
business of the Commission..

Florida case....

Louisiana case......

Oregon case....

South Carolina case

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dent by the House of Representatives...

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Oregon case....

Mills, Roger Q., a Representative from Texas-

floor claimed by, to offer a resolution for the immediate election of a Presi-

Minnesota, the State of-

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Mitchell, John H., an objector on the part of the Senate-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the Oregon case.

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incidental remarks by..

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interlocutory remarks by, on the Oregon case.

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sworn and certificate of oath filed

argument by, on the Oregon case...

Money, Hernando D., a Representative from Mississippi-

motion made by, to reconsider certain vote....

Morse, Alexander Porter, counsel..

Morton, Oliver P., a Senator from Indiana, member of the Commission-
appointed by the Senate

motions made by-

to adjourn

that the motion of Mr. Commissioner Hoar be amended so as to include
the printing of the election-laws of the States of Florida, Louisiana,
Oregon, and South Carolina..

that the doors be closed.....

that a committee of three members of the Commission be appointed to pre-
pare the report in the Louisiana case, and that an intermission be
taken of one hour for that purpose..

orders submitted by-

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that the injunction of secrecy imposed on the acts and proceedings of the
Commission be removed.....

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that the time heretofore allowed for the filing of opinions by members of
the Commission be extended until the close of the month of March..
resolutions offered by-

that the persons named as electors in certificate No. 1 were the lawful
electors of the State of Louisiana, and that their votes are the votes
provided by the Constitution of the United States, and should be
counted for President and Vice-President....

that W. H. Odell, John C. Cartwright, and John W. Watts, the persons
named as electors in certificate No. 1, were the lawful electors of the
State of Oregon, and that their votes are the votes provided for by the
Constitution of the United States, and should be counted for Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United States.....

that it is not competent for the two Houses, assembled for the purpose of
counting the votes for President and Vice-President, to inquire by
evidence whether a State regularly represented in the two Houses
of Congress, and recognized as a State of the United States by the
other departments of the Government, has a government republican
in form. Resolved, That while the existence of public disturbance
and anarchy in any State to such an extent as to make it impossible
for the State to exercise its right to appoint electors of President
and Vice-President, and to express its will in that behalf, is sufficient
cause for rejecting any electoral votes purporting to be the votes of
electors appointed thereby, yet, that when a State is regularly repre-
sented as a State in the Congress of the United States, and is recog
nized as a State by the other departments of the Government, and
has a government republican in form, and does appoint electors in
the manner prescribed by the legislature thereof, evidence cannot
be received by the two Houses of Congress assembled to count the
votes for President and Vice-President as aforesaid to show that
disturbances existed at the time of election which may have inter-
fered, to a greater or less extent, with the freedom of election at the
polls in said State. Resolved, That it is not competent for the two

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Morton, Oliver P.-Continued.

Houses of Congress when assembled to count the votes for President
and Vice-President by taking evidence to inquire into the regularity
of the action of the President of the United States in sending a
military force into any State for the preservation of order or the
suppression of insurrection and domestic violence in order by such
proof to lay a ground for rejecting the electoral vote of said State.
Resolved, That in view of the propositions contained in the three
foregoing resolutions the evidence offered to show that the State of
South Carolina at the late election did not have a republican form
of government, and the evidence offered on the subject of disorder
and violence and the presence of troops in said State during said
election, is not competent, but that notwithstanding the offer of
such evidence the electoral votes of South Carolina ought to be
received and counted if not objectionable on other grounds.
Resolved, That the other objections to certificate No. 1 show no
valid cause for rejecting the same.

that C. C. Bowen, J. Winsmith, Thomas B. Johnston, Timoth's Hurley, W.
B. Nash, Wilson Cook, and W. F. Myers, the persons named as elect-
ors in certificate No. 1, were the lawful electors for the State of
South Carolina, and that their votes are the votes provided for by
the Constitution of the United States, and should be counted for
President and Vice-President of the United States

that the thanks of this Commission are due to Commissioner Clifford for
the ability, impartiality, and urbanity with which he has presided
over its deliberations..

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the-
business of the Commission.

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electoral votes of, counted..

Nevada, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)

New Hampshire, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted

New Jersey, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted.

New York, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted

North Carolina, the State of—

electoral votes of, counted

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O'Brien, William J., a Representative from Maryland-

objections offered in joint convention by, to the certificate from the State

of Rhode Island..

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motion made by, to reconsider certain votes

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resolution offered by, that the vote of William S. Slater as elector for the

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certificates and objections referred to the Electoral Commission in.

Organization of the Electoral Commission..

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Page, Horace F., a Representative from California-
incidental remarks by, in joint convention....
Patterson, John J., a Senator from South Carolina-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the South Carolina case...
Payne, Henry B., a Representative from Ohio, member of the Commission-
appointed by the House..

sworn and certificate of oath filed

motion made by—

to adjourn

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that the three certificates in the case of Florida be printed, and the ob-
jections thereto

that the time consumed by interruptions of the Commission be not counted.
that the time be extended to counsel on each side for one hour on the gen-

eral question....

to strike out the word "not" in an order submitted by Mr. Commissioner
Hoar

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the-

business of the Commission.

Florida case.

Louisiana case

South Carolina case

Pennsylvania, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)

Philips, John F., a Representative from Missouri-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the South Carolina case....

Poppleton, Earley F., a Representative from Ohio-

objections offered in joint convention by, to the certificate from the State
of Vermont

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Randall, Samuel J., Speaker of the House of Representatives-

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Rhode Island, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)
Robertson, Thomas J., a Senator from South Carolina-
resolution offered by, that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral
vote of the State of South Carolina stand as the judgment of the
Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding
Rules of the Electoral Commission considered, amended, and adopted.......

S.

Sargent, Aaron A., an objector on the part of the Senate-
objections offered in joint convention by, in the Florida case..
order submitted by, that the Secretary notify the House of Representatives
that the Senate is now ready to meet the House to resume the count-
ing of the electoral votes for President and Vice-President.......
resolution offered by, that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral
vote of the State of Oregon stand as the judgment of the Senate,
the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding...
interlocutory remarks by, on the-

Florida case....

Oregon case..

Sayler, Milton, a Representative from Ohio-

motions made by, that the Clerk notify the Senate that the House will be
ready to receive it to proceed with the electoral count.............

Seely, Albert S., a deputy marshal of the Commission-
appointed on motion of President Clifford.................

Senate Chamber, the, use of, tendered to the Electoral Commission.
occupied by the Electoral Commission...

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