Show by telegraph CONGRESS ONAL IONAL 1 HOUSE washington 20 the he house use met at 11 half an hour was consumed in calling tho the roll the re regular gular business of the day was introduced by offering iii pil nn order that the hayes electoral votes for louisiana be not counted hurlbut moved to amend by striking out the word wot bot not the discussion was iras opened by new who said sald that thab ho lie ead had voted for the electoral commission bill without hesitation and he kasnot was not ashamed of the support which ho he had given to that measure he accepted without qualification his humble share of the responsibility ile he would vote vota to sustain the objection to the decision of the C commission ad i he was in favor favot of p proceeding ce without unnecessary delay dolay to tho the completion of the ther count seelye sald said that in the case odthe of the louisiana elect election lon lop ith the corruption on the one sido side seemed as heinous as cruelty on oil tbt he other side was horrible he ile found it quite impossible to bay eay which of the we two EL beets ts of ele eie electors tor s from louisiana had bad the c tru true e enli will 0 of f the people of that state it would ouid bavo havo been hard bard to nind find wiser and more candid men than those who u n ce J eltho decision of the electoral commission Ho tho the strength of their position congress could not be too jealous of the constitutional right of a state to choose its presidential electors joyce declared that the whole scheme of the election to the presidency of the gnand grand fraud draud of gram mercy park had been a superb cheat from beginning to end nie Ble McMahon blahon said sald the decision of the commission in the case of louisiana was one worse in its consequences to the american people than the decision in the uhe florida case asto oregon no democrat looked forward with much hope to thode thede the decision cWon in that case rice bice protested against the wrong and violence embodied in the decision and argued that the whole subject should have been referred back to the commission watterson rose to speak and immediately media telly the floor and galleries were hushed into Itt illness stillness he said eaid if the acceptance of the 1 inevitable t with solution resolution le and dignity be the highest as itis it ia the rarest form of courage known among men it is made harder ia in this present instance by tho the consciousness of double dealing and fodi foul play TWO courses are open to the majority on this floor on the une bue hadd hand a passionate outcry at once oneo ib impotent a potent and childish on the other hand without boffl buering ering needless obstruction to the progress of events an earnest manly but temperate protest against ahat what wa we believe the great and nd grievous wrong in my judgment the latter is our clear and bounden duty ye owe it to the necessities of the case we owe it to the country wo owe it to oun our ourselves because we are aro duped by false falso pretenses pretense sinto into the snare furnished that is no reason why wbk we should forget the obligations that press upon honorable men in the fhe act of passing the electoral commission bill wo provided for the contingency that has come upon us I 1 doted for that measure in perfect good faith falth the result is against us and detestable as I 1 must think the means means that brought it about I 1 accept it as final and shall go to and shall tell them all for as arnow now advised thoy they knew only a 3 part and when they lava taken time for reflect reflection loff they wili will will lam iam I 1 am very sure illustrate the wisdom and grace of moderation doing doling n nothing ting that does not become good citizens life will still stilt go forward in spite of all this therease Ther there oare eare are many lany lauy things to live for fot yeb yet in this rough world and among the rest that day of reckoning dieg dies irod gila illa when the dark shall bo be light and the tho wrong be made right danford defended the decision as one which outside of p party parly feeling 9 would meet the approval of thy whole american people although there had been investigating committees into elections ohis ofis in florida louisiana and oregon which had found much ero cro crookedness yet in all the words spoken the letters written and the telegrams sent there hadnet been traced to the president elect 6 or r tony touy member of his household one word that would bring tho the blush of shame to the american JA applause ihl ue the debate closed at one and hud the house then thed voted on gib sons resolution that the decision of the commission be ie not agreed to and I 1 it f was ad adopted op te d y yeas aas n nays ay s 11 a party vote except seeley and pl pierce erbe of blassi mass 1 who voted with the democrats A message was then sent to the senate thau thai the house was ready to meet that body in joint convention I 1 when michigan was reached in the count of the electoral vote tu tucker ker her objected to counting the vote of daniel L Cross crossman croasman man map the republican elector claiming that crossman had not been duly appointed t J A k for fon recess was voted down by 4 aarde arge majority and nd the house proceeded to di discuss the objection made madd bysacker by tucker against the vote of crossman one of the presidential electors for michigan washington 20 at the senate and house met in joint convention and president dent dont ferry after the usual prell preliminaries in in arless ariess said the two houses not li iving decided other othen otherwise wise tise the deci decision elon slon of the commission on the vote of louisiana which senator allison ag as teller announced as eight foryes for hayes and wheeler would stand approved the counting then proceeded ded aed and maines blaines seven votes were recorded for hayes and wheeler maryland eight for tilden and hendricks massachusetts Blass achu sett s c eight ig ht for hayes and wheeler tucker objected to the el cloven of lof michigan being count edjon account of the ineligibility of daniel I 1 crossman and declaring that one benton Hanchett having baving been elected elector for michigan and having ln held and still holdin holding the office of united states commissioner had bad absented himself from the electoral college and his place had bad been filed filled by the remaining elect ors the object objection loi iol t claims that hanchett i being absent did not create creat e a vacancy and Cr crossman was not duly appointed the testimony of hanchett was that he never resigned his office and therefore remained away submitted senators norwood NI wallace wailace allace ailace barnum and bayard signed the objections ns and representatives A A S w williams illiams tucker V vance ance of ohio nie Ile mcmahon mahon rice bico Spa sparks iks mansh marsh xa iab savage and hurd the senate then withdrew to allow atlow lo each house to con eon consider sider the matter separately at the senators again entered the hall and resumed the concurrent action each houm house havin having 9 concurred con purred in overruling the objection in the case of the Blich michigan igan el elector detor the votes of thit tbt state announced as cast jor lor Haye raye sand wheeler wheelen Yh eeler then follow followed bd minnesota with five votes for hayes hases and wheeler mississippi with eight votes for tilden and hendricks nils BlIs missouri with fifteen votes for tilden and Heil Heri dricks nebraska with three votes for hayes and wheeler springer objected to one ono of the votes of nevada on the ground that the elector B R al daggett was at the time of his appointment and for a long time previously and thereafter a Uni united states commissioner for the circuit and district courts of the united Stat esin egin the district of nevada the objection was signed by springer tucker vance of ohio sparks savage marsh warsh A farsh and ancl jenks representatives and by senators barnum wallace and aud hereford the objection object ign ibn having been read I 1 the sepa senators tors withdrew with diew washington sl 21 theia house met at 10 abid and after reading testimony to sustain the objections made against the electoral vote of daggett of nevada springer who made the objection a resolution that the vote be counted he Ho explained that an had bad been made in describing office hold bold by daggett laggett as that thai of united states commissioner i whyte the testimony that he be held the office of clerk the united states co court urt A vole vote on the resolution taken and agreed to without a division the house and senate then in joint session to cunti conti niue count after reading the tho tho the resolutions each house on the counting of vote beof of nevada the tellers announced that nevada had ahree three votes for hayes and wheeler then followed in succession S state states tate s of now hampshire jersey new york north and ohio the presiding officer then opened and handed to the tellers the certificate rec received ellred from oregon it was read and proved to be the sworn certificate of ake three hayes electors cartwright odeli odell and watts executed before a notary public the papers contain a full statement of the doings of abo the three electors lilo the resignation of watis watta as postmaster his liia subsequent choice by the other 1 t wo elec olec electure tors the original ballot east past by the thren three lelec fors tors ac they thes were read jn full the presiding officer then harild harial handed to the tellers teller is the of the three rival electors cronin miller and parker authenticated by the signature of the governor aud and secretary of state with the beal seal of the state at attached ached this certificate rives gives twp tap votes to hayes and wheeler and one yote yoto to tilden and nen gen jendricks Hendri drIcks eks cbs I 1 senator mitchell presented objections to 0 the certificate of cronin miller and parker on the following grouia grounds di first because neither neather of mu said sald id persons persona was ever evet appointed elector edt by the state of oregon in any manner mani whatever I 1 second because it appears froma frota the records and the paper contained in and attached to the certificate of odell odoll cartwright and pattii that they thoy were the duly appointed electors and cast their votes as such thirdy Third Because it does dons not appear from the face of governor gravers certificate attached returns of the votes of cronin lerand parker that such certificate was issued to the three persons having the highest number of votes for electors but ot was issued by him to persons whom he deemed eligible though a oneff one of them cronin was not appointed thereto accord ing to the laws of oregon fourth it appears from the certificate bifi cate of I 1 S C chadwick badwi cli cil the secretary of state that odell cartwright alid and statts received the highest number of votes and that the secretary lofstate of state in pursuance of the law declared and that therefore the certificate of the gov er arnor nor non inso in so far as it omitted the certified name of watha watfa as one of the elee elde electors tors tons appointed and in so far such certificate contal contained nod the name of cronin as one of the electors appointed false to conform to the act of congress in such euch cases cams made and provided and to the law of oregon such certify certificate cate iq as as to said eaid cronin wl without t hout au illo rity and of no effect fifth 7 because it appears from both certificates that odell and C cartwright ar cwright tw right the majority of the tho electoral college were luly duly duly appointed electors by oregon in the manner mauner directed by the legislature thau that their record presen presented ted to the president of the senate by him to the two houses shows that the vacancy in the office of elector exist ed on the day fixed bylaw by jaw for the meeting of the electors and ind that F such vacancy was filled by the appointment of watts this objection is signed by senators mitchell aud and sargent and representatives lawrence burchard of ills and bic mcball senator kelly presented the objection n to the certificate of cartwright odell and watts signed by S senators natora L kelly keily bogy bogs clelo mcdonald al d S stevenson venson and cooper and representatives senta tives field tucker lane jennings walling clymer wigginton poppleton vance valice of ohio hurd and luttrell the grounds of objection are first the papers purporting to be the certificates of the governor af pf oregon are required to be made and annexed by sections and pf af the united states revised statutes second jhb papers have not aind annexed e d to them the tho list of the names of cartwright odell and watts as electors to which the seal sal sai of the state of oregon was affixed bythe by the secretary of state of oregon and signed by tho the gover and nd secretary as required by see section sixty of tho the general laws of oregon third it was tho the right and duty of the tho governor of oregon I 1 under inder the laws of that state to give t the he certificates of election or appointment as electors to john C cartwright wm H odell ande and E A cronin they being the three persona sona capable of being appointed presidential electors who received the highest number num berot berof of votes at the election held in oregon on noy nov fourth cartwright and odell had llad no right or authority in law to appoint watts to bo be an elector on pec peo ath 1875 3 5 as there was no vacancy in the office of elector on that day f i fifth cartwright and odell hadr hadi r no right or authority in law jaw to appoint watts inasmuch as thoy they did not on that day compose or A form any part of the electoral cols r lego of oregon as by law constituted sixth they had no authority tb ru n appoint Watts because on that day watts was still postmaster at xa la and was still on that day holding said office of df pro liro tl fit and trust i seventh watts wath who claims to 1 bol bor an elector on the above describe ed certificate wab was in february 1873 appointed postmaster at la iia and was duly commissioned mi selonee and qualified as such in hr p postmaster 0 s m a ter that being an office opi t trust r u s t aud and profit under the laws ov ori theu thoU the united tilted states and contin continued to be and act as such postmaster from february 1873 until after noi nou 1 vember 13 and was acting as such ouch postmaster on Nove Nov enber riber ohp the presidential electors wera appointed bythe by the state of oregon t and that he was ineligible to be ap c P pointed presidential elector eighth when the governor oraf cau caused led ked the list of the names name sr r of the tho electors of the state stale to bo made abid arid certified to such aist did not contain the name of said sald watts but did contain the name of caroi cartt n wright odell and cronin who bo were tho the duly appointed electors ofie of president and vice president united states in jn tho the state hiate or orr oregon 6 t AMERICAN N NEW evv york 19 19 the atlantic j and pacific ed id the following directors for foi ahe the ensuing year jear sear year oliver ames clisba atkins benj G Q bates JW J W gar vi rett of baltimore in hi place of al ali all i bert barbb B chandler ia gordon ter sidney G hil hit thos 7 eckert jeckert jay gould i J JR keene of san ban francisco in place of W P guion gulon C P huntington christopher fimeyer II 11 J jewett jowett of new now york in place of S int IDT AT t mills J H mortimer 0 K garri sd son of new w york in place of C J 1 osborne 3 e G G samp sampson hampson sony sons thos A scott CO t of philadelphia hi adelphia in place of james a D smith m tb W J syms gyms and henr henry M ta taber b er A report of the tha company was presented b by y tresi esi esl dent eckert in which he be proposed the |