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Show " The Nation's Shame. Hesotced, That V. H. OJclI, J. C. Cartwright and J. W. Watts, tho persons named aa olectora in certificate certifi-cate .No. I are tho lawful electors of Oregon, and that tbeir votes aro the vnfp nrnvidfd fnr hv tUn ennef ihilii-in ol the United StaLes and should be counted for president and vice president presi-dent of tho United States. Hunter moved to atrike out the name of J. W. Wktls. Disagreed to ycag, 7; nays, 8. Morton's resolution was then adopted yeas, 8; nays, 7 as follows: fol-lows: Yeas Bradley, Edmunds, Freling-huyseu, Freling-huyseu, Garlield, Hoar, Miller, Morton Mor-ton and Strong 3. Nays Abbott, Bayard, CiifTord, Field, Hunter, Payne and Tburoiau 7. The decision of the commission was then drawn up and signed by tho eight members voting in the allirnia- tivo. On motion of Morton the injunction of secrecy upon the acts and proceedings proceed-ings ot the commission, except as regards their ropoi t to the joint session ses-sion ol congress, was removed and the commission adjourned to meet lu-uuurrow m me supreme court at 12 o'clock. S The report in substance is as follows: fol-lows: The electoral commission having hav-ing received certain certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of Q the electoral voLes of Oregon, and j certain papers accompanying the j sarao and objections thereto, report that it duly considered tho same and has decided, and docs hereby decide, j that the votes of W. H. Odell, J. C. Cartwright and J. W. Watts, persons , named in the certificate of the secretary secre-tary of state nf Oregon as persons receiving the highest number of votes for prudential electors, aro tho votes , provided for by the constitution, and tho same aro lawfully lo be counted as testified to in tho certificate of said electors, namely, three votes for R. B. Hayes of Ohio for president, and three votes for William A. Wheeler for vice-president. The report will further set forth that the election of Watts by the other two members of tho electoral college was in accordance with tho constitution constitu-tion and laws of Oregon. Tho grounds for this decision ,ns far as they concern mo ongibimy ot Watts an substantially that it is competent tc go behind the certificate of tho governor gov-ernor eo far as the same is not founded upon the action of the canvassing or returning authority provided for by tha laws of the state, which authority in tho case of Oregon is held to be the secretory of stato. The report ivill also Uke' ground that it is not essential to show that the elector waj eligible on the the 7th of November, provided it be shown that be was eligible whon ho cast bis vote in the electoral college, and the fact appears that the alleged ineligible elector Watts was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by bis own absence from the electoral college, and that be wa not ineligible at tno time he cast his vote. |