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Show TELEGRAPHIC tiki: (iun.i r ritAM Completion ol' a ICnuui-Uiihlc I'rcsldcuiiul CiimiiulKti. A Great Sirumle ol Kiue AJoutlis Ludcd. The IflaHtcr Villitltiy of (he Ceutary Carried Out. We give below the closing scenes in congress in connection with counting count-ing the votrs and the declaration of the result of the presidential election of laat November. In the course of the discussion in the house on the Vermont case Wilson Wil-son ol Iowa, declared that it the houso. intended to execute the law it would be absolutely necessary to adopt a resolution cutting off all filibustering. fili-bustering. Walling replied: When fraud is ! law, filibustering is patriotism. Hancock--Traitors nevor practice patriotism. The house voted on Popplctou's resolution res-olution at 9:30 aa amended, that tho vole ofSollace bo not counted. Wnlliug enduavored to interpose further delay in the shape of a request th'lt he bo PYmqprl frnm vniiniT which the speaker refused to entertain enter-tain ana an appeal from the ruling of tbe chair, which the speaker also refused re-fused to entertain. The roll call resulted yeas 205, naya 2G. So the decision of the house was that Sol-lace's Sol-lace's vote be not counted. Moat of tbe republicans voted with tho majority major-ity for the purpose of sooner bringing tbe question to a close. A motion to reconsider tho last vote was lost-yeas 177, nays 59, at 10.45, and lho house had kept up the struggle Jor twelve hours. The speaker refused to recognize O'Brien, who attempted to further filibuster, and said that under luc electoral law the house must notify the senate of iti action. Cos There is no use in indeavoring lo prevent lho speaker counting in Hayes. The senate was then notified and at 11 o'clock the senators entered the hall, and without delay the electoral votes of Vermont were counted for Hayes and Wheeler. Then the certificates cer-tificates of Virginia and West Virginia Vir-ginia were announced for Tilden and Hendricks. Then carno the last state, Wisconsin with ten votes lor Hayes and Wheeler Tbe certificates having been read, Lynde presented an objection ob-jection signed by Senators Barnuru, McDonald, Kelly, Cooper and John-ston John-ston and representatives Lynde, Burchard, Phillips, Tucker, Springer, dice, Vance, Young, Morey," lo counting the voto of Downs, becau.se ho held die ofh'ce of pension sur- 1 gron and examining surgeon when be voted. At 11.25 the senate retired. Mills then rose to a privileged quea- ! tion and sent up the resolution to be read. Luttrell interposed with a motion for a recess, but subsequently withdrew it to allow Mills' reBolutisn to be rend, as follows: Whereas, On the seventh of November Novem-ber 1S7G an election was held in the several states for electors forpresideut and vice president, at which election a majority of said electors favorable to the election ol Samuel J. Tilden lor prcaident and Thomas A. Hendricks Hen-dricks for vice president were duly and constitutionally elected, and Whereas, The returns of said election elec-tion in the states of Louisiana and Florida were duly made to the officers in said states whose duty it was under the law to aggregate its voles and certify the names of the electors, and Whereas, Said returning officers wilfully, cerruptly and fradulently suppressed the votes ot those electors who were duly and legally elected and falsely and fraudulently certified the election of persons who were defeated itt the ballot box, and Whereas, The governors of said states falsely and fraudulently gave certificates ofclection to eaid persons who were defeated and refusal them to those who were elected and Whereas, Said false and fraudulent certificates wore referred to a commission com-mission to investigate and report to congress the true and constitutional electoral votes of said states and Whereas, It appears in the count of the electoral votes in the presence of the Benale and house of representatives representa-tives that on account of the eaid frauds in suppressing the true votes and certifying the false votc3 that Samuel J. Tilden, although having received a majority of the electoral votes cast at the ballot box and in the several states has not a majority in said joint count of all tho electors appointed in accordance with the terms of the constitution, and Whereas, Rutherford B. Hayes has not received a majority of the constitutional electors duly and legally appointed, and the contingency provided pro-vided for by the constitution having happened when it becomes the duty of the house of representatives to proceed immediately to the election of a president of the United States for the ensuing four years, therefore, Resolved, By the house of representatives represen-tatives that the said house will proceed pro-ceed immediately in obedienco to the constitution to choose the president lrom the persons having tbe highest number of votes, not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as president. presi-dent. Lynde was recognized by the speaker and offered a resolution that the vote of Downs be not counted. Mills then offered his resolution as a substitute. A mesange from the Bamite announced that the objections bad not been sustained. The announcement was greeted with a very general clapping of hands on the republican side and in the galleries. gal-leries. This demonstration annoyed members on tho democratic side, who demanded tho clearing of the galleries. gal-leries. Tho speaker directed the lobbies lob-bies cleared, but submitted to the house the question as to tho clearing of the galleries, and there was a very decided mnjorily against it. Lynde than moved a recess till lo morrow morning. Rejected 90 to 148. At 12 20 Wocd nu.de a proposition '.hat the bouse take a recess till 10 o'clock to-morrow, und that at 1 o'clock tbe vole shall be taken on the main question, but there were objections objec-tions to it and a scene of uproar and confusion ensued lasting lor several minutes, in the course of which Blackburn exclaimed that Friday, hangman's d..y, had been ushered in a fit day to witness the consummation consumma-tion of the villainy and scandal of this proceeding. O'Brien dtuigtuvtocl Wood of New York, as the high priest, of (he republican repub-lican party. Wood then declared that if his pro-uositiou pro-uositiou was not assented lo he would never Icavo the hall until the coun was finished. At 1 o'clock the debah on the objection commenced. Mills made a speech in favor of hit resolution in which lie characterized the representatives of tbe American: people as cowering in the dust. The people, he said, dare maintain tbeii rights, but the people's representatives representa-tives dare not do so. Their fathers, if they could look down upon them from hoaven would bo ashamed to see them cowering before a despot who only commanded an army of about 18,000 men, half of whom sympathized with the democratic party. The whole speech was in this vein, but it attracted little attention. Blackburn said: To day is Friday. On that day the Savior of the world suffered crucifixion between two thieves. On this Friday, the constitutional consti-tutional government, judicial honesty, fair dealing, mauhood and decency suffer crucifixion among a number of thieves. It was on that day that this presidential fraud received his nomination nomi-nation at tho handB of a party convention. conven-tion. It was on that day as it recurred, recur-red, that every determination reached by the blistered, perjured miscreants who constitute a majority ol this commission com-mission have been promulgated. It is on that day that you propose to consummate con-summate your iniquity, but the people peo-ple will at length rise to punish, even perhaps in blood, the perpetrators of all the scoundrelism and villainy of this proceedine. Williams of Wisconsin replied tc Blackburn, saying: There was nQ day more fitting than hangman's day and no hour mora fitting than that at which graveyards yawn for the gibetting to death of the bastard party of political reform which had vexed the eyes of good men for the last twelve months. The best of good feeling prevailed among tiio members, however, as indeed, in-deed, it did through all the excite-meuts excite-meuts of the day. At 3.30 a. m. tho debute having cloied, a loud discussion discus-sion arose as to the position which Mills' resolution should occupy. It was suggested by Wood that if it wero withdrawn and oflered hereafter as an independent proposition he wouid vote for it, but that asa substitute substi-tute for the resolution in regard to Wisconsin he should have to vote against it. That course would only be accepted ac-cepted by Mills if the houso would agree to voto upon it before the senate came back, but this was objected ob-jected to on both sides. It was contended by Brown of Kentucky, Hirrison and others, that it was in contravention of the electoral commission law. Finally the Mills resolution was excluded on a point of order, with the intimation by the speaker that Mills might afterwards move its adoption under a suspension of the rules, but somo democrats remarked that would be after the election of Hayes. At 3.50 a. m. an amendment was oflered by Caswell of Wisconsin, that the votft nf i)nwni ho mtniD,i re jected yeas 79, . nays 130, and the original proposition that it be not counted was agreed to without division. The senate was notified, and as soon as that body entered at 4.03 a. m. aud all the members were Boated the action of the respective houses on the Wisconsin question was read and the ten votes uf Wisconsin were announced an-nounced for Hayes and Wheeler. The presiding officer euid: This conclude the count of the thirty, eight staces of the Union. The tellers will new ascertain and deliver the result of the votes to tho presiding officer. Senator Allison of the tellers having delivered the statement, tbe presiding officer expressed the hope that on the announcement nothing would mar the dignity of proceedings bo reputable to the American people, and so worthy ot the respect of the world. He then said: The whole number of electors ap. pointed to vote for president and vice 'president of the United States was 309, of which a majority is 185. The state of the voto for president as deliv-. deliv-. ered by the tellers aud as determined 1 under the act of congress of January j 29th, on this subject, is for Rutherford Ruther-ford B. Hayes 185 votes; for ijamuel I J. Tiiden 184 vote. Tho state of the I vote for vice president of the United ' States as delivered by the tellers is for ! ilium A. Wheeler, ISO votea; for I Thomas A. Hendricks 1S4 totes. I do announce that Rutherford B. Umjes of the state of Ohio, having received re-ceived a majority of the whole number of the electoral votes, is duly elected president of the United Stales for four years, commencing on the fourth day l March, 1S77; that William A. Whaler of the state nf jVew York, having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votci, is duly elected vice president of the United States Jor four years, commencing on the fourth hyoJVarch,1S77. This announcement, togeLher with the list of votes, will be entered on tho journals of both houses. The count of tho electoral votes having been completed and the result determined, deter-mined, the joint meeting of the two houses is dissolved. The senate will ;now retire to its chamber. The Benate retired. The houso immediately, at 4:10 a.m., adjourned, and the Hag which has never been down since it was hoisted over the halls ot both houses on the lfct of February last, as the: signal of their being in session, was lowered. The senate upon iig return ad-lourued, ad-lourued, with three times three cheers for Hayes. |