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Show liibt mm l'OUTV-roCUTM CONGRESS PKCOXL) SEiU)S. Washington, 0. Seuion was re-eunitd re-eunitd at lu. No business was done, t!ir: senators awaiting the decision of Die house in lho Pennsylvania caee. The senate receiving notice of the n-iiLjiiatiou cf Tiiurman, a member of ins electoral commi.iou, on account ac-count ol physical disability, Kernan was unanimously chosen lo fill Die vacancy. At 3. 10 the notification of Die action oflhe house on the Pennsylvania ease being received, Die senate proceed ud thither. Upon returning, Btirnsido submitted a resolution that tho Slater vote bo counted, notwithstanding the objections. Unanimously agreed Ui, after a brief debate; yes, 57. At 5.5o tiio senato received notification notifi-cation of tho action of tho bouse on Klioda Island and again went. Legislative business Windom, Allison and Davis wero made members mem-bers of the conference on the logis-lative logis-lative appropriation bill; Sargent, Windom and Withers on the deficiency de-ficiency bill; Sargent, Windom and Wallace on tho naval bill. McDonald aaid that to-morrow at ! 11.30 ho would call up the resolutions of respect to the memory of tho late Speaker Kerr. Sargent submitted a resolution that the senate now proceed to the election elec-tion of a president pro (em. Tabled, tie said ho would call it up at an early day. Allison submitted the conference report on Dio ludiati Appropriation hill. Agreed tu. The chair presented tho Pacific railroad sinking fund bill, which will bo unfinished business to morrow. After executive session adjourned. liorsi: The house met at 10, but it wa 12 before business began, tho interval being consumed in a call of tho house and in voting by yeas and nays on the question whether the testimony taken bofore tho committee on privileges of the houso in tho case oflhe Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia elector, Boggs, appointed instead of Daniel J. Morrill, Centennial commissioner, com-missioner, shouldj bo read. The bouse decided, loVi to 110, that it should be read, and it was accordingly read. Kelly oflercd a resolution that the voto of Boggs should be counted, and Springer ollered a substitute that it should iot be counted. Kelly said tho objection was based on principles ro often overruled that hissido of the house could submit tho question without discussion. Stcngcr look the ground that under the constitution and under the laws of Pennsylvania II. K. Boggs was not entitled to ens', his voto as an elector. At 12.10 tho speaker announced a new legislative day, and after tho journal of Saturday was read the discussion dis-cussion wns resumed. Iu the course of the discussion Hewitt again arraigned Hoar for b'ld faith, but appealed to the democrats to yield to tho decision and trust to the ballot box for the remedy, Tho members gathered round him in excited ex-cited circles, and as he closed with an invocation for peace, he was asked by Cato why, if the decision was infamous, in-famous, he advised yielding to it. Hewitt's reply was that it was better to yield than precipitate anarchy and characterized by Cate as cowardly, whereupon Yeates of North Carolina upbraided tho northern democrats with denouncing those who yielded as cowards, although they had fifteen years ago when lho pinch had come turned upon them. There was great excitement and confusion, recalling some of the scenes of 1801, At S'15 Ihe senators entered the lmJlftig,KCU ''OKfer, and announced that the houso had disagreed on the voto of Pennsylvania, and it was by regular routine declared for Hayes. Rhode Island being the next stale, O'Brien and others objected to tho vote of Win. Slater, elector of that state, 6ubatituto for Geo. H. Corliss, who was elected, but ineligible, and the senate then retired. Poppleton moved a recess till 10 to-morrow. Rejected 118 to S3. Wood moved to reconsider the voto refusing to tako a recess, in order to table it, for the purpose of preventing prevent-ing any delay in counting the electoral votes. The yeas and nays wore ordered, and resulted yeas 1S2. nays 07. O'Brien ofiered a resolution that thevoto of Slater be not counted. lnies ofiered a substitute resolution resolu-tion that it bo counted. Alter discussion ilamea' substitute was agreed to without division. Wilson of Iowa ofiered a resolution that the senate bo notified. Knott offered as a substitute that tho senate bo notified that the house would meet it to-morrow at 10. The speaker su.uaiued the point of O'.r against Knott's resolution, and iiaouvrcsaluiiun wns adopted. Lie seiiu At G O'coclc ro I entered the charnv,- and the vote of Lhodo island was ormally announced. an-nounced. The next certificate was th;. 0r South Carolina, authenticated by Gov. Chamberlain, showing seven votes for Hayes and Wheeler. The second certificate showed seven for Tilden and Hendricks, with a statement by the electors showing the absence ef the governor's authentication. authen-tication. Cochrane objected to the re-publican certificate and Patterson to the democratic certificate. The objections objec-tions were : first, that there was no legal election in SonCh Carolina for electors on account of the absence of proper registration; second, there did not exist in South Carolina a repub. lican form of government as guaranteed guaran-teed by the constitution to every state; third, detachments of the tinted Stales army were sustained before and during the election in various parts of the state, thus preventing pre-venting a full, free and legal election; fourth, Lulled States deputy marshals were at the polls, appointed under the provisions ot sections 2021 and 202 ol tho United States revised statutes, which provisions ara uninttntional uuil and void. Tucae marshals, over one thousand iu number, were arbitrary, arbi-trary, and unlawful in obedience to improper an i illegal instructions from tue department or justice, and prevented pre-vented a fair election; fifth, thee was not, m L?70, up to December 10th, a state government in South Carolina except a pretended government set I up ui violation of law and the federal constitution by federal authoritv, and sustained by tederal troops. Tne ob iecijon was signed by Senators Johnsou and Barnum, and by lieprcsentatives Cochrane, Southard, Wood Mc-Mahon. Mc-Mahon. Sparks, Poppleton, Rice, Coi, L-lpn, Jones, Knott, and many others. The objection? to the democratic certificate are: first, because neither elector was duly appointed; second, because the lists of votes have not at-.tached at-.tached the governor's certificate u i law requires; third, that the .Inarm have not annexed lho lis' of Jos eiccitlic above named individuals '"'unh, because the re publican electors were duly appci-iLd '.! coat tntfir vots as the law presences, pre-sences, fur Hayes and W het ler, acd with ail tn proper and leal forms transmitted tue result to the prt'.'ldi-ntof the senate; fifth, because tne rtpub'jVan eiivtors received the highest number of votes, and the proper etatt oil: com duly canvassed and ceriili.-d Lo inem and delivered lo tiic-m lis of the electors elected, showing the above state o: facts; sixth, that the lUts of votes cast by the republican electors have annexed the certificate of tho governor of the Htate, as the United States revised tainted require; seventh, that said li.-h have annexed the names of the electors chi'sen, and thereto the secretary of state's seal, und the signature sig-nature of the governor, according lo tho stale Jaw. Signed by Senators Patterson, Cameron and Chrislianey, und li' prcceuiativeo Lawrence, Lip-ham, Lip-ham, Banks, Small, Huge and Ray-nor. Ray-nor. Tho presiding officer announced that the objections would go the commission. com-mission. The senate then retired and the bouse took a recess till 10 o'clock tomorrow. |