| Show by telegraph i 4 congressional ti SENATE washington 26 the senate receiving ilovic notice of tho tha resignation of thurman a tha vicc torae commission on on account n f of physical disability was unanimously cho chosen en to fill the jy vacancy ats of the action of I on the pennsylvania case being received tho the proceeded thither upon returning ur neide submitted a te solution that tila tho slater vote vot e be cou counted notwithstanding the thil objections which which was wag unanimously agreed to after a brief de do bate bale yeng yens 57 57 I 1 washington 28 at aul alu 10 cliffords notification w wan wak as readi realand rea dand and at 1310 the tie bena tors proceeded to the house chamber and at 1255 returned Bp bertson submitted a resolution thit that the elec electoral toral tofal commissi commissions onya onla decision litand that it is competent to receive testimony to su austain wn the exceptions ons ens ensued tied lied on a cointot poin point tot of order by b edmunds E amun ds jhai thai the th e vote in sustaining must proceed finally inai inal Merr INferri imons imona mons resolution by a fofe apte of ois oni vea sfa s decided out olt of order obder bogy that the reading of the testimony in ln the tho south bouth carolina case proceed rejected 11 to 21 according to yester yesterdays notice mcdonald called u up ta the house resolutions and mcdonald wallace wright bayard booth and morton delivered eulogies and resolutions were unanimously unanimous ty agreed to r F windom fr from om the public lands committee reported favor favorably ably th the senate bili bill for the relief of settlers settlers on an public lands passed it allows homestead andere emption settlers ett lers who suffered sunne rea red froni from grasshoppers to leave until 1878 barge harge ht nt called up the house bill to provide for nor fo the sale lof desert lands in california oregon nevada and territories of washington idaho uon Won montana taua tana utah wyoming ArI arl arizona zoni new mexico and dakpta sargent submitted an amendment that no person penson shall bhail be permitted either tot tor reserve reserve Cr or acquire a title to more than une abne of land under thed thea the act ct ag agreed read to oglesby submitted an amendment providing that any person conducting water on or joany to any desert land for irrigation shall shail not acquire any exclusive right to the use of the water beyond what shall be lie actually necessary fon for redeeming and irrigating Irrig aund aUni the same bame but the water in all lak lah lakes es livers divers and other bour nour besof dof water writer supply shall be the use of the public fon for irrigating ri and caluin mining 9 purposes agreed to Boll boil boutwelle Will submitted air an anie anle amendment iid ild ing guthat such desert lands ab ali all bo surveyed before reclamation cla mation chaffee moved to postpone further consideration until the first ift december next neki reject nays 15 the amendment Boutwell orf off was then adopted also aiso requiring ab any y person entering upon land to pay 25 cents tg pera vera per acre creat at the tife time of filing with the declaration that he intends to rec lee reclaim lalin the land and one dollar per acre upon rece receiving lying a patent several unimportant amendments wore agreed to and the bill passed oglesby presented the credentials of david davis t elected senator Soli heil ator aton from illinois Ill lil nois filed billao 1 am vl ld tlde the revised statutes in respect to vacancies in the omee e of rie fie president t an and d vide in ai d vyra byra by its title tille and referred to abd ald committee copian atteo olf oly on elections 9 gordon presented the credentials of J PW OWr Morgan kan elected W united cited states Stales senator Benator from al alabama filed HOUSE 6 in the course of f the tho disca H the illegibility ille cibil y of elector eletti morrill HewIt hewitt again arraigned hoar for bad falth faith auf bud appealed to tb tha democrats to yield to the tha decision and trust to the ballot box for the remedy members Meru moin bers bens gathered around him circles arid as he ln invocation for reace peace p pac o he ke was askvik ask aak edby y IC i I 1 t Q w b Y ithe the shon dis was pis in it b ii be advia advised S ir m hewitts dewitts He witts reply was that it was etter better to yield leid beld wan than precipe precipitate anarchy and revolution that sentiment was wag by cate as cowardly whereupon yates of north carolina upbraided up braided the northern democrats with denouncing those who yielded as cowards although they had fifteen years ago when the pinch came turned upon them there thene was great excitement cit ement and confusion recalling bome some of the scenes scones of 1861 at 1 the ibo senators entered the hal hall I 1 of othe til ili uduse house ferry called the meeting to order a and nd au announced dpn c ed hat that the th eHouse house had disagreed an the tho vote of pennsylva nia and thus by gular regular jre routine dwares for ha eldies El dyes yes rhode island island being the next Sat eOBrIen and others objected to the vote of wm slater elector of that tate substitute for geo geom H corliss who was the elected but ineligible elector and the senate obrien a resolution that the pie vote hotd af pf slater be not counted eames A a substituted resolution that it be counted after discussion substitute was wis agreed to without division the senators at ac 6 oclo ocio cb reentered the chamber and the vote bf rhode island was formally announced noun ced certificate wak was was that of south carolina caroll na authenticated ty gov chamberlain showing seven votes for hayes and dWi wheeler eeler the second certificate showed seven for jildeh and hendricks with a statement by the electors showing tiya tiye the absence ef the Gover governors noes noea authentication 7 cochrane objected to the republican certificate and to the derno democratic crati cratt c certificate taip oba first that there thero was wag no legal election in South carolina for ele cle deo dec tors air on account oy the absence of bf prope registration second that there 41 did ad not hil bil exist lr in south carolina a reau republican formoe government as guaranteed by the constitution to evory every state third tha that t detachments of the united was sustained beform before e alad lad Tad during the election in var various lous lons parts of df the states thus preventing 0 it a fd full fuli rree fieo aud und and legal election fourth that united states deputy Inars marshals hals bals were at the polls appointed under the pro provisions visions bf sec see 2021 and 2022 of the united states revised statutes which provisions were unconstitutional null and void these there marshals over over A d tho thousand tUo usand in number were arbitrary and unlawful in obedience to improper imp roper koper and illegal instructions I 1 n from thed the department apartment adf pf ati justice 8 tice andar and pr anted a fair election aa fifth there was vas chuot nou not in 1876 up 0 oDe o december cember ibah a state government in south carolina except a pi pre pretended ete tended tenSed government set up in violation of law and the federal constitution by federal authority and sustained by federal fro troops J ops aps the objections were signed b by y senators johnson and barnum and by representatives cochrane and southard hardWood Sout mcmahon sparks doppleton pop Yop rice kice cox Eden J Jones on 68 fand nand ma ny others the objections to the democratic certificate are first reca teca because esq neither elector was duly appointed second because the lists of votes have llave not attached the governors certificate as the law requires third thattie Th atthe papers have not annexed tho list of names of the above named individuals as electors fo fourth urtie because becaas 0 the tho re republican publican i elec elee electors tots were duly ir and cast their votes the law prescribes eribes for fur hayes Hayea anna auna arid wheeler and with all ail 11 proper and legal forms transmitted tile the resul tto ito the president of the senate fifth because ibe the be republican republic e ithe A highest num ber of df votes arid ardd th tild e proper state officers duly canvassed and certified to them and delivered to them lists ef the electors elected showing ng tha the above state of facts t that thal ithe tho lists of votes awby tice tige republican electors have of the che governor of the state ast astlin as tho the lit iii united atutes r require quire seventh that said sald lists have annexed I 1 he iho names of the ele eie electors ors chos chosen enand enaud and thereto there the ae secretary e r of av states at ela els seal and aud signature of the g governor ornon according tollie state fate law signed by ah Tl ISI torson terson cameron and aud C christiancy and representatives lawrence lavrence La lap liap ham banks small hogo hoge hogeland and raynor I 1 the presiding officer announced that the objections would go commission washington 28 the speaker presented cliffords notification of the commissions decision on the thip electoral vote of south Carol caroi carolina liia iila having been sent to the senate the clerk was directed to inform the senate I 1 that the house was ready for joint convention the senators having arrived the south carolina decision was read aud and phyllipa presented plesent ed the objections to counting the votes totes in accordance cor dance therewith for the reasons given in the tho objections before the tho commission yesterday intimidation by fhe the S S troops and marshals fraud frauds s and lack of republican government in the state stati and aud because the commission had bad not inquired into the facts and und because of certain irregularities in the certificates six senators including kelly keily and eight representatives signed the jobje objections egions et ions lons southard presented exceptions tp the ulle decision signed figued by senators jones mcdonald wallace merriman and dennis and a number of representatives of fhe the same samo gene ral rai tenor the senate hero here withdrew at the senators entered and in lri dueford due form Jorni ahe the state of south C carolina dollna was waa counted fer Hayand wheeler I 1 jones of kentucky raised a point which was disregarded that a quorum of the senate was vas not present only 28 having entered the vote of tennessee twelve and texas eight were counted for tilden and hendricks vermont was objected to by poppleton who ask asked edit edIf if duplicate returns were received from vermont terry brry no hewitt sald said said suld he had a package which was received by express about the middle of december containing aletter a letter ietter stating that a similar package purporting to contain th the electoral votes of vermont had also been forwarded to the president of the senate by mail on learnan Je arning learning today to day that a corresponding pac pae paek pack age had not been received by the president of tho senate he had tendered him this package the seal beai of which was still unbroken the tho presiding declined to receive them ife he now tendered the pack paek age to the presiding officer as purporting to contain the electoral votes of vermont presiding officer the chair has stated that he has received but one certificate from vermont the chair also states that the jaw prohibits him hipa from receiving any after the first thursday iu ju february his duty Is to receive apen upen and have read all that have been received on that day springer 1 understand that the third return from the state of florida was received on the of january am I 1 correct in that correcting himself but still stumbling bli bil rig tig I 1 mean mesa february all the response which the presiding officer made was that january was not february pary abd and he be asked whether there was any objection to the vote voto of vermont springer mer ler I 1 resolution the li presiding residing officer officers uit mit if it is any objection to the c certificate from vermont the chair will entertain it but if it is simply a resolution the chair will not nod entertain it lt springer spring 1 er afteel lis is read it irwill will bo be seen what it h ia the presiding officer if the member fram 1111 iiii illinois noes submits nn an objection to the certificate the chair will entertain I 1 it ti but he hd cannot entertain a resolution springer pers pert persisted isted in his lafiora lai idi nors rora to have resolution thet readi mead read but the presiding officer was wast unyielding he intimated that if springer would not comb to order the services ce of the sergeant at arms would be nailed called into requisition i lually springer undertook to pu put pue his big resolution in tho the shape shapo of an objection and the proceedings were gend generally rally raily 4 suspended us to td give him time to do so pa I 1 after atter about a quarte an houts bouts consultation with wilh etheri the objection abjection was sen een tup up signed by bk senator merriman and representatives Bp ringer ringen and hamilton bf bt arnd declaring that the president ot the senate states sto tek tew ho hd had received tuly auly aly one of two returns forwarded from vermont objection is made to counting the vermont and and ina the duplicate refi reft return irn irm is kere here herewith submitted for the consideration orthe house and senate A I 1 telegram accompanied the objection froni from the unit united ed states district clerk of burlington to dall saying the aldrich certificate was deposited there on december 13 poppleton then presented two objections to the vote of sollace to the effect that he was waa postmaster when elected and that the law of vermont did not authorize the filling of the vacancy springer then demanded that hewitts dewitts He witts witta resolution be pe read but the chair peremptorily ruled it out springer then aben I 1 ask that the chair chain order that this certificate be submitted to the judgment of the electoral commissioner commissio co m mission nr i presiding officer the chair stated c d that he had not received the duplicate returns springer nger uger they are now before the chair presiding officer entirely ignoring ng the demand are there any ady further objections to the certificates from vermont after a pause tho chair hears bears none noaie springer does the chair decline to receive the returns submitted with my objection presiding the chair declines to receive any waddell jocosely he being aliunde gli fili unde presiding officer in any form laughter the senate will now retire to its own cham chamber beirAn beltan in order dider that the two houses may ke parate separate to consider and decide upon the objections As the geha senators tors were withdrawing springer called out that he now made anade a point of order there being duplicate returns the case had bad now to go to the electoral commission and would be considered by the two houses no b attention however was paid to it nor to a resolution m made ade ado immediately afterwards by mills that the house proceed to lect elect a president the speaker declared red that under the terms of the co compromise mp comiso agreement the house now take a recess until tomorrow to morrow morning AMERICAN wasill WAsili washington NaToN 26 from sidney new south wales state that the steamship austria fa from san franci Francl francisco franeisco having lost a passenger by small pox wab was placed in quarantine upon her arrival A government proclamation has been issued declaring declai ing san francisco an infected port from which all ships may be subject to q quarantine uhran tine line frank W palmer has been n nominated postmaster at chicago vice mcarthur hoar was not present in the house during s 1 bech but had the notes of it reah read to him 1 when he Te replied plied piled saying it was a I 1 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