Oregon case..

Mills, Roger Q., a Representative from Texas-

floor claimed by, to offer a resolution for the immediate election of a Presi-

Minnesota, the State of-

dent by the House of Representatives....

electoral votes of, counted...

Mississippi, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted...

Missouri, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted.......

Mitchell, John H., an objector on the part of the Senate-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the Oregon case

incidental remarks by.

interlocutory remarks by, on the Oregon case.....

argument by, on the Oregon case....

Money, Hernando D., a Representative from Mississippi-

motion made by, to reconsider certain vote................

Morse, Alexander Porter, counsel.....

Page.

.1006

..1015

725

446

446

446

460

455, 459

Morton, Oliver P., a Senator from Indiana, member of the Commission-
appointed by the Senate.

that the motion of Mr. Commissioner Hoar be amended so as to include
the printing of the election-laws of the States of Florida, Louisiana,
Oregon, and South Carolina.......

that the doors be closed....

that a committee of three members of the Commission be appointed to pre-
pare the report in the Louisiana case, and that an intermission be
taken of one hour for that purpose....

orders submitted by-

that the injunction of secrecy imposed on the acts and proceedings of the
Commission be removed...

that the time heretofore allowed for the filing of opinions by members of
the Commission be extended until the close of the month of March..
resolutions offered by-

that the persons named as electors in certificate No. 1 were the lawful
electors of the State of Louisiana, and that their votes are the votes
provided by the Constitution of the United States, and should be
counted for President and Vice-President.....

that W. H. Odell, John C. Cartwright, and John W. Watts, the persons
named as electors in certificate No. 1, were the lawful electors of the
State of Oregon, and that their votes are the votes provided for by the
Constitution of the United States, and should be counted for Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United States......

that it is not competent for the two Houses, assembled for the purpose of
counting the votes for President and Vice-President, to inquire by
evidence whether a State regularly represented in the two Houses
of Congress, and recognized as a State of the United States by the
other departments of the Government, has a government republican
in form. Resolved, That while the existence of public disturbance
and anarchy in any State to such an extent as to make it impossible
for the State to exercise its right to appoint electors of President
and Vice-President, and to express its will in that behalf, is sufficient
cause for rejecting any electoral votes purporting to be the votes of
electors appointed thereby, yet, that when a State is regularly repre-
sented as a State in the Congress of the United States, and is recog
nized as a State by the other departments of the Government, and
has a government republican in form, and does appoint electors in
the manner prescribed by the legislature thereof, evidence cannot
be received by the two Houses of Congress assembled to count the
votes for President and Vice-President as aforesaid to show that
disturbances existed at the time of election which may have inter-
fered, to a greater or less extent, with the freedom of election at the
polls in said State. Resolved, That it is not competent for the two

420

642

728

420

639

Morton, Oliver P.-Continued.

Houses of Congress when assembled to count the votes for President
and Vice-President by taking evidence to inquire into the regularity
of the action of the President of the United States in sending a
military force into any State for the preservation of order or the
suppression of insurrection and domestic violence in order by such
proof to lay a ground for rejecting the electoral vote of said State.
Resolved, That in view of the propositions contained in the three
foregoing resolutions the evidence offered to show that the State of
South Carolina at the late election did not have a republican form
of government, and the evidence offered on the subject of disorder
and violence and the presence of troops in said State during said
election, is not competent, but that notwithstanding the offer of
such evidence the electoral votes of South Carolina ought to be
received and counted if not objectionable on other grounds.
Resolved, That the other objections to certificate No. 1 show no
valid cause for rejecting the same....

that C. C. Bowen, J. Winsmith, Thomas B. Johnston, Timothy Hurley, W.
B. Nash, Wilson Cook, and W. F. Myers, the persons named as elect-
ors in certificate No. 1, were the lawful electors for the State of
South Carolina, and that their votes are the votes provided for by
the Constitution of the United States, and should be counted for
President and Vice-President of the United States

that the thanks of this Commission are due to Commissioner Clifford for
the ability, impartiality, and urbanity with which he has presided
over its deliberations...

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the-
business of the Commission.

Page.

700

701

703

.194, 218, 420, 550

45

.227,318, 329, 330, 336, 346, 353, 384
486, 596, 599

817

825

O'Brien, William J., a Representative from Maryland-

objections offered in joint convention by, to the certificate from the State

of Rhode Island...

motion made by, to reconsider certain votes

resolution offered by, that the vote of William S. Slater as elector for the
State of Rhode Island be not counted...

O'Conor, Charles, counsel-

656, 657

720

658

interlocutory remarks by, on the Florida case

.74, 75, 76, 86, 88, 115, 136

arguments by, on the Florida case

.33, 77, 124

Officers of the Electoral Commission, selection of the

8

Ohio, the State of-

certificates and objections referred to the Electoral Commission in.

Organization of the Electoral Commission....

455, 463

6

P.

Page, Horace F., a Representative from California-
incidental remarks by, in joint convention.....
Patterson, John J., a Senator from South Carolina-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the South Carolina case........
Payne, Henry B., a Representative from Ohio, member of the Commission-
appointed by the House....

sworn and certificate of oath filed .

motion made by-

to adjourn

that the three certificates in the case of Florida be printed, and the ob-
jections thereto....

Page.

715

663

7

..... 194, 284,728

29

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the—

business of the Commission.

Florida case.

Louisiana case

to strike out the word "not" in an order submitted by Mr. Commissioner
Hoar....

that the time consumed by interruptions of the Commission be not counted.
that the time be extended to counsel on each side for one hour on the gen-
eral question.....

339

419

418

. 234, 320, 419, 523

29

260, 318, 357

South Carolina case

665

Pennsylvania, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)

Philips, John F., a Representative from Missouri-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the South Carolina case....

Poppleton, Earley F., a Representative from Ohio-

objections offered in joint convention by, to the certificate from the State
of Vermont

Randall, Samuel J., Speaker of the House of Representatives-

Rhode Island, the State of-(see Electoral votes.)
Robertson, Thomas J., a Senator from South Carolina-
resolution offered by, that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral
vote of the State of South Carolina stand as the judgment of the
Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding
Rules of the Electoral Commission considered, amended, and adopted.......
S.

Sargent, Aaron A., an objector on the part of the Senate-
objections offered in joint convention by, in the Florida case.
order submitted by, that the Secretary notify the House of Representatives
that the Senate is now ready to meet the House to resume the count-
ing of the electoral votes for President and Vice-President......
resolution offered by, that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral
vote of the State of Oregon stand as the judgment of the Senate,
the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding....
interlocutory remarks by, on the-

Florida case..

Oregon case..

Sayler, Milton, a Representative from Ohio-

motions made by, that the Clerk notify the Senate that the House will be
ready to receive it to proceed with the electoral count......

Seely, Albert S., a deputy marshal of the Commission--

appointed on motion of President Clifford..

Senate Chamber, the, use of, tendered to the Electoral Commission.

occupied by the Electoral Commission......

708

7

26

202, 652

645

30

465

199,705

394
554

Wednesday, January 31, 1877
Thursday, February 1, 1877....
Friday, February 2, 1877.
Saturday, February 3, 1877
Monday, February 5, 1877...
Tuesday, February 6, 1877..
Wednesday, February 7, 1877
Thursday, February 8, 1877
Friday, February 9, 1877..
Saturday, February 10, 1877
Louisiana case-

Monday, February 12, 1877.
Tuesday, February 13, 1977..
Wednesday, February 14, 1877
Thursday, February 15, 1877....
Friday, February 16, 1877.
Saturday, February 17, 1877 .
Monday, February 19, 1877..
Tuesday, February 20, 1877
Oregon case-

Wednesday, February 21, 1877
Thursday, February 22, 1877.
Friday, February 23, 1877..
Saturday, February 24, 1877.
South Carolina case-

Monday, February 26, 1877.
Tuesday, February 27, 1877....
Friday, March 2, 1877...

She Representative from Pennsylvania-

motion made by, to take a recess.
Shellabarger, Samuel, counsel-
interlocutory remarks by, on the-
Florida case..
Louisiana case.

South Carolina case

arguments by, on the

Florida case...

Louisiana case

Page.

6

8,28

34

74

113

138

138

139

194

202

217

219

284

372

416

425

425

453

463

581

637

652

653

666

728

709

53

336

694

165

354

30

that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral vote of the State of
Florida stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections made
thereto to the contrary notwithstanding....

202

that the decision of the Commission upon the electoral vote of the State
of Louisiana stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objections
made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding...

certificates and objections referred to the Electoral Commission in..

659-665

Southard, Milton I., a Representative from Ohio-

objections offered in joint convention by, in the South Carolina case........
motion made by, to take a recess....

708

444

Springer, William M., a Representative from Illinois-

objections offered in joint convention by-

to the certificate from the State of Neva la .......

to the certificate from the State of Vermont

resolution offered by, that the vote of R. M. Daggett, one of the electors of
the State of Nevada, be counted, the objections to the contrary not-
withstanding

446-452

714

454

....709, 712,713, 714, 716, 717

647

incidental remarks by, in joint convention...
Stenger, William S., a Representative from Pennsylvania-
objections offered in joint convention by, to the certificate from the State of

Pennsylvania ...

resolution offered by, that the vote of Henry A. Boggs, as an elector for the
State of Pennsylvania, should not be counted, because the said
Boggs was not appointed an elector for said State in such manner
as its legislature directed

655

Strong, William, an associate justice of the Supreme Court, member of the

Commission-

act of Congress appointing...

sworn and certificate of oath tiled.....

motions made by-

to adjourn

to take a recess.

7

33, 113, 425

263,638

that general debate on the question pending be closed on or before six
o'clock p. m. on Friday, February 9, 1877..

that counsel be allowed two hours on a side for the argument of the
question of the admissibility of the evidence offered and objections
thereto
that the evidence specified in the first offer of the objectors to certificate
No. 1 in the case of Oregon be now received, subject to its legal
effect, and any evidence on the same point that may be offered on
the other side, upon the same condition...

that the vote be taken on the question pending in the case of South Car-
olina at five o'clock and twenty minutes p. m..

orders submitted by-

that the members of the Commission be at liberty to reduce to writing the
remarks made by them during the consultations of the Commission,
and cause them to be published in the printed proceedings on or
before the 15th day of March next...

194

312

598

700

703

284, 700

.35, 53, 80, 100, 147

.251, 299, 300, 302, 312, 313, 319, 361, 407, 408, 420

interlocutory remarks and questions by, on the
business of the Commission..

Florida case.

Louisiana case.

Oregon case..

arguments by, in the consultations on the-

Florida case.

Oregon case.

.482, 522, 598

994

1,001

6

Supreme Court Room at the Capitol, the Electoral Commission met in the....

Thompson, Charles P., an objector on the part of the House...

Thurman, Allen G., a Senator from Ohio, member of the Commission—

to take a recess.

that the motion of Mr. Commissioner Strong be amended by striking out
"two" and inserting "three".

order submitted by, that the Secretary of the Commission is directed to
furnish immediately to counsel, on both sides, copies of orders made
to-day, and to notify them that the Commission will be ready at
eleven a. m. to-morrow to proceed with the case now before them..
resolutions offered by-

that a committee of two Justices, two Senators, and two Representatives
be appointed to consider and propose such rules of proceeding and
officers and employés as may be proper for the Commission, the com-
mittee to be appointed by the President...

320

139