154 



' NITED STATES. 



The Vieo-Preaident : " From Louisiana there 

 have been received two retains sent by mail 

 ml two by raeMenger, each of the last having 

 been received by the Secretary of State, in the 

 absence of the Vice-Preddent and the Presi- 

 dent of the Senate pro temper* from the Mat 

 of government. The first return, made by L. 

 . xidanez, was received on the 81st of Do- 

 eemlK-r. within the time required by the Con- 

 stitution. The second return was received on 

 j.l of January, being one day within the 

 time required by the Constitution. What ap- 

 peared to be the duplicates were received by 

 mail on the 10th and 14th of December. The 

 Chair will first submit those returns which 

 reached the office of the Secretary of State, in 

 accordance with law, on December 31st 



'ii the 10th of December last the CImir re- 

 oeiTed an envelope by mail, certifying on the 

 onUide that it contained the vote, for Presi- 

 dent and Vice- President, of the State of Louisi- 

 ana, signed by eight other persons. On the 

 2d day of January, being the first Thursday 

 after tli first Wednesday in January, a mes- 

 senger arrived with a sealed envelope signed 

 by the same persons, which was received by 

 the Department of Stnte in the absence from 

 the city of the A' ice-President and the Presi- 

 dent pro trmpore of the Senate, which was 

 represented to contain the same vote of the 

 State of Louisiana. There have been seven 

 objections made in regard to receiving the 

 vote* of Louisiana, some of them against re- 

 ceiving any vote from that State. The Chair 

 would suggest that in taking np these objec- 

 tions the two Houses might act first upon 

 those which lie to the counting of the vote of 

 Louisiana at all." 



Senator Rice: "I object to the counting of 

 the vote* of the State of Arkansas, because 

 the official returns in said State, mmle in-cord- 

 ing to the laws of said State, show that the 

 persona certified to by the Secretary of State 

 as elected, were not elected as electors for 

 President and Vice- President at the election 

 held November 5, 1878 ; and, secondly, because 

 the returns read by the tellers are not certified 

 according to law." 



The Senate retired from the hall. 



The House was again called to order. 



The Clerk read the objection made in joint 

 convention by the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 

 Rice) to the counting of the vote from that 

 > .-. 



Mr. Kclloirff, of Louisiana: "I offer the fol- 

 lowing substitute:" 



**!< rf, That the lector*) rot* of Arkansas bo 

 oooaud. 



Mr. Dawes: "It ought to be 'that in the 

 judgment of the House the electoral vote be 



Mr. Kellogg: "I will modify my resolution 

 in that way. 'that in the judgment of thi- 

 Hoow the electoral rkan- 



MM, M reported by the tellers, be counted/ " 



The question was taken, and it was decided 

 in the affirmative veas 103, nays 26, not vot- 

 ing 111. 



bo the resolution as amended by Mr. Kel- 

 logg was adopted. 



Mr. Gartield, of Ohio: "I offer the follow- 

 ing resolution : " 



The Clerk read as follows: 



, That, in the judgment of this Bonrc, 

 nono of the returns reported by the tellers ai the 

 electoral vote of the State of LouUiuia should be 

 counted. 



At seven o'clock and forty-five minutes p. 

 M. the Senate ill a body rccutered the Hull. 



The Vioo- President (having resumed the 

 chair) said: "The objection made by the Sen- 

 ator from Arkansas to the counting of the 

 electoral vote of that State as declared by the 

 tellers, having been considered by the two 

 Houses, the Senate has resolved as follows: 



KetolrtJ, That the electoral vote of Arkansas 

 should not bo counted. 



" And the House has resolved as follows: 



Rttolted, That the electoral vote of the State of 

 Arkansas, as reported by the tellers, be counted. 



"There being n non-concurrence of the two 

 Houses on this question, the vote of Arkansas, 

 in accordance with the provisions of the twen- 

 ty-second joint rule, will not be counted. That 

 rule provides that 



No question shall be decided nfflnnatively, and no 

 vote objected to shall be counted, except by tbe con- 

 current votes of the two Houses. 



"The several objections made on various 

 grounds to the counting of the electoral votes 

 from Louisiana having been considered by the 

 two Houses, the Senate has r< solved as follows : 



Sttohtd, That all objections presented having 

 been considered, no electoral vote purporting to be 

 that of the State of Louisiana be counted. 



" And the House has resolved as follows : 



Raolred, That, in the judgment of this House, 

 none of the returns reported Vy the tellers as elec- 

 toral votes of the State of Louisiana should bo 

 counted. 



" On this question there is a concurrence of 

 the Houses; and the electoral votes of Loui- 

 siana will not be counted. The tellers will 

 now announce the result of the vote." 



The result was announced by them. 



The Vice-President then said: "The whole 

 number of electors to vote lor President and 

 Vice-President of the United States, ns re- 

 ported by the tellers, is 866, of which the ma- 

 jority is 184. Of these votes 849 have been 

 1 for President, and 352 for Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the United State*. The result of the veto 

 for President of the 1'nilcd State*, n- r. ported 

 by tlie tellers is. for 1'1\ --, -S. (Jrant. of Illinois, 

 286 votes; for B. <lratz Brown, of Missouri. 

 18 votes; for Thomas A. Ilciidricks, of Indiana, 

 4-2 votes: for Charles .!. .lenkins. of (icorgia, 

 2 vote*; and for Dnvid Davis, of Illinois, 1 

 The result of the vote, as reported by tho 



