Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXI. BLACK BILKS, IMMENSE, SALE s Such Is the Tribunaf’s Decis- BLAGK SELKS' jon in the Louisiana L] < Case. AT - CONFIRMED. . The Senate Stamps Its Seal of Approval by a Strict Party Vote, . Iouse Malcontents Succeed in Securing Another 121 & 123 Statest.| = — TWBIITY-SBWI](I-SL a Mishjgan-av, And Give Vent to Their lix- Having boughtthe ontire stock of cessive Spleen in An- an AMERIOCAN MANUFACTUR- other Caucus. iER at a deoided bargain, consiat- ng o 1,000 pes Black Sills ‘We aro enabled to offer !Oashmere Royal at $1.401 Former price $2.00. 1 Cashmere Superior at $1,501 Former prico $2.26. !Gashlg'ere Taffota at $1.76! 'ormer price $3.50. $2.001 3.00 The Latter Mesting Notable for Saveral Revolutionary Propositions, One by Our Barney Excites General Micth by Its Ridienlonsness. The Irreconcilable 'Element ls, However, Kept Under IHOE-I 9 smm "'2 Control. 'ormor price | Taffote, Sublime at $2.50! Former price $3.50, Ladies in search of Black Bilks will consult their own interost by examining the greatest bargains evor offered. And the Caucus Adjomrns ill Atter tho Oregon Count. Hewitt Tells What He Knows of the Grover-Gronin Game. TRAND BABY MHOW! BXPOSTION BUILDING OVER 200 DABIES! WILL BE ON EXHIBITION. - Tho Prizes will be Awarded TUESDAY AFTERNOOY af 3 o'clock. Compstont judges will be scloated from dmong prominent citizens conaisting of two Londios aud one Gontloman for eroh olass, Inaddition to the rogular prisas, BRAND, the Artist, offers ono dozen of his biest Photographs of each of tho Dabies that win a Prize, Baby Show from 2 to 6 p. m, Poultry Show all dny and evening, Admisaion to both, 306 conts, 16 conts, Indictments Belng Prepared to Cover’| the Case of Donu Platt. THE JOINT MEETING. . INTEREST SUDSIDING, &Spectal Dispalch to The Tribune, ‘Wasmxorox, D, C., Feb. 19.—The jolnt meet- Ings for countlng the Electoral votes have lost much of their nuvelty, and do not attract s preat crowds of sight-secrs to the Capitol as clamored for admiaslon when the ceremontes be- gan on the 1st of February. A few persous, ex- pecting that discussion on the Loulsiana award would take place to-day, and that the specches would be unusually {nteresting, presented thely tlckets and secured scats in the galleries a8 ear- 1y as half-past 9 o’clock this moralng, but when the rocess explred at 100'clock, and Bpesker Ran- dall called the fouse to order only to adjournit for another hour, at least three-quarters of the gallery-room was still unoccupled, Durlog this hour of intermlssion the applications to wembers for tickets were very numerous, and ‘when the S8apate appeared fn the maln entrance of the halt MO VACANT 3PACH conld be discovered fn tho gallerfes except tho front row of seats oo the west side of tno ball mserved for the family of tho Prestdent of the United States, and in the diplomatic gallery. The number of distingulshed vlsitors who were present to witness the proccedings was smailer than at any of the previous jolut sessions, Some attaches of the Dritish, Spapish, and other forelgn legatious, \with ladies, were {0 the diplomatic gallery, but 8ir Edward Thornton, Capt. Gore Jones, Scnor Mantilla, ood otliert dlatinguished forelgnere who have shiown great interest In the “Electoral proceedings, swers not there, A PEW DISTINGUISUED AMRRICAN CITIZENS oceupled seats among the members. Of these, Justice Hunt was the only representative of the Buprewme Court. Secretaries’ Chandler, Hobe- son, and Cawmeron, aud Postmaster-General ‘Fyner ware present duriog the whole or o part of the proceeding, Gen, Blckles, who has been In WasMogton a few days, camo i at about noon, and was given a seat among the members at the left of the Speaker. Among othera present were ex-8cnators Fene ton, Fowler, Foote, Pease, and Patterson of New Hampshire; Attorney-Geoeral llarrls, of Misslasippl; Messrs. Evarts, Shallabarger, Trumbuil, Green, Stanley Matthews, and Witl- fam E. Chaudler, of counsel before the Com- mlssfon; Groesbeck, of Cincionati; Gen. Chal- mers, of Misalssippt; and a few others. The proceedings were alniost entirely devold of pop- ular intercat. Obiidren, TAIT GALLUIRY. R ~ Mr, Brand’s fucllities for Photographing CHILDREN ARE UNEQUALLD, consequent ly ke offersas an additionnl prize one dozen of the splendl)l Photos of cach Haby tint fe awarded a prize at tho Exposiiien BABYSHOW It s 'arranged that these distogutslicd Young peoplo are to call at bis Studies the awardsaro mnde, and Lave the necese sary sittings made, -STUDIOS 210 & 212 Vabiss-av,, near Afamsst - MOURNING NEIZY. TIHE NIEW Russian Monrning Correspondence Stationery COBB'S TIBRARY, ‘368 Monroe-st. DADY CARMIAGKS, Dtc, BABY CARRIAGES DECIDEDLY NEW STYLES, Haries, Tops, Ba'ls, Bideages, And & great varlety of new Toys, sultablo for Spring Trade, VERGHO, RUHLING & €0, 138, 140 and 142 State.st. OPTIOAL INSTRRUMENTS, MANAuE.IE. OPTICIAN, Tribune Bulldlug, THE SENATE, led by the Scrgesnt-at-Arnis aud Deputles, with Its President, Ferry, and Beeretary Gorhan marching at the head, entered the chamber at about two minutes after 11 o’clock, and was ro- ceived by the members of the Houso standing. ‘When theyhad taken the seats assignedy them at the right of tho Speaker, 1t was not noticed that a considerable bumber of chalrs, both on the Republican sud Demucratic stdes of the House, still remained vacaut, manyof the members preferring to occupy scats in the chalrs arranged belifnd the members’ desks, and others showiuy 80 little Interest in the ceremony as to remaln for some timo In thelr committee-rooms attend- lug to letter-writiug or other routine busioess, ‘Tho jolnt session to-day was more disorderly than any one previously had. , Even while tho Becretary of the Benale was reading the decls. fon of tue Electoral Commission and the reasous onwhich it was based, many of the Senators and members were cogsged o conversation, and comparatively few of them llstoned to It turoughout. When its reading was completed, and the long protgst sent to the presiding offie cers by Glbson, of Loulsiana, was laid before the Conveatlon, the confusion fncreased to such adegree that President Feyry was repeatedly abliged to + CALL TUE MEMBERS 70 ORDER and finally to remind them that unless they ceascd convereation the reading clerk would not be able to make himsell heard. This pro- test embodied a long printed brief prepared by Judge Trumbull for submission to the Flectoral Commlssion, and was sigucd by a score or two of Democratic Senators and Representatives, ‘When this had been read tho Presidiug officer said he had been informed that several mem- bers desired an opportunity to sign the paper, aud that {f no oblection was ade he would then allow #this to be done Then followed & proceeding such a8 was never before witnessed In the House, about haif of the Democratic members filed up tothe Clerk's,desk and one atter anotlier APFISED THEIR S1ONATUNES totbe psper. Bome frreverent correapondent, Fioe Bpectacies sulted Lo a1l slghta on sclentife prins etiler. Dpera and. Feld Clavisn Scopes, Darumetere, ke, 55 Telemops e SUSINESS CAILDS, e S e o e Dr. JUSTIN HAYES AT HOME, 167 Wabash-av,, PALMER HOUSE BLOCK, ON_AND AFTER FEB. 19, —— — NATS AND FURS, HATS--FURS We aro now recalving the SpringStyles of Men's looking down upon the scens from the galle 233 Borv " "rucvat sveby et Hiatag ol | ool el Tt e funersy servios movtie oo === { read, the Democratic mouraers were takiog a . WANTED. 2 last view of tho corpse. Two other brief ob- "'”W“"“ A‘"’fi-‘,‘f’fij‘m jections, one drawn by Bgnator Wallsco and tbe other by Cochraue, of Pennaylvanls, were afterwards presented, - sud then the Senate withdrew, Before the last Senator had disap- peared from the door, Fernando Wood was upon hisfeet sudhalt way down the alsla frombls'seat, claiming recognition by the Bpeaker to move & AN EXPERIENCED SALBSHAN, e scquatnted among the Clty Whol fl\;luhn‘ m:n':l'.mfiofi::u;kml-{?n nn?l?,ly"ch e . ull Dame, ZIVINE pre 3 Biar oGcupativo, M u, Trivuas caices Vroveut 4adur CIIICAGO, TU further recess until 10 o’clock to-morrow. As it waa past 10 o'clock and no devotional exer- clses had taken place, the Bpeaker remnarked that, a new legislative day having begun, prayer by tho chaplaln would be fn order. After this the journal uf Saturday was read, when Fer. naodo Wood was recognized and madeo his motion. THE VOTR OK TIB RECEZSS was taken by ayes and noes, and stood 140 in the aflirmative to 130 In the negative. A con- siderable number of Democrats, feeling that the caucus agreement of Baturday evening bound them to proceed with the Elect- oral count without any further delay, voted with the Repubticans againat this rccess, and, had the leaders of the rmy thought it wise to 8o inferpret 1hat resolution, they might lave defested it, After a bricf consuliation among a few of them, it was thought wiser nut to press the matter to-day, and OTIIEI NEASONS than the opposition of the hutheaded Western men were assigned for thu adjournment. Aniopgg these were the following: First, Hurd, of Ohlo, had been designated Ly the Democrats to manage the Oregon case Lefore the Electoral Commlission on the part of the Houee, Helsoncol the best lawyers in the body, but very cxtreme {n bis views, and strougly in favor of revolutionary measures to revent s cotnpletion of the counting of the lectoral Yote before the 4th of March. He bee came 80 MUCH BXCITED over the dectslon of the caucur on Baturday night—a decision made in spite of o most ear- nest nppeal on his part—that he decided to liave nothing whatever to do with the Oregon case, and hus thus far forved his ~ party to entrost that duty to a new man who wus not prepared. Jenks, of T'ennsylvania, who was one of the objectors in the Loulslona case, has been chosen to take Burd's place. He expressed to his party asso-- clates & desire that he be sllowed another day for preparation, and It tvas to sccure this that inany of the more conservative Democrats voted for the recess, Becandly, ANOTHEIL REASON given ls, that the Committee appointed h‘y the caucus last Euumlny moraing, and consistfug of Lanar, 8enators Cooper and Baulstury, and several others, Whose duty It Isto prepare a formal protest against the Louislana declaion, Lias not completed its work, and desired unttl to-morrow for thai purpose. Third, the objections to the vote of \Watts in Oregou are still Incotnpiete. Not = few of the Dgtocrats who voted for the adjournment to-day did so because they belleved that the de- cisfon in the Loulslana case practically COVERS ALL QUESTIONS that may be ralsed {n Oregon, and as they are lionestly in favor of having the count go on as rapldly” as possible, dealre to avold, if it can _be doue, question a8 to Oregon. s bers argue fo private that in vlew of the disclosures made Ly the Scnate Committee on Privileges and Elections, and the certalnty of an adverse decision from the Electoral Tribunal, the best policy for the Democratic party will be to refuse to take auy advantsge of Cronin's yote o5 to attemapt to du 4o, At the same tino It cannot be dented that some of the more pro- nounced revolutlonists desired to UAVE ANOTHEL CAUCUS called fn the hopo of securing o reconsidern- tion of the - agction of the Satup- day caucus, which decided against fli- pustering. ‘The conservative managers, iu- clgdlug such men av Lumar, John Young Brown, Ben HIll, Miton Sayler, znd others deglare that the declsion of the party is unalter. able; that more than two-thirds of the Demo- crats are determinod to prevent any factious delay, and that the party will jpsist on carrylug out the letter and spirit of the Electoral law, A good many of the moro conservative men were s0_Indiguant that wnother caucus should be called, and that there sbould thus be even an appearance of an attempt to reopen the ques- tion settled ou Saturday, that ihey determined not to uttend the meetfug thia evenlug, LOOY'S SIMILE REQUEST, After the Senate returned to Its chamber from the joint meetiug the report of the Com- wisalon -wus read. Thepeupon Mr. Bogy de- manded the reading of the tedious protest which bad juat wearled everybody by its tedlous uncopscionable length Lefore the™ two les separated, A comical look of mingled amaze- ment, alarm, and disgust came upon the coun- tenunces of Nenators, The document was near- 1y two hours long. Was the Missouri Senutor out of his head, to force them to laten to It apgain? He was as sane as usunl, but be ap- peared to bave been nunluF his wrath cver since Saturday, when he exploded upon Justice Bradley, and was svidently sa mad nbout the Loulslana decision as over. ‘A few ol the Democrats expostulated with him, but be ‘was deaf to thelr pleading, and stubboraly INSISTED ON TIIE READING, The clerlc began the task, nnd went on for nearly half an hour, When hic got down to the printed briefs of the Democratic counsel in. corporated n tho protest, a happy thought atruck biw. He asked If it was necossary to read the printed matter. Mr. Bogy re- lented ecuough to shake his head, and ou this “sign the dreadful docu- moent wae orn of more than half 1ts boring power, ‘I'ke two hours' debate which Iollowed was for the Nenate remurkably spirit- ed and pointed. There were thirteeu speakers, Maxey, Kertun, Thunnan, S8hermsn, Morton, lu":m', Logan, Sargent, Withers, Boutwell, Btévenson, Hows, and Christlancy. Some of the orators accustomed to the Senuforial fashlon of taking an bour or so to comoto the keruel of an argument wers . CUT OPY PREMATURELY Dby the tenniputes' rute. Most of the efforts were cotnpact and well rounded, On the Demo- ocratic alde the key-note of nearly all of tho talk wus deuuuciative of tho Com- mission for not admittiug evidence, Maxcy mado the extravagunt declaration that the Commlssion’s decislon w fost the law and In deflance of the reve: will of God. Al the Democrats wha spoke appeared to havo for- gotten until Christlancy forced the unwelcome recollection upon thetn at last that thelr own Icader, Thurman, told them uxfillcluy beforo they voted on the Electorat bill that thi compe- tency of evidenco was A CHIEF QUESTION 1X DISPUTH between tho parties, which the Commission would bave 10 decide. Bayard's specch, the shortest of all that wero made, breathed a spirit of sorrow rather than indignation. His cforts, Le sald, had been crowned ouly with failure, and ho wnourned for his country’s sake. ‘Ihe declsion, he declarca in suleinn tones, destroyed tho essential nafcguards of the Constitution, and sunounced to the people that truth and justice, Uonedty and moralily, wero no louger tlo essentlal basls of thelr political Dow e, FUURMAN'S BPERCI was merely a synopsis of the bricf of the Demo- crutlc counsel, On the Hepublican side, Houtwell made a very effectiva_effort, Fulllng futo the wclan- choly of tho Democrats, he sald that be, too, was disappoluted. Hu had hoped that there would be a placid acqulescence in the decision of ‘the Commissfon, snd be Waa -\:Zflml to hiear the vuery men condemniug that decision who had been most active fu per- suadiug thelr associates to pledge themaelves In advance to accept it as falr and Just. In the course 0f what was the most splirited speech on the Republican sids Mr. Bargeut re- ferred to the recent attempted sssassiuation of g:‘t; }‘ywkn;d. A’i l‘hh dvunm lhu‘uzucfil‘ dr ely. argen urned upon m shar with swmngfillm(uu to Pe) o TUR MUKDRR OF LINCOLN by a Democrat, and to the recent cditoria! In the Wasbington Capltal, & Democratic Ppaper; coune scliog the wssnasioation of iisyes. vote was first taken upon a resolution offered by Mr. Keruan thut the Elcctoral votes of Loulsisos bo not counted, and it was lust— yeas, 233 nays, 41 Sherman's resolutlon that the declsfon of the Commission stand, the wbjectlons to the conrrury notwithstanding, was ll‘n:l:‘.dul‘x;c;lTy:u.C lléunny:‘.’dss. tBam w‘.fi & par fote oukiiny not vote, Waa 5ot veen at Lo Capitol Loday. o Blaine was abscot by reason of ilncss, as his colleague explaincd. Bouttiern Repub) y Dorsey aud Humllton, wers also abscat. IN CONGRESS, < BEMATE. Wasnixatox, D. C., Feb. 19.—Few Benators were 1o the chaber when the scssion was re- sumed st 10 o'clock, Iureply tos questlon of 3Mr, Withers, tbe President pro tem. sald the House would bo ready to receiye the Benate for the purpose of resumlug the count of the Elect. oral vote at 11 o'clock. Mr. Withera fuquired if {t was in order to move & further recess untit that hour, The President pro tea. replied it would uot be. The Senate buviug already taken ome re- cess from Saturddy uutil this morning, 1t could not takea second one until another question was rafsed In jofut meeting. At 10:50 the Scnate repaired to the House of Representatlves, headed by Its ofiicera, Upon returning, the President pro tem, sald that objection having been made to the decision on the vote of Loulsiana, the two Houses separated to deliberate fn regard to that declsion, and, unless some Benator asked it, he twould not direct the decision and objections thereto read agalin. Mr. Davis sald the papers should be read. Mr. Bargent sald §f all the papers were to be read, the two hours allowed for dlscussion would be consumed, and thers would be NO TIME LXPT FOR DEBATR, ‘The President pro tew, decided that the time occupled by the resding of tho papers would not be taken out of the two hours allowed for dcbate, The two hours would run from the time the debate In the Secnate was actually begun. Mr. 8herman submitted a resolution that the declsion of the Commlssion upon the Electoral votoof the State_of Louisiana staod as the judgment of the Bemate, the objections made ithereto to the contrary notwithstanding. ‘The decision of the Commission was then read by 8ceretary Gorhan, The Presfaent [nquired If the objections sub- mitted in the iouse should bo read, Messrs. Bogy snd s demanded the read- fug, whea Mr. Bherman sald the pspers had been read fn the House, and it was no use to have them read again to Incumber the record, Mr, Witkers—\We waut as many records of VSTE SRS SAIY thts was tho moat, fmport Mr, Bogy eal his was ibe most important business which the Benate lad_over btcl? called upon to perform, and the reading of the objec- tions should not be omitted to save a few min- utes' time. ‘The ubjections were then read. - DEMOCRATIC BURSTITUTE, Mr, Kernan submitted a substitute for the regolution of Mr. Sherman, os follows: Ordered, Thst the yotes purporting to be the Electoral votes for l'nomenlp .{3 \'Iu!l’rumenhl. and which were given by Willlam P, Keilogg, J. I Burch, Peter Joseph, L. A, Sheldon, Motris Marks, A, 8. Levissee, O. Il, Brewster, and Oscar affroln, claiming to be Elcctors for the Biate of Loulsiaug, be not counted, the declsion of the Cowmmuion o the contrary notwithatanding. s MAXEY'S 8PEECIT. The question being an the substitute of Mr, Kernau, Mr, Maxey spoke of the Electoral Come mission being {nvested with the same power as the two Houses of Congress fn canvassing the Electoral vote, aud sald (¢ was futrusted with the duty of declding whowere the true Electors, but this duty bad net been perfuemed. The Commission was directed to nacertain the true vote of the State, but {nstead of that they had Urought forth a certiicate recking with fraud and offensive {n the ‘nostrilsof all hunest wa ple. The Judgment of the Commission had been weighed i1 the balanceand found wanting, It could vot stand the touchstone of trutl, jus- tice, and falr dealing, 10 the law organizing tils Commisslon did not outhorze the Commission to nscertaln the trug vote of the State, it was the wmost cunningly devlsed ;i\uu\l that ever mortal man feil hite. The 'he judgment of this Comntsalon was founded on the denfal of the right to prove fraud. It was an adwmission that fraudulent certiticates of o uatoriously corrupt Returniug Boand were good, valld, and true, This judgment, bearing 80 heavily in favor of fraud and against truth und justice, would never be npproved by the American peaFle. but {t would e condemned for all time, ‘Feuth had oot been souglhit by the Commlssion, but all-{ts svenues were closed. The evidenco was shut out, and thereby the law ‘was peryerted, In couclusion, he sald the Democratle party counseled lawful and peaccful submisslon to the declslon, and conlidently re- 1led upon the will of the prople aud the merits of thelr case, 3| 3R, KERNAN sald the Svoate should uot, and he trusted it would not, utljem the declslon which had been made by the Commission, ile then spoke of the offer of the Demoeratle counsel Lefors the Commission to prove that froud existed iu Loulsiaus, and that certain Electors in that Btate were incligible, and, commenting ou_the declslon of the Commission, sald, {{ 2 filcof soldiers should threaten to murder the Governor of a State unless he signed the certificats of certaln Electors,and the Uovernor ylelded, under this declaion there was, no power in -the-two 1ouses of Congress to fnqnlrefnlo the mialter, The declslon was to the efect that there was wer in Congress to.obtafn the truth and smite down fraud. He entered his solewn pro- teat agalost it, and he did so from a higuer tnottve than for the success of any man or any political party, He did not want it to go to th world without & protest that falae and fabri- cated cortificates were to be counted. e was deenlmnin:d that such Frlnclple abould hayo been aflirmed by & vote of 8to 7, Mr, Thurman sald the statute of Loulsfana created n Rchlrnlnl:uunnl:or tive persons, who were to hold otflee {nde@nitely, and with power to fill ll vacancles that. might occur, It de. volved upon these five men to eay who should hold the oDives iu the Btate. The questfon of wlio should hold offie depended not upon the will of tha d\upla but upon the will of the Returning Board. Ho belleved such a Board wgs utterfy destructive of a ropublican form of veromneit. Tho State of Loulslana under our Constitutlon had uo power (o create such Board, The acts of that Board were unconstl- tutional, null, sud void. Evon if its acts were not unconstitutional, they were not legal in canvasstuz the vote of the 7thof November last, because the statule required that the Board should Le composed of five persons of different political parties; but in fact ft was composed of but four persons, all of the samo party, and they steadlly refused to, fll tho vacaucy. The dut{ ot that Soard was to can- vass and complle the returns of the Commis- sloners of Election, but $ho testimony showed they did uot da so. Tha proal which counsel offcred before the Commission should have been accepted, and in that opinion he wai fortificd by the action of both Houses of Uungress four {eur- 8go In rejecting the vote ol Loulslana, te then relerred to the alleged tueligiullity of certuln Electors In that State, sud he sald be could not rezard that other shan ais nullifica- tion of the constitutionsl provision cn that sub- ect, Under tbis decisiou, no matier by what raud a mau might bo eleeted Prsident or Vice-President, or how fuclizible s Elector might be, there was no power to ingure into it, Tho vote of sn fneligible Etector must be counted, and uelther the Slate nor Covgress could r{gm the wrong. e utterly disscuted from such decislon as belng destrticilve to re- publican government. The deelsion would have elfect of o proclamation to dishonest Feturning Buards to perpetrate whatever villainy their in- terests ight dictate, with the absoluto cer- tafoty that they would bo succesaful, MR, BURANAN sald lis was -urfimcd st she ohjections to the deciston of tho Electoral ‘Tribunal. It vas con- stituted by the votes of the very goutlegien who nuw objected to its tinding. Tho 3enators objecting kusw when they voted for the bill orgunizing the Commlission thst thec very “questius of taklnE cyidence were to be sub- mitted to it, and they were to honor biund by its decision. Although hue voted -.rf-uu the bill and fought it step by stop after it passcd, he made up his mind to abide by the de- cislon of the Tribunal. These objecilons now from the otler s of the Quamber were (nsultiog to the Tribu and hsylting to those who sustained Its decislon. Toe Dem- ocruts had chosen an arbitration, the declifon was agalust them, and there should beno un- scemly wrangllog, Ho further daclared that the declsion of the Tribunal was right, aud as a yucstion of law no'man would hayve hed two wmonths sgo that Cungress had s right © over- haul the returns by which Electors were diosen, If there wos any right of 3 State (¢t wus the vight to chpose its own Electors. The right was carefully guarded by the Constitutim, sud Coungress bad no mure power to reverie ol over rule the declslon of Stalc than any uan in Great Britaln or France had todo 0. £ good deal had been sald about fraud, fruud, and porjury, sud the Reputlicans were looked "upon sod polnted” £ as upholders of fraud, Suppose Congress could R behiud these returns, {t would tind fruud, urder, and violcucs on the part of Deurats. "The State of Loulsiana Lud the right to povide by Jaw for overruling thiv traud, and it dd so by its Returufug Board. For Dcuwocrats te talk ut fraud whoo it was the violeuco and lraud of the Demucratic party wbich brougit this +daoger to the country, sécined to bim wroug. The Louislana Returnjug Bosrd might Ls fum- prisoved, the members wight bo arrested, th:fl tnight Le driven to thelr graves, but the by sluply wbeyed tho law, aud Cougress hud no ower, thauk Uod, to reverse the declsim of hat Hoard, The Nemocrats could come for- ward now aud say what they proposul to prove. Why wes {t thut they did not offer their proof before tho luvestigating Comm Lee. He argued that it would bave been lmpowible for the Cowumittes to bave exuwiued all the evi- deucq before the 4th of March, xud tuis sttaupt e Chicuge Dailp Teibun: ESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1877. to have them take evidence looked as {f it was bnnlcm;flllml to have a new election for Presl- dent. le defended the decision ol the Com- mission, aud gaked if these pure and honorable men were Lo be anssiied throughout thy land by libellers and aseassins. When all the festimon taken by buth Houscs of Congress in the Louis(- ans case shnll have been read by the neople they would seo that the decisivu of the Commission was right and just. ‘The President pro tem. sald—The Chair takes 1his oceasian Lo say to octtibauts of the ralleries that It thers are ‘any marks of spprubation or disapprobation the Chair will order the gaileries to be cleared at vuce, 8o that the fnnocent will suffer with those who break the order of the Henate, p MR, MORTON said the statute of Loulsiaus creating the Re. turning Board provided in.express terms that the majority of the number aliould constltute a torum Lo du husiness and make returns. The oard was to_consist of five persons to bo elected by the Sennte. Tlhrce of that number, by the exlmu terms of the act, were a quorum o do business, There were four fn number up- on the Board, one more than a mn]urur The Electoral Commission had decided that the Board was property ronstituted. On the other hang, It was srgaed that the existence of 8 sin- gle vacancy destrored the Board. The Corm- misslon sald out upon the very best settled rinciples of law. 'The Constitution provides that tne Benate shall conslat of two Senators from each Btate, yet vacatcics from half a dozen States “will not destroy the legal character of this Senate. The law provides that the Supremc Court _shall consist of a cortaln number of Judzes. Twoor three.vacancles will not dcstrusoum Iegal char- acter of the Supreme Court. he could run through the law In regard to corporations and special tribunals. ‘There were certaln Com- misslons creatcd for specific ministerial pur- es. Sometimes the law required that a Cominlssion should be full to cuable It to per- form an sct, but here the law creating this tribunal gruards against that by specially pro- viding thata mn]um( of members shafl con- stitute a quornm and {t there be such majority present it makes no difference from what cause there are absentees, whether there are yacancies or whether tbe members are wilfully abseut. It there be s majority present the law Is com- plied with. Now, In regard to the ellgibility of Efcctors, the Commlesion decided that it was not mmre— tent to prove that vertain Electors wers {neligl- ble on the 7th ef November, the day of the elee- tlon, They declded that upun two grounds: Firat, because, in any point of view, proof would be Inunatcrlal, because the substance of the - Constitution, the spirit .and meaning of it, s that Electors shall be eligible when they cotne 10 act, when they come to vote, and not at the time when they are elected. Secomd, persons are luelizible to be members of this Senate. A Senator must have certaly qualificationa. - If he has them when the time comes to Le sworn in that s enough. It i immaterial whether he has them on the doy of bis clection, ‘That i3 well settled: but the Comiulssion declded that proof was imwmaterial upun other ground— 1t it were conceded that an Elector was luellfil- Ule upon the day be voted. Can that fact be yroven to strike out his votef If It can It s overturning the very best scttled prioviples of law. A mun may be inchgible toa seat in this body. He may ot be 80 years old. He may be under disabilltfes of the Fourteenth Amend- ment, but if he comes hero und Is sworn fu and takes his seat he may afterwards be turned out upon proof of the fact, but ever{ vote thal he casts has the same valldity with the vote of every uther Senator. A man muy be ineligible t0 be appointed s Judge under the Fourteenth Amendment, or for want of age, or from the law of the State fu_whicl he lives, yet If he Is appointed, not- withstauding” bis neligibility, cvery act of his as Judge is Just a3 valfd as if hie had been eliglble. "He wmay be turned out upon u quo warranto, but untll that is done his act Is valld, and can there be an exception fosnd to this rute! He knew of none. In applying it to Electors, we apply a shinple, well-settfed cule of law, and how absurd it would be to overturn that rule la cases where the discovery 13 inade after the vote is cast, when It 1s past remedy, that an Elector waa ineligible, und strike out his vote, If the Commissiun had decided that, it would have overruied a well-settled principle of law. Who siz munths azo contended for any such princlple as thati This Tribuval declded that you could not euter into proof to con- tradict returns by proper returning-oflicers of o Hm?x. wne—-valnud by the State to decide ond declare who had been elected. It secmed to hin that {f avy principle of constitutivual law was plaln that must be. The Constitution gives to cach House the right to judge of the wlectiony, returns, and qualifications of {ta mem- bers. Ifit were' not for that provision of the Constitution, each House could not do that, aud 1t n Beuatorlal clection were contested it would have to be by the Legislaturo of the State that sends the Senator here; but that power has been given to cach House, and (ko power was not given {n regard to Electors that the llouscs have (u regard to their mewmbers. 1f tho framers of the Coustitution Lad intended to glve that power they would bave sald so, Infer the “existence of so great & power Is to overrule every printiple of con- structlon in regard to the Constitutiun that was adopted in the very beginning, To give to Con- Rress the powerto judge of the election returns nud quallilcations of Electors is for the leglela- tive to absorb the executive, and to place the control of an elestlon ol President sbsolutely fu the puwer of the two Houses. We know that was not inteuded, We know if anythinz 18 clear it was futended to make the elecilon of President Indenendent of Congress, 'Ulie Cone stitution says the certificate shall be opencd by the President of the Scnate In the presence of the two Aouses. * Whether Lc fa to count the votes, or whether the two Iouses are to count the votes, and agsume under this law the two HNouses are to do' L, or, in certaln cases, this Electoral Commisslon, what can they do?! They have but one duty to perform, and that Is to ascertaln thet these ver tificates came from the Elcctors of State, When that Is donc, “tho vote shall then be counted." ‘They must ascertain the fact whether they comes from the Electors of a State, and, when the: have ascertained that, thelr duty {s at an end, Thero (s no time, there 13 no place, to try any question of ineligibllity, snd low are we to know that tho certificates cume from the Elect- oraof a 8tate! In the st place, the act ol Cougress provides that prima focie evidence {s the Uovernar's certiticate; but that s not con- clusive. That fs the result of an act of Con- gress, Congreas may repeal that act, or {t may provide by another “to o behind it but when you go beniud that aud come to the wition of tho officers of the State there at an end. Whenever tho otlicers the State to declare who havo bee: ors, bave acted and mado that declaration, It s fitial so {ar as Congress Is concerned—the actlon of the Btate ofticers 1 the actlon of the State, MR, DATARD suid as & member of the Electoral Commission he had given all that he could pive of eurnest study, paticut laior, und devotlou to sceuren Just exeeution of the law under which Lo was oppointed. His labors und his efforts had been crowned by failure. Deep wus_ his sorrow aud rounlnt his disappointment. e mourned bils ailure for his country's sake, fur it scemud to nim not unly did this Qeclslon of eight members of the Commissivn level fu the dust ali the esseutial safepuards thrown around the clection of Chiet Muglatrate, but ft announced to the people of this Tand that truth, honesty, and morglity were no longer the ceutral busls of «thelr political power, MR. SAKOENT, The debatc was contlnued by Mr. Wallaco ufdnu the decislon of the Commlssion, and by Mossrs, Logau snd Sargent in favor thereol, Mr. Bargent, fa the course of his remarks, sald that frauds hiad been committed In Loulslana by the Democrats, snd 1t was by such meaus l.l{nl they cxpefl:& to selza the Fresidency, It was by such means that, & few days ugo, an assassin sttempted, ln tne State-fouse of Lou- Jslapa, to take the lifsof s man whom more than one-hall of the Feonla of the State had elected Goveruor, [Laugbter on the Demo- cratic nlqe‘.? x«hrfieut (louking towards Mr. Withers) sald the Scuator might lsuzh at that fact. DId the Senator lnu[:h at the fact that one of his party papers in this city counssled the assassination of Gov. Hayesi K Mr. Withers—No, I da not laugh st that. Mr. Sargent—Uocs the Scuator laugh at the fact that his vmmr\-momme for the aseus- sination of Abral Lincolol Does the Ben- ator deny hat! Ar, }N thers—Yes, sir; I deny (¢ fairly snd uarely. r. Sargent (resumlog) said the Dewmocratic party was stained all over with the crime of as- ssssination. It had sssassluated from tho best man Uod ever creatcd—Abrubam Liucolo— down to the pourest negeo fn Missiaslopt. Ar. Withers sald befure rcpmnim the tirado of the Bcoator trom California ‘he desired tu state that be supported the LI for the creation of the Electorul Commisslon iu the bope thut the ~—members druws from the Ju- dicial Department of the Uovernment wowd give the sublect s falr judicial Qpoon such evidence 88 -1 3 22 [ = Q S g 5" 537 & coosideration; but he was mistaken. This de- claon hald demounstrated the fact that the mem- bera of the Bupreine Court, the highast tribunal In the land, could not rise above party any more than prononinced politicians, He thén allnded to the charges made by the Benators from Calafornia and from Ohlo (Sher- man) that the Detnocratic prarty was respousible for ull the wrongs committed, and sald three- fourths of the violence in the South had been Insrl‘umed =od brought about by the Republican party. MR. BOUTWRLL sald he belleved the penPI-, of this conntry would accept the Judgment of the Commisaion, and that the 8upreme Court would lose no prestige by the nction of (ts members. Mr. Stevenson sald the Yroceedlnn of the Amerfean Sennte to-day tvould Jive as long as & constitutional Yovernment lasted or the princi- les of Niherty had a votary. He voted for the il creating the Electoral Commission, and did 2oin the Intercat of peace. It had heen sald there was but une Democrat who voted aralnst §t. Thauk God there was but one, becausc the Democratic varty met this matter upon the broad basis of a faic Investigation. When the bill was passcd it was expected that there wonld be a free, full, and fair {nvestigation, and that Judgment would be rendered tu accordance with the proofs, Mr. Stevenson then referred to the condition of Louts'ana, and said tuls Returning Board had been so successful In governiug the State that they inight as well extend their operations and govern the nation. Mr. Wallace safl: The Benator from Ohlo (Sherman) says that nu lawyer asserted the right to go behind the returns, but the record shiows that he himself safd that this blll gave thst right when he resisted its passace, und two of the Commission, Mortun and Garfield, fn de- bate opposed the bl because it gave tuat right. ‘The rejectlon of the proof of fraud by tie Com- misslon sdmitted fta truth. 1 his is sound law, and the Republican party caunot now say the facts are not as we state them. Gross and pal- pable frauds un the people of Louisiane, and through them on the Awmerican people, have been given volce and power to proclalin & lle, to nullify - the truth, and to reverse the will “of the majorit of that peo- ple. If false = an formed returns made by falr men, of whom one {s 100 weak to be a knave, another tricky, unecrupulous, snd a defaulter In public office, » third a sbarper who cheats ot eno and defrauds his State, apd the fourthconfessedly guilty and indicted for forging dead men's names on the I‘:’ 11s of his city,— If these returns, certified z un Executive whose only title to his place is the Federal bayonet, are to be conclusive proof of title tu the Presi- dency, then o Government of law Is supplanted by one of force and fraud. A majority of the people of the United Stutes—whose rights are outraged by thia decision, a system of jurispru- dence that finds a remedy for every Wrung; a Uoverument that has “repelled ‘force uud has unborn vigor to resist eorruption, snd a code of morals that shrinks from the nlsunous touch of falschood and forgery—are iere to-day in silent but majestic protest aainst this judement, The laws of the people whotn I represent are based on common rignt, common justice, and common sense, and they Lelieve that the end of leral proceediugs Is the attainment of justice. They will not respect a decision that refuses to hear the truth, that fu- dorses falschood, sustalos forgery, and places the Federal Government at the mercy of the base. They will and they should agitate for its reversal, e result hetore us §s itly reachied, It 1s the decree of party wrong by party fealty from o judicial tribunal, upon a purely legdl qu:;llan. May we never look upon Its Jike agaly. MR, NOWE sald the Benator from Kentucky (Stevenson) had admonfshed the Sevate that thic proceed- Inli‘l of this day would llve, That was true, and in hls (Howe's) judgiacnt It was a pity that it was true. He thought it would be better lor the fame of the Republic Uf these proceedings could be burled ont of oight os suou es they should be flnished, For duya the waves of vituperation had broken at the feet of the Electorut Commlstion fn order to coerce that Counnission into o crucifixion of the rights of & State, and to-day these same foamy surges beat upon the heads of members of the Commission to cruclly thein because they would not consent to crucity aState, The Commission and Its judie- ment would survive, os it was just, He thought it should be u gladsome thibe to cvery wan .who cherished the reputation of the Democratle arty that the Comm! n did not go belind rua returns. _Asm Repullican, cherishing the Eut of tbe Republican party, hs would not lush when the blankets were stripped olf this Loulstana case, % ¥ AMr. Christlancy argued’ that the Electoral Cowmmlssion was cqually falr to both_ partics. 1ie voted for the LIl establishing the Electoral Commission, and determined to ablde by thc declsion. TUR YOTE. Delore Mr. Christlaucy concluded his re- ml“flu' tho two hours alfowed fur debate ex- pired, The question being on tho_resolution of Mr, Keruan as asubstitute for that of Mr. Sher- way, it was rejected—yeas, 28; nays, 41—a atrict party vote.” Thevote was as follows: TrAs, Balley, Gordon, Merrimon, farnu, Berford, Norwood, Dayard, Jobstoi, andolpl, hogy, Jones (Fla.), TNansom, Cockrell, Kelly, Saulsbary, cnurcr, Kernan, Stevensou, Davl McCreery, Wallace, Dens McDouald, ‘Whyts, Katy Muezey, Withers—28, Goldtliwalte, Alrorn, T Oglesh; orn, awer, R Allison, l’err{. Puldm!k. Anthony, Frellnghuysen, PFattcrson, ll:twlh. " {:nmlm. }luhnmun, outwell, arvey, argent, Mruce, Thitchcock, Sharon, Hurnelde, Howe, Shesman, Camercn (Pa.), Ingalls, Spencer, Cameron (Wis. ), Jones (Nev.), Teller, Chagfee, Logan, Wadieigh, Coristlancy, Mesbilun, We Clayton, Mitebell, Windom, Conover, Morrill, Wright—i1. Cragin, Morton, Mr, Edmunds, who would hase voted in the negative, but who was detained at home by alck- ness, was patred with Mr. Thuruan, who would havs voted Iu the alllrmative. s, Blaine, who would havs voted o thenega- tive, was detained st bomo by sickuees, The question then befng on the resolution of Mr. 8herman, it was agreed to~yeas, 413 uays, 2a; a strice party vote. Those voting fu favor uf the substitite ns sbove recorded voted against the resolution, snd those who voted agalust tho substitute voted for tho resolution, Mr, Hamlin said the Benate baving concluded its action on the vote of Loulsiana, he moved that the Recretary be lustructed to notify the onse of Represcutstives that tha Benats was ready to meet that body and proceed with the count of the Electoral vote, Agreed to. Mr, Sargent inquired if It was not uccnll‘:_! ta Inform the [1ouse that the Senato bad arrivi at a conclusion In regasd Lo the dechrion of the Commmnlssiog. The President pro tempore replied that would e fucinded in the notification. . The Benate then, av 8385, took a recess until 10 o'clock to-morrow. - HUUsxE, Wasuinaton, D. C., Feb, 19.~At 10 o'clock the House met and took w recess untit 10:85, toe time belug occupied In preparing for the reception of the Scoate. ‘The gallerles were crowded as usual on the f' when the count is to proveed, Precisely at 11 o'clock the Sonate arrived, - The presiding oflcer safd: “The J;Int meetiug of Congress resumes its session. he ublectlons Pruan(ed. 1o the certiicates from the Btate of Loulslana haviog been sub- wmitted to the Commission, the two Houses have reconvened to recelve and consider the decision of that Tribunal, In writing, by 3 ma- jority ot tbe Comnfuslouers, and sigued by a m-;_umy of the Commissloners sgrecing thers- to. The decision was then read. It s {a languagy the same as the declslon given i the cise o Florids, with the dijference that where the lat- ter recites, “The Commlssion bas declded,” the words of the present decislon ares m’l'hdl Commission has, by 3 majority of votes, clded: The briefground of this dectalon ls, that itappears, by the Coustitution aud law, pamned ju said ace of Coudrees (Electoral luw) fa conpelent and pertinent to the comvideration of the subject, that the before-wontioned Electors appesr to biave been lawfully appointed auch Eloc- tors of Presldent and Vice-Fresideatol the United States forthe tena boginning March 4, 1677, of ihe State of Loulsiana, and ibat they' voted as such at the time and in (he manuer provided furby tho Couatitution of thy United Statcs aud the la aud the Commlselon has. by & wajurity of vot declded that it la not _compeient, under the Cou: stitutlon aod law, 88 10 exlvivd at the dats of the passage of sald act, to ko Inte evidence, aliunide of the papers vpened by th President uf the Semste fu presvuce of the two Huusce, o Dove tnat other pervoua thau thoke regulac: 1y certiled 1o by tha Qoveruor of the Blate, vo and accordiug te the &lelermination of thelr appoing- et by the returniug olilcers for elections Ju said State, prive o 1y luus required fos the verfuras 1| Bprioger, (4 PRICE FIVE CENTS. ance of thelr dutles, had been appolnted Electors, or, by coanter-proof, to show that (he{ had oty or that the determination of sald returning officers was not In sccordance with the truth nd fact —the Commisston, by & Jsjerity of voles, befog of the opinlon that It {s not within the jnrisdiction of the two Houses of L‘fl:‘{nll asembled to count tho vote for President and Vice-I'resident, to enter upon the trial of sach question, ‘The Camminalon by & ntajority of votes in also of the opinion that it Is not compelent ta prove that any,0f ruid pecsonn, ro apoolnted Electors as aforo. rafd, held ofilce of trustor profit under the U'nited Etatcs at the time they were appointed, or that they were Ineliylble under the laswa of the State, or any matier, oftered to be praved aliunde by safil certificates and papers, . ‘The Comminsion [% also of the opinfon. hy & msjority of votes, that the retarning officers of elections who canvarsed the votes at the election for Electors in Louislana were a lawfully-cunsti- tuted hody by virtne of constitationsl faw, snd :fi:fi?fl}n’nfie} in said body did not vitiate Its pro- ‘The Commission has aleo déclded, and does hera-, by declde, by a majority of voles, and report as the tflnl!?fltnm of the foregoing, and upon tho ground before stated, that the paper parportng ta o~ the certificate of the Kiectoral vote of gal State of Luntetana, ubjected to by T. O, Howe and others, marked N, C. No. 2 by the Comwis- sion, and herewith réturned, is not s certideate ot otes provided for by ine' Constitution of the Unlted States, ana that they ought Lot to be count- ed us suc! The tures are Bamuel F., Miller, W. Strung, Juseph P, Bradley, Ueorge F. Edmunds, O. P." Morton, Frede; T. Frellughuysen, James A. Garfleld, George F. Hoar. The decision haviog beeu read, the presiding offlcer naked whether there were any objectiyns to the dectsion, PROTEST. Mr. Gibson presented objections to the decls- fon on the ground that the Commission had re- fused to recelve evidence which had been of- fered, and bad decided that the votes men- tloned in Certlileates 1 snd 3 sbould bo counted for Dayes and Whecler, such evidence 10 the contrary notwithstanding. The paper re- cltes at f:mz length the proceedings of the Commissiou, but the point of it is the rejection of evidence. It is slgned by most of the Dem- ocrats In both Houses, The reading of the paper occupled Just an hour, It was the dryest of legul documents, contalnlnx repetitions of various forms fu which the evidence Lad been offered to and re- lused by the Commisslon. No one, alter the frst five minutes, made the slightest preteuse al listening to or attempting to understand It. ‘The hum of conversation prevailed on the floor and In the crowded galeries to such an cxtent that the presiding oificer several times appealed tor order and silence. Finally, when the read- ing was ended, opportunity wus given to mem- bers who lind not yeu signed the paper to step to the Clerk’s deafs and atlix thelr names. ‘This used up more time, and added to the uproar. At 12:45 the Jolot Couvention wus wrain calied to order, and the presiding officer asked whethérthere were any furtber oblections tu the decision, SENATOR WALLACR presented objections, which were read. They are, first, that the declslon is in violution of thy Electoral act In this that by the act the Com- misslon is required ta decide whether any and what votes from such State are votes vrovided for by the Cunstitution, and what persons wero duly appoiuted Electors; yet the Commission refised to examine and ascertain whowere daly appoluted Electors [z and by the State of Luue isinun, and what votes from that State are with- in the provislonsof the Constitutionof the United States. Sccond, because the act creat- fog the Commission {wu passed to the eud that the Commission would hear gnd examiue evidence aud honeatl Electors in any dlsputes fairly and legally chosen, whereas the Comimission refused to hear and cop- sider the eyidence offered to show tuat the Electors whose votes the Commission bad de- vided should be counted wero not duly chosen, but that they had falscly and frauduleutly acted us such Electors, and also refuscd the oifer to sbow that the pretended certiticates of clection were procured by curruption, aud were wholly untrue, Third, because the declilon fs In disre- gard of truth, justice, and law, sud estublishes the demorallziiig - and ominous doctrine that fraud, forgery, bribery, aud perjury can iawfully bie used as & ineans to make a President of thu United States neainst the well-known ar casily- ascertained will of the people of the States. 'l'hll{;al;er 12 signed by Senators Wallace, Jobus- tam, Balley, Kernan, Kelly (Ore.), Buaulsbury, and other Henators and members. AMOIE ONJECTIONS. The presiding oificer h:vlns called for other objections to the devislon, Mr. Cochrane pre- sented an objection and protest signed b{.hlw sclf and several Senators and Hepreseniattves for the following rcasons: Fimt, it was not denled before the Commiasion that the Tilden Electors in Loulsiana bad received o large ma- urity of votes cast. Second, It was not aenled fore the Commlsafon that Wells axnd his naso- clates, nryung themselves the Returuing Bosrd, were guifty of gross fraud: that thelr certld- cates piven to the Hoyes Eleciors wers false and fraudulent, or that their action {n canvaes- Ing the yotes was In_violation of the Constitu- tion and laws of the State, Third, toat the ac- tion of clght members of the Commiasion in de- cllulng to hear the evidenco of these aud other {acts, wero {u violation of the letter aud spirft of the act uuder which the Commission was created, and of the spirit of the Constitution of the United Btates, No_further cbjections belog presented, the presiding officer” announced that the Senate would withidraw, so that the two Houses might separately conelder and decide objections, The Senate baving withdrawn, Mr, Wood rose to make a motfon, but the Speaker Interposed, the new leglslative day bepluniog after prayer and the reading of tha journal of Suturday. RECK3S, Mr. Wood then moved that the House take a recess till to-morrow, Beforo putting the questlon, the Speaker de- slred to present some enrolled bills, but Mr. Conger objected. Yeas ond npays were then ealled on Wood's motion, aud It was agreed to: Yeas, 140; nays, 180, The following Democrats voted {n the negative: Alnsworth, Anderson, John H, Bagley, Bell, Campbell, Carr, Cutler, Finly, Godwla, fatcher, Hoymond, iluvmum Jones (N, IL), kehr., LeMoyne, Morgun, Neul, Phelps, Potter, Poirell, Stevenson, Tarbux ?’“l:"‘ Wells (Mo.), Willls, Wilsbire, uud eates. ‘The House thereupon took w recess, and the Democrats remaioed in the ball for & caucus, MORE CAUOUSING. THE VILIBUSTENING ELEMENT, Hpecial Dispatch fo The Tribune. ‘WasnixNaTton, 1), ., Feb, 19.—The Democrat- le caucus of the House members nssermbled at 7:80 thts evening. There were present about as many as attended the cuticus on Baturday night, but a geod many who did vot attend on Batur- day wero there to-night. It became apparent from the outset that the real purpose of calling the caucus was to force a reconsideration of tho actlon of the caucus on Baturday night, snd commit the party, {f poarible, to a policy of 1l bustering to defeat the Presidential count, decide what Btate were and to prevent the joaguratlon of Haves. The following resolutions were presented, which formed the basis of the actlon aund discusston of the caucus, Vance, of Oblo, in fmitation of his collesgue, Walllug, Baturday night, presented s resolu- tion recommending s glibustering policy. Mills, of Tezas, presented & resclution which declured that the contingency provided for in the Constitution had arisen; that TUKRE JIAD BEEN NO ELECTION Ly the Electoral Collcge; that &t could not be determined who had the majority of the Elects oral votes, and that the House should proceed to-worrow at 1 o'clock to elect a Prealdent. of Ilinols, moved a resolu- tiog providing that a clause shal be attached to all appropristion bills providing that nons of the money appropriated sball be cxpeuded for the support of troops iu South Carolina and Loulstana; also that the House shall by resolution recoguize tbe Nicholls Gov- ernment In Loulsians snd the Hamptou Gov- ernment in South Cavolius. Bpeeches were made by Mesirs. Hunton, Hooker, Durbaw, Koott, Rundall, Buckoer, and Harris. Hooker surprised his friends by taking directly an op- posite poaltion frou that which be took on Sat- urday uight, and declarig to-night IN FAVOR OF DILATORY MOVEMENTS. Ho took the position that the Electoral Commfsslon was sluply & Boand ofy Asbitration; that - ft hsd not car- red out its arbitration fu secordance with the terms azreed upon, and that uotice should be served upon them that uvlesd its deddion should be different its sward will oot Lu accepted. Proctor Kuott L8 repsesented us