Identifier: sixthousandyears03sand (find matches)
Title: Six thousand years of history
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Sanderson, Edgar, d. 1907
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Philadelphia : E.R. DuMont
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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is was a great disappointmentto the Democrats, but the count went on. It was not untilthe 20th that Lo-uisiana was also counted for Hayes.Oregon was counted for Hayes on the 24th, the issue herebeing different from that in the Southern States anddepending only on the eligibility of a Republican elector.It should be said that the principles laid down by themajority in these contested cases were not entirely con-sistent and it was directly cliarged that the legal groundwas shifted each time to elect the Republicans. Thiscaused much unfavorable comment. Even on February28 South Carolina had not been counted and Congressmust adjourn on March 3, as the 4th fell on Sunday.Many Democrats, finding the situation going againstthem, wanted to filibuster and delay so as tO have no elec-tion and then have the House proceed to an election onits own account. That the count of the vote was com-pleted and untold evils prevented was due alone to thefirmness and patriotism of the Speaker, Samuel J. Ran-
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THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION 313 dall, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Randall was an ardent Demo-crat, a warm partisan, who personally believed thatTilden had been elected; but as Speaker he resolved tosee the Electoral Commission Bill carried through to theend and some one declared President. In those days therules of the House permitted almost unlimited filibus-tering by making motions and demanding roll calls whichconsumed much time. Seeing the drift of some Demo-crats whO were resolved to prevent any action whatever.Speaker Randall finally declined to entertain any dila-tory motions whatever. In this he did violence to therules of the House, but he did so on the following groundsin refusing, on February 24, to entertain a dilatory motion: The Chair rules that when the Constitution of theUnited States directs anything to be done or when thelaw under the Constitution of the United States, enactedin obedience thereto, directs any act by this House, it isnot in order to make any motion to obstruct

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