Mr. Tilden quietly managed his own campaign, while Mr. Hayes left his political interests in the hands of the very astute chairman of
The campaign
and the election.
But the final count of the electoral vote must be in the presence of the two Houses of Congress assembled in one place, and the Democrats
The count and the
twenty-second
joint rule.
Some of the Republicans now claimed that the Constitution vested the Vice-President, or rather the President of the Senate, with the power
Views in regard to
the power to count
the electoral vote.