The Republicans took their stand at the outset upon the principle that Congress could not go behind the returns of the "State" Canvassing
The Republican
position.
It did not appear to them necessary to do this in order to win their case. One single electoral vote from any one of the four "States," from
The Democratic
position.
The view of the counsel for the Republican candidates prevailed with a majority of the Commission. By a majority of a single vote the
The decisions of
the Commission.