The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-09


to do so shall incur penalty; the act to
apply to all vessels of over twenty tons
IT was referred to the committee OH Com.
merce.
At one o'clock, OH motion OF Mr.. VIII
son, a message was sent to the Senate
that the House was now ready 10 receive
that body for the purpose OF counting
the electoral votes.
The senators then entered the House,
accompanied by their officer, the mem
bers of the House standing until the for
mer were seated The Vice-President oc-
cupied the Speakers chair and the Speak
er::was Oh his left The senators were az
ranged in the body of the hall upon The
right of the presiding officer while the
representatives occupied the other seats,
The tellers were Senator Trumbull and
Representatives Wilson and Dennison.
The Vice-President said: The two
Houses being assembled in pursuance 'i
the Constitution, that the vote may
be counted and declared for President
and Vice-President of the United States,
commencing on the 4th of March 1865, 1t
becomes my duty under the Constitution
to open the certificates OF election Ill the
presence of these two Houses OF Congress.
now proceed to discharge that duty
He then broke the letter containing the
certificate of the State of Maine, which
was read by Senator Trumbull.
On the suggestion of Senator Wade,
the reading of the other certificates ut
length was dispensed with, and the vote
only of each State announced.
Next the votes of New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, C0nnccti-
cut, Vermont and New York were an
nouced, and like that of Maine, all tor
Lincoln and Johnson.
Then comes the vote OF New Jersey for
Mcclellan and Pendleton, next Pennsyl-
vania for Lincoln and Johnson, followed
by Delaware for Mcclellan and Pendle-
ton, then Maryland for Lincoln and john
son, and Kentucky for Mcclellan ana
Pendleten. All the other States were for
Lincoln and Johnson, including the new
State of Nevada The Vice President
said the messenger who brought the GER
titieate of Nevada had stated that only
two votes had been cast i'll the electoral
college of that State, one OF the electors
having been absent, and there being no
law to provide for filling the vacancy.
Senator Cowen inquired whether their
was any further returns, and ii so why
thew had not been submitted to this con-
vention.
The Vice President replied that he had
returns from Louisiana and Tennessee,
but in obedience to law recently pas
sed they had been excluded from the colI-
vention.
Senator Cowen asked whether the
President of the United States had yet
approved and signed that bill,
The Vice President replied that no
communication to that effect had been
made to either House He had under
stood the President approved the blli'
and it therefore was a law.
Senator Cowen then suggested that the
retul rs of Louisiana and Tennessee be
read, leaving the convention to deter
mine whether they should be counted.
Representative Stevens said that no
question could be entertained except on
the reading of the certificate.
Mr.. COwan withdrew his motion.
Representative Reaman moved that
all the returns be opened for consdera-
tion.
The Vice President said the motion
wasin order, but it would involve a sep
arationsof the Convention, the House III
such event being required separately TO
consider the question involved.
Representative Pruyn moved to in
struct the tellers to omit from the count
the so-called State of West Virginia.
The Vice President said the question
came too late, the vote baving been al
ready declared.
Inquiry was made for the reason OF the
gentleman from New York for this mo-
tiOn.
After further consideration the motion
was withdrawn, for the reason that the
gentleman offering it did not wish TO
cause a separation of the Convention.
The votes having all been opened and
counted, the tellers, through Mr. Trum-
bull, reported the result
The Vice President said: The whole
number of votes cast is 233 for Abraham
Lincoln for President, 2l2 for Andrew
Johnson for Vice-President, and for
George b. Mcclellan for President u,
and for George II. Pendleton for Vice
Presidential Abraham Lincoln, OF I'LL
nois, having received majority OF the
whole number OF the electoral votes Is
elected President of the United States,
commencing on the 4th of March 1855
and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, hay
ing received a majority OF the whole
number of electoral votes, is duly elect
ed Vice-President, commencing on the
4th of March, 1868
Applause from the galleries and floor
greeted the announcement.
The Senators then returned to theli
own chamber.
The House preserved its order for a
session this evening OH the amendatory
international revenue bill, and then adj
journed.
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