The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-11
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CONG r ES s.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, February

elect from Maryland.
A message wss received from the
House announcing they were ready to
receive the Senate for the purpose of
counting the electoral vote for Presi-
dent. - - =f-.
Mr.. Morton moved to proceed at
once to the House. Carried.
at 1855 the Senate proceeded to the
House.
chamber. sry ..-T
The President-The Senate will como
10 order. The Secretary will read the
objection which raises q question for
the decision OF the Senate. ..... O.
The Secretary read as follows: "Ob-
lection was raised to any count of the
votes certified from the State OF Louisi-
ana and the question was raised in re-
President and Vice President of the
United States has been held in said
State"
Mr. Hendricks-Mr. President:
moved it is the Judgement ofthe SEN
ate that the vote be counted.
Mr.. Sprague offered the following:
ReSoLVeI, That it is the opinion of
tors of the State of Louisiana for Pres
ident and Vice President, be counted.
Adopted by 81 to Z.
A message was received from the
House announcing IT'S decision that the
vote of Louisiana be counted.
Mr.. Bukalew submitted an order
which was adopted, that the House be
notified ofthe decision of the Senate.
HOUSE.
This being the day when the formali-
ty of counting the electoral votes for
President and Vice President takes
place in the House, there was great
pressure to obtain seats In the galleries.
Long before noon every position in
those portions that were opened to the
public were occupied. The door ways
were blocked up, and the corridors were
thronged with persons seeking to gain
admittance Many ladies occupied
places in;the gentlemen's gallery. Two
rows of sents in the ladies' gallery, on
the southeast side, were reserved for the
families of the President and Vice Presi-
dent. The southwest gallery was occu-
pied exclusively by ladies of the fami-
lies OF members and Senators. There
were only some half dozen persons in
the diplomatic gallery, and but very
few coiored persons were present. No
special arrangements were made in the
hall for the accommodation OF Senators,
the intention being to let them occupy
the seats of mem bers nearest the Speak
er's chair.
The proceedings opened with prayer
by Chaplain BOyntOn.
Mr.. FarnsWOrth obt"ined the consent
of the House to have the ladies admit
ted to the cloak room, The practical eff
feet of it WAS to have the spaces in the
hall outside of the ranges of the mem
bers chairs Immediately occupied by the
ladies, and In many instances to have
the chairs of members to be SO occupied.
Mr.. Schenck at 1910 o'clock offered
privileged resolution, directing the
Clerk 10 inform the Senate that the
House was in session, and ready to re-
ceive that body for the purpose of pro-
ceeding TO open the votes OF electors of
the several States for President and Vice
President. Adopted.
The New York and Washington Air
Line Railroad bill came up as the first
business in order.
Mr.. Phelps moved to lay 1t on the ta- |
bic. Negatived by vote of G2 to Ill.
Further proceedings were interrupted
by the proximity ofthe hour for joint |
meeting, and the Speaker had the rule |
read which regulates the arrangement |
of the hall for such purposes.
The doorkeeper announced the Senate |
of the United States.
The Senators advanced two by two |
up the main aisle, the members of the |
House standing in the meanwhile, and
took seats in a portion of the hall as
signed them. Senator Wade, presiding
chair, and the Speaker took chair be-
side him. Senator Conkling and Rep
Wilson OF Iowa, and Pruyn |
OF New York, occupied places at the |
clerks desk as the tellers.
The presiding officer, without pre-
motion or formality, handed
to the tellers the electoral vote of New |
Hampshire. Senator Conkling read |
the certificates in full, the result being |
that New Hampshire had given for |
ULYSSES 8. Grant, of Illinois, five votes |
for President; for Schuyler Colfax, of |
Indiana, five votes for Vice President. |
Senator Sumner and Representative
Washburne of Illinois, rose at the |
same moment and addressed the Chair.
Presiding Ofhcer-lf there be no OBJ
lection, the reading of formal Certifi-
Gates will be omitted, unless required
by some memb bers.
Mr.. Sumner-I was going 10 make
that motion.
The vote OF Massachusetts, twelve,
and the votes of Rhode Island and
Connecticut six, and Vermont five. By
Representative Wilson, Iowa for Grant
and Colfax. The vote of New York
was then announced by Representative
Pruyn, ,atthirty-three at for Seymour and
Blair.
The announcement appeared to cause
and in the galleries, but there was no
violation OF propriety, nothing but
very palpa BILE suppression ofa tendency
to indulge in laugh.
The vote of New Jersey was next an
nouuced by Mr.. Pruyn, seven for Sey-
mour and Blair. Pennsylvania was
next announced by Mr.. Conkling,
twenty-six for Grant and Colfax. The
votes OF Delaware, three, and Mary
land, five, were announced by Mr.,
Pruyn, all for Seymour and Blair.
In the certificate from Maryland
there was an omission of the word
''iunior" in the name of Mr.. Blair,
which omission, on Its being made
known, caused some laughter.
Representative Wood appealed to the
Ch1ir to preserve order in the assem-
bly,. The votes OF North Carolina,
nine, and South Carolina, six, were
next announced by Mr.. Wilson as be-
ing given for Grant and Colfax. The
vote of Kentucky, eleven, was an
nounced by Mr.. Pruyn for Seymour
and Blair. The votes OF Tennessee, ten,
and Ohio, twenty-one, were announced
by Mr.. Wilson for Grant and Colfax.
The presiding officer having handed
to the teller the vote of Louisiana, Mr..
Mullins rose and said: "Mr. President,
ask the reading OF the certificates ao-
companying that report" The creden-
tials OF Louisiana were read by Mr..
Pruyn. The word "junior" was omit
ted in the name of Mr.. Blair, and the
word Estates" was omitted In the term
United States. The credentials having
been read, Mr.. Mullins rose and said
"Mr. President, object to the counting
of the votes from the State of Louisiana.
The Vice President directed the read
ing of the twenty. second joint rule
which nr0vidaa that when in Joint