Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-13
EVENING STAR.
CeCNTING TINE ELECToRal yOyE
si~>sng Preeecdiax~ On Congress 49,

si"ssnx frseecdiax~ On Congress y.--
/ terfay.
After the Senate kad res,r,S, n a.. .,h.-A -.
YESTERDAY sfternoea 20 consider the eeiec.io, a.
Mr.. Hosr relative 30 the rlec.or,, ,,o.e a. -.
gis-thst the votes tor Mir. Greo.ex oe,,,s a
10 counted. he being dcad-snd the ohie.,,a.,
Of Nr. Tranbull relative Co the elec,or., ut.
of Ni-ssseippt-thst the electcr- did not xo.- A.,
hsilot-Nr. Edmunas submitted = re-DsEtss.
that
THE ELECTORAL vcrg or GEORGIA
be rot counted. Mr.. Thurman moved thsf Tue
word :. not be STRICKEN out, and it was % o.
ucrcd by vote OF q 90 ~. The resolution Q.
amended Vas then sdopted-yess -, nav 10
Dir 1rumbull then submitted = reso,utis.
hat the electoral vote OF the State cf Ni--,,-
slr'i be counted. He said t,st on reflection he
would withdraw hIs objection.
Ihe resolution o; Mr.. Trum5un vas thea
agreed 20.
meanwhile had adopted a resolution suss.inias
Nh. Hnars objection relative 90 the three t;rp.s
Icy electoral votes OF Georgia, aud another Ovrt-
ruling the objection o. the admission OF the eie,-
torai vote OF Mississippi,
The Senate. al $50, returned @ the HOu-c
and IL was agreed b. unanimous consent - pro-
coed with tho count until the last state Wa
reached without calling Louisiana. Artansa.
ana FLORIDA, Regarding which states objections
were threatened but
a STU NBLISG HLOcN
was reached a. soon az Texas Was called. aud n
was discovered that four OF the eight electors o.
that state had assumed TO choose four Others 90
I'll tie places OF four who were absent Mr.
Dickey called attention 20 this circumStsue,
aud insisted on n second separation. which last
ed from f:30 until 5O'clook.
The Senate, at -. returned 20 it, chamber
when q resolution offered By Mr.. Conkling, tsst
the vote OF Texas be counted. was adopted The
senate then. at SOS, returned 20 the House.
While the Senate was deciding 70 pOin; msde
an reference 20 Texas. the House had adopt,s
resolutionto the same effect offered BY Nj.
Banks.
The two houses again being I'm ,oint conven-
ton, the telcrS continu the count OF the y,t.s.
until the end of the list of states wss reached
without incident worthy OF note. In accortsRce
with previous agreement
THR RRTURSs PROM FLORIDA
were then opened, and Mr.. CoifaS explained
that both copies of the stes from the cleo
tors had been received 10y mail, and that the
quirement of the Law that one copy should b.
delivered by messenger had not been complied
with. No objection being offered 90 the recep
ing informally, the -four votes were daily record
ed ia favor Of Grant and Wilson.
The Vice President next selected
THE Returns PROM AeKaNSAs
Dir. Rice objected TO the vote of his state be
ing counted, on the ground that the returns
made according 20 the laws OF the state show
that the parties certified as being electors were
not legally elected.
In accordance with n suggestion Of Mr.. Hsm-
lin the objection relative 20 Arkansas was teIa-
porarily waived and
TuE VOTE or LOUISIANA
taken up. The Vice President then explained
that two sets OF returns zone for Grant ana
Il.
testified by Gov. wsrmothl had been received
from Louisiana BY messengers and duplicates by
mail. The first was received by messenger 90
the 3lst OF December, 1872, and the second GA
Senator West objected 20 the return Of the
electors whose election WAS certified "a by the
governor, on the ground that the certificate va.
not made in pursuance OF law.
A number Of resolutions AMI objections were
offered, and al els the joint convention again
dissolved.
After the Senate uad again retired 20 it, cham
her NT. Sherman Submitted a resolution that
the electoral vote OF the state of Arkansas shoad
be counted. Mr.. Edmunds moved 10 insert after
the would "sbouldr the word mot" which wa.
agreed to- ayes -, noes y, and the reSOlution.
az amended, excluding the vote Of Arksnsas.
Was then sdoptcd-ayes p, noes "a
A resolution offered by Mr.. Frelinghuysen,
that the vote OF louisiana lie not counted, wa
adopted, and at 7:I5 the Senate returned TO the
House, which, meanwhile. had reached a stint
lar conclusion with reference 20 the electoral
votes Of Arkansas aud Louisiana.
The tellers were then directed 90 report the
vote, which was done in detail, tic vote Oi each
state being given.
TIRE Result
IN full was then announced n follows by the
Vice President:
Whole number of electoral votes 5ss. of which
a majority is ISL. or these 5ig votes were cast
Tor President and 80 Tor Vice President. The
vote Tor President wac a. iOllOws:-FOr u. -.
Grant, IS; b. Graft Brown, L.; Thos. A. Hea-
bricks, ~. Il. j. jenkins. 2; David Davis, 4.
The vote for Vice President was as fOloHs:-
For Henry W llson. 2S6; b. GTstz Brown, g.; y,
p. Banks, !; Geo. W. Julian, 3; John NJ. Palmer,
$; ThOs. T.. Bramlette, 3: W. y. Groesbeck 4 A
II. Colquitt, 8; Willis Ii. Machen, I.
The Vice President therefore declared L. y.
Grant elected President and Henry wilsos
elected Vice President for the term OF four
years from the ith day OF March, is53.
The Joint convention then dissolved. and Mr..
sherman was appointed on the part Of the Sea