The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-11

COUNTING TIE ELECTORAL NOTES.-Corre-
sEondence of Baltimore Sun. = Washington,
February 0.-Mr. Gorham, secretary OF the
United States Senate, has, in accordance
with a resolution OF that body, prepared 4
statement showing the action Of the Senate
and House Of Representatives relative to
examining and counting the electoral votes
for President and Vice-Presidcnt from 1889
to 1869. The statement is Of interest, cspe-
cially to members of Congress, us the count
| ing of the electoral votes will take place on
Wednesday next. In the earlier history of
| the country the proceeding took place in the
| Senate chamber in the presence Of the scDa-
| tors and representatives, the President of
| the Senate opening and counting the votes,
and one senator and one representative sit
ting at the clerks table madea list of the
votes as they were declared. Afterwards
| that duty was performed in the hall Of the
House Of Representatives in the presence of
| both bodies in joint meeting. One teller Is
| required to be appointed Oh the part Of the
Senate and one on the part of the House of
| Representatives, to whom are handed as
they are opened by the President Of the
| Senate the certificates Of the electoral votes.
The telcrs then read them all out and
made list of the votes rs they shall appear
| lEOIl lllC SCi LIZ SOtCS oSSh
counted the results of the same are delivered
to the President Of the Senate, who an
nounceS the state of the vote and the names
of the persons elected. This announcement
is deemed sufficient declaration Of the per-
Sous elected president and ricc-president,
and together with the list of the votes is en-
| tered on the journals of the two Houses.
A Joint rule requires that seats shall be
provided as follows So For the President of
the Senate, the Speakers chair; for the
Speaker, chair Immediately on his LETT ; for
the Senators, in the body Of the hall Oh tile
right Of the presiding officer for the Repre-
sentatives, in the body OF the hall not oc-
cupied by the Senators for the tellers, Sec
relary of the Senate and clerk OF the House
of Representatives, at the clerks desk for
the other officers OF the two Houses, in front
| of the clerks desk and upon either side Of
the Speakers platform.
A joint committee will be appointed to
wait on Ulysses 5. Grant and Henry Wilson
to notify them oil their election.
/ at the former joint meeting, February 10,
1869, objection was made by a member of
| the House to the counting of the votes OF the
State of Louisiana, when the Senate returned
| to their chamber for the purpose of consiG-
ering the same, and, after discussion.
adopted resolution that they be counted.
The House passed asimiar resolution.
The Senate having returned 10 the hall, the
votes were accordingly counted.
On Wednesday "a similar objection will
| probably be made rs to the votes Of the same
State. IN all such cases the two branches
separate, each TO consider the same subject.
Tie Senate Committee OH Privileges and
Elections will tomorrow make Il report OF
the facts, or SO much Of the pending Loui-
siana question as involves the electoral vote,
which will afford them data for the detcrmi,
nation of the question likely to arise on
Wednesday in the joint convention.
| No vote objected to can be counted except
/ by the concurrent votes OF the two houses.