, 1876-12-29
1ICAGO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 90. 1876.
TO reality seen from the windows Of the room
In which the Electoral College *at,
k0AE KtnD Or 4 kinHAr,

III WHICH tic Electoral College *ht,
foxE Ktrp Or ktnxAk
mn, va. a abnrt o,,irl, ,a,, Thn n.n,,s,,as., ~
..,... ~. ""a 'n"'s' lu.s MP 1hc henaoHen''
it'tI'"'s o"reeseo t'at eron1't "atchcl the t"wn
clock, an'l Tint moment before II ilc went
lila lack sra,nat tbc xati hc.t1a Tho ,f,,or
mr., .,,".o,, as -. ..., ~" "an ",,nu l,o o"os'
"a ra.e. 49,, ''' ,"',a oI'on NY 'oo'"no"' ffe
e''e'y AZ 'ho eto:R htFtsek ", Cronln m"'eti
s,,tn t,,,,a,,,l IN, .",., ,x,a, -, ~
rrnu,,, ,in.s.S a.. @ , n.a. .t"sH a' .N'e'',I. w
~, '" ..'ssu s', ,"e u.' s'1'' "" hten I'LL"
vc!opc, and l'rnectlul to rrn,t. The language.
read l,y a'ronfn xus sul,sta1t,alty tljs: "Thts
ia ,n ccr,ff,. +h.t ~ A.. a,n.'., a., ,.,,.'
~ ,,rost,,'.,", 1,,a".,,., ,,a,, ~, ~ NV e "".e
III tfeslaehtlHi Electors. held IN tho State
NJ Urc5on, Nov. :, 1915, W. u. Odcll
received 11,2W yutrs, j. &. Cartwright
152t4 votes. and r. A. f,rorn ia 1s7 vnt q. !, .n,,
thcre .tonno1 .I,,r, ~, It,, ,,',. .,,.,.,,s
hi. nt % Watt. @ n,rna ia 1 9.r, n' ,.sue' nann IA. e
mere dstntncst, that 'sc .ni':l,t take down the
yotcn ~ read, but CrDtiu slipped tho paper into
his pocket Croutn las claimed that Cartwright
approached lin for tile pt,r1w.o Of .natciIng
TUG paper from his hand Il!s u denied. Cronin,
as IL conscious, however, that llt wa4
coHMi1TtEo UTILITY ACT.
iiel.i tho lapcr tightly With hoth ]atlds willie
Feaalng. Ihe Net't'lltcan Electors tlltI usked
Cro',ia 4 E thcse weW certificates fro,n tl,e Gov
Then agnn requested To- cS'''hit then, to Ine.n-
t,ers ~ :, 81 t!le Coiege, as tiey were the property
o. tho College. sud t'nt It ras necessary to
proluce ths'n II order to know low toact. This
moved TINT the Republieaa Electors proeccd to
organl1c. md nominated Udeil ns Chairman Of
tho College. Odcl, Us President, tlienappoLnted
Gt;afsWrlght as eceFctary: Tho members OF the
Eo'legs taeL eeatctl themselves at table
wflfnt anu t)deti bc't'g ,p9n opposite sides,
% GIonsn q a. tl'e right of Odell, nt'd Waits at
nasits lcil. Erofin Was aEaali rcquc.tel by
, ,,ots t:'e rre:'!lcnt nnd Secretary Of ths CoE-
cl!ncdti do percn'ptorl'y. Cartwright then
noVGu illat ne oe required By the President VI
tic College to
The Sa TIE ssread sants1ess IT, sefeupon tic
PRESIDENT q TIC College demanded of Cronin
that tic certificates be handed to the Secretary
VI tie College that they might 10
rsaa ior ,i!t., in,ornatson: Cronin again pr;
that he ieyer wuuld. br. Waits then request
cd thu prlstlege Of
MAK.So ! STATEMENT
o, 70 the College. which he did substantially as
Secretary Of state IN tic 4th, aud card tic On:
Eoilhccnlcnt mA'lc ny the Secretary ol State, and
tl!cn took down i,s my y. mcmorautlum,book tho
vote d" announced" Nntte then took out his
vote u.s. aunoanscd by t1,o secretaiy ' Of
statc. iie declared that, IN ,ncsor,l-
Ahcc Win that announcement lie re-
csiycd loo votes more than Cronin, ami
Ina, .1as ne Knew he was Que ~ Of tue t.rec highest
mitch IS thcrc Waaa tlnubs ~ thu minds Of some
as to his eligibility llc would
"sh TIE filtsiLEoE or nEefgHiSd.
Matts then presented to tbs prcsidei1t Of the
sn 1 ptt "a,tGh fs"to Ms hy wy rea
Cronln then said; "Hy your accepting Watts'
resignation yoM refuse to recognize inc rs q
mcnner OF tne board." inc PRESIDENT ot the
T2!leGe ~ replied; - voting Tor trcsldcnt and
u very Important buslles8. " you have any
fsEut 10 1c hc1o to act ~ mesna'cr Of thu Col
!tcge, We Wntt 70 knnw IT," CFon!tl then arose
from tltc tablc and au4, Iol, aro refusing to
act WIN me " ILLS Electoral College," Tho
PRESIDENT VI tho College ropltod: "No, afr;
We rannot procgA 10 thls business until We
ktMw ny wnat authority you clastn to eft III this
C4f1iilcsc; -f1i "hsn tnat authority Is produced VIC
sct Gsr.wrsSt dsS' tAe nay your 5Sht ns t.
not 60 away from this table
and @ eyer sAy tEat we rcltised to act With you IN
tnss i,ts Go,eee. you mare ally fgnt to slt ~
t,lis ColleEc' show us tue cyidcnce OF It,"
The President Of the College thcu DECLARED tllut
thefe WIS
!, VACANCY
u the Electoral College. Epon nlntion Of tho
SGrretary OF tho College, Natta was chosen to
w thc gaeMsley " q yiyn Yoce vote, as tho law
directs. Inc Col,yEe then cast three votes
IT,, IT, llaycs t,, and Wheeler for President nnl
~. VieeTrtesidsnt, 10 ac,oTaanro With the laws OF
tle United States and tho statutes Of Oregon.
Thu President Of the College then, ut tho d.
rection u tlle College, prutGcdcl to tic sccre-
tary of state md dstnaldcd Of him certified
Transcript o[ iho Official vote tor Elcctor, and IL
certified tubular stats.nent Ut the vote of tho
,oer, I aq as rsqre snIiG,a,s and not eopies
rM,m NJ ,t,rrtinnr. vbcre tiny rcmefrci IN wait.
iug Ar som, Ils received tliey 1gerc attnhcti 10
tho proceedings ot ilc Collrgc, M1.tl wcro
INcLosEp ~ TILE RETURNS
ss,,a ~ mnac 1tt ~ sns Gocge lhey are tus tho
dcr s1.s hron1 k.a1 ~ thc stn,c ~ %'s 9'"Ne VIZ
Cronin, after lie withdrew from the tublc to
remote cs,rner Of tue lArgu roon, which wus
twenty feet squa1ct WIS not closely observed by
oe w., nIna Il tha VT Etce'Gf, Io ,a1tss were el