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ate immediately left Its chamber for the
House to complete tho count.

house 10 complete D count.
LAST SCENE
OF ALL TIA ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENT.
YuL HISTORY.
At 403 A. n. all the members Of the
Joint Convention were seated and the
action OF the respective Houses on the
Wisconsin question was read. aud the
ten votes Of Wisconsin were announced
for Hayes and Wheeler. The presiding
officer said /: "This concludes the count
OF the thirty-eigh, States Of the Union.
The tellers will now ascertain and
deliver the result Of the counting Of the
votes to the presiding officer"
Senator Allison OF the tellsrs having
delivered the statement, the presiding
officer expressed the hope that on the
announcement nothing would maj the
dignity Of the proceedings, SO reputable
to the American people and 30 worthy
Of the respect Of tho world. lie then
said {: "The whole number Of electors
appointed 10 vote for President and
Vice President Of the United States was
$50. Of which a majority Is 1856. The
state Of the vote for President as dsliv-
cred by the t%sllsrs. aud as determined
under the Act Of Congress OF January
Goth on this subject, Is, for Rutherford
B. Hayes 1856 votes; for Samuel j. Til
den 1884 votes. The state Of the vote
for Vice President Of tho United States,
delivered by the tsllers and determin.
ed under the same Act Of Congress, Is.
for William A. Wheeler 1876 votes; for
Thomas A. Hendricks lSi votes.
Wherefore I do announce that Ruther.
ford d. Hayes Of the State Of Ohio,
having received a majority Of the whole
number Of electoral votes, Is duly. elect.
cd President Of the United States for
four years. commencing ON the 18th day
OF March. 1877 and that VIM. A. Wheeler
Of the State Of New York. having re.
ceivsd q majority Of tho whole number
Of electoral votes. IL duly elected Vice
President OF the United States for four
years. commencing ON the fourth day OF
March, 1877. This announcement, to-
gether with a list Of the votes, will be
entered on the journals Of both Houses.
The count Of the electoral vote Is now
completed, and the Convention is dis.
solved. The Senate will now retire to
Its chamber" The Senate retired.
The House Immediately at 4:iO A. NJ.
adjourned and the flag which has never
been down since 1t was hoisted over the
halls Of both Houses On the first OF Feb
ruary last, as a signal Of their being in
session. was lowered.
The Senate upon It's return adjourned
with three times three for Hayes.
EXCITING scEsEs IN U
CHICAGO. March "A Tribuns's Wash.
ington special has a vivid picture Of the
scenes Of excitement which snsusd In
the House. rs Speaker Randall ruled
down the obstructionists time after time.
Tho display OF passion was unparalleled
and the disorderly rowdies rose gssticu.
and yelling. twenty at n time.
When the debate on the Vermont ques-
ton was ordered 10 begin. Kasson caused
n sensation In the House by intimating
that the llibusters lad taken OF the
Hewitt Vermont return. and yet had
been eadcavoring TO tho House
against the Senate by assuming that the
was with the Senate. The ap.
pearancs Of some Of the chief flibusters. ]
whom this charge was made, confirmed
idea. Field made a more ingenious
TO which the heaviest filibus-
vote Of the day was due. The
flibusters to-day set about preparing
to tho vote OF West Virginia,
but hearing IL tho Democratic Senators
had q caucus, and after sharp denuncia-
tons Of the men who wsrs running the
party In the House, agreed not to sign
objections to either Of the three States.
SrEAxEn nASpaLL's WISH RuLiS0s.
WASHINGTON. March "a A. M.-Tho
bitter intensity Of feeling, parliamentary
manoeuvsring, and exciting scenes Of
turbulant disorder. which have marked
the proceedings that commenced sixteen
hours ago. and are only nov drawing to
a close. have had no parallel in Congress
since tho days before the war. The
Of the filibusterers were strength
ensd by early successes, raised almost
almost to q point Of confidence by the
ruling that all motions Ordi-
narily putinent 10 the main question
would DO in order, and when, after
adroit speech, n numbt r Of
moderate Democrats began TO vote in
favor Of Knots proposition with Its
open n TO the Senate. the appro.
tensions OF Republicans wero Intensified
into dependency and panic. The majority
against the Knott and Hopkins resolu.
tons, although comparatively small.
give renewed hope to the friends Of the
orderly completion Of the count, and u
soon became evident to well informed
parliamentarians that Randall was mere
ly letting the refractory horses run
awhile in order the better to rein them
In after ~exhausting their really consti.
tutional strength and privileges. Then
came the wsarysoms hour for n round Of
parliamentary motions and roll.calls TO
be completed, and during this timo the
cool.hsaded observers. on exchanging
opinions. agreed that the Speakers
II was wise and judicious. and tho
temper Of the factious minority was In.
famed by the turbulent Genes which
had preceded. His compromise ruling
would otherwise have probably led them