The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-02

committee be printed.
After executive session, the Senat
took recess until 10 o'clock to.morro,
morning.
After prayer by the chaplain, Nj
Kssson called for the reading OF tn
Journal Of yesterday in full, to consum
the hour which must elspse before tn
counting of votes, and to prevent th,
vote on the resolution reported from tn,
Special Committee on Elections il
Florida.
The Chair appointed as tellers on tht
part Of the House in counting the elec
toral votes, Messrs. Cook and Stone.
Mr.. Kssson called the Chairs atten
tion to the fact that both tellers had been
chosen from the majority, and that j,
was customary in such cases to have 6
representative of the minority appointed
The Speaker-The gentlemen have
been appointed by the Chair under the
authority of the House, and that fact has
been communicated to the President OF
the Senate, and the Chair understand ds
that he will appoint two OF the majority
of the Senate.
Mr.. Kasson-That will have to be done
on account of the action OF the Speaker
The Speaker-The Chair docs not feel
offended. He has simply done his duty.
Mr.. Cox-Nevertheless it is insolence,
The Speaker laid before the House q
communication from Justice Clifford,
President of the Electoral Commission,
stating that the members thereof had
taken the prescribed oath and that the
commission was ready to perform its
duties.
The Senate resolution was agreed to
for the publication of the proceedings of
the commission.
Mr.. Payne offered q resolution direct
ing the clerk of the House to inform the
Senate that It was ready to receive that
body for the purpose of opening and
counting the electoral votes tor President
and Vice President
The House then took recess.
The Joint Convention.
During recess, the buzz of converse
ton was unceasing. Among the distin.
guished persons en- the floor were nearly
all the members Of the Cabinet and the
counsel engaged by the national COM
mittees Of both parties. The galleries
are packed and more than one half Of
those present are ladies. Justices Miller
and Field were the first of the judges to
arrive. They entered without tormalty
4 -; 80 ha laEt nf hn IN
aisle.
At two minutes past one the Speaker
announced the arrival of the
Senate, and the members OF the House,
at the Speakers tap arose and remained
standing while the Senate preceded by
Its officers filed down the main aisle and
took seats in the first four rows on the
Democratic side of the Chamber. The
President of the Senate took the chair,
having the Speaker on his right. When
the Senators and mem bers were seated
the President of the Senate said: "Tbe
Joint convention of the two houses Of
Congress for counting the votes for Pres
.ident and Vice-President, will now
come 10 order
Perfect silence followed and the Presi-
dent of the Senate continued: ain
obedience to the Constitution the Sem
ate and House of Representatives have
met to be present at the opening of the
certificates and the counting and de-
clsriug OF the results of the electoral
votes for the Offices of President and Vice
President of the United States, TO the
term of four years, commencing the
fourth day Of March nexl. In compliance
with the law the President of the Sen ate
Wi. now proceed, in the presence Of the
two houses, to open all the certificates OF
the several States, IN their alphabet
lea order, beginning with the State OF
Ala hsms.
counting the Electoral Votes.
Inan the strong boxes IN which the
certificates were was carried in by Mr..
Bassett, and assistant door keeper OF the
Senate, and placed on the desk before the
President, who opened it, and taking from
il the certifcats from the State OF Alsba-
ms, handed them TO the tellers who were
seated just below him al the clerks desk.
Senator Allison, one Of the teliers,
read the document in extenso, the result
of it sll being that Samuel j. Tilden, OF
New York, and Thomas A. Hendricks,
of Indiana, had received the ten electoral
votes OF Alabama.
The Vice President said the certificate
received frem Alabama by messenger
having been read, the duplicate certif-
cate received By mail would be read.
Mr.. Stone WAS reading the duplicate
certificate when he VAS interrupted by
Senator Conkling, who suggested that il
was hardly necessary to resd the dupIi-
cate certificate, but that when the first
certificate was read BY one teller, the
other tellers shouldllook over the dupli
cate IN order that comparison might be
made.
The President Of the Senate asktd
whether there was any objection 10 the
proposition, and there being none, he
stated thst that course would be pursued.
Mr.. Stone having then resumed and
completed the reading Of the duplicate
certificate, the presiding officer said,
"Are there any objections 70 the cer.if-
cate from the State of Alsbsms" After
a pause: THE chair hears sone; the
vote: Of the State Of Alabama will be
counted; one ofth tellers will announce
the vote, so that there may be DO mis-.
| take" The result was announced by
Mr.. Cook. TIE same ceremonial vas
observed in reference TO the Lext State,
Arkansas, except that the reading
Of The duplicate certificate was
omitted. TIE result was sn.
nounced that the six votes Of Arkan-
sss were gwen for Tilden and Hendricks.
The ne1. State vas California, sII votes
for HAYES and Wheeler; then followed
Colorado With three totes fer Hayes and
Wheeler, Connecticut with SIX votes for
TiIden and Hendricks, and Delaware
with three votes for TIlden and Hen
dricks.
The reading Of the Delaware certih.
ca:es having been concluded, the prsid-
ing ofice- asked Instyertertly il there
was sry objection TO counting the votes
Of the State OF FLORIDA but be immedi.