, 1877-01-02

RlHsg OF Inc fCkE, nHHE3 Vi tHb IlCE"QN6t
an5, elected, vltch announcement ahall DO .ss sn,cd
idsns an,l VIZ; ;fse.Iaent e dc Tniisd siaie.,
on tho Journals Of the Two Houses: II. ,npon tho
reading Of an1 sneh certificate y ths tee1s. any
sotcs therein certlded the Fame having bern stated
Withdraw. ana sa!d question ,'al be salm!ttsl to
Iioase Of Representatives rhall, In ilko manner.
submit said question 70 the 1tausc Of Keprssenta-
etdcd atl'fmatlscly and no vots objected to shall
he counted, except by Tho concurrent vote of The
Msn es o
Ger shall then announce tho decision Of the 9ncs-
tion submitted; and upon my such question thera
question pcstlncnt TO Tho object fot which tho two
!iomkes nru assembled may be submitted mud de-
termfnc1 In tIko manner.
officer ot the joint convention OF the two
Houses, .thc. Speaker occupginE cl,atr OF. the
left Of thu Vice President. The tcl'crs took
their seats at tho Clerks desk.
Of Representatives having met under the pro.
visions OF the Consultation for tho purpose Of
opening, determining, md declaring tho votes
for The offices Of President and fiec.lrcsitleht
q ns sa stas: s Sr y I ss s o e1 G1 s"s {
being my duty, IN the preseuee Of both Houses
ceel to tlischargc that duty"
and hand to the tcllors the votes u the several
States for President and Vicc-prcsiAcnt Of the
United Statcs, commencing with tho State uf
Afaine. When NIL the votes had been counted.
ANNOUNCED tlc result OF tha vote, etc.
tile Vice-l'rcsidc't declared the result to he
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
and Andrew johnson as Vfec-rrcsidcnt, etc.
rwEyrr.rinsr ELECTION,
On tho 4th OF February, 1850, Mr. sct,enc1; Of
fcrcti a resolution That James +, Wilson, Of
Town, md John v. L. Prl1Yn, OF New York, tU
appointed tcllers on tho part Of tho Housu of
Representatives 10 count tho voto for President
aid Vice-Prcsitlcnt. The Speaker {Colfax) said
that for Obvious reasons tho appointment Of
iclicrs should 10 mado By tile House and not
himself.
Tn tha scno,c. m tho ktY,. hrr. Conklinr ,roa
arnotn.cd tciicr IN nn ti,c osrt nf tGnt hn1k r, IN
TX som"tc m Fnh M n IT. ESmnmSs ofT9rca ~ ~
f"nt rcsolntion recftinu that on tho 2Uth Of
1fmiw 1StIs f.nngrcss ha'} nassc,l mint rcaol1.
ttnn ~ xr,HtItng rom thn Eicctnrni Coiinrc
,.a. II atotos ,atoiu n rohoiion ~htch sh5ii
,,ot have hem rcoreai,lzel., until sucft Rtates
rrcss: md proyitIfnr that il, at tlo assembling
=, sDoa sI ~ Epn,rv r @ % oa ~
aos so.us s ~ H. NV w ~ :"
t BY tbs sato Ia ' of deorgia @ snal not essentially
elange the result, then such vote
shall DO presented by tho President Of
"Svcrc tic votes presented as az tho State Of
0enr,.;a tn to hn coa,,tc,'' tha result Would be-.
Eep Ep.km n, fsressS"ntnf tho 1JnjscS states W. w.
tol AestvA t"p o'ts.n nsSiIa... A..
YNes' Mot cou"tua, aos ~ T. tesImn ,t,,. VI tne
unitcl STATES, Fotesi bnt!n eitner easH "
In tho same manner for Vlce.rrcsidcnt. This
resolution wnH a,loptel-ycas, 81: nnyB, IL and
It was atoptel in tho IiUisc--ygas, 05; nays, II.
AT o'clock, Feb 10, tliescnate, with It's officers,
entered tho hall Ut tho House, aud pccupted thu
seats assigned them. The President Of the
bellatc etateu the purpose OF tho meeting. lle
then proceeded to open and hanl to the tcllcrs
the votes Of the several States fot President and
Vlce-Ircsldcnt, commencing with tho vote of
New Hampshire. 3fr. Conkltng, ono OF tho
tclcrs, rcad In full thu certificate Of tho State
Of New Hampshire. The President OF the Sen.
ate then stated that the other certificates would
was called FOR by a member, Telless then rr-
ported that they hsl examined tile vote, etc.
The same form was observed until tho stnto Of
Louisiana WAS announced; wien Mr.. Mullins,
that Btate. 1ho President Of the Senate caused
the rule {twcnty.6ocond joint rulu) to be read,
rs follows:
H. upon tho reading Of any such certificate by tho
Ing tho votes therein ccrtiaed, tne same having
bccM stated by tho Presiding officer, tho Senate
shai! tuoTsmhon "i.nataT' .s' % nn1 -, natu Y.stn,
.na M bs 1nSnse To- To- IT.; poay os
M,, nMu ths III ~ o =. s"I,p es,S n"cst,on ~ tho
iin"sn ~ ienscssntstvcs and no Question slst bs
decided sirmatiysiT. and no yoo objected to shall
Je counted except by tAe concurrent vutes Of the
Two Houses, which, being obtained, tho two 1lontca
shall Immediately seassemhle., and the presiding
oeoe shai then announce the decision 81 ths ?nea.
ton sGomitted and ppm an} saeh qae1uon thsro it
sa % 40 aeDa.a III ~ f.nSf "a ahG Sn1 H. otas1
nsss ~" assrusa may Ga s.bmittad aad dutsr.
mincI Ia a. the eD san,s msnncr, i ~ 80" "S'''
Tha nhicct,ons -, @ hcinr st,.e3. the Senate r.,
tIre1i' n the House, tho vote on tho question
sna1l ma WIN t1ons Inn stnto al f.onisinna br
S,t ~ os suo ,atorn;no to " ~ nnx. ~
Tha son,tn n,sn sri,lci tho{ liz vnt hc gont'
ao nspne1 retroI ~ tha taia ~ IL fonsc t,c
nno ~. v ~ @ H. CO.. ct.,
V", g1,.n INIT, III ~ s,,,ts ~ nsnrnie ,sas rcacod
t.a ~ wit I,,Ia sIu ~ sssnuh,,s't.. niioctoI
tnt mt" ~, ~ hotnr enntcd nns,sitb.t 80
tntnt .n.o,rti.n oJnnted few dsrs nrovinnsu G
| 1Ehn cn,ss. tna,, s;tf.lrHw 1,l,o I1uan 10 uans
a. navs' I'D, iecileA tGat tbs yote o{ Ieyrrir
SHOULD not bo counted. In tho scuatc, 1t Va
rcsnlvrd TINT. under Inc ioInt rcsoiutIon, I'm
ob,ection to c.,untlnr Tic vote al the Stato ol
ucofvis was not it order. al i,alf-past O'Clock
Inn Snnnto yeturnrI to the l,aII of tNo Itousr
Tho FTcsIIcnt of lilo Senate said: "Thu objec
t!uus Of tilo gentleman froln Massachusetts are
yntn vii ho atrte1 "a t. wnnll stan.1 wore Ike