Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-01
The senate resolution Tor. The nn

Payne offered resolution directing
the clerk OF the house to inform tie
senate IT was ready TO receive that
body for the purpose Of opening ard
counting the electoral votes. Adopt
| ed.
4 recess was taken, during which
the floors were filed up By membcrs.
Of the cabinet and counsel for he na-
tional committees Of both parties.
The galleries y ere packed, largely
with ladies'. =
Justices Muller aud Field arrived
FIRST ofsthe commission, and at one
O'Clock the speaker announced that
the seuHte members thvd arrived,
whercupon the house arose and the
senate members filed down the main
aisle and took seats oa the democratic
side.
The president OF the senate took
the chair, the speaker being on the
right, and called the house to order,
aud amid perfect order said:
In obedience to theeonstitution tic
seualc and hunse OF representatives.
have met to- he present u. thee epen=-
ing Of lie certificates and counting
and declaring of the results OF the
electoral vote for president and vice
president OF the United States for the
coming term Of four years commcnc-
ing the 4th day OF March next.
In compliance with law the president
of the senate will now proceed, in the
presence of the two houses, to open all
certificates of the several states and in
their alphabetical order, beginning with
.A!abamn.
Bassett, assistant doorkecper Of the
senate, brought in the strong box in
which wee the certificates, and placed
them on the desk before the president of
the senate, who opened it and took
threfrom the certificate from Alabama
and handed it to the tellcrs, who were
| seated just below him at the clerks desk,
and Allison, one OF the tellers, read the
document in eStenso, the result being
lat sssa sNe.s YeEl,
and Thos A. Hendricks, Of Indiana,
had received the ten electoral votes OF
Alabama.
The vice president said the certificate re
ceived from Alabama by messenger having
heea read the duplicate certificate received
by mail would be read
Stone was reading the duplicate certIti-
cate when he was interrupted by Senator
Conkling. who suggested it was hardly
necessary to read the duplicate certificates,
l-hut-ihat when the first certificate was read
by one teller the other tellcrs shonld look
over the duplicate in order that cempari-
son might be made
The president of the senate asked
whether there WAS any objection to the
proposition, and there being none, he
stated that such course would lie pur-
sued.
Stone having then resumed and com
pleted the reading of the duplicate eer-
tiiicate, the presiding officer said fare
there are any objections TO the ccrtiti-
40 frn, 4 l,I
| After pause, " the chair hears none.
| The votes Of the slate of Alabama Will
be counted. One of the tellers will an
nounce the votes so there may be no mis-
take.n The result was announced by
Mr.. Cook.
The same ceremonial was observed
concerning the next state, Arkansas,
given for Hlden and Hendricks.
| The next state was California, six
votes for Hayes and Wheeler.
Then. Colorado, three FOR Hayes
and Wheeler.
Connecticut, sis for lillen and
/ Hendricks.
Delaware. three for Tilden and
Hendricks, etc.
/ When Florida vas reached, Stone, tht
teller, proceeded to read the certificates,
the first of which showed four for Haye:
y Wheeler. and the second four for Til.
den & Hendricks, the forner being au
thentlcated by the late GOV. stearns; til.
latter by Attorney General Cooke.
/ The presiding officer then hauded- til.
teller, still another certificate from Flor
ida, received through nessenger Januar,
/ alst, corresponding with one by mail tn.
| thirlieth Ct January, it-beisg aathentis
lof tho act OF the Tiidcn electors, ant
made BY Coy. Drew.
After partial reading Of the paper &c