The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

Senate ChGalbertJosGtte71d thesp3en ing
and counting of the votes for Pc sic lent
and Vice PFesidentof the United ST. ates
as the Constitution provides"
Mot for either AHouse to paI6 Gil ,ate
in the count, nor to perform any ACT i've
function in the count, but for It'll e | Two
Houses to Gstesad in the Senate III; am
Der and witness, thevcount by tbs P res
ident Of the Senate, cas- the CMlsti ;tu-
ton provides. h9A sa
Hence, the two Houses having SO as
sembled, the. certificates Of the. lad oct ors
of the several States, Fifteen in nu M
ber,) were blythe Vice Presidents DO hn
Adalns,) assisted by teAers apppint ed
by che two Houses, 9pened and oeunt ed
the votes; Whereupon the President of
the. Senate declared George Washif lg-
ton unanimously celeeted President OF
the United States, and John .SAdal MS
Vice President by,a plurality ofNOt IS.
At the THIRD COUNT lFebIfzary s,
1000 of the electoral votes, the1Clel *
of the House. appea4el i'm the,sSona te
and said: E.t ETH.
"MR. PRESIDENT !. Tia House.Df Re- D
Iresentatives ACKNOWLEDGMENT the Sci l.
ate in the chamber Of TINT House, agree )
able to the report of theijoint cnnsmit :
tee, to attend the opening and exaEnin :
ing the votes @f the electors fon Hresl :
dent and Vice president of the Gh2itet
States, as the Constitution provides. Z
Not to participate ir the count, nor
to perform amy active f.lncticndn the.
count, but to .tutteaV >Mith the Senate
and witness the count by the Presia ent
of the Senate, 'aas the Cos stitutiOn pro
vides." a.
Hence, the President Sf the Sesaate,
in the preseneetaf the; tuso Houses, as
sisted by the tellers respectivelySap-
EpOinted by tilexl s0pened, &Namlned a&nd
counted the votes, and announced as
the result of discount, that JohnAAd-
ans had been selected PRESIDENT sasld
i Thomas Jefferson Vice kPresidenteof
| the United States.
He subseqVaent1y under ~ resolut5Sn
reported by Nil. Mason, .6ffty irginia, AMI
.dadopted by the two HOUSES, made or
l.and signed" the following formal aa
d announcement t0 Mr. JeffegSa1 OF his,el
j action as Vice President:
"Be it k1aotc&1, That theESenate aIac
aafouse of Representatives off the UnitsD
Estates of America, sbeing 1envened I'D
lIttle city of Philadelphia, oia tthe second
"Wednesday of February, iaat1 he year 03
j our Lord one thousand Sseves hundred
| ans ninety-seven, Sac uMd srwritten
Wise President of the Uait5ed States
Land President IF tt3@ >Sesadae, did, In
presence of the said Senate and House
Of representatives open all the certifi-
|cates and count all the sUdts' Of Ihf
EelecuQrs for a President and fer Vice
i PresHi ent; by which 1T appears that
,5!Th0psas Jefferson, Esq, sWas duly elect
fed, ag1 eeable to the CoIE3titutipn, Vice
,EERresid4nt Of the United 1Statessof Am
sarlca.
4 Sin illness whereof q ihavefaereun.
;, Ito. set nay hand and seal dhis 18th day
LAT, February, 1907 ":JOH1r ADAMS
i AT the FOURTH COg-NT t(IE February II
:. as0). of3he electoral votes Of the sew
!: ,ecal States, in the Senate, Gas tie re
lEsut of AN agreement of "a joint com
i1lhtee of the two Housass) ;f was
4 'aQ9dereG, That the Secretary notify
1.-THE -Housepf Representatives thai the
Senate iseready to meet them in the
Senate Chamber for the plnrpose Of
being present. at the opening and caant
ing the votes for President of 3he
United States
Not for either house to participate
in the count, nor to performs amy active
functiaals in the count, but for fhf
House to be "pnesent" with the Senate
and witness the opening and counting
the votes for President of the United
States, by the President of the Senate,
as the Constitution provides.
Hence, the President Of the Senate
in the presence of the two Houses,
assisted by tellers respectively appoint
ed by them, opened and counted the
tvOtes, and announced as the result of
his count, "tlaat the whole number of
lelectors who bad voted were 1873, of
which number Thomas Jefferson and
Aaron Burr had a majority; but the
number Of those voting for them being
equal (each. had 73) no choice was
made by the people, and chat conse-
quently the remaining duties devolye
on the House of Representatives
subsequently the House having
elected a President, and notified the
Senate Of the fact, the President of
| the Senate, under a resolution of that
body, issued the following certificate:
BE 1t k7aOao1s, That the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States Of America, being
convened at the city of Washington,
on the second Wednesday of February,
A. D. 1901, the underwritten, Vice
President of the United States and
President Of the Senate, did, in the
the presence of the said Senate and
House of Representatives, open all the
certificates and count all the Uotes of
the electors for President; whereupon
| it appeared that Thomas Jefferson, of
| Virginia, and Aaron Burr, of New
York, had a majority of the votes of
| the electors. and an equal number of