The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE EoRrx-sEvExrn CONGRESS
SENATE.

mitted resolution which was adopted,
calling on the president for the cores
pondence recently passed between Spain
and the United States. with reference
to the question of naturalization by the
United States, of natives of Spain.
Window introduced bill authoriz-
ing the Mexican National railway COM
pany to construct bridge to the GEN.
ter of the Rio Grande river on the
boundry line between Mexico and the
United States. Referred.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 9.-The gallei les
were crowded in anticipation of the
electoral count, but there was no such
excitement as that of four years ago.
The morning hour was dispensed with
and the house went into committee on
the legislative appropriation bill, but
rose without concluding, and Singleton
offered resolution extending the priv
ilege of the floor to ladies who could
not secure gallery seats. Adopted.
Shortly after, noon the president and
senate arrived; the vics president took
a seat on the right of Speaker Randall,
and the senators took the front rows of
desks. The vice president called the
assembly to order, and said: The
two houses being assembled in pur-
suance of the constitution, the votes
may now be counted and declared
for president and vice president.
1t becomes my duty under the con-
stitution. as president of the senate,
to open the certificates of election of
the several states of the union in the
presence of the two houses, and now
proceed to discharge that duty. The
tellers having taken their places, the
vice president said: open package
purporting to contain certificate of
election of the state of Alabama, and
handed the certificate to be report
ed. Senator Hamlin read the certifi-
cate slowly, showing ten votes for
Hancock and English. The vice presi-
dent said: The vote of Alabama having
been recorded by the tellers, open and
hand to them the certificate of Arkan-
sas. The same proceeding was observed
in that case.
Reagan then moved to dispense with
the formal reading. Agreed to.
The California certificate showed five
of the six votes Of that state for Han
cock and one for Garfield.
When Georgia was reached, Crowley
read the certificate, Springer demand
ing the reading in full. 1t shows that
on December Sth the eleven votes of
Georgia were cast for Hancock and
English. The vice president said: 1t
appearing from the certificate that the
vote of Georgia was cast on day other
than fixed for casting such votes by act
of congress in pursuance of the consti-
tuition, the result of this certificate will
not be recorded until, in the language
of the concurrent resolution under
which this count proceeds, it will appear
"hsUioA ehO Souh0iuS VI ouipbiuS w
count such votes will change the result
Illinois, Iowa and other states in
order were counted.
The tellers footed up at the close of
the reading, and Thurman announced
that the whole number of electors vot-
lug were 369, of which a majority is
1S5; were the votes of Georgia, cast on
the Sth of December, counted, the re-
suit would. be. for Garfield 214, for
Hancock 155; if not counted, the result
would be, for Garfield 214, for Hancock
IA. In either event James A. Gar
field has received majority of the
whole number of electoral votes. The
same statement was made respecting
the vice president, wherefore the vice
president declared James A. Garfield
president and Chester A. Arthur vice
president of the United States for four
years, beginning on March fourth,
1881. loud applause.)
The senate then retired and the house
presented the report of the count.