The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-02-18
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT.
"ASHiNGToN. February 9.-By 10 o'clock. Az
''"' 'eiorc the meeting of the House and two
"o"'S 'eiore the time appointed for counting the
I''e'oral votes for President aul Vice Prcsi.
ueht' the galleries of the House were filed with
spectators. n large majority of whom were ladies
ueS'rous of witnessing that ceremony. On the
moor n few wooden chairs were sandwichcd in
| oe'"eeh the seats Of members for the accommo-
dat'on Of Senator's but otherwise there was no
'''''''''oh 'hat any save the usual routine bust
ness OF tho House was to be transacted Tho
| '""'"erehce shown by members, who. seemed
| anxious 10 obtain seats for their friends i'm the
S"llery' was in marked contrast with the excite
ment which prevailed during the Electoral count
of four years ago
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As.syysanuau1ysyzsssNrs NrsTs6I Isof tss ycssf Pres
ident and the Senate ofEthe United Stktes;s Who
|'then., fied into the chamber. yice-Presidcpt
Wheeler took seat the right hand of Speak !
er Randall, and the senators were accommodate
ted with chairs in the front rows of the desks. 3
The Vice President called the assembly to,
order, and said: The two houses being assem-.
blcd in pursuance Of the Constitution that
the vote may be counted and declared for Presi-s
dent and Vice-President ON the fourth day of
March, 1881, it becomes my. duty under the
Constitution, 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 l now proceed to the discharge Of that
duty: ~
The tellers; Senator'S Thurman and iIamlin on
the part of the Senate, and Messrs House and
Crowley on the part of the House, having tax en-
their places ut the clerks desk, the Vice.
President said: open a package purporting to
contain the certificate Of election of the State
ported. . Z. t. ~ = (. ,,s-sseH%e,,
TThe certificate having been read very slowly.
by Senator Hamlin, andSh.ring shown that the
electors Of the State Of Alabama had cast the
ten votes of that State for Winfield S. Hancock
for President and ten votes for William II. Eng
ish for Vice President, the Vice President said:
The vote of the State of Alabama having been
recorded by the tellers, I open and hand to them
the certificate of election Of the State of Ar
kansas
These we're likewise read and recorded, and the
same formula was proceeded with until the State
of Georgia reached, when the certificate
from that State was read by Mr. Crowley, of
New York, reading in full being demanded by
Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois. The certificate
showed that on the Sth of December, 1880, the
eleven votes of Georgia were cast for Hancock
and English. .,,
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from the certificate just rcaf that the vote of the
State of Georgia was caet on day other than that
ixcl for casting such vote by Act of Congress
in pursuance of the Constitution Of the United
State the result of this certificate will not be
recorded until, liz the language of the concur
rent resolution under which this count proceeds
1t Will appear whether counting or emitting to
count such votes will change the result Of tho
clcctiun.'
The rcaling of the certificates from tho other
States was then proceeded with regularly, the
tclIrrs' lists showing the follow "csult: