, 1881-02-10
A FAIR COUNT.
The Do-Nothing Congress
Tides Over Another Po-
litical Crisis.
pcnccinl Declaration Of tho Elcc.
tioM Of Garfield as
President.
Great Pressure Of Ladies to
Gain Admission to the
Chamber.
The Doorkeepers Convinced that
Each Congressman Passed In
Three Wives.
Formal Completion Of the Dcm~
ocratic Caucus Makcshift
Program.
Scene During the Scrutiny Of the Bal
lots and Proclamation Of the
Result.
Remarkable Cnrclcsllcss Of Three
Of the TcIlcrs Of tho Joint
Convention.
Mr. Thomas ). Turner, Of Kentucky,
Protests with a Loud "No!"
Against the ConsumMation.
The ETent Gratifying Only as Freak
Ut Fortune, Duo to Nohody's
Wisdom.
-
Mr.. Thomas ;. Turner, Of Kentucky,
Protests with Loud "No!"
Against the ConsumMation.
Tic ETent Gratifying Only as a Freak
Ut Fortune, Due to Nohody's
Wisdom.
Notwithstanding tho Fearful Warning Of
1875, tic Vote Of Georgia light
Have Preoipitated Chaos,


Special Ufspd1th 10 Ihe L20<dQ0 1ftbt&res
. WASHINGTON, ID. e., Feb 0--Gcl. james
a. Garfield has bcen declared by the two
Houses In joint convention rs duly elected
President Of tho United States. The hull OF
tile Jlouse Of Representatives presented n
very llcat and orderly appearance tltis inosn-
linz utter tho preparations for the Joint con-
yentIon had been ma.ie. Sents had been
arranged for the Scnato by the placing Of
additional chairs between tho rcguar seats
Of tile members, an arrangement which was
Il practical confirmation Of the arguments Of
tho supporters OF the 3l9A 9Apportionmclltbilt- -
That twenty-slx more iaeaiHaH :'ES:sM readily
be seated In the present Chamber.
certainly seventy-slx additional persons The
sides tito officers Of the Senate ind House)
found
LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING SEATS
to-day, while the tloor WITS occupied by Il
hundred others. A few chairs were placed
fiji tho rear Of the bar, but thuy wcro usctl
lllain!y by members of tho next 1Io,se, BY
ex-n,enlbers, or by persons entitled to tic
tloUr onEy by courtesy. An additional chair
WIS set behind tic Speakers desk for tho
ltse Of tlle Vlcc-1'resident, md places were
prepared for tho tellcss Of tho
two Houses Mt tho desk imMe-
.l[ately below. Tho e,liro doorkceper and
police f0rca lad been ordered to report for
.ls1ty at y o'cock, and tile order was ncedcd.
Even at thut hour
CROWDS OF cul'l0S1Ty-sEEKEns
began TO lnovo toward tie Capitol, a'Hl by
O'Clock the galleries SGT apart for the getl-
cral public were ltlled. although tue cere.
lnotly OF tue counting OF tic vote WINS not
begun for tilreo hours. Thu straneers' gal-
lery, to Which nlolo admission was l'osslblo
without ticket, for oIce proved not to be
tho traMps' retrcnt, 1t was not filled. us It
generally Is, by tho idle yas1bonds who oc-
Glpy 1t rs place for sleeping. TlM rea-
son was that tile police regulations were cx-
cellont.
TEMPORARY aASdwAYs
wcro placctl across tho corridor leading from
the Senate to the House, which were well
gttardcd by officials WHO knew their duty,
nl1d beyond these tsatcs 1t WIS possible only
for tile orderly alNl the decorons to go. Tho
small gallery assigned to tho friends OF 1ncl,l-
bers was filled quito as early, and hundreds
0f persons who lad tickets to 1t wcro u,lnblo
to gain admission. There arc seats in it for
eighty persons, but the doorkcupcr estl-
mated that 400 tickets had been
issued for 1t. One tl0orkeeper
Ill Ills desperation, When protesting to Con-
Ercssniall that there was very little room for
Ills wife, ndded to the members, sott0 y0ro:
" 1t maY bo all right. but have already
passed three Mrs. - this morning."
THE ZEAL OF FEMALE sl0llT.sEElts
had not hcsItatcd to strain tho truth atld tho
marriage tic, SO fur rs the doorkeeper was
concerned, md tho member, on the fnco of
tho doorkeeper's returns, Mt icnst, had been
made responsible for rs many wires as the
Mormon Apostle Cannon. Tho visit