The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-14
m0UNN On |nELEaArEN.
Official Count Of the Vote for Governor
C0mpIeted-OIher Matters.

Official Count Of the Vote for Governor
COmpIeted-OIhe Matters.
Upon rea,sembliug yesterday morning
tho House wan opened with prayer by
Rev. =. b. Barnitx, OF the English Luth-
eran Church. The journal was then read,
and the House stood ready for tue pend
Ing unfinished business.
All Of the delegates are present but two,
Mr.. Meadows, Of Monroe county,
whose death was announced q few DAYS
before tho session commenced, and Hon.
Geo. II. MolTstt, Of Pocahontas county,
e~x.Speaker, WHO is i'll at his home At
Glover Lick.
On motion Of Judge Ferguson a com
mittee was appointed 10 walt on the Senate
and inform them that this body was ready
to 20 into joint session and continue the
official count Of the votes cast Of the State
election. The Senate at once entered the
Hall, and the Legislature went into
JOINT sEasioN.
The counting oil the vote was q neces,
sarily slow process, each county, office and
candidate, with the number OF votes cast
therefor, being called aloud by the
Speaker and recorded by the clerks. The
Callinga and recording was not finished until
1910 p. NJ, at which time the joint session
was dissolved and the House took q 70.
cess until 8 o'clock r. N.
After Recess.
The House was again called 10 order al
500, and on motion OF MIR. Quarter the
Senate was informed Of the readiness Of
the House TO go into joint session 10 hear
the announcement oil the result OF the
count completed before recess. Almost
Immediately the Senate was announced,
and no time was lost In getting to work al
the matter III hand.
The Speaker then said: 1--WE ate here
In Joint session Tor the purpose Of count.
Ing, estimating, declaring and publishing
The result OF the ballot for State officers
on the 18th Of October, 1880. The votes
cast, as returned BY the duly constituted
officers having been duly counted, esLi.
mated, and the result asCertaihed, | there,
fore, In accordance with the law, proceed
to declare The result:
"For the office Of Governor, Jacob b
jackson received w, 99l votes; George q,
SLurgirs, A S45 vOtesj and Napoleon b
French, 10 027 votes.
"JaCob L. jackson having received the
greatest number Of votes cast for any can.
didAte, 1, r. Willis Wilson, Speaker oEtht
House Of Delegates, hereby declare him
elected Governor for the ensuing term
for the time fixed by law, connenCinI
on the fourth day Of next March,"
In like manner the successful CandidateI
for tha other Offices we're duely declared
elected, and the joint session then dis
aovled.
A committee consisting Of Messts. Leon,
ard, Hubbard and Tippott was then ap
pointed 10 act in conjunction with q like
committee on the part Of the Senate Il
notify the Governor that The Legislature
was duly organized for business, and ready
to receive any communication the ExeCuL
tive might desire to make.
On motion the House then went into On
election for five pages.
The following nominations were made:
Harvey N. Scott, OF Oabell county.
Thomas o, Given, Of Wheeling.
William shStTer, Of Wheeling.
Flank EngIe, Of Wheeling.
Eddie I, Mcdonald, Of Wheeling.
Sieve W. Rice, Of Wheeling.
A.U, SwArt2, Of Wheeling.
II, n, Exley, Of Wheeling.
John l. Thofhhill, OF Charleston.
Daniel II. Kline, Of Wheeling.