Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-02-17
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
General Garfield Declared President

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! WASHINGTON, February 9-The galleries
of the House were crowded in anticipation
of the electoral count. but there was no ex-
citement like that of four years ago. The
morning hour was dispensed with and the
tive appropriation bill, but rose upon con-
Guiding, and Singleton offered q resolution
extending the privileges of the floor to the
'odies who could not secue gallery seats
which was adopted.
Shortly after noon the President and Sen
ate arrived The Vice President took a seat
Oh the right hand 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 Constitution, as President of the
Senate, to open the certificates of election of
the several States of the Union in the pres
ence of the two houses, and | now proceed to
discharge that duty
The tellers having taken their places the
Vice President said | open a package pur-
porting to contain certificates Of election of
the State Of Alabama, and send the certif-
cate to be reported Senator Hamlin read
the certificates slowly, showing 10 votes for
Hancock and English.
The Vice President said, the vote of Ala
bama having been recorded by the telers
open and hand them the certificate of Arkan-
sas, and the same proceedings was observed
in that case.
Reagan then moved to dispense with the
formal reading, which was agreed to.
The California certificate showed five of
the six votes of that State for Hancock and
one for Garfield.
When Georgia was reached, Crowley read
the certificate, Springer demanding its read
ing in full 1t shows th-.t 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 that fixed for casting such votes by the
act of Congress in pursuance of the COnstitu-
tiOn the result of this certificate will not be
recorded until the language of the concur
rent resolution under which this count pro-
ceeds it will appear whether counting or
emitting to count such votes will change the
result of the election.
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 voting was
1863, OF which majority is 185. Were the
votes of the Georgia electors, cast Oh the 9Th
Of December, counted, the result would be
for Garfield PA, and Hancock 155. If not
counted, the result would be, Garfield pa,
Hancock 144 In either event, James A.
Garfield has received majority of the whole
number OF the electoral votes. The same
statement was made respecting the Vice
President, wherefore the Vice President de-
clared James A. Garfield President, and
Chester 4. Arthur Vice President of the
United States for four years, beginning March
4th, 1881. Loud applause.
The Senate then retired and House pre-
sented to the House the report of the count,
and after formal record by resolution of the
took up the regular business.
On the return of the Senate, Hamlin pre-
sented the reports of the tellers of the two
houses, accompanied by preamble reciting
the result, with resolution that the two
houses are ofopinion that the constitution and
avs have been duly executed and no further
declaration of the facts as set forth is neces-
sary. Adopted.
Mining Stocks.