The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-02-19
THE E.residenfiaI Cesant : How
ND WINS Made.
Especial to the Cincinnati Times-star.l


ltol to-day. Before 10:3o O'Clock the
galleries were all crowded, except
j, that which was reserved for the
diplomatic corps, in which there were
not more than half dozen people.
The corridors were also crowded,
! and hundreds of people who had
tickets failed to obtain admission to
/ the galleries.
Under the order adopted yesterday
the east gallery was rescrvedifor the
/ families of members and senators.
1t was filled at an early hour. Some
people were at the Capitol as early
as s o'clock. These we're the people
who did not hold passes; bnt they
had some difficulty in getting seats
in the galleries, for tho avenues and
) entrances were all guarded in order
that the chronic attendants upon the
sessions of the House might not
monopolize the best seats. At III
O'Clock the House was called to Or
der as usual, and the voice of the
) Chaplain as lie offered prayer was
almost drowned by the buzzing in
the gallery As soon as the journal
Ihad been read, the House, OH motion
of Mr.. Atkins, went into committee
! Of the whole on the Legislative APP
propriation bill The clerk went on
! with the reading where he left off
yesterday, but no one, except mem
bers of the appropriation committee,
paid the slightest attention. Prog
rcss was made down to the sixty
! ninth page Of the bill, when, atLll:5S,
the committee rose.
There were at this time hundreds
of persons, especially ladies, stand
ing in the corridors unable to obtain
admission. A motion was made a.d
carried that the ladies be admitted
to the floor, and all of the available
space was soon occupied.
At 1908 the Vice President and
r members of the senate were an
nounced. The members of the house
received them standing, and the
senators were assigned seats on the
stand at the left Of the speakers
; desk.
: Vice President Wheeler was cs-
corted to a seat tc the right Of Speak
CT Randall, Mr.. Birch the secretary
Of the senate, taking his seat at the
: clerks desk, with G. NJ. Adams, clerk
: of the house. After all the senators
r had entered and been seated, Vice
President Wheeler called the Joint
convention to order and said:
"The two houses of congress being
> assembled pursuance Of the consti-
4 tuition to ascertain the vote cast for
!. president and vice president of the
. United States from the 4th of
March, 1881, it becomes my duty as
b president Of the seuate, to open the
e votes of the several States
il Alessrs. Thurman and iIanilin, the
O tellers On the part of the senate, and
House and Crowley the tellers on the
, part Of the house, took their place
II at the clerks desk.
The first operad was that Of the
r State Of Alabama, which certificate
=, was read by Mr. Hanllin, and ter
votes were recorded for Hancock ant
English. The certificate Of Arkansas
n was read by Mr.. TelleriHouse. While
y this certificate was being read, Mr.
10 Conkling entered the hall alone.
Il. six more votes were recorded fo
: Hancock and English. .Atthis point
- on motion of Mr.. Reagan, it wal
st agreed that the formal leading q
On the certificates should he dispense,
or with, and that the result should b,
/: announced.
" Mr. Thurman stated the vote q
oV California tn be five for Hancock an,
p English and one for Garfield an,
he Arthur. The votes of the othe
nj States were then announced in Al
phabetic order. When the ,certifcat
Of Georgia was handed in to the to
cir lers Mr.. Springer demanded the reaC
m ing in full which was done by MI
Teller.
After the certificate had beenrea
the vice president said, ut appear
from the certificate that the vote {
he Georgia was cast on day other tina
lie, that prescribed ly the constitution
and under the joint resolution adop
ed by the two houses, the vote wi
'au not be recorded until it shall appea
at whether the vote of Georgia wi
rro change the result Of the election &
,od not" The certificates of other State
6. were then opened and recorded. Tl
- result of the count was then "a,
NE nomced in the fJllowing form: III
md state of the vote for the president !,
as the United States as delivered bytI
la Iitellers, is as follows: The who
number q electors appointed to va
for president of the United States
by $50, Of which majority is lIs
ged were the votes of electors for II
be State Of Georgia the second We
nesday of December, 1880, being II
9th day If saidmonth, stob be icounte
the result would be: For James
Garfield, of the State of Ohio, K
president of the United States, b
oat votes, and for Winfield s. Hancoc
w OF the State of PENNSYLVANIA, Il
sas spresidentsof the United States, i,
kito votes. IL not counted, 1.-The res,
sues would be: ForJames "A. Garfield. i
presidenttof the United States. b
,,heI votes, and for Winfield s. Haneoe
W for president of the United Stat.
liza votes. Inseither event James
the Garfield yhas received a majority