The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16


raj college OF the respective state,
were read. together with the certiii-
cate of the governor OF each Stat
appended to i. The tellers tool
their turns in the reading of the doc
uments, Senator Iiamlin reading
that OF the State OF Alabama. The
reading OF the documents OF each
of the two States Of Alabama ane
Arkansas occupied nearly iifteer
minutes. As the papers from Cali
fornia were about to be read, Mr.
Reagan, of Texas, moved that tn,
reading of the various papers from
each State be dispensed with, ant
that the tellers read only the certifi
cate of the governor and secretary
of state from each state, and exam
inc the papers, so as to satisfy them
selves that they were in proper form
The motion was agreed to, and say
cd much time. The tellegs, except
Mr.. Thurman, read only the gov
ernor's certificates; but when his
turn came, nc read through all The
papers accompanying the certifi
cate.
After the vote OF Georgia wa:
read (the reading OF the certificate;
in full being demanded by Mr.
Springer, the Vice President said
1t appearing from the certificate
just read that the vote of the state
of Georgia was cast on a day Other
than that fixed for casting such votes
by act of Congress, in pursuance Of
the Constitution OF the United States,
the result Of the certificate will not
be recorded until, in the language
of the concurrent resolution under
which this count proceeds it appear:
whether the counting or emitting tc
count such votes will change the re
suit Of the election" :"
The count then went on without
interruption TO the end, the last GER
tiiicate. read being that of the state
of Wisconsin.
HANNIBAL EAMLIN's TRYING MOMENT
The teIlers then proceeded to add
the vote. Til; was a trying and ex.
asperiting wtrl 20 Senator Hanni
bal Hamlin. The addition on the
tellers' sheet kept by him confused
him very much, and after his figure:
had all been footed up they gave Z
Hancock majority Of thirty electoral
votes. He saw that something must
be wrong, and went from one teller
to another to see where his miscouni
had occurred. Senator Thurman
and Mr.. Crowley came to his assist
ance, and they found that, not being
an expert in figures, the Senior
Senator from Maine had counted
Vermont and other Republican
states for IIanock. The error was
remedied, and another tally sheet
was substituted.
ANNOUNCING THE RESULT.
During the reading Of the certiii-
Gates conversation in the hall was
general. As soon, however, as Sen
ator Thurman arose to announce
the result Of the count, every voice
was hGshed, and the deep silence
was not broken from that time until
the dissolution of the convention
Mr.. Thurman said: The tcllers re-
port that the whole number of elect
ors appointed to vote for President
of the United States was 469, OF
which majority is 1S5. Were the
votes OF the electors for the State OF
Georgia cast Oh the second Wednes-
day Of December, 1880, counted. the
result would be: For James A. Gar
field, of the State of Ohio, for Presi-
dent of the United States, Oh votes
for Winfield Scott Hancock, OF
Pennsylvania, for President of the
United States, 155 votes. If not
counted, The result would be. For
James a. Garfield, for President OF
the United Statea, 2l4 votea, and for
Winfield Scott Hancock, for Presi-
dent of the United States, IA votes.
In either event, James 4. Garfield
has received majority of the votes
of the whole number of electors APP
pointed" Mr.. Thurman made a
similar statement in regard to the
vote for Vice President, the only
change being in the names.
THE VICE r8EslPEyrs DECLARATION,
Vice President Wheeler at once
made the following declaration:
Wherefore | do declare that
James 4. Garfield, of the state OF
Ohio, having received a majority of
the votes Of the whole number of
electors appointed, is duly elected
President of the United Safes for
four years, commencing on the 4th
of March, 1881. And | do further
declare that Chester A. Arthur, of
the State of New York, having re-.
ceived a majority of the whole num-
Der of electors appointed, is duly
elected Vice President of the United
States for four years, commencing on
the 4th of March 1881"
The announcement was received
with applause on the Republican
side, and in the galleries, The con-
yentian thea dissolved, after being
in session one hour and forty min
utes, and general stampede follow
ed.
Joe Blackburn and Mr.. Frye, of
Maine, had tilt in the House right
after the electoral count, and again
the lovers Of . sensation witnessed
the laying of The foundation for an
other duel, and again saw it quietly
swept away.
Mr. ryesuceeedcdin in settingaside
the river an6t harbor appropriation
bills and asked consideration of Il
report from the committee on rules,
concerning a scheme to expedite
private business on tho calendar.
The idea was to devote an hear each
lay during The rest cf the session to
private bills, the state delegations
10 be called in alphabetical order
md oaoh member to be privileged
% call up any bill, provided FIVE
members do not object. Mr. Frye
the proposition, and was
lbout to add his personal qpiaian
IS to its merits when srieaa:er Joe.