The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-18
THE NEW S.
Summary of the Proceedings of Congress
and a General Report of Events
as They Transpire.
congressional Summary.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 9.-SENATI
Senator Wallace submitted a resolu
ton, which was adopted, calling on iht
president, if not incompatible with the
public interest, for the correspondence
that recently passed between SPAN and
the United States in regard TO the agree
ment of February 18th, and more par
ticularly with reference to the question
of naturalization by the United States OF
natives of Spain.
HOUsE-An hour before the meeting
Of the house and two hours before the
time appointed for the counting Of the
electoral votes for president and vice
president, the galleries of the house
were filled with spectators, large ma.
jority of which were ladies. On the
floor a few wooden chairs were sand
wiched into seats of the members tor the
accommodation of senators, but other
| wise there was no indication that any
save the usual routine of business of the
house was TO be transacted. The indif
ference shown by members who
seemed only anxious to obtain seats for
friends in the galleries, was in
marked contrast with the excite
ment which prevailed during the
electoral count four years ago.
At few minutes past 12 the doOrkeeper
announced the arrival of the vice presi-
dent and senate, who then filed into the
chamber, and Vice President Wheeler
took his seat On the right hand of speak
er Randall, and the senators were ac-
commOdated with chairs in front of the
row of desks.
The vice president called the assem-
bly, TO order, and said that the two houses
| being assembled in pursuance of the
constitution, that the votes may be count
ed and declared for president and vice
president on the 4th of March, 1881, it
becomes my duty, under the constitu-
ton, as president of the senate, to open
the certificates of election of the several
states of the Union, in presence of the
two houses, and now proceed with that
duty.
The tellers, Senators Thurman and
| Hamlin on the part of the senate, and
Mr. Crowley on the part of the house,
having taken their places at the clerks
desk, the vice president said: II open a
package purporting to contain the certi-
ticates OF election of the state of Alaba-
ma, and hand the certificate to be re
ported"
The certificate having been read very
| slowly by senator Hamlin, and having
shown that the electors of the state of
Alabama had cast the ten votes of that
state for Winfield S. Hancock for presi-
tor vice president, the vice president
said: "The vote of the state of Alabama
having been recorded, open and hand
them the certificate of election of
the state of Arkansas" The six votes of
the state of Arkansas having been re-
corded for Winfield S. Hancock for presi-
dent, and w. II. English for vice presi-
dent, on motion of Mr.. Reagan the
reading of merely formal portions of
the certificates was dispensed with. The
certificates from California showed five
of the six votes of that state to have
been cast for Hancock and English and
one for Garfield and Arthur. The three
votes of Colorado were recorded for Gar
| field and Arthur The three votes of
Delaware were recorded for Hancock
and English. The next certificate hand
ed the tellers was from Georgia, and it
was read by Mr.. Crowley, the reading in
! full being demanded by Air Springer
| The certificate shows that on the Sth of
| December, 1880, the eleven votes of
Georgia were cast for Hancock and Eng
| lish.
The vice president then said: at ap-
pearing from the certificate just read
| that the vote of Georgia was cast on
day other than that fixed for the count
ing of such votes by act of congress, in
pursuance of the constitution of the
| United States, the result of this certifi-
| cate will not be recorded until, in the
| language of the concurrent resolution
under which this count proceeds, il will
| appear whether the counting or emitting
TO count such votes will change the re-
| suit of the election
| The twenty-one votes of Illinois were
then recorded for Garfield and Arthur,
| and the votes of all the other states were
| 6icnHcah Of in tho SarNf amor dawn IN
| Wisconsin, the last state on the list.
| The tellers then proceeded to foot up
the votes cast for president and vice
president.
Senator Thurman then said: THE
tellers report that the whole number of
electors appointed TO vote for president
and vice-president of the United States
was 1863, majority of which is 1S5.
Were the votes of the electors for the
state of Georgia, cast on the second
| Wednesday in December, 1890, to be
counted, the result would be: For James
| A Garfield, of the state of Ohio, for
president of the United States, two hun
dred and fourteen votes; and for VIII
field s. Hancock, for president of the
United States, one hundred and fifty-five
votes. If not counted the result would
be: For James A. Garfield, for president
of the United States, one hundred and
forty-four votes. In either event, James
A Garfield has received the majority of
votes of the whole number of electors
appointed.
Senator Thurman made a similar state
ment relative to the vote for vice presi-
dent.
wherefore" then said vice president
Wheeler, II do declare James 4. Gar
field, of the state of Ohio, having re-
ceived majority of the votes of the
whole number OF electors appointed, as
duly elected president of the United
States for the four years commencing on
the 4th day of March, 1881; and | do
further declare Chester A. Arthur, of the
state of New York, having received 6
majority of the votes of the whole nun
Der of electors appointed, duly elected
vice president of the United States fol
four years commencing on the fourth
day of March, 1891. Loud Applause
The senate then retired to their cham
Der.
After the senate left and order had
been restored in the house, Mr.. Fenr
presented the house report of the tellers
signed by senator's Hamlin and Thur
man and Messrs. House and Crowley.
Mr.. Crowley then offered resolution
reciting that the house had met the sen
ate That the electoral votes had been
opened by the president of the senate il
the presence of the two houses of cor
gress and counted by tellers on the par
of the two houses; that il appeared tina
james A. Garfield has received a major
ity of the votes cast for president, anC
Chester A. Arthur the majority of vote!
cast for vice president, and that the samt
had been duly declared by the presiden
of the senate in presence of the two
houses, and declaring that the two
houses are of the opinion that the con
stitution and laws have been daily exc
cuted, and that no further declaration o
these facts is necessary.
The resolution was adopted, and the
house went into committee ON the legis
lative appropriation bill.
The Increase in Exchanges
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The Public To-
morrow will say that exchanges at New
, York IN January were the largest evel
known in any month by nearly 800,
. 600 600. Outside New York the aggre
gate is not quite as large as in Deem
Der, although heavy payments incident
to the beginning of a new year are in
GUIDED The great volume of exchanges
. | at New York is due, az weekly reports
have shown, in an unusual degree to enor
nous sales of stocks, the sales payment:
for which would affect exchanges, il
January amounted TO IL, 346, 966 shares
: Deducting double their market value
, we have remaining exchanges amount
ing to 81, S29, 528, 142 for the month TIT
, largest previous net exchanges in ont
month having been $2,594, 532. 675
, in November. The aggregate at Bos
ton is also the largest eyer known
but in almost al other cite.
transactions for January were smaller
, than for December, and the aggregate
, outside of New York falls below 81 200,
000, 600, while If exceeds 81 ,220, 000. 600
in December. In comparison with thest
, of Jan. 1880, the returns for last montl
indicate an increase of Ill per cent. IL
} the volume of business outside of New