Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
,specisI Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette

which had been vacated for them. Mr.. !
Edmunds their president pro tenn, wore
a black skull cap. but all the others were
bareheaded They were followed by
the members Of the United States
SUPREME Court. Among the Senators those
from Virginia were only noticed by their
absence. Every other State in the Union
had her two Senators present to witness the
exercise of the highest prerogative OF Con-
press and to see that the votes OF their re.
spective States were properly counted, out
the two who hail from Virginia, knowing
that they do not represent that State ana
are not recognized as her representatives Dy
the people thereof, did not appear among
the others. One of them, Mr. Rlddteberger,
was not at the Capitol at all aud the other,
General Malone, though there and in the
hall of the House, came in after all the 9TH
ers, and remained among the standing spec
tators who crowded the space behind the out.
er row OF seats, close to the door OF the main
aisle. When the Senate entered the hall ,Sch-
ator Beck, failing to find his seat, sat down
on the steps at the side of the Clerks desk
and made himself familiar with the pages
who eat near him. AS there was not enough
roou in the galleries to accommodate the
| friends of the members, resolution had
been passed admitting them on the floor, 80
that all the space in rear of the seats, and
MANY of the seats, were occupied by ladies.
Judging from the appearance OF the dlplo-
matte gallery, European governments take
little or no interest In the most vital affairs
of this one, for its only occupants were the
| representatives Of the Sandwich Islands,
China and Japan. All the other galleries
ard the doorWays leading to them were
crowded go depsely that it was impossible
for one more to enter them. Mr.. Edmunds,
president pro ten. OF the Senate, took
The Speakers chair and Mr.. Blackburn,
Speaker pro tenn of the House, sat at his side,
while Senators Hoar and Pendleton and
Representatives Clay and Keller, who acted
as trllers, sat Immediately in front of them
The Clerk of the Senate, with the box con-
tanning the electoral certificates, stood by
the side of Mr. Edmunds, and handed him
the certificates, and be, after breaking the
seals, handed them to the tellers, who read
and counted them, from the several States
in alphabetical order. The tellers were not
apt, making several mistakes in reading
| the certfca ties, being corrected by mem
bers on the floor, and thereby causing much
amusement. 1t was said that if each one of
them had relied upon his own count no two
of them would have agreed in their figures,
but as all knew beforehand that Cleveland
had received 219 votes and Blaine 1872,
they reported that result to Mr. Edmunds,
who announced it, going out Of his
way to say that he only did 80 because
the tellers had reported those figures to
him, and not because of any constitutional
requirement. Knowing that the announce.
ment would be received with applause, Mr..
Edmunds had the gavel in his hand ready
to suppress it at its commencement, but he
was unable to do so, and loud olapping Of
hands, stamping, and even shouts-rebel
yells they were called by some malignant
republicans-greeted the formal announce
mept of the result of the count, and Mr..
Aascht Of A 6 Ess t6sy sing the doxo
ogy and have a peace dance. 1t was
observed that Mr.. Pendleton, in read
ing his share of the certificates
for each teller counted one in turn, gave the
old Virginia pronunciation to the name
James, calling it Jeems. The count being
over aud the result announced, the joint
meeting of the two houses adjourned, the
| floor was cleared of all not entitled to it,
and the crowds in the several galleries dis.
persed. Among the strangers on the floor
were Maj. ]. w. Daniel, who, by the cour-
| tesy of Mr.. Barbour, occupied bis seat, and
| Mr.. Massey, whose contest for the seat MIR.
John Wise holds has been practically aban.
doned by bis party.
| Among the bills introduced in the Senate
| to day was one by Mr.. Morgan, similar TO
the House river aud harbor bill except that
all reference to Sandy Bay, Mass, Galveston
harbor. the Hennepin Canal and Capt. Eads
is omitted.
The latest Cabinet announcement is Nc
Donald, Garland, Bayard, Villas, Whitney,
and Lamar, with the Navy Department. as
yet undecided.
AS Mr.. Thurman has not called upon the
| President. elect and az he has been repre-.
| sented to the latter as infirm in age if not
| of purpose, his friends who think be should
be in the Cabinet have arranged that he
| and the President elect shall meet at the
delphia, on the 10Th instant.
The appointment of Capt. Asa Rogers to
the internal revenue collectorship Of the
Richmond district, vice Brady, who has
been elected to Congress, s great surprise
to the Virginians here, nasmuch as it has
all along been reported that Brady wanted
that place for the man who has stood by
him through thick and thin, and that he
even went so far as to threaten to hold Oh
to it himself until after the 4th of March, SO
as to allow the next administration to fill it,
if it were not given to his deputy, Rahily.
But those who follow General Malone
must be his slaves or leave his ranks.
When the Senate reassembled after the joint
meeting the first thing done was the introduction
of resolution by Mr.. Ingalls, to the effect that
the declaration of the result OF the count Of the
Presidential electoral vote made by the President
pro ten. Of the Senate was irregular. unwarranted
and improper. Mr.. Bayard objected, and the res.
oluton had to 60 over Mr.. Hoar introduced an
other one to the effect that the counting of the
vote had been completed in order, the result
formally announced, and that Congress had
nothing more to do with it. The Senate then re.
su ned its regular bu ,ines7.
resolution introduced By republican in the
House to day, for the return of flag now at the
War Department to the company of federal troops
to whom it had belonged, designated its captors as
"Confederates." The age of good feeling must be
approaching. 1t has heretofore been rebels"
Sentence Of Forger.
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