The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-14
A Little Hitch in. the Usual
Proceedings,
At Which a Few Democrats
Take Exceptions.
Papers in Mourning for
Gordons Death.

I Counting the Electoral Vote.
WARRINGTON, Feb. ii. On mt
Ition of Keifer, the clerk OF the house
was directed to inform the senate a
EI2 o'clock the house would be pre-
9aaed to receive that body, In cor
Eformity with the provisions of tn
EeancuFrent resolution relating t
Eeountlng the electoral votes. At ,
kew minutsa before IL O'Clock. tn
speaker protem requested member
10 clear the two drst rows Of seats 70
the accommodation Of senators. A
plecisely twelve the senate of th,
/ United States Vas announced, ant
headed by MI. Edmunds, an officia
aof that, body, the senators filed in ane
took the seats assigned them, tn,
president Of the senate seating him
self by the acting speaker, Black
burn.
/ / Kdmunds, in calling the assembly
| 70 order, said: "The two houses ol
congress haye met in pursuance with
!. the constitution and laws and con-
current resolution for the purpose Of
executing the duty required by the
constitution and laws in the matter
Of counting the electoral vote fol
President and Vice President of the
! United. States, cast by, the electors OF
the several States. for the term COM
mencing the fourth of March, 1885
Tellers appointed by the two houses
will please take their places"
Senator Hoar AMI Pendleton and
Representatives, Clay and ,Keifer hav-
Ing taken their places at the clerks
sdesk, Edmunds said, THE pre- stdent
0fstile senate wilt open the GER tifi-
Gates Of the several states in alpha
betical order"
The call Of states proceeded alpha
hetieally.
When New York was reached the
certificate was read by Clay of Ken
lucky. and as some vague rumors
were in the ait this morning that
trouble would be made over cou nting
the vote of New YORK, a murmur Of
relief went up when Clay flushed
reading and anne nounced that the GER
.tificate Of the .ect0rs was certified to
BY Grover Cleveland. A slight m an
Hesitation Of applause was promptly
suppre- -sed oy E tmunds who ordered
the sergeant at arms to arrest any
gentleman or other person who dis
tufbed the order of the proceedings
by appl ause or other manifestation.
The call of states then proceeded.
LATER.
The presiding officer of the senate
has Just announced that Grover
Cleveland and Thos. A. Hendricks
have rect ived a majority of the elect
oral votes for the respective offices of
President and vice-President OF the
United States. The declaration, he
said, was made only as a public state
ment in the presence of the two
houses of congress and not as posses
sing any authority of law to declare
any legal conclusions whatever.
When the vote was declared the
immense audience broke into ap-
plause and cheers, which the presid-
ing officer attempted to suppress but
with lit lie success. The Senate then
retired to Its Chamber, and the House
took q recess for fifteen minutes.
On the house being called to order
Kiefer offered resolution reciting
the result of the joint convention Of
the two houses and declaring 1t was
the sense of the house that the con-
stitution and laws have been duly
an0 no further declaration
of these facts are necessary.
Springer said it seemed from the
ann,uncemer of the presiding off,
Ger of the join, convention that there
was no declaration of the vote, con-
trary to all precedent. The Vice
President has simply declare d that it
appeared from the count made by the
teliers that Grover Cleveland received
q certain number of votes, but had
any intention to make any
official declaration of the result of
that vote. He preferred that the
matter should be referred to the judi
ciary committee, with instructions to
report such q resolution as may be
necessary for the purpose of making
known the result Of the election.
The speaker pro tenn. said the pre-
siding officer Of the JOINT convention
Ia making the announcements of the
votes, announced the result that had
been found, and simply added q dis
claimer of any authority on his part
as presiding officer of the senate in
Joint convention to make any declara-
tion at all.
Springer-"I move that the whole
matter be referred to the judiciary
The Speaker-'In the judgment of
the chair the declaration made by
The presiding office was exactly what
it should have been."
Sprlnger-'1 nave nO5 asked the
speaker for his opinion. I desire to
> ate my own"
Toe Speaker-"Che chair, acting
as an officer representing the house
in joint convention, would have
made q protest if any improper
declaration by the presiding officer
had been delivered"
Randall said the vote for electors
had been announced, and that any
preceding was not essen
tial to the main fact that Grover
Cleveland had been elected.
Hammond thought that the joint
cow, ntion, having made its declara-
ton, the house ha4 nothing further
10 do with 1t.