The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-12
when the vote was declared. the i'm.

result OF the joint convention of the TIVE
houses and declaring it the sense of tn,
House that the Constitution and law
had been duly executed and no furthe
declaration of these facts is necessary.
Springer said it seemed from the an
nouncement of the presiding officer o
the joint convention that there was NJ
declaration of the vote. Contrary to al
precedent, the President ha;
simply declared it appeared from
the count made by the teller:
that Grover Cleveland had received
certain number of votes, but haG
disdained any intention to make any
official declaration of the result of thai
vote. He preferred that the matter
should be referred to the Judiciary com
mittee, with instructions to report such
resolutions as may be necessary for the
purpose of making known the result OF
the election
Speaker pro. tenn: 1.-The presiding
officer of the joint convention, in max
| ing the announcement of the votes,
announced the result that had been
found, and simply added a disclaimer
of any authority on his part as presid-
ing officer of the Senate or the joint
convention to make any declaration at
ALL"
Springer: 81 move that the whole
matter be referred to the judiciary COM
mittee."
The Speaker: " In the judgment of
the Chair, the declaration made by the
presiding officer was exactly what it
should have been. - --- --,----------
Springer-I have not asked the
Speaker for his opinion. L desire to
state my own. m s - -
The Speaker-The Chair, acting as the
officer representing the House in joint
convention, would have made a protest
if any improper declaration by the
officer had been delivered.
Randall said the vote of the electors
had been announced, and that any
ministerial proceeding was not essential
to the main fact that Grover Cleveland
had been elected.
Hammond thought that the joint con-
vention having made its declaration,
the House had nothing further to do
with it.
Springer withdrew his motion and
Cox New York; stating that the Consti-
tuition declared who had been elected
Presidentsand Vice President, moved to
lay the resolution on the table. Agreed
t., yeas 135, nays lis.
Clay then offered the following con-
current resolution! ~
Resolved, That two members of the
House of Representatives be appointed
| by the House and one member of the
| Senate be appointed by that body, to
wait on Cleveland and notify him that
he has been duly elected President OF
the United States for four years, COM
menclng the 4th of March, 1885; and
also to notify Hendricks that he has
been duly elected Vice-President of the
United States for four years, commenc-
ing with the 4th of March, 1885.
Second, That the President of the
Senate do make out and sign a certif-
cate in the words following: "Certii-
cate of election-Be it known, that the
Senate and House of Representatives
being convened in the City of Washing
ton, on the second Wednesday of Feb.
ruary, in the year of our Lord, 1885
under written, the President Of
the Senate pro tempofc did, in the
presence of the said Senate and
/ House of Representatives, open all the
certificates, and all the votes Of electors
for President and Vice President of the
United States were then counted in the
presence of the two Houses. whereupon
it appeared that Grover Cleveland, Of
the State of New York, had majority
of the votes of the electors as President
and Thomas A. Hendricks, of the State
of Indiana, had majority of the vote.
of the electors for Vice President, by al
of which it appears that Grover Cieve
land, of the State of New York, ha!
been duly elected President. anG
Thomas A. Hendricks, of the State o
Indiana, has been duly elected Vice
President of the United States, agree
ably to the Constitution, for the mex
four years, beginning the 4th of March
1885.
In witness whereof, / have herewith
set my hand this (blank1 day of Febru
+ airy, 1885, and have sealed it with thu
seal of the Senate" And that com
mittee be hereby appointed, wheI
notifying the persons elected of thei
election to the Office of President ant
Vice President Of the United States
shall present to each of them q dull,
authenticated copy of the foregoing Ger
tificate.
Clay said that this resolution was il
all precedents, except as to the last twl
I Presidents.
4 On the suggestion of Cox, of Ney
York, the resolution was modified, 20 a
to make the committee consist Of tire
Representative and two Senators.
Keller said the resolution was who'll
unnecessary. 8
Holman moved to amend by strikin
out all that part of the resolution hay
. ing reference to the certificate Of elet
ton. Agreed to without division, IA
, The resolution. as amended, wa
agreed to. The House then resume
consideration of the business under th
special rule.
|, On motion of McCoid, the bill passe
for the erection OF public building q
Keokuk, Iowa, at a limited cost {
, $100, 900.
The House then went into committe
/ of the whole, Springer in the chair, o
the postoffice appropriation bill
Hoar offered an amendment increasin
from "a .1OO. 900 to 81, 535, 900 the apprS
: priation for the letter carrier sy.
: TEN. Horr's amendment was agreed t.
2 100 to "a.
Skinner IN. Y.) offered an amend
! ment. providing that letter carriers na
E he appointed when the public busine:
| demanded it in places where the popI
iation was not less than 10000, an
: where the gross revenue at such Office
: amounted to $4,000, or in several plac,