Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE ELECTORAL COUNT. Cleveland and Hendricks
 Declared Elected.
 DEMOCRATS MADE HAPPY. Republicans Censure Sena-
 tor Edmunds. TERRIBLE C0LLIERY EXPLOSION.
TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
Another Disaster to English Troops in Egypt.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.

Troops in Egypt.
 THE ELECTORAL COUNT. Both Houses Find a Majority for Cleveland and Hendricks-The AD-
 nouncement Made by Senator Ed monds.
 WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-The proceedings of the count for President and Vice Presi- dent to-day were without special feature.
 The floor of the House was arranged in the usual manner. Extra chairs were placed in all vacant spaces for the Senate, for the dip lomatic corps, and for such other distin- guished persons as were to be admitted. The House somewhat strained it's rules, and adopted 8 resolution admitting to such scanty vacant places as there were upon the floor the families of members. Those who were chivalric gave up their seats to ladies; and the electoral count is to proceed, in fact, as in joint convention of the people. The violations of the rules of the House in thus throwing open the doors to all corners was justified under the parliamentary pretence that the proceedings of the joint convention are not under the control of the House, and that it's rules, therefore, do not apply. The people admitted to the floor, consequently, were there in accordance with the doctrine of squatter sovereignty.
 At precisely 12 o'clock, the Senate was an nounced, and headed by MT. Edmunds (Rep., vt.) and the officers of that body, the Sena- tors filed in and took the seats assigned them, the President of the Senate seating himself by acting-Speaker Blackburn.
 Mr. Edmunds in calling the Assembly to order said ''The two houses of Congress have met in pursuance of the constitution and laws, and the concurrent resolution, for the purpose of executing the duty required by the constitution and laws in the matter of counting the electoral vote for President and Vice-President of the United States, cast by the electors of the several States for the term commencing March 4, 1885. The tel lers appointed by the two houses will please take their places"
 Senators Hoar Rep., Mass.) and Pendleton (Rep., O., and Representative Clay Oem., Ky.), and Keller Rep., O. have taken their places at the clerks desk, MT. Edmunds said
 ''The president of the Senate will open the certificates of the several States in alpha betical order, and now opens the certificate for the State of Alabama. He hands to the chairman of the tellers on the part of the Senate the certificate from Alabama received by mail and to the chairman of the tellers on the part of the House of Representatives the certificate received by messenger
 TIL. 1u and announced ten electoral votes for Grover Cleveland for President, and ten electoral votes for Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice President.
 Mr. Sherman asked unanimous consent that only the operative parts of the eertif- cates be read, the formal parts being inspect ed by the tellers. This was agreed to and only the statement of the votes cast were read.
 The votes of the other States were an nounced in a similar manner, showing in the final resul 219 votes for Cleveland and Hen dricks and 1S2 votes for Blaine and Logan.
 The certificate of New York was read by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, announcing thirty six votes for Cleveland and Hendricks, and as some vague rumors were in the air this morn ing that trouble would be made over the counting of the vote of New York murmur of relief went up when Mir. Clay finished the reading and announced that the certificate of electors was certified to by Grover Cleveland, Governor manifestation of applause was promptly suppressed by MT. Fdmunds, who ordered the sergeant-at-arms to arrest "any gentleman or other person" who disturbed the order of these proceedings by applause or other manifestation.
 MT Edmunds then rose and said: 'I have now opened the certificates of the electors of all the States and their votes have been re- ported. Tellers. will now make the computa- AI I .ko, ,f 4l,a1, t. After the tellers had devoted themselves to figuring several minutes, Senator Hoar read and handed the result of their compu- tation to the presiding officer, who said: Senators and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The tellers have reported l to the presiding officer the state of the vote, | from which it appears that Grover Cleve- l land, Of the State of New York, has received l 219 votes for the office of President of the | United States; that James G. Blaine, of the | State of Maine, has received 1S2 votes for l the same office; that Thomas A. Hendricks, | of the State of Indiana, hes received 219 votes | for the office of Vice-President of the United States; that John A. Logan, of the State of | Illinois, has received 182 votes for the same office Wherefore, I do declare that Grover | Cleveland, of the State of New York, has re- l ceived 8 majority of the votes of the whole number of electors appointed as they appear l in the certificates read by the tellers, and sc appears to nave been electeu TreslueHI oI the | United States for four years commencing on | the 4th day of March, 1885, and that Thomas l A. Hendricks, of the State of Indiana, has re- ceived a majority of the votes of the whole | number of electors appointed as they appear in the certificates read by the tellers, and so appears to have been electedVice President | of the United States for four years commenc- ing March 4, 1885; and the president of the Senate makes this declaration only as pub lie statement in the presence of the two houses of Congress of the contents of the papers opened and read on this oeca- sion and not possessing any authority in law to declare any legal conclusion whatever" Here the impense audience broke into ap- plause and cheers, which the presiding off cer attempted to suppress, but with little success.
 and the House took recess for fifteen min