Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-18
CoUNTlEG The VOTE.


ceedings by Which Harrison aai
Morton Were Declared Elected.
Washington special: There wes celer-
ity in every movement of the proceed
ings. 1t was j1st two minutes past one
O'Clock when Senator Ingalls, arose in
his seat, and striking the desk with his
gavel, announced the purpose of the
Joint convention in oiear ringing voice.
Scarcely he'd dezsn words escaped his
| lips when the roar Of voices subsided,
and there was perfect stiffness, Senators
Manderson OF Nebraska, and Harris of
of Tennessee. and Representative Baker
OF New York, and Ermentrout, OF Penn.
| sylvania, we're seated in the chairs OF
the reading clerks. These were the
| tei!e,s selected by the presiding officers
| of the two houses to examine and read
| the votes.
| Senator Henderson TOOK the first turn
at reading. He read the certificate of
the state OF Alabama. Although he is
o Fplendid reader, ths long certificate
became monotonous before it vas fually
completed. Then Senator Harris began
to read the returns from Arkansas. When
the reading from this state was about
nuls through Senator Edmunds strolled
in, alone, and as he walked down the
central aisle attracted considerable at
tentIop. This astute statesman ives
president Pre- temper OF tta senate just
four years ago, and presided at the joint
convention OF the two houses that read
the vote which elected Cleveland and
Hendricks.
As soon as Senator Harrison had com.
p!eted the yeading for Arkansas, Senator
. Edmunds arose and asked unanimous
consent that instea ad OF reading the re
, turns in full thattse tellers be permitted
TO make an examination, aud that where.
ever the returns were regular and duly
, certified the results should be amour Gee
in q formal way, There ives no objection
and She proceedings moved twenty timet
faster. Instead Of occupying about
, fifteen minutes in the reading OF certi
i, ticate OF state less than minute wat
: required There were short inservals o
a delay between the announcements, owing
to complications in the certifcation O
3 state officers.
1t required some originality on tht
n part of the tellers to make the announce
a ments under the new order OF thing
!, and thsre were some ladicrous incidents
connected Herewith. For instance
when Senator Harris took up Indiana
u he announced chat the fifteen eleetora
4 votes OF the state had been cast $50
Grover Cleveland" AS soon as tn,
words .Grover Cleveland" escaped hi
lips the house burst into roar of laugh
Is ter. Then che venerable senator wen
back to the beginning and commenced
TO make the announcement again, ant
70 made the first name read "Benjami
y Cleveland" :" Finally, however, b
70 managed to say that Indiana had cas-
81 her fifteen votes for Benjamin Harriso
:, and Levi 2. Merton. Evidently that oi
70 gentleman could not reconcile hinsel
g to the fact that Indiana had gone reput
% lican.
q When Senator Henderson announce.
y that Georgia had cast her vote for Grows
70 Cleveland and Allan G. Thurman. an
upon giving the size of the vote, addeo
Being ell the votes cast for presider
III and vice president OF the United States
ID there was great laughter. bnt it quickl
" subsided, as the correctness OF the stat,
ment was readily seen. MIR. Etmentrou
who is democrat, in announoin
~ the vote OF Florida used the name t'Le'
IN P. Thurman" and it took nearly
6. minute to secure order. The house WI
NJ in good humor and was ready to lang
at any of the mistakes. 1t finally bt
o. came necessary for Senator Ingalls,
n, reprimand the house and to insist tn,
Or, there should be perfect order, as Il
proceedings were of the highest lnpor
ance.
When all the votes of the thirty -eigl
s. states had been announced Senat
,al Manderscn read the grand totals wit
Gil ont announcing the result. Then Sen
=, tor ingalls,, as presiding officer, IN d
60 form stated she result OF the eiecti
'd: held on the 9th of November last,
OF president and vice president Of t
United States for the four year te,
beginning March 4th, 1883. deelari
- that no further announcement VI
IN necessary than that majority of vol
for were 20l, and that Benjamin Harris
ess and Levi p. Morton had received of I
,as 401 votes cast, 283 for president and VI
.s president respectively, and Gro,
40 Cleveland, OF New York. and Allen
nas Thurman, OF Ohio. l6S votes each. Th,
was moment OF silence in the hou
Then the senators and representati,
A. arose to 60. sand as they did SO
galleries gave forth burst OF appla,
re- that was almost deafeniDg.