The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14

the certificate and requiring them af er
re ul eXami alton merely t. sta-e the
manner in which the votes had been cast.
The certificates from California and Con-
necticut were thus disposed Of.
MR.. COX RAISES A POINT.
Mr.. Cox of New York then rose and snid
that he desired to call the attention Of tho
pr, ding officer to the language of the law
of Feb g. 1887
The presiding officer said that debate
could only be lad by unanimous consent.
Mr.. Cox repli d that he did ot desire
debate He desired to Il atteutiOn to the
la guage of the law. con such roadi 3
of any certificate, the Ir side If tn Sen
ate shall call f,r objections, i. any, af er
the reading"
The CO ificate from Delaware was then
read and the presiding officer aske /; us
there bjection to the elec oral vote Of the
state OF DelawareF There being none, the
count was proceeded Win.
ERRORS RAISE LAUGH.
A smile ran over the assembly when, by
a 81 p Of the tongue, Mr. Ermcnt out an
nouuced that the ,leCtors of Florida had
cas- four votes for Levi P. Mortol for Vice
President. The smile broadened into a
hearty laugh who a few minutes after
ward Seuator Harris, by a similar error,
gave the electoral vote Of lada to Grover
Cleveland. L. was some time before the
laughte died out and he was permitted to
correct his error.
The pre- iding officer then said:
The chair takes occasion to express his conf
dence hat his sugg stion that manifestations
OF applause or of diSapprobatiOn are ex nreSslY
forbidden by the rules of both houses and that
hey disturb the decorum of this great transac-
ton, which is now proceeding In the presence
OF the representatives u the American p .op .,
will suffice to prevent re etitoa of the disor-
der which has just occurred
TWO PAPERS FROM OREGON.
Oregon having been reached the presid-
ing officer said:
The pres dent Of the Senate has received two
certificates and two otaer papers purpoting to
be certhcrtes from the state OF Greg II. As
required by law, he opens them all and delivers
them to the tellers, who will real, IL there be
no objection, ouly that which is authenticated
by the certificate of the electors certified by the
governor of tn state Of oregon to have been
duly appointed In such state as appear in the
copy of such certificate transmitted to the two
houses Of congress ss by the Secretary OF State
After pau o Sen tor Man1ersDn said:
''rhe tellers have exa mined d II srent
CO tiicates pre- 'ented to tn IN aud tiud bat
one in duplicate, a I'd that certified b. o
governor of o ST. te Oregon over tho
eat seal of that state 1t seems t. be in
due f run, and by j., it appears that Ben ia
min Harrison of Indiana rec .ivel three
tes for President aid Levi L. Morton
three vo es for Vice President" There was
no objection TO the vote bel & 80 cou9ted.
I cor idcates fro the remaining states
having been examined by the teIlers IA
their co tents announced to the j + as
senbly, a iull Of few minutes enabled the
tellers to foot up their figures.
THE RESULT ANNOUNCED.
Then Senator Mapderson, on behalf of
the tellers, announced result of their
labors. The pr, siding officer, upon ceiv-
ing the result, said:
The state Of the vote for President Of the
United States. as liv red to the president OF
the Senate, is follows: w ole nu nber Of
electors appointed to vote for Presi tent Of the
United States IS 4Ol, OF wlch major ty IS 2Ol.
Ben a min Harrison OF ths state or Indiana has
received for President OF Tie United States %
votes and Grover Cievea I'd of the state of New
York has received 1863 votes The state Of vote
for Vice Pr sident of the United States, as
delivered TO the p esldent OF the Senate,
is as follows Whole number OF eecyors
app lInted to vote for Vice tresident Of the
United States is i0t. of which IN ajorlty is 2O1
Levi F. Morton. of the stats Of Now York, has
received 233 votes, and Allen G. Thurman, of
the state of Ohio, has received 1853 votes
vote by the president OF the Senate
is by law, sufficient declaration
that Benjamin Harrison, Of the state of In
diana, is elected President Of the United States
and that Levi p. Morton, Of the state of New
York, is elected Vice President of the u nited
States, each for the term begi ming March T.
1889, and will be entered together, with the list
Of votes the journals Of the Senate and the
House Of representatives
No d-4nonstraU on Of applause followed
thi, declaraf ion, aid Sena or l gals pro-
ceeded: 1.-The count of the electoral votes
wing been concl Ided and the result de-
declared, this joint meeting Of the two
houses is dissolved. and the Senate will now
return to its chamber"
In five minutes the senator's had retired,
but it required q much longer time to in
duce the ladies to vacate the chamber.