The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-22
THE PRESIDENT ELECTION,
Formally Ratified.

The two houses Of Congress on Tuesday
Feb IL, met III convention to canvass tho.
vote for president and vice President.
The floor OF the house WAS arranged in the
usual manner. Extra chairs we're placed in
all the vacant spots for the senate and for
such other distinguished persons as were TO
be admitted. The house strained its rules
and adopted Il ,rHsn,ution to admit to such
scunty vacant places az there wr.. OH the
floor the families of members Those who
were cllivalric gave up their seats to ladies
and the electoral count proceeded as in IL
tion of the rules OF the house in thus throw
ing open the doors to all comers was de-
Tended under the parliamentary assumption
that the proceedings Of the joint convention
are not under the control OF the house. aud
that the rules therefore do not apply The
galleries at the house end were filed early.
Adjacent to the department in the gallery on
the south is the spnt reserved for the presi-
dent and the members of his household.
This was vacant. The proceedings possessed
less interest for the president and his family
than they would had the result been differ
ent in November. The vacancies in that
long seat were noticed and were commented
upon. but there were none to blame. Grover
Cleveland sent TO the house lust before the
proceedings o. the joint convention
to- be read, messages vetoing the
bills for pensions for three Union soldiers
messages
cciyed almost with jeerp, and Samuel J. Ran
dali. who sat in lIis accustomed seut, showed
manifest signs of dspieasured mt tlleintrusion
of messages Of this sort upon that Occnsion.
and lie said in a voice full of Indignation.
which was loud enough to be heard clearly in
the reporters gallery: "'Thc ruling passion
strong in death" The procession from th,.
senate arrived in advance Of the appointed
hour. After it was found that twenty v minutes
would be required to read tho detniled
certificates of each state. by common
consent only the results were read
There few were incidents of note as the long
and dreary court progressed
Ermentrout, one of the tellers on the mart
of the house, found il difficult to make his
announcement correctly, and did Mt one
time declare that Fioridn had given her elpc.
toral vote for Cleveland and Morton, Harris,
on the other hand. on the part of the senate
seemed reluctant to give UP Indiana. nnd
first announced the vote of that state for
Cleveland and Thurman. There was one an.
nouncement TINT in one OF the Southern
states Jackson, who is still supposed to lie
running for the presidency there, did actually
! receive 591 votes. AT the conclusion of the
announcement of the result, Mr.. Ingalls,. re-
membering possibly the indignation of many
of the Republican senntors ut the statement
made BY Mr.. Edmunds when az presiding of.
ficer of the senate it wns his duty % announce
the count, lett no doubt us o what his con-
clusion is as to the results of the count lie
said:
This announcement Of the state Of the vote
by the president of The senate is by law
| sufficient declaration that Berjnmn Hurr.
son Of he State OF Indiannn il elected pres.
dent of the United States md that Levi r.
Morton Of the State Of New York is elected
vice president Of the United States, each for
the term beginning March !. 1889
The two houses separated, the Joint CON
ventiOn was dissolved Tho racord of tb.
declaration OF the vot. Of the ioint conyen.
tion was entered upon the journal. Of the
two houses. Nothing remains but the ad-
mnistration Of the out b OF office on March i
to make Harrison president and Morton vicc
president,