Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-16

Wyoming-Harrison and Reid 3
TOTALS.
Cleveland and Stevenson 21l
Harrison and Reid II:
Weaver and Field y: -
Grand total Al
INCIDENTS OF THE COUNT.
There were some interesting and
amusing incidents of the electoral
count not recorded in the official pro-
ceedings. Older Senators and mem
bers could not refrain from comment
ing in private on the contrast between
the extremely pleasant surroundings
of to-day's undisputcd count and the
angry utterances of discomfort which
accompanied the count OF sixteen
years ago, when at each entrance to
the Capitol soldiers with fixed bay
onets were stationed to exclude from
the building everyone who could not
show proper credentials emitting him
to admission. Even members Of
Congress were challenged and on the
floor Representatives made vigorous
and fiery protests against the Capt.
tol OF the nation being cordoned by
a military force. To-day everything
was peace. But there was some
humor.
The strict rules Of the House gov
erning admission to the floor were
suspended and-as one member, evil
dently not a friend of female suffrage,
remarked-the floor of the House
looked as the Senate would look if
the Populists of the Western States
eventually succeeded in electing
women Senators.
The first break in the decorum of
the proceedings, not counting the
merely incidental applause which
greeted the announcement Of the
vote of Illinois, occurred when Judge
Chipman, OF Michigan, evidentlymorc
familiar with the names of the Dem
ocratic candidates than with those OF
the Republican ticket, proclaimed
that California had cast one vote for
"Whitey-Law" Reid for Vice Prcsi-
dent. The ripple Of laughter which
gieetcl this announcement was in
creased into a roar when the Wee
President subsequently gave Judge
Chapman another State to handle,
and he succeeded in giving "White-
law" liz three syllables instead OF two.
The Vice-President distributed
the certificates with an impartial
hand among the tellers. Senator
Blackburn announced the result of
the States committed to him in his
deep, sonorous voice and with abund-
ance of verbiage. Cabot Lodge cut
everything short, and generally omit
ted the fact that the gentlemen
named had been elected President
and Vice President of the United
States, simply saying President and
Vice President.
Senator Hale was careful and me-
thodical. Secretary McCook care
fully gathered up each certificate
Originals and duplicates, as handed
him by the page after they had been
read and thrust them into bic
brown paper envelope.
The curious vote OF North Da-
kota, distributed one each to all the
candidates, was greeted with deris-
ion. But when the count was closed
the great audience dispersed quietly.
One enthusiastic individual in the
gallery caused some Slight merriment
by waving large sombrero and
shouting, "Hurrah for Grover Cieve-
land %
AS result of Mr.. Springer's gal
liant motion, noted above, the floor OF
the House was filled with bustline,
gossiping throng of ladies in bright
and fashionable attire. They poured
in through all the doors, and being
promptly met by their acquaintance
among the members, were soon in
possession of the best seats in the
House. Many of them, delighted
with the novel experience, wandered
around the floor chatting with each
other, and it would not have been
to imagine that Uncle Sam
was giving a Jolly afternoon tea.
Representative Brawley, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Brawley, were among
the first to take advantage of the.
resolution admitting ladies' to the
floor. Representative Bourke Cock
ran, of New York, escorted his wife
to his seat across the aisle from Mr..
Reed and the lady was cordially well
coined by the ex-Speaker. On the
other side of the hall Senator. and
Mrs. Carlisle held quite reception
and had with them the wife of Rep,
resentative-elect Berry, who is to
Mr.. Carlisle's old district.
Mrs. W. D. Haldeman, who is the
wife of the well-known proprietor of
the Louisville Couier-Joevmdl, was
on the floor under the escort of Con-
gresham Caruth. Mrs. Meyer, the
wife OF the New Orleans member,
attired in a particularly attractive
costume of dark green and old rose
silk, entertained her husbands col
leagues, and Mrs. O'Ferrall, the wife
of the popular Virginia member, held
quite a leyee near her husbands
chair. Representative Pendleton, of
West Virginia, who had evinced con-
al :iety to know whether
be would be allowed to"get his share
Of his lady friends" into, the hall, gal
Iantly surrendered his chair to Miss
Castle, the daughter OF the Mime
sofa Congressman, who, in a pretty
ri. L. 1@.s1l.