Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-08
COUNTING THE VOTE.
Formal Proceedings In the Election of
President and Vice President


BOTH Houses OF coNGKEss xrrr N rotxr srs-
sfoS AND TEE BALLOTS sEE OPENED AND FOR
NALLS coUNTEo-A lARoE ATTENDANCE IN
THE GALLEsIEs WITNESS rHE rRocrEprSes
Immense crowds were drawn 20 the Capitol
today by the merely formal ceremonies incident
to the official counting OF the electoral
vote. 1t was an undress rehearsal of inaug-
uration. The bright sunshine and tonic
bracing breezes which marked the day were
boldly claimed as Cleveland weather. and
we re sharply contras,ed with the dismal Atmos-
pheric surroundings which have so unfortu-
nately accompanied nearly every one Of Mr..
Harrfsnns public Appearances. commencing
with the d-enchiug rain on his inauguration
day and even following him into each Of has
private duck-huntIng expeditions,
Inauguration visitors are already focking
into the city, and the stands on the streets on
the line Of the proposed procession are in course
OF erection. SO today was made the occasion
of the first public demonstration and il WAS q
most successful one in point Of numbers and
enthusiasm. though there WAS little in the
actual proceedings TO call out any excitement.
THE CEREMONIES rREscRBEp.
The ceremonies attending the counting %
the vote are prescribed by joint resolution re-
ported by Senator Hoar in Isss aud
which has been made applicable 10
all succeeding elections and has been
Incorporated in the supplementary re-
vised Statutes. 1t provides that 1.-THE two
houses of Congress shall asse m5io in the hall %
the House of Representatives on u certain
Wednesday IN February, which this year falls
on the oth, lat l O'Clock IN the
AFTERNOON. pursuant To the re
! quirement of the Constitution and laws relat-
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President of the United States. and the
President, OF the Senate shall he the pre-
siding officer; that two persons be appointed
tellers on the part of the Senate
and two on the part Of the House Of RepreseB-
tatives to make a list Of the votes they shall
/ DO declared; that the result shall be de-
! livered to the president Of the Senate.
who shall announce the state OF the
/ vote and the persons elected 20 the
| two houses assembled as aforesaid. which shnll
be deemed declaration of the persons elected
! President and Vice President OF the United
| States, anu, together with list Of votes, be
entered on the journals Of the two houses"
Vice President Morton some DAYS since APP
| pointed as tellers on behalf of the Senate for
/ this important ceremony dr. Hale of Maine and
Mr.. blackburn of kentucky. At the last cleo
toral count the tellers for tbe Senate were Mr..
Henderson of Nebraska. the present president
/ pro TEN. OF the Senate. and Mr. Harris OF Ter
ncssee. the democratic nestor of that body.
Speaker Crisp appointed Jadge Chapman
| mich. and Henry Cabot Lodge (Senator-elect
from Massachusetts) rs the House tellers. -Four
Years ago the corresponding officials were Mr..
Ermentraut pa. and Mr.. Baker (N.Y.g
THE PROCESSION WITH TIE VOTES.
The actual ceremonies were nearly the same
today as four years ago, with a slight difference
in personnel There was the ceremonious
opening OF the safe in the Vice Presi-
dents room and the taking out OF the
eighty-eight sealed packages supposed to
represent the votes of the forty-four sta ties as
received in duplicate by mail and messenger:
there WIS the solemn procession in
goose STEP Of old Capt. Dassett. who has
participated In every presidential count
FOR more than sixty years. escorted by q
squad of Capitol police 10 prevent a raid being
ing the votes. This was precaution original
ing in the fears of Acting Vice Presi-
dent Ferry in the troablous times
Of the disputed count IN 1877. and
it has been since kept up. The boxes (Which,
by the way, were this year entirely new
been carried away by ex-President pro
ten. Ingalls, MS mementoes) having been
! safely deposited in tho House, the
Senate in body followed shortly before
O'Clock. The members of the upper chamber
were, Of course. received by the House with
cended the Speakers platform and took
! his seat at the right hand OF
Speaker Crisp, the Senators ranging themselves
/ in the places assigned them on the right Of the
hall and the Speaker sitting at the left hand OF
| the Vice President, and in this manner the
4 count proceeded in the presence Of densely
packed galleries and a crowded floor.
THE rELLEgs PFRFoRx THEIR DUTY.
Following the precedents observed upon
former occasions, unless demand was made
that the certificates be reported in full,
the tellers, having ascertained the GER
tifcates are in due form and properly
authenticated, omitted the executive
certificate of the ascertainment of the electors
appointed and the preliminary formal state
ment of the proceedings OF the college, and
proceeded rapidly with the reading and ascer-
tsinment of the result.
After the last certificate had been read and
the results footed up the Vice President made
the customary announcement that under The
law this was sufficient decla-
ration that Grover Cleveland of the
state OF New Nork was elected rresi-
dent of the United States. and that Adlai T.
Stevenson was elected Vice President of the
United States, each for the term beginning
March t. 1893, and that this result would be
entered. together with list of the votes. on the
Journals of the Senate and House OF Represent
atiees.
The joint session was then declared dissolved,
the Senate withdrew. ard each house resumed
business in its own chamber.
THE OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE.
The under igne6. Eugene Hale and Joseph C.
S. Blackburn, tellers on the part Of the Senate,
and J. Logan Chapman and Henry Cabot Lodge,
tellers on the part OF the House of Represents.
tives report the following the result of the
entertainment and counting of the electoral
For - n,