Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-01-14
THEY HAVE VOTED.
Presidential Electors Perform Their
Duties at the Various state Capitals.

day to discharge that duty. After
having cast their votes for presi-
dent and vice president these
electors will sign three certificates
of the result. One of these is
delivered to an elector appointed to
take charge of itand carry it in person
to the seat of government and deliver
1t to the president of the senate. So
far but thirty of the states have COM
piled with the law requiring the result
of the vote to be fled with the senate.
The certificates will be opened at 1
p. M, February 8, by the president of
the senate, both houses sitting jointly,
in the alphabetical order of the states,
and handed to the tellers, who will
read them and note the result. 1t is
possible that objection may be raised
to some of the votes from the states
of California, Kansas, Michigan,
Ohio, and Oregon, and in this
event the law provides that the two
houses shall separate, consider the OBJ
jections and report their findings.
After the certificates have all been de-
livered to the president. he will make
the proper announcement. This an
will be constitutional declaration of
the election of Grover Cleveland and
Adlai L. Stevenson. This will con-
clude all formalities prior to the inau-
guration.
The result of Mondays voting in the
electoral colleges was: Cleveland and
Stevenson, 27S; Harrison and Reid, 144;
Weaver and Field, %. The popular
vote for president and vice president
cast November 8 was: Cleveland and
Stevenson, 5,579, T34; Harrison and Reid,
5,144, 400; Weaver and Field, LOG, $50;
Bidwell and Cranfil. 2ss, sol.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 10. - The
twenty-four gentlemen chosens a presi-
dental electors for the state of Illinois
met in the senate chamber at 1880 D.
IN. and cast the vote of the state for
Grover Cleveland, of New York, for
president of the United States, and
Adlai +. Stevenson, of Illinois, for
vice president. David c. Enslow, of
Macoupin county. was selected as mes
senger to carry the vote to Washing
to. The popular vote of the state was:
Cleveland, 426, 2S1; Harrison, 800, ,2SS;
Bidwell, 25, $40; Weaver, 22,2O7.
TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 1O.-The electors
chosen in November met at the state
house and cast ten votes for Weaver
and Field for president and vice presi-
dent respectively. The Weaver and
Field presidential electors were
elected in Kansas by plurality
of 5,S74 over the Harrison elect
ors. The popular vote for Weaver and
Field was 1863, iii; for Harrison and
Reid, 1b7,237; for the third party prohi-
bition candidates, 1859. There were
no Cleveland and Stevenson electors
nominated, the democrats voting for
Weaver and Field.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 10.-The nine re-
publican presidential! electors of Mime
sofa met in the governors office at
noon Monday and cast nine votes for
Ben jamin Harrison. The popular vote
of the state was: Harrison, 122, 1856;
Cleveland, 100, $40; Weaver, 30, sos; Bid
well, 14,079.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 10. .-Twenty-t wo
members of the Ohio electoral college
voted for Benjamin Harrison for presi-
dent and one for Grover Cleveland.
The highest vote cast by the respec-
tive political parties at the presi-
dental election in November was
Republican, 4O5, 1877; democrat 4O4,-
4l5; prohibition, 26,O12; peoples
party, IA $50. Lorenzo Dnnford, chair
man of the meeting, received the high
est republican vote at the November
election, and James =. Seward, of
Mansfield, who was at the head of the
democratic ticket, the highest cast by
his party. The vote was by the Aus
tralian ballot. Seward is the first dem
ocratic presidential elector in Ohio
since 1852.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 1O-The electoral
vote, as officially recognized by the
Wisconsin electors, was: For Cleve-
| 1T, 1856; for Harrison, 170;79l. for Wea-
yer, $500; for Bidwell, Is, ,132; scatter
ing, 129. The twelve electoral votes
were therefore cast for Cleveland.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 1O.-Claude
Matthews succeeded Ira j. Chase as
governor of Indiana at 1:3O p. m, the
oath of Office being administered by
Supreme Justice Coffey. The presi-
Dental electors met and cast the ballot
of the state for Cleveland and selected
Albert Lieber as messenger. The
official vote of the four parties for
presidential nominees is: Cleveland,
a62, ,74O; Harrison, 255,615; Weaver, %,
20S: Bidwell, 13,O5O.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. 1O.-The cleo
toral college met at Des Moines at
noon and organized with Il. M. Rem
ley chairman and L. ID. Chassell secre-
tary. After all preliminary work had
been done the ballot was cast, giving
Harrison the solid vote of the co!leg G.
which was 13 electoral votes The
popular vote in the state in the last
election for presidential candidates
was: Harrison, 219, ,373; Cleveland, 1856,
40S; Weaver, 20,6l6; Bidwell, 6,322.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 1O-The presi-
Dental electors of Michigan met here
at noon. Nine votes were cast for Har-
rison and Reid and five votes were cast
| for Cleveland and Stevenson.
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