The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
THE VOTE COUNTED.
Electors Meet in the Touse Of Repre-
sentativcs.

Electors Meet in the EOuss Of Repre-
sentativcs.
The electoral vote of the state of Iudi-
ana was Monday forenoon in the hall OF
tho house of representatives formally cast
and counted for Grover Cleveland OF New
York for president and Adlai z. Steven
son of Illinois for vice-president All the
electors. fifteen in number. were present..
and all voted. II was almost 1880 o'clock
when the house adjourned and gave way
to the electors. There was q short delay
in calling them 20 order on account OF the
non-arrival of Elector knight OF the
Eighth district. While everybody was
censuring this gentleman for his tardinees
he walked in, and the work preparatory
TO casting the vote was at once begun.
The Roll Called.
The roll was called by Elector-at-larg
w. II. Bracken OF Brookville. All were
present. Judge McCabe of the supreme
court, entering the speakers stand. asked
the electors to stand while he administered
the oath.
Upon motion OF Samuel Ralston OF the
Ninth district, John c. Robinson of Terre
Haute and an elector-at-lsrge was
elected chairman of the meeting. Will
lam II. Bracken, the other elector- at-large.
was made secretary on motion OF Tho mas
Duncan OF the First district.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Robin
son appointed Austin w. knight
of Eighth district and Thomas Bagot OF
the Sixth district tellsrs. He then noti-
fed the electors TO prepare their ballots
for president of the United States. The
ballots were typewriter ana had been
distributed among the electors. Zach
read: "For president Of the United States
of America. Grover Cleveland of the state
of New York" The districts were called,
and as It's representative held up his vote
the teller secured ii, dropping it into
a black derby hat that he used
for ballot box. When they were all
collected they were counted There
had been no mistakes and IndiaDa's solid
electoral strength had been declared for
Cleveland. The vote for vice president
followed. The tickets were also type
written. The form was the same as the
one for president. Again the votes Of
the electors were gathered in the hat,
counted and the vote was credited to Ad-
lai E. Stevenson of Illinois for vice-pres-
ident. When the vote was announced
the crowd OF spectators in the chamber
burst into applause.
Bfr. Lieber Chosen.
Albert ]. Lieber was unanimously
chosen as messenger to carry the vote OF
the state 10 Washington. de will probably
lesve here Feb. 20. The certificate which
he will carry will be delivered TO the pres
ident of the L. S. senate. Four certificates
Of the vote were made at the request of
the secretary of state. Secretary Bracken
was authorized to post the certificate to be
sent to Washington by mail. President
Robinson notified the electors that q copy
would have to be sent Judge Baker of the
federal court 0us J. Ballou OF the
Twelfth district was assigned to deliver il.
The certificates were then signed after the
electors heard them read. certified 10 be-
fore the secretary of state, properly sealed
and the work of the electors was we'll
done. 1t was II 80 o'clock when they
adjourned.