Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-01-12
THEY HAVE VOTED.
The Presidential Electors Meet and
Perform Their Duties.
They Assemble at the Various state Cap
itaIs and Cast Their Votes for Pres
ident and Vice President
The Result.
FIECToRs VOTE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O-The electors
chosen last November met in the capi-
tails of the various states at noon Mon
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 it and carry it in person
to the seat of government and deliver
it 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 filed with the senate.
The certificates will be opened at
p M, February 5, 10y the president of
the senate, both houses sitting jointly,
in the alpha betical order of the states,
and handed to the tellers, who will
read them and note the result.
THE RESULT.
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 was: Cleveland and
Stevenson, 5,579, 1874; Harrison and Reid,
5,144, 400; Weaver and Field, 1,Ol6, $50;
Bidwell and Cranfil 2sS, sol.
ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. TO- - The
twenty-four gentlemen chosens presi-
dental electors for the state of Illinois
met in the senate chant Der at 1890 p.
IN and cast the vote of the state for
Grover Cleveland, of New York, for
president of the United States, and
Adlai Z. 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; ISL; Harrison, 800, 2SS;
Bidwell, 25, $40; Weaver, %, 2O7.
KANSAS.
TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 10.-The electors
chosen in November met at the state
house and cast ten votes for Weaver
and Field for president and vice presi-
Field presidential electors were
elected in Kansas by a plurality
of 5,s74 over the Harrison elect
ors. The popular vote for Weaver and
Field was 163 Iii; for Harrison and
Reid, 1877, 297; for the third party prohi-
bition candidates, 1859. There were
no Cleveland and Stevenson electors
nominated, the democrats voting for
Weaver and Field.
MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 10.-The nine re-
n IL, tol0 -
sofa met in the governors Office at
noon Monday and cast nine votes for
Benjamin Harrison. The popular vote
of the state was: Harrison, 132, 1856;
Cleveland, 100. $40; Weaver, 80, sos; Bid
well, 14,O79.
OHIO.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 10 Twenty-Five
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, 405, 1877; democrat, 404,
Ais; prohibition, 26,0l3; peoples
party, Ii $50. Lorenzo Danford, chair
man of the meeting, received the high
est republican vote at the November
election, and James p. 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.
WISCONSIN.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 10. The electoral
vote, as officially recognized by the
Wisconsin electors, was: For Cleve-
III, 1856; for Harrison, 170;79l. for Wea-
YER, 5000; for Bidwell, Is, 1879; scatter
ing, 12e. The twelve electoral votes
were therefore cast for Cleveland.
NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 10.-The eight
electors chosen at the Novem Der cleo
ton met at the state house and cast
their votes for Harrison and Reid The
popular vote of the state was: Har-
rison, Stab; Cleveland, "a, 943; Weaver,
So, 1874
WEST VIRGINIA.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan 10-The
presidential electors of West Virginia
met here and cast six votes for Cleve-
land and Stevenson
INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 10.-Claude
Matthews succeeded Ira J. Chase as
governor of Indiana at 1880 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,
262. 740; Harrison, 255,6l5; Weaver, o.,
EOS; Bidwell. -, 05o.
IOWA.
1 Dies MONIES, Ia, Jan. 10.-The cleo
toral college met at Des Moines at
noon and organized with E. NJ. Rem
ley chairman and E. D. Chassen secre-
tarv. After all preliminary work had