The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-09

ciared Elected President and Vice President.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-Cleveland and
Stevenson were formally declared elected
President and vice-President in the
Senate and House to-day. Immense
crowds were drawn to the Capitol
by the merely formal ceremonies incl
dent to the official counting of the
electoral vote. 1t was ON undress rehear-
sal of Inauguration. Many visitors were
In the galleries of the House, where the
counting was done. .. b. Walcott and
wife and Miss Newcomer. of Indianapolis.
and J. B. Turner. of Muncie. occupied q
seat in the Chief Executives galiary.
The ceremonies attending the counting
of the vote are prescribed by joint reso-
luton reported in 1883. and which has been
incorporated in the supplementary Re-
vised Statutes. Ii provides that the two
houses of Congress shall assemble in the
hall of the House of Representatives on q
certain Wednesday, in February. which
this year falls on the Sth. at o'clock P. NJ.
The President of the Senate is fixed to be
the presiding officer: two persons are tell
ers on the part of the Senate and two on
the part of the House. Vice president
Morton, some days since. appointed as
tellers. on behalf Of the Senate, for this
ceremony, Mr.. Hale of Name and Mr..
Blackburn, of KENTUCKY. Speaker Crisp
appointed Judge Chapman. of Michigan.
and Henry Cabot Lodge. of Massachusetts,
House tellers. The actual ceremonies were
nearly the same to-day as four years ago.
with q slight difference in personnel.
There was the ceremonious opening of the
safe in the Vice-president's room and the
taking out of the eighty eight sealed pack
ages. supposed to represent the votes of
font fAvrR tnA rAd a rv,ts
cate by mail and messenger; there was the
solemn procession, IN goose steD." of old
Captain Bassett. who has participated in
every presidential count for more than
sixty years. escorted By squad of Capitol
police to prevent raid being made
upon the precious locked boxes con-
tanning the votes This was q pre-
caution originating on the fears of
Acting Vice president Ferry, in the tronb.
loEs times of the disputed count III 1877,
and 10 has sInce been kept up. The boxes.
which, by the way, were this year en-
tirely new, their predecessors In the serv-
ice having been carried away by ex-Presi.
dent Pro Tenn. Ingalls,. as mementOes. hav-
ing been safely deposited IN the House. the
Senate. in body. followed shortly before
O'Clock.
The Vice-president assembled the Speak.
er's platform and took his seat at the right
hand of Speaker Crisp, the Senators rang
ing themselves on the right. Then the
count proceeded in the presence of densely
packed galleries and a crowded floor. Fol
lowing the precedents. the tellers having
ascertained that certificates were in due
form and properly authenticated. proceed
ed rapidly with the reading and ascertain
ment of the result After the last certit-
cate had been read and the results footed
up the Vice president made the customary
announcement that under the law this was
O sufficient declaration that Grover Cleve-
land. of the State of New York. was
elected President of the United States. and
that Adlal Z. Stevenson was elected Vice
president of the United States, each for
the term beginning March 4. 1898, and that
this result would be entered. together with
list of the votes, on the journals of the
Senate and House of representatives.
There were some interesting and anus
ing incidents of the count not recorded in
the official proceedings. The strict rules of
the House governing admission to the
floor were suspended, and. IS one member.
evidently not friend of female suffrage.
the Senate would look If the Pop
ulists of the Western States event
ually succeeded in selecting women
Senators. The first break in the
decOram of the proceedings. not counting
the merely Incidental applause which
greeted the announcement of the vote OF
Illinois, occurred when Judge Chipmen. of
Michigan, evidently more familiar with the
names OF the Democratic candidates than
with those on tho Republican ticket, pro-
claimed that California had cast one vote
for ''Witty-Law" Reid for Vice president.
The ripple OF laughter which greeted this
announcement was increased into q roar
when the Vice-president su bsequently gave
Judge Chapman another Repu blican State
to handle. and be succeeded in giving
"WhiteIaw" another twist. The curious
vote of North Dakota Adistrib buted one each
to all the candidates-was greeted with
derisive laughter. But when the count
was closed the great audience dispersed
quietly. One enthusiastic individual in
the gallery caused some slight merriment
by waving "a large sombrero and shouting:
"Hurrah for Grover Cleveland!'
The formal announcement spread on the
miuutessof both houses shows the follow
ing result of the count: Cleveland. 271; Har-
rison. las: Weaver %. The vice. presidential
candidates received the same number of
votes. the totals being: Stevenson. 2l7; Reid,
145; Field, %.