The National tribune., 1893-02-16
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
Cleveland and Stevenson Declared by Con-
gress Officially Elected.

gress Officially Elected.
Early Wednesday morning every car on the
lines leading to the Capitol were crowded with
persons who wished to witness the counting of
the electoral vote by the Senate and House OF
Representatives in joint session. The galleries
of the House. to which admission was only oh.
tainable by card secured from Members and
Senators, was filled and jammed early, as peo-
pie began to arrive at least three hours before
the ceremonies were announced to begin, and
those who arrived late could hardly get into
the lobbies. much less make any headway
through the dense mass that filed the
frances to the galleries. resolution was
finally passed permitting those ladies who were
possessed of tickets, hut who could not get near
the galleries, admission to the floor Of tho
House.
At precisely 1 o'clock p. m. Doorkeeper
Turner announced the arrival of the Vice
President of the United States and the Senate.
Then six Capitol policemen, in full uniform,
entered the hall. followed by Capt. Bassett the
veteran employe OF the Senate. bearing two
heavy boxes of polished cherry, which con-
tanned the still sealed electoral votes of the diff
ferent States of the Union. Vice-President
Morton, escorted by Secretary McCook, and the
tellers On the part of the Senate Senators Hale,
Of Maine, and Blackburn. of Kentucky, the
other members of the Senate following in order.
The Senators were seated in the first four rows
on the right of the Speakers desk.
Vice President Morton took = seat on the
| right of Speaker Crisp. and presided over tho
joint assembly. He produced a key, and opened
one Of the boxes disclosing number of large
envelopes, the first being labeled " Alabama"
He opened this envelope, disclosing two other
envelopes, heavily sealed. Breaking the seals
he handed the contents Of one of the envelopes
to j. Logan Chipman, of Michigan, one Of the
teIers ON the part of the House, and the other
to Senator Hale. Senator Hale read the entire
certificate of the Alabama vote, which was the
only one read in extenso the tellers merely re-
porting tho result of the vote of the electors.
Henry Cabot Lodge, the other teller on the part
OF the House, helped the other gentlemen with
the count After the certificates ioriginal and
duplicated had been read they were gathered
up by Secretary of the Senate McCook, who re-
turned them to their original envelopes
When the "a votes of Illinois were announced
by Senator Black burn for Cleveland aud Ste
venson the demonstration which followed was
80 enthusiastic that Vice President Morton ad-
ysed tho Senators, Members, aud the audience
generally, that anifestations of approval or
disapproval were against the rules Of both the
House and Senate, and were not appropriate
to the solemnity of the occasion When 1t be-
came necessary to unlock the second box, the
Vice President could not find the key for some
time he looking on the desk in front Of him.
searching his pockets, etc. This somewhat en-
barrassed Mr.. Morton, aud the search proving
unayailing, and the Vice President growing
! more nervous at the mishap 1t set everybody
on the floor to laughing Finding the key at
last evoked applause.
The announcement of the vote was finally
made to Vice-President Morton by Senator
Hale, whereupon Mr.. Morton rose and said:
"The state of the vote for President of the
United States, as delivered to the President OF
the Senate is as folowB
"The whole number of the electors appointed
to vote for President of the United States is
444. of which a majority is 223.
"Grover Cleveland, of the State of New
York, has received for President of the United
States 277 votes; Benjamin Harrison, of
the State of Indiana, has received 145 votes,
and James B. Weaver, of the State of Iowa,
has received 22 votes.
"The state of the vote for Vice President Of
| the United States, as delivered to the Presi-
dent Of the Senate. is as follows:
| "The whole number of the electors appointed
to vote for Vice President of the United States
| is 444. of which msjoriy is 223.
"Adlai E. Stevenson, of the State of Illinois.
| has received 277 votes; Whitelaw Reid, of the
| State of New York, has received l45 votes, and
James G. Field, of the State of Virginia, has
received % votes.
This announcement of the state of the vote
/ by the President of the Senate is by law a
sufficient declaration that Grover Cleveland, of
| the S ate of New York. is elected President of
| the United States, and that Adlai e. Stevenson,
of the State of Illinois, is elected President
of the United States. each for the term begin
ming March 4, 1903, and will be entered.
together with the list Of the votes on the
| Journals Of the Senate and House of Repre-
| sentatiyes"
| At the conclusion of Mr. Morton's remarks, he
brought the gavel down upon the desk. which
| was the signal for man in the gallery to rise
| and shout: "Hurrah for Grover Cleveland"
| The Senate then went back to their Chamber
| and resumed business while the House con-
tinued the consideration of the legislative
appropriation bill. Thus ended the count of
| the electoral vote of 1892.