The state chronicle., 1893-02-09
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
DECLARING THE ELECTION OF
CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON.
Great Crowd Present aud Usual Cere-
monies are Had-CullOm's Car
Coupler Bill In the

Great Crowd Present aud Usual Cere-
monies are Had-CullOm's Car
Coupler Bill In tho
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb Son m otion OF
Mr.. Hoar it was ordered that at five
minutes before o'clock to day the sen
ate in pursuance of concurrent resolution
Of the two houses, shall proceed to the
hall of the house OF representatives to
take part, under constitution and laws
ia the count of the electoral vote for
president aud vice president.
An immense crowds was drawn to the
capitol to day by merely formal cere-
| monies incident to the official counting
| Of the electoral vote.
The bright sunshine and tonic brac.
| ing breeze which marked the day were
boldly claimed as "Clevelsnd weather"
and were sharply contrasted with the
| dismal atmospheric surroundings which
have so unfortunately accompanied near
| ly every one of Mr., Harrison's pub
lie appearances commencing with
drenching rain in his inauguration
day and even following him into each of
his private duck hunting expeditions
The ceremonies attending the counting
Of the vote arc prescribed by joint reso
luton reported by Senator Hoar in 1888
ard which has been made applicable to
III succeeding election and has been in
corporated in supplementary revised
statutes
Vice President Morton some days since
appointed as telers on behalf of the sen
,to for this important ceremony Messrs.
Hale, of Maine, and Blackburn, OF Ken.
lucky. Speaker Crisp appointed Judge
Chipman, of Michigan, aud Henry
Cabot Hodge, senator elect from Massa-
chusetts, as house tellers. The actual
ceremonies were nearly the same to day
as four years ago with slight difference
in the personel. There was cere-
monious opening of the safe in the
vice presidents room and taking out of
eighty eighty sealed packages supposed
TO represent the votes of forty four state
IS received in duplicate by mail and
messenger. There was a solemn process.
sion in goose step" of old Capt. Bassett
who has participated in every presiden
tisl count for more than sixty years, es
corted by squad of capital police te
: prevent raid being made upon the pre-
, cious locked boxes containing the votes
The boxes having been safely deposited
E in the house, the senate, in body, fol
. lowed shortly before l o'clock. Tn
members of the upper chamber were o
+ course received by the house With becom
b ing respect. The vice president ascende'
9 the speakers platform and too
his seat at the right hand of Speake
| Crisp, the senators ranging them selves i
II places assigned to them on the right Q
the hail. and the speaker sitting, a: th
,. eft hand of Vice President Morton, an,
n n this manner the count proce eded i
as the presence Of densely packed gallerie
, and crowded fl Dor.
: Following precedent observed upo
y former occ cAsions. unless demanded W,
IN made that certificate be reported in full
l. the teilers having ascertained that tt
., certificates are in due form and proper
., authenticated omitted executive certi
cate Of ascertainment of electors q
pointed and preliminary formal stat
mept of proceedings of the colleges al
% proceeded rapidly with reading and a
y CIR ainment of the result.
- The vice president having called {
!. joint assemblage to order he proceed,
formally to open one Of the boxes
:, which contained returns Of ele ctors
A. The various states. The first return
y that of Alabama, handed TO Senal
A. Hale. one of the tellers, who in low b
distinct voice read the statement SHOW
L. hat eleven votes Of that state h ad be
y cast for Cleveland and Stevenson. Th
h, certificates were presented without f,
nal reading, the tellers merely stati
the result. There was the utmost
"a nifty preserved until Teller B ackbu
announced tba. the state of Illino b
,o6 cast "a votes for Cleveland aud Stew,
an son, then few of the SD
:" tators broke into applause, wh
was promptly checked by
vice president. who in few dig
fed words called upon the speclntors
mes TO disturb the decorum which ought
rst character re this great national tran.
er ton which was now proceeding in
tn presence of the Amerc an people, Al
% be last certificate had been read and
'rv results footed up Vice President Nor
'ere made the customary annOuncem ent t
8 To- under law this was sufficient declarat
that Grover Cleveland of the statn of n
lgh York was elected president of the Uni
and that Adlai E Stevenson was elec
oi vice president Of the Uoited States, e
oral for the term beginning March 4th, 1S
Coi. and that this result would be entered
ath gether with the list of votes on
lay journals of the senate and house of
est, resentatives. The joint session was {
IAN declared dissolved and the senate W
A drew and each house resumed BUSH
in it's own chamber