Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-09
COUNTING TaE ELEcTORAL VOTES.
The Result of last Fairs Election Form
ally Announced Yesterday.

ally Announced Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, D. c., February s.
immense crowds were drawn ID the
Capito, to-day by tine merely formal
ceremonies incident 10 the Official
counting of the electoral vote.
The ceremonies attending the count
ing OF the vote are prescribed by a joint
resolution reported in 1883, and which
has been incorporated in the supple
mentary revised statutes. 1t provides
that the two Houses Of Congress shall
assemble in the hall Of the House OF
Representatives on a certain Wednes-
day la February, which this year falls
on the STA, az one o'clock p. IN. The
President of the Senate is fixed to be
the presiding officer; two persons are
telIers on the part OF the Senate ana
two on the part of the House.
Vice President Morton, some days
since, appointed as tellers on behalf OF
the Senate for this important ceremony,
Mr Hale OF Maine, and Mr.. Blackburn,
Of kentucky. Speaker Crisp appointed
Judge Chipman, of Michigan, and Hen
~ Cabot Lodge, Of Massachusetts,,
House tellers, The actual ceremonies
were nearly the same to-day as four
years ago, with slight difference In
personnel.
The count proceeded in the presence
Of donsely packed galleries and a crowd
ed floor. Following the precedents,
the tellers having aScertainei that the
certificates were iu due form and prop
erly authenticated, proceeded rapidly
with the reading and ascertain
meut of the result. After the
last certificate had been read and
the results footed up, the Vice PreSi-
dent made the customary announce
ment that under the law this was suf-
6ceut declaration that Grover Cleve-
land. Of the State OF New York, was
elected President of the United States,
and that Adlai T. Stevenson was elect
ed Vice President Of the United States,
each for the term beginning March A.,
1898, and that this result would be en-
tered together with a list of the votes
On the journal of the Senate and House
Of Representatives.
The formal announcement OF the re-
suits 5y States spread upon the journal
was as follows: Alabama, Cleveland IL;
Arkansas, Cleveland S; California,
Cleveland s, Harrison 1; Colorado,
Weaver 4; Connecticut. Cleveland 6;
Delaware, Cleveland 3; Florida, Cleve-
land 4; Georgia, Cleveland IS; Idaho,
Weaver 3; Illinois, Cleveland
81: Indiana, Cleveland Is;
Iowa, Harrison 13; Kansas, Weaver 10;
kentucky, Cleveland Is; Louisiana,
Cleveland S; Maine, Harrison 6; Mary
land, Cleveland 5; Massachusetts, Bar-
rison Is; Michigan, Cleveland 5, Harr-
son @; Minnesota, Harrison 9; MiSsis-
sipDi, Cleveland Q; Missouri, Cleveland
Il; Montana, Harrison 3; Nebraska,
Harrison 8; Nevada, Weaver 3; New
Hampshire, Harrison 4; New Jersey,
Cleveland 10; New York, Cleveland
36: North Carolina, Cleveland Il;
North Dokota, Cleveland 1, Harrison 1,
Weaver /; Ohio, Cleveland l, Harrison
%: Oregon, Harrison 3, Weaver /;
PENNSYLVANIA, Harrison 30; Rhode ISL
and, Harrison 4; South Carolina, Cleve-
land o; South Dakota, Harrison 4; Ten
nesSee, Cleveland -; Texas, Cleveland
rs; Vermont, Harrison 4: Virginia,
Cleveland 10; Washington, Harrison 4;
! West Virginia, Cleveland 6; Wisconsin,
Cleveland L.; Wyoming, Harrison 3.
Total, Cleveland, 277; Harrison, 145;
Weaver, %.
The joint session was then declared
dissolved, the Senate withdrew and
each House resumed business in its own
chamber.
The totals announced by the Vice
President were: Cleveland and Ste
yenson, 277; Harrison and Reid, l45;
Weaver and Field, 80.