The herald., 1897-02-11

of the senate left their seats and walked
across to the hall of representatives
The approach of the senate was herald
ed by the entrance of Col. Rfchard j
Bright, the sergeant-at arms of the SEN
ate. who announced: THE senate OF tht
United States Then in solemn pro
cession they filed in preceded by CLERK
Cox of the senate and Vice-Presiden'
Stevenson, and took seats in the frs
four rows to the right of the speaker
desk. which had been vacated during
the recess. The members of the house
remained standing while the senators
took their places. The assistant OF con
carried a red cherry, steel-clasped box
in which the returns of forty-1lVe states
reposed. President stevenson
who is by law president over the JOIN
session. took his place by the SIDE OF
Speaker Reed. The tellers. Lodge o1
Ma ssa chusetts and Blackburn of Ken
lucky. on behalf of the senate, and Cos
venor of Ohio and Richardson OF Ten
nessee on behalf of the house, ascendeo
to the clerks desk Immediately below
the speakers table and prepared the
count for the vote.
Vice-President Stevenson assumed
the gavel and announced the purpose OF
the Joint session He unlocked the box
and broke the seal of the returns OF
ti(lcate of Alabama was read in full by
Blackburn, which the reading of long
certificates was dispensed with on mo-
tion of Sherman. the tellers simply an
nouucing results after ascertaining by
inspection they were in due form.
The tellers ma6e announcements in
rotation. Grosvenor announced Cali
fornias vote. but it was not with un..
adulterated pleasure to him. as one OF
the nine votes went to Bryan.
Upon the announcement of the vote
Of Connecticut there was some confu-
sion in the gallery opposite the speakers
chair. caused by the fainting of lady.
She was promptly carried forth to the
corridor.
There was no demonstration during
the several announcements. The dig
nified president of the senate seemed to
put a damper upon the usually efer-
yescent spirits of the house The gal
ieries. impressed by the profound char
acter OF the proceedings, were restrain
ed by the quiet which reigned on the
floor. Tally cards had been distrib-
uted at the house and many members
and several senator's checked off the
states as their votes were announced.
A hearty laugh was caused when Sen
ator Lodge by istake. announced the
vote of Missouri for Mckinley.
At the conclusion of the state an
nouncements. the totals were footed up
and signed by the four tellers. Sen
ator Lodge, on behalf of the tellers. ar
nounced; THE state vote for president
and vice-president of the United States,
as found by the tellers, is: Whole num-
Der of electors, 447, of which majority
is 224. william Mckinley of Ohio has
received 271 votes for president, and W.
J. Bryan of Nebraska has received lf6
votes.
The state of the vote for vice-pres sident
is: Garrett A. Hobart has received 2I1
electoral votes, Arthur Sewall lag votes
and Thomas E. Watson, 27 votes.
Senator Lodge handed the result TO
Vice President Stevenson. who rose and
repeated the detailed vote, adding the
constitutional announcement that Will
liam Mckinley and Garrett A Hobart
were elected president and vice presi-
dent respectively for the term begin
ming March A. This closed the proceed
ings, which lasted fifty minutes, and had
been devoid of incident or applause.
Mr.. Stevenson then formally dismissed
the Joint session. A hearty round - ap-
plause. in which the galleries joined.
followed, after which the senator's filed
out into the hail. as they had come,
while the members of the house stood up
and the ceremony was over.
AT so the house adjourned.