Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-10
Mckinley and Hobart Officially De-
Clarsd Elected
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
lie Ger mOni,s Win SIS. d by Large
aud Dlstngui he'd assembly
Of People.

lls; Watson, q.
ton with the incoming administration
occu FRED at the Capitol today when
the houses OF Congress in joint session,
in the spacious hall Of representatives,
counted the electoral votes OF the
various states and listened 10 Vice
President Stevenson formally promul.
gate the election Of Mckinley Ms Pres.
ideut and Garrett A. Hobart Vice
President OF the United States. rne
weather was pr0pitiour. The galleries
Of tho House, save small space
capable OF seating only 2OO persona,
were strictly deserved Tor ticket
holders, 80 tive sigirways and ele-
vators were besiegeu by eager multi
tudes. Ticsets hnd been dietfl nuted by
the senators and representatives.
Tho spectators consequently Consti.
tuted distinguished assembly.
Although the ceremonies were not
Degun until O'Clock the galleries were
thrown open 10 ticket holders At 10
O'Clock and within halt an hour all tue
galleries, except those reserved Tor the
diplomatic cogps anu the President,
were packed TO the DOOR. Many lauies
In gsy toilets were present. The crowd
in the galleries were In the teet
humor while on the floor the members
good naturedly exchanged saluta;ions.
Exactly at IL O'Clock Speaker Reed
10 long blBck irOck coat, ascenued
the rostruui. Rev. Couden, the blind
chaplain, delivered an inspiring prayer.
Many spectators stood with bowed
heads. AS soon as the reading OF the
Journal Oegun, the battle broke forth,
only to be interrupted with q sharp
round of applause from the Republic
csus, ae Dingley, chairman OF the
COMMITTEES on ways and means, auu
floor leader OF the House, walked
GOWN the aisle to hia seat. Whom the
readiDg was concluded, routine bust.
meas was traDsaeteu TO kill time until
the event OF tne day WAS due.
At 1850 y. m. the House took re-
| cess for i've minutes. Meantime
every seat IN the galleries save those
reserved for the executive and diplo.
matte corps was taken. No member
| OF the PresidenPs household was in
| the gallery reserved for him,
but the family Of Vice
| President Stevenson occupied one
| OF the plueh covered benches. The
diplomatic gallery was almost empty,
| only halfa dozen foreign representa-
tives being present. They included
the secretsrie OF the Chinese and
Japanese legations. The dearth OF dip.
lumats was accounted for by the TACT
that many were at Charleston, 5. O.,
witnessing the maneuvering OF the
Atlantic blockade squadron.
Shortly before III O'Clock the me:a.
bers OF the Senate lett thsir seats and
walked across to the Hall OF Repre-.
sentatives. Their approach was herald
ed by Colonel Richard Bright, the
sergeant-at-arms Of the Senate, who
announced: "phe Senate OF the United
States"
Then In solemn procession they
filed in preceded by Clerk Cox OF the
Senate and Vice President Stevenson,
and took seats In the first four rows
to the right OF the Speakers
desk, which had been vacated during
n, cess. Members OF the House re.
NAMED standing while the senators
took their places. The assistant Of
Cox carried a red cherry, sieel-clsspei
box, in which tLe returns OF forty-five
! states reposed. Vice President Steven.
son, who by law 10 PRESIDENT over the
OF Speaker Reed. The tellers, Lodge
of Massachusetts anu Blackburn Of
kentucky on behalf OF the Senate
| and Grosvenor, Ohio, and Richardson,
Tennessee, on behalf OF the House
assembled to the CLERKS desk immedl-
ately below the Speakers table AMI
pTepated TO count the vote.
Vice President Stevenson assumed
the gavel add announced the purposs
VI the Joint session. He unlocked the
box and broke tha seal of the returns
u esrh state as reached. The formal
certificate Of Alabama was read in full
by blackburn ai,et which the
reading of the long certificates was
dispensed with on motion OF Sherm IN,
the tellers simply announcing the
results after ascertaining by inspection
that they were Ia que form. The
telIeTs made the AnnOunceme la
rotation. Grosvenor annou ced Call
ioTnia's vote, but It was not an unsdul.
terated pleasure TO him, ~ one OF The
8 votes west to Bryan.
Representative Murray, who talked
of challenging the wits o! South Caro-
lima, made no attempt to interfere with
the count.
AT l:40 pm. the Vice President
HtAteu mat tHe count Dau CiOseu and
directed that the tellefs announce the
result. There was hasty consultation
by the tellers, ana then III strong
voice Lodge ANNOUNCED the state
vots for President and Vice President
OF the United States, as found by the
telIerS, is:
"rhe whole number OF electors is
4i7, OF which majority is 225.
William MCKINLEY, Ono, ha, received
27l votes Tor President and w. J.
Bryan, Nebraska, has received l76
votes.
"Tns state vots for Vice President
IL: 6arrel A. Hobart hiss received 27I
electoral votes; Arthur Sewai, ls9
VOTES, and Thomas h. Watson, ~
votes"
Lodge handed the result TO the
Vice President. Stevenson rose anu
repeated the details OF tue vote, deiin.
ing the constitutional announcement
that William Mckinley ard Garret
a. Hobart were elected President ana
Vice President respectively for tue
term beginning on March 4!h. THE
closed the proeeedings which lasted