The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-11
THE FORMAL COUNT.
Electoral Vote of the Forty five
States Of the Union.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESuIT
Impressive Ceremonies at the Joint
Session of Congress-.
CROWDS or VISITORS PRESENT
The Galleries Filled to Ovcr0ovsu~
"Reminiscences of the Hayes-Tn.
den Contest-Dctailcd Vote.

Washington, February 10.-The electoral
votes OF the forty-iive States OF the Union
were formally counted at the Joint session
OF the house and senate held today for that
purpose and Vice President Stevenson pro-
claimed the election of Mckinley and Ho
bart as president and vice president. re-
spectively. Although the sky was overcast
the weather was suspicious and she CALLER
les of the hall of representations were
thronged, The general public besieged the
elevators in vain. as the space reserved for
them was small. Ladies were arrayed In
| gay toilets and gave touch of color to the
brilliant setting of the scene. Many dis
'nguished personagos Witnessed the count.
among them Ambassador patenotre and
Chancellor Bouve of the French embassy.
Mr.. Chat Chung of the Chinese legation,
Baron Won Thieman, Secretary Matsu of
the Japanese legation. Viscount Thyrse of
the Portuguese legation and Sir Richard
Cartwright of the Canadian government.
No member OF President Cleveland's family
was present
A Gordon of blue coated brass buttoned
police hedged about the senators as they
marched ma1estically over to the house,
preceded by Vice President Stevenson and
Mr. Cox. secretary of the senate with the
returns locked in a cherry colorcd box
This guarding of the returns was precau-
ton first taken by Acting Vice President
Ferry Of Michigan twenty years ago. dur
ing the Wild excitement attending the TIL
den Hayes contest in anticipation of pos
sible raid.
AS the house and senate sat in Joint ses-
sion today and listened quietly to the count
these stirring days were recalled OF the
fifteen men who sat on the famous elector-
al commission which decided that contest
by peaceful means Mr.. Iioar of Massachu-
setts was The only one present today The
others excepting Justice Field, have all re-
tired from public life or have passed away.
The vicissitudes of political fortune IN two
short decades have removed all blame to
those who sat at either end OF the capitol.
Most of the seventeen survivors were con-
spcuous today In the joint assemblage.
Two of them. Senator Sherman. who is so
soon to be called to the first place In the
Mckinley cabinet, and Senator Morrill, of
Vermont. author of the war tariff. entered
public life together forty years ago. The
others were Senators Teller of Colorado,
Gordon of Georgia. Allison of Iowa, Cock
rell OF Missouri. Mitchell of Oregon and
Senators Hale and Frye of Maine, Burrows
of Michigan. Mills of Texas, Blackburn OF
Kentucky and Elkins of West Virginia, who
were then in the house. Vice President
Stevenson was also a member Of The house
AT that time Mr. Cannon of I!!>nois (who
lost one term. and MIR. Cuberson of Texas
alone survived in the house the mutations
of twenty years. although Mr.. Danforth Of
Ohio. who was a member of that congress,
is also member Of the present body.
Senator Jones of Nevada was also pres
emit, but did not appear to take a deep in |
terest in the count. Prominent also in the
sea of faces was white haired Senator |
Palmer of Illinois who headed the gold |
ticket last fall.
The count itself was of a very formal |
character. Vice President Stevenson sat at |
the side of Speaker Reed and presided over |
the joint session Senators Lodge and |!
Blackburn on the part Of the senate and |
Messrs Grosvenor and Richardson, on tho |
part of the house acted as tellers. The re-
turns were opened by the vice president
and announced by the tellers. The reading
of the certificates. long in verbage. was
omitted after that of Alabama had been
read. No demonstration occurred at any
point during the count but when the vice
president at the conclusion, announced the
result there was round Of applause, both
on the floor and in the galleries.
The totals were as follows: For president
Mckinley 2T1; Bryan 176. For vice presl-
dent, Hobart 27l Sewall l49; Watson ~.
The only incident of the proceedings oc-
cured when Senator Lodge raised laugh
N announcing the vote of Missouri. He
gave 1t by mistake to Mckinley.
The announcement of the state OF the
vote today is the only notification the
president elect and vice president-elect will
'eceiye No official communication is sent
o them.
Washington, February l0.--The first pub
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