St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

when the reading OF the lOHS Cei tihN"'S'
were dispensed with, on the morlon Oh
the venerable senator from ONO, Mr.
Sherman, the telers simply Announcing
the results, after ascertaining by nspec-
tion that they were in due form.
1t so happened that 1t fell to senator
Lodge to announce the vote OF MS state,
Massachusetts, and Congressman Gros-
venor performed the same function Tor
his, in declaring, with solemnlty, that
the vote of Ohio had been cast for her
distinguished son, William Mckinley
A hearty laugh was caused when Sen
ator Lodge, by mistake, 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. Senator
Lodge, on behalf of the tellers, then an
nounced the result. Thereupon vice
President Stevenson arose and ad-
dressed the two houses as follows:
"The state of the vote for President OF
the United States, as delivered to the
president of the senate, is as follows:
The whole number of the electors ap-
pointed to vote for President of the
United States is 447, of which majority
Is 224
William Mckinley of the state Of Ohio
has received for President of the United
States, 271 votes.
William j. Bryan of the state Of Ne
braska has received 176 votes
The state of the vote for vice president
of the United States, as delivered to the
president Of the senate, is as follows:
The whole number of electors appoint
ed to vote for vice president of the United
States is 447, of which majority is 22i.
Carrot A. Hobart of the state Of New
Jersey has received 271 votes.
Arthur Sewall of the state of Maine
has received 149 votes.
Thomas e. Watson of the state of
Georgia has received 81 votes.
This announcement of the state of the
vote by the president Of the senate is,
by law, a sufficient declaration that Will
lam Mckinley of the state of Ohio Is
elected President Of the United States,
and that Garrett A. Hobart of the state
of New Jersey is elected vice president
of the United States, each for the term
beginning March 4, 1897, and will be en-
tered, together with list of the votes,
OF representatives."
Mr.. Stevenson then formally dismissed
the joint session. A hearty round of APP
plause, in which the galleries joined,
followed.
The sundry civil appropriation bill, a
kind Of an omnibus appropriation bill, as
1t were, has been brought forward for
this session. Probably the most i'm
portant item in it, that is 50 far as New
England is concerned, is that of $780,
900 for the improvement of Boston har-
bor. in which, of course, all New Eng
land, and the whole country, for that
matter, is vitality interested,
Congressman Barrett of Massachu-
sets, during the incumbency of this his
first congress, by virtue of his being the
only New England member on the very
important committee of rivers and har-
bors, has devoted his especial attention
to this matter and his efforts have been
ably seconded by the Boston merchants
and the combined work of all concerned
ment a decided impetus lately
The river and harbor bill passed at the
last session of the present congress pro-
vlded for the completion of project
in Boston harbor to widen and deepen the
main ship channel to cost when COM
/ pleted some 0,000O0O. The money for
this work will be appropriated regularly
by the sundry civil appropriation bill in
sums of 500, 900 each year, the law pro-
viding that the secretary of war shall
not obligate the government for a larger
sum OH any one project during any one
year The initial appropriation, how
ever, in the pending appropriation bill
Is the means of inaugurating the great
work and in the course of a few years
its manifold advantage to Boston har-
Dor and all other New England interests
will of course be stikingly apparent
Other New England places are vel
treated in the pending bill, too. Brock
ton, Mass, gets $4,000 for her public
building; Portland, Me-, and Rocliland
Me. both get $lO0 900 for the completion
of the harbor Improvements in those
cities; Providence river and Narragan
sett bay, II. L., gets sips, 900 for the i'm
provements now being made there
while a number of smaller and less i'm
portant items are scattered through
the bill.
The bill as reported by the house com
mittee originally appropriated $50, 66l,
74S This is $S,ll1,0 6S less than the esti
mates, and $lS,6illgO more than the ap
preparations for the current year; ST.
$500 of the appropriation is for car
rying out river and harbOr contract
and $4,O72, 195 for public buildings. TIL
bill was amended to quite large eXten
in the house, and will be altered a trn
in the senate, as well as in conference