New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-11
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a ,hera a member OF Congress could be seen
,vith q kindergarten politician-poy or s"f
his Ian but no women were aomi''eu ~ ~
eoor nor we're the employees OF the HOUSE a"
lowed 70 enjoy that conspicuous snare y" W
DAVIS ceremony which they nave ni'her'o '"
IN the passing shows OF Coheressiohdi ~
Traces Of vulgarity cropped out mere anu 'ie'e'
however One wild Western Representative
who sat in the hindn1ost row OF seats i"s,s'e'
on putting his feet on his DESK just do
gressmen are expected to do in the comic
PAPERS But the scene generally was oecorous
one. and the tone of the whole ceremoh! was
anpropriately subdued and businesslike
The galleries contained many handsome anu
,a,1.drossad snectators. but among them were
Jew neop,e Of note The French Ambassadors
was an early arrival in the diplomatic secuoh'
a,a was followed later by the German Amoas-
soaor and baroness Thielmann. represents
.,,,os of.tbe Japanese and 'Corean Governments
were also present.
HOW THE VOTES ARE COUNTED.
y,,co.pres,dent Stevenson. Nho by law has
,r.cednnce over Speaker Reed in all JOINT ses-
.,ons NJ the two houses raped for order ie"
,osnutes after taking his seat in the presiolhs
oso.r,s chair The Gear" Of the House occu-
,ied a Mace on MIR. Stevenson's right Inc ioui
te,,ers already chosen, Senators BLACKBURN anu
Lodge and Representatives GrosVehor anu
richardson. sat below at the readins cier~'
desk. T.,
Tho nrocess of counting the electoral vote Is
s;rn,n one After announcing the purpose VI
the Joint session. the Vice-Preslden' uil'ooN
the two cherry-wood boxes which hao Dee"
rroueht over from the Senate and which con-
tanned the duplicate sets Of returns breahi's
tho seals he passed the envelopes IN 'uih W
,re tellers below each getting state do IL ie
=, him in alphabetical order. mus MI p'"0"
burn who sat at the right end OF the feauiie
desk had the distinction OF readlng the oei'''
cate sent by the electoral cohege vi A'aoa'
A. ,s customary. the Kentucky Senator read the
document in full. and the result OF 'he 'o'e "
the States electoral college was then eh'eieu
by all the tellers on their tally-sheets'
- Mr. Lodge, who sat next TO Mr.. BlacKourn
so. ,hor called tc announce the vote from Ar
Lansas Rut before he could begin reading Mr..
Sherman arose and sug yested that only sum
mary Of each return was necessary ana ASKED
unanimous consent, which was readily grah'eu'
that the full text of the document shoulu ia
each case go unread ,, 1880. .hara
after Mr. Lodge was guilty Of the only sip IN
the announcements. and raised near! Ia hed
by telling the Joint assembly tnat Misso ot M ns
given her seventeen electoral votes 10 MaJoi '''-
Kinley. ,,.. ,,.o MN.
When South Carolina was reached there was a
ripple of excitement. Senator Illiheh iooheu
st ARMY NJ Representative Murray, as III eA-
necting a lively rernonstranoe from MS coal
black colleague when the announcement ol SCUM
Cardinals vote was made Iheie Were CANS , ~.
Murray under breath, but the cOIOTeu HeiHpci
Us husilv writ ing at his desk. and he did not
even take his eyes off the official foolscap as KEEP
resentative Grosvenor summarized the faimet'o
States return. - :, c.-...
In less than half an hour the roll Of states
was finished, and every vote had been declared.
Many members on the 90r o and ne on the
aims generously distributed for that purpose
but the only element Of interest In the returns
was found TO be In the division OF the silver
fvsio, Vice-Presidential vote between Mr..
Sewal and Mr.. Watson. The georgia cahuiuate
was found in the end to have secured t"ehS
total rolled up for the rival tail, to MI Bryan
presidential kite. Mr.. Watson got three votes
from Arkansas, four from Louisiana. -FOUR rom
Nebraska, four from Missouri hve frcn N s1,li
Carolina two from South Dakota, two from
Washington. and one each from Montana
wyoming THE rna RESULT ANNOUNCED.
The total vote. having been computed ana
compared by the four tellers, was announced by
Mr.. Lodge and handed TO the Vice-President.
Mr.. Stevenson read the. announcement anu
then. taking up a typewriter sheet lying on
the dc SIX before him. announced that the deciara-
lion Just finished was legal ana suilcie,t ~
frmation OF tne tltIe VI N'' 60, ,,aore'
president elect for their approaching -FOUR years
tarn, With a rap of the gavel the joint session
was then promptly dissolved. ..,..
only one incident served to distract Afternoon
fron, the proceedings on the floor OF the house
Early in the count woman In one OF the gar
ieries tainted. overcome by the humid ana sue,
culent atmosphere on which the gallery sods
of the Captol-chiefiy negroes OUT OF eiilpi ',s
,,,ent thrive and wax fat. The Capitol police
promptly carried her out, and the mathemau-
clans at the reading desk resumed thelr iapors
without dropping a figure or trahsposi"s '"e
vote of single State