Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-02-21
THE VOTE COUNTED
Congress Officially Declares N1yi7.
ley Elected.
LAST ACT IN ELECTORAL DRAH4
Some Applause When Maryland,,
Vote Was Announced - Joint Scs.
sion of Congress.

Washington, D. c.. Special N.
ceremony OF counting ths ele~,-o-s
vote for President and Vice PRESIDE,
cast at the election last rau tool
place in the hall OF the House o. Re,-
reSentatives az l O'Clock WEDNESDAY
at, a joint session OF the House ana
Senate. The method o. counting n,
vote is described with great detail il,
the statute and was followed literally
Great crowds thronged the galleries
At 12:45 p m, proceedings in TIA
House were suspended and five TOW.
OF seats upon the right OF the han
were vacated for the members OF he
Senate. At one minute OF l O'Clock
the President pro tenn. and nembe1
Of the Senate were announced. n.
members of the House rose TO ,ereiy.
them while page boys carrying III.
caskets in which the electoral "a
turns were deposited took them TO the
clerks desk Senator Frye, presidaD,
pro TEN. OF the Senate, ascendcd the
rostrum and took his place a. yha
right Of Speaker Henderson. 70 pre-
side over the joint session. Immeiiare-
ly below Speaker Henderson and Sen
ator Frye, at the clerks desk. Were the
tellers of the two houses, Senators
Chandler, of New Hampshire, and CAT
ferry, of Louisiana, and Representa-
tives Grosy enOr Of Ohio, and Richard
son, OF Tennessee, flanked on either
hand by the Secretary OF the Senate
Mr.. Bennett, and the Clerk o, the
House, Mr.. Mcdowell. Senator FIVE
raped for order and announced the
object of the session. Formal por-
tiOns OF the certificates, except in the
case of Arkansas, were omitted. This
exception was because one OF tn
electors had been absent and tAS Gov
ernoT had appointed a substitute. The
certificate was not challenged, how
ever.
Senator Chandler read, in cxtenso
the certificate Of the vote or Alabama
giving II votes for Wm- Jennings Rry-
an Of Nebraska, for President, and II
votes for Adlai E. Stevenson, OF HI
nois, fer Vice President. General
GTosvenor announced that Colorado
has cast four votes for VIM. Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska, for President ana
4 for Theodore Roosevelt, of New
York, for Vice President. oh no."
shouted Mr.. Richar dson, one Of the
Democratic tellers, while the assem-
blage burst into laughter. Mr.. Gros-
venOr corrected the error and the an
noun Gem ent of the vote of the several
States then proceeded in alphabetical
order
When MaryIand's eight votes were
for Mckinley and Roose-
welt there was slight applause. An
other ripple OF applause followed the
Of Nebraskas vote. It
fell TO the Lot OF Mr.. Grosvenor TO an
nOunce the vote of the Presidents own
State OF Ohio, but its announcement
created NO demonstration. On con
Guiding the list the tellerS formally
ascertained the totals
Senator Chandler announced the to-
tai number Of votes cast as AT, Of
which VIM. Mckinley, of Ohio, re
ceived for President OF the United
States 1872; VIM J. Bryan, OF Nebras-
ka, 1855, and of which Theodore Roose-
velt, of New York, received for Vice
President 292, and Adlai E. Steven
son 155.
Thereupon Senator Frye proclaimed
the state of the vote as delivered %
him. This announcement of the state
OF the vote by the President OF the
Senate" said he, is by law, sufi-
Gent declaration that VIM. Mckinley.
Of the State of Ohio, is elected Presi-
dent Of the United States. and that
Theodore Roosevelt, of tho State OF
New York Is elected Vice President.
each for the term beginning March 1,
1901, and will be entered together with
D. list of the votes on the journals Of
The Senate and House of Repre6en'
.atives."