The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-14
ELECTORS MEET TO-DAY
VOTE OF INDIANA FOR PRESIDENT
AND VICE PRESIDENT.
H. H.. Hanna May BE Sent to Wash
iprton with the Vote-The Leg
islatfve Canvass.

The fifteen presidential electors OF the
State of Indiana Will meet in one OF the
rooms at the Statehouse this morning and
formally cast their votes for the President
and Vice President Of the United STATES.
Under the law of Indiana the electors are
required to meet at the hour OF III o CLOCK
a. M, and the Governor shall then ana
there deliver to the electors present a GER
tiicate Of the names of all the electors;
and if any elector fails to appear before IL
o'clock. it is the duty of the electors pres
ent to fill. by ballot. by a majority of all
present, such vacancy, and to forthwith
certify such election to the Governor, whose
duty it is to Immediately notify such per-
son elected.
In the present instance, however, this
will not likely nave to be done as the Gov
ernor personally notified all Of those who
nave failed TO acknowledge the receipt of
the notification sent them some time ago,
by kilograms directing their attendance this
morning.
When the electors are all assembled. they
will proceed 10 vote by ballot for President
and Vice President Of the United States
and perform their duty by the Constitu-
ton and laws of the United States. The
votes of the electors are sealed and sent in
duplicate TO the President of the United
States Senate. one copy by mail and the
other by a special messenger.
Under the law of the United States the
United States Senate and the House OF
Representatives meet in the hall or the
House of Representatives at / p. m. on
the second Wednesday in February, and
the votes of the electors of the various
States of the Union are then opened and
counted.
The electors under the laws of Indiana
receive the same per diem and mileage as
member of the General Assembly, and are
paid by the State treasurer on the warrant
OF the auditor of state.
IT is not vet known who will be sent to
Washington as the special messenger or
the Indiana electors, but 1t Is Thought
that H. N. Hanna will be honored with the
commission If he will accept Ii.
The presidential electors voted for and
elected Nov. 6, 1900, and who will to-day
cast their votes for William Mckinley as
President of the United States, and Theo-
United States are as follows: Electors at
large-Hugh H Hanna and Charles w: Mil
Ter: District electors-Martin w. Fields,
First district: George Cox, Second district.
W. w. Borden. Third district; Frank Lit
tie. Fourth district; Allen b. Powell, Fifth
district; William A. Hough. Sixth district;
William A. Johnson, seventh district, M
II. Quinn, Eighth district; Robert w. Har-
| rison, Ninth district; Eli Stansbury, Tenth
district; Quincy A. Myers, Eleventh dis
trict; Harry 1. Parks, Twelfth district;
Simpson E. Low, Thirteenth district.
At about the same time that the presi-
Dental electors are engaged in casting
their vote for President and Vice President
the indian Legislature will in a joint ses-
sion held in the House of Representatives
| canvass the vote Of the State for Cover
nor and Lieutenant Governor. The Con-
stitution of the State provides that the
| returns on the vote for these two officers
In the various counties of the State shall
be sealed in envelopes and sent to the
| speaker of the House of Representatives
who shall open the same and announce
the vote in the presence of both houses OF
the General Assembly.
The vote for Governor-elect Durbin and
Lieutenant Governor ELECT Gilbert has
been published I'm every newspaper in the
State, and the proceeding this morning is
therefore, only a legal formality.