The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
TIE VOTES COUNTED
THE RESULT FORMALLY DE-
CLAHED.
USELESS CEREMONY.
-,,rE AND HOUSE, JOIN FOR THE
OCCASION.

,.as, Certificate Was Open to
o.stion-COIoradO Announced for
s,n and Roosevelt by Error OF
GrosvenOr-TOtRl Vote Cast
Il of which Mckinley anu
,,o-,,cIt Received 292 and Bryan
stevenson 155-The Formal
N announcement Made by Chairman
Il frye.
81 ,,-,s,tnatou. Feb. 13.-The ceremony of
.,rir. the electoral vote for President
Vic President cast at the e.e-tion
fall took place in the hall of the
uouse If Representatives at l o'clock to-
3,, at a Joint session of the Senate and
l,rso The method of counting the vote
nr,..rfbed with great detail by the sta
mite and was followed literally to-day.
trest crowds thronged the galleries.
A. ,s.,5 D. m. proceedings in the House
wore suspended aud five rows of seats
mon the right of the hall were vacated
tor tbe members of the Senate.
Al 1853 o'clock the President pro. tenn.
md members of the Senate were an
oouneeI. The members of the House rose
IN recsive them, while page boys car
rvin4 the caskets in which the electoral
returns were deposited took them to the
Jerks desk.
Senator Frye, president pro. tenn. Of the
Senate. assembled the rostrum and took
his place at the right of Speaker Hen
|derson to preside over the joint ses-
sion. Immediately below Speaker Hender-
SON and Senator Frye at the clerks desk
we're ,he tellers of the two houses. Sena-
,ors Chandler of New Hampshire and
c,nerv Of Louisiana, and Representa-
ives Grosvenor of Ohio and Richardson
Il of Tennessee, f1anked on either hand by
the Secretary of the Senate, Mr.. Bennett
and the clerk of the House, Mr.. Mellow
Ill., Senator Frye raped for order and
4 announced the object of the session. For
4 NAL portions of the certificates, except
ia the case of Arkansas, We're omitted,
4 his exception was because one of the
ector- had been absent and the Cover
4 nor had appointed a substitute. The GER
q idcate was not challenged, however.
"A Senator Chandler read in extenso the
certificate of the vote of Alabama giving
n even votes for William Jennings Bryan
Of Nebraska for President and eleven
votes for Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois
*or Vice President.
Il Gen. GrosYenor announced that Colora-
10 has cast four votes for William Jen-
#hngs Bryan of Nebraska for President
e hid four for Theodore Roosevelt of New
FORK for Vice President.
oh! no." shouted Mr.. Richardson, one
the Democratic tellers, while the as
smblage burst into laughter. Mr.. Gros-
amor corrected the error and the an
uncement of the vote of the several
ates then proceeded in alphabetical or
4 When Maryland,s eight votes were an
bounced for Mckinley and Roosevelt there
vas slight applause.
Another ripple of applause followed the
mouncement of Nebraska's vote. 1t fell
bthe lot of Mr.. Grosvenor to announce
q vote of the Presidents own state of
ko, but its announcement created no
monstration.
Dn concluding the list of the tellers for
silly ascertained the totals.
ienator Chandler announced the total
mber of votes cast as AL; of which
esideut of the United States, 292, Will
m Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska 155;
of which Theodore Roosevelt. of New
rk, received for vice president, 292, and
lai L. Stevenson, 155.
Thereupon Senator Frye proclaimed the
a-e Of the vote as delivered to him.
This announcement of the state of the
tc by the president of the Senate" said
lis by law a sufficient declaration
a, William Mckinley of the state of
ao is elected President of the United
iteS, ana that Theodore Roosevelt of
e state of New York, is elected Vice
resident, each for the term beginning,
arch t. 1901, and will be entered together
III list of the votes on the journals of
Senate and House of Representa-
Ives"
The Joint meeting was then dissolved.
tremendous outburst of applause swept
Yer the galleries. The Senate then filed
VI Of the hail, and the ceremony was
Aded.