The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
GREAT CROWDS PRESENT
Senator Chandler Announces the Total
Vote as 147.
THE VOTE CAST FOR Mckinley WAS 262
That For Bryan i55. Senator Frye PrOclaims
the Safe ef the Vote and Announces
the Election Of Mckinley TO
Al D. ,sJo.o,,
the Presidency.
(By he Associated Press )

Washington, Feb 13-The ceremony Of
counting the electoral vote for Presi-
dent and Vice President cast at the cleo
tion last fall, took place i'll the hall of
the House of Representatives at o'clock
today at ;oint session of the Senate
and House The method of counting the
vote is prescribede with great detail by
the statnte and was followed literally
today Great crowds thronged the gal
leries
AT 1915 D. M, proceedings in the House
were suspended and seats on the right
of the he'll were vacated for the mem-
bers of tile Senate.
At one minute of / o'clock the President
pro TEN and members of the Senate were
announced. The members of the House
rose to receive them while page boys
carrying the caskets in which were the
electoral returns were deposited took
them TO the clerk desk
Senator Frye, President pro tenn of the
Senate, ascended the rostrum and took
his place at the right OF Speaker Hender-
son to preside over the joint session I'M
mediately below Speaker Henderson and
Senator Frye at the clerk 5 desk were
the tellers OF the two Houses, Senators
Chandler OF New Hampshire and Caffery
OF Louisiana. and Representatives Gros-
venor OF Ohio. and Richardson, OF Ten
nessee flanked ON either hand bv the
Secretary of the Senate, Mr. Bennett. and
the clerk Of the House Mr. Mcdowell.
Senator FRYE raped for order and an
nounced the object of tho session. Form
al portions of the certificates, except in
the case of Arkansas. were omitted, this
eNceptian was because one OF the electors
had been absent and the Governor had
appoited substitute.
The certificate was not challenged, how
ever
Senator Chandler read in extent the
certificate of the vote of Alabama, giving
IL votes for William Jennings Bryan, Of
Nebraska for President and II votes for
Adlai +. Stevenson, of Illinois, for Vice
President.
General GrosvenOr announced that Colo
RADIO has cast four votes for William Jen-
nings Bryan of Nebraska, for President
and four for Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, for Vice President. "Oh! no."
shouted Mr.. Richardson, one Of the Demo-
cratic telers. while the assemblage burst
into laughter. Mr.. Grosvenor corrected
the error and the announcement of the
vote of the several States then proceeded
in alphabetical order.
When Maryland's eight votes were an
nounced for Mckinley and Roosevelt there
was n slight applause.
Another ripple of applause followed the
announcement Of Ncbraskas vote 1t fell
to The lot of Mr.. Grosvenor to announce
the vote of the Presidents own State of
Ohio. but lis announcement created no
demonstration.
On concluding the list the tellers form
ally ascertained the totals.
Senator Chandler announced the total
number of votes cast as 447, of which
William Mckinley of Ohio, received for
President Of the United States 292; Will
liam Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, 155
and of which Theodore Roosevelt, of New
York, received for Vice President 292 and
Adlai Z. Stevenson, 155
Thcreupon Senator Frye proclaimed the
state of the vote as delivered to him.
This announcement of the state of vote
by the President of the Senate" said he
is by law, sufficient declaration th 4
William Mckinley, of the State of Ohio, is
elected President Of the United States,
and that Theodore Roosevelt of the State
of New York. is elected Vice President.
each for the term beginning March Attn,
1901, and will be entered together with
list of the votes on the journals of the
Senate and House of Representatives"
The joint meeting was then dissolved.
A tremendous outburst of applause swept
over the galleries. The Senate then filed
out of the hall and the ceremon- was
ended.