The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-14
Popular Will Was Recorded in No
vember. but Electoral Vote
Is Yet TO BE Cast.
THE F0RMALITIES ARE FIXED.
Each State College Sends its Bal-
lot to Washington on Feb
ruary 13 Next to BE
Counted.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Jan. l3.-Although the popu-
lar vote for President and Vice President
was taken on November6 last, the real
election that will make William Mckinley
Pre- sident of the United States VIII he held
tomorrow at every State capital in the
country. The electors will east theh bal
lets and a month later. on February IL. the
result Will be announced At the great cere-
mony. known as the electoral count, before
both houses Of Congress.
Each state college will east its ballot and
then draw up a written statement In tripl-
cate OF the result. Two copies of the triple
certificates Of the election will be sent TO
the President of the Senate. Senator VIII
liam T. Frye. These will be carried by
srecial messenger appointed by the Gov
otnOr OF each State. Another set Will he
sent 10y mail and Il third will be filed in the
United States District Court in which the
State capital is embraced.
Tn, messengers will receive = cents per
nile Travelled. the whole messenger service
To- cost about $1,000. Some of the messen-
gers who will get Zig fees are the ones
ii, III Olympia. Wash. slc01: Portland. Ore,
$40: Sacramento. Cal. $50.
Ceremony of Counting baiIots'
The President pro tenn gives the messen-
gers IttC4pAS AbI liltlt pdNhdStSs "AANAA "AAA
be turned over to Mr.. Fryes private secre-
tary. MIR. Wallace NJ. White. Jr. They will
be placed. sealed. IN little steel safe In
the Vice Presidents chamber in the Senate
IL is already well-protected. but next week
il ! proposed TO lit # with burglar alarm
wires
In this safe the ballots of the electoral
colleges will remain till February l3. on
that day. the two houses Will meet In joint
session To hear the final election returns"
Mr.. Frye will appoint two senatorial tell
ers one a Democrat. one Republican. and
Speaker Henderson will appoint two Rep
resentatiyes as tellers.
The sergeant alarms Will put the votes IN
two round boxes and the Senate wi. go
with him 10 the House of Representatives
Up TO 1873. only one box was necessary.
In joint session. Mr.. Frye will preside.
with Speaker Henderson on his left. Mr..
Frye will open the package and hand them
TO the telIers. who will announce the result.
Alabama with eleven votes for Bryan and
Stevenson. coming first.
The complete count will be 2se for McIlin-
ley and Roosevelt and 155 for Bryan and
Stevenson.
MISSOURI ELECTORS GATHERING.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
jefferson City. Mo. Jan. 1s.-Missourfs
presidential electors and the State Demo-
cratic Committee meet here tomorrow. The
seventeen electors-one from each congress
sional district and two at large-will meet
in the office of the Secretary OF State TO
ballot for President and Vice President of
the United States.
The vote is made up In triplicate and
signed by the electors. one copy being
mailed TO the President of the Senate. and
TO the Federal Judge of the Western Dis
trict of Missouri. and third sent TO the
President OF the Senate by one of the elect
ors chosen es messenger. The position IS
looked on as 4 plum. as the messenger re-
ceievs mileage and per diem, amounting to
about $50.
The State Committee meets to close up
the accounts of the campaign.