The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-13

The result Of the late Presidential cleo
ton was formally announced and declared
IN the Hall Of the House Of Representa-
uyes by tellers on the part of the two
houses Of Congress and the President of
the Senate this afternoon. pursuant 10 the
requirements of the Constitution OF the
United States. The count of the votes Of
the Electors chosen by the several States
and the announcement OF the result makes
William Mckinley President-eIect and
Theodore Roosevelt Vice Prezident-e elect
There was the loud hum OF many voices
in the Hall at an early hour. and this in
creased in intensity until noon when The
House met. The last half OF the Jnain
public gallery. which had not been re-
served. filed within 4 few minutes after
having been opened at Q O'Clock. fully a
hundred persons waiting in the corridor
until the doors Of this particular eaIIery
should be swung back. There were not
seats for all who would enter. and at noon
the corridor at the rear OF the north gal
lery WAS congested- TEo-thirds Of those
occupying seats in the gallery Indicated
were women
All seats II the Members gallery. with
cupied AZ noon Not mere than a dozen
men sat there, the spectators being nearly
all women The west half of the north
gallery filled more slowly than the others
but nevertheless il was crowded when the
UJunt Of the electoral votes was begun.
al other galleries Of the Hall of the
House. with the exception Of the execa-
tive and diplomatic galleries. were full
at 1880 O'Clock At that time two ladies'
had entered the Diplomatic gallery and
three had taken seats in the Executive
gallery.
Accommodation in the hall was provided
Tor the two houses CT Congress by the re-
mOval Of a number of the large revolving
seats OF members and the substitution of
smaller chairs During the consideration
OF the SuGdry Civil Bill in Committee Of
the Whole between Z and 12.50 O'Clock
there WAS great disorder on the floor and
in the galleries. when Mr.. Hopkins. in the
chair. found himself impotent to suppress
The serHte Arrives
Speaker Henderson at 1880 O'Clock re-
QIested those members on the east side Of
the hall occupying seats in the first three
rows to Yacate their chairs for The use OF
The Senate, and called upon the telters on
The part of the House 10 take their places
AT the clerks desk AR Richardson. and
Mr. Grosvenor- the House teIers. accom-
panied by alexander Mcdowell Clerk Of
the House. came forward and took seats
on the left of the reading clerk. Mr.
Richardson sat at Mr. Gros-enor's right
and Mr.. Mcdowell on the left Of the
Ohioan- The Senate entered the north
door O. the Hall Of Representatives Al enc
minute 10 1 O'Clock. Sergeant-at-Arr
RansdeH led the double file Of Senator's
escorted By Bert Kennels. Assfstan. Ser
geant-at-Arms Of the House who an
nounced.
MIR. Speaker-The Senate Of the United
States
The Speakers gaveI fell once and the
House stood while the Senate entered.
taking seats on the right Nessrs. Cafery
and Chandler. telIers on the part of the
Senate. with Mr.. Bennett Secretary of the
Senate. took seats en- the right Of the
desk OF the reading clerk The Speakers
gavel fell again and the House ana Senate
sat.
Ar. Frye took the Speakers seat. called
for order, and announced the reason for
the joint convention Of the House Of Rep
resentaIiyes and Senate to be TO count
the electoral vote pursuant 10 the Constf-
tuition and the laws relating to the cleo
ton Of the President and Vice President
OF the United States
The clerk TO the Speaker handed 10
Mr. Chandler the certificate Of The Elec-
tors for the State Of Alabama. casting
eleven votes for William J. Bryan and
Adlai Z Stevenson Mr. Gallery proceed
ed 10 read the certificate from Arkansas.
when Mr. COCkTeH arose and asked that
the reading Of the certificates be dis
pensed with, and that only the results be
announced Mr. CockreI said, amid
laughter
I think We can trust the teIIers"
Nj Richardson. with the certificate of
California in his hand, announced the
vote Of that State
Mr.. GrosYenor read the result o. the
vote Of Colorado as follows. Colorado
casts four votes for William J. Bryan as
President. and four votes for Theodore
Roosevelt as Vice President"
This error provoked laughter and az
plause and Nj Frye found great difficulty
in queiling the merrinent. When order
was restored Mr.. GTcayen0r corrected his
mistake
The votes Of the several States IN alpha
betlcal order were announced with few de-
lays, the results as given in The cer;if-
Gates being read aloud By Ike four tellers
alternately, each teller in his turn exam
lining the certificate.
Checking OF the Vote.
The certificates were taken from a small
brass-mouuted box Of polished cedar
which stood open on the Speakers desk at
the right OF Mr. FRYE Mr.. Henderson sat
at the Ieft Of Mr.. Frye and with a tally
sheet before him marked eff the States as
they were called. These tally sheets had
en- distributed to all Congressman pres
ent- Interest in the proceedings dImin-
ished until when Ohio vas reachcd-the
thirty-hrst on the Nst-at I-f5 O'Clock
There were many VacaEz seats on the
floor. The galleries continued full the J
places Of persons leaving being taken by
those who had been waiting u the cor |
Tidors, 70 get in.
The opening ana presentation of the |
certificates vas completed at 20 o'clock /
Mr.. Frye then directed tie telIers TO yeri-
Il the whole vote
The teliers then set themselves TO the
task Of going over long columns OF fig
ures on great tally sheets which had |
been added 10 il advance The teIlers !
then signed four lists This required (
four minutes
Nj Chandler announced that the tell !
srs having completed their ascertainment !
0f the electoral votes for President and /
Vice President for the term beginning
March /. 1901. We find the whole !
number Of electoral votes 10 be Az. VIII
liam Mckinley, Of Ohio, for President ap-
pears to have received 292 votes, and VIII
liam J. Bryan, or Nebraska. for President.
appears to have received 155 votes. The
odoTe Roosevelt, Of New York, for Vice
President, appears 10 have received 292
votes, and Adlai E Stevenson, OF Illinois. |
appears to have received 155 votes"
Mr.. Frye repeated this announcement