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

announcement shall be deemed j sufficient
declaration Of the persons elected Presi-
dent and Vice President Of the United
States, and . list Of the votes shall be en-
tered On the journals OF the two Houses. %
Mr. Frye announced that the purpose for
which The joint convention of the twc
Houses of Congress had been called. hay
ing been completed, that convention was
dissolved and the Senate would return TO
| its Chamber.
The gavel of the Speaker fell. the House
stood and the Senate fled out. being pre-
oeded by page bearing the ballot box
The order under which the count was
made was agreed to by the House Of Rep
resentatiyes on January 81 On that day
Mr.. DalZeiI from the Committee on Rules,
presented the following resolution. Re
solved That the two Houses Of Congress
shall assemble in the Hall CT the House
OF Representatives on Wednesday. the 18th
day Of February. 1901 at 1 O'Clock in the
afternoon. pursuant 70 the requirement Of
the Constitution and laws relating to the
election Of President and Vice President Of
the United States. and the President Of
! the Senate shall be their presiding officer.
! that two teIlers shall be previously ap-
pointed on the part OF the Senate and two
on the part Of 1he House Of Representa-
tives. 10 whom shall be handed. as they
are opened hy tie President OF The Senate
all the certificates and papers purpOrting
TO be certificates o the electoral votes
which certificates AID papers shall be
opened presented. and acted upon in the
alphabetical order Of the States. begin
ming with the letter 4: and said teliers.
having then read the same in the pres
ence and hearing Of the two Houses. shall
make list Of the votes as they shall ap-
pear from the said certificates: and the
votes having been ascertaineG and counted
I IL the manner and according to the rules
by Law provided the result Of the same
shall b delivered to the President OF the
Senate, who shall tbereupon announce lie
state c. the vote. which announcement shall
BE- deemed 4 sufficient declaration Of the
persons If any. elected President and Vice
President Of the Uaited States and. tCseth-
g. with list Of the votes. be entered on
the journals OF the TWO Houses
The Constitutional Provision.
Article XII Of the Constitution Of the
United States prescribing she manner Of
eIecdng the President ard Vice President
and of telling the electoral votes. fellows
The Electors shall meet ia their re
spective States. ard vote by ballot for
President and Vice President. one Of
whom. at least. shall not De an fnhabiIanJ
OF the same State with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person vot-
ed for as Vice President and in distinct
ballots the person voted for as Vice Presi-
dent. and they shall make distinct lists Of
all persons voted for as President and Of
all persons voted for as Vice President.
and the number Of votes for each. which
lists they shall sign and certify. and trans
nit sealed 10 the seat of the Government
Of the United States. directed 90 he Pres
ident &c the Senate: the President Of the
Senate shall. IN the presence Of the Sen
ate and House of Representative open
all the certificates and the votes shall
then be counted: the person having the
grea test number Of votes Tor President.
shall be President. If such number be q
majority OF the whole number Of Electors
appointed: and II no person have such q
majority, then from the persons having
the highest numbers not exceeding three
on The list Of those voted Tor as President.
the House of Representatives shall choose
Immediately. by ballot. the President But
in choosing the President the votes shall
be taken by States, the representation from
each State having one vote; q quorum for
this purpose shall consist of a member or
members from two-third5 Of the States.
and a majority Of all the States snail be
necessary to q choice And II he House
Of Representatives shall not choose a
President whenever the right OF choice
shall devolye upon them. before the 9Th
day Of March next following. then the Vice
President shall act as President, as IN the
case OF the death or other constitutional
disability OF the President. The person
having the greatest number OF votes as
Vice President shall be the Vice PTesi-
dent, If such number be q majority CT the
whole number of Electors appointed. and
If no person have . majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the list the
Senate shall choose the Vice President;
two-thirds OF the whole number OF Sena-
tors and a majority Of the whole number
shall be necessary 10 q choice. But no
person cCnstitUtionaIy Ineligible to the
Office Of President shall be eligible 70 that
OF Vice President Of the United States
This. the Twelfth Amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States, was
proposed to the Legislatures Of the sew
eraI States by the Eighth Congress on De-
cember Z. 1893 in lieu OF the original
third para graph of the first section Of the
second article, and WAS declared in
proclamation of the Secretary Of State
dated September 25 1864 10 have been
ratified by the Legislatures of three
fouTths Of the State-
That paragraph of the Constitution
which was superseded by the Twelfth
Amendment follows
The Electors shall meet in their re
speCtive States and vote by ballot for
Two 1GIEOHS- OF WHO'LL one d lEAsL ELtLL
not be an Inhabitant Of the same State
with themselves. And they shall make
g List Of all the Persons voted for and
of the Number or Votes for each. which
List they shall sign and certify, and
transmit sealed to the Seat of the Gov
eminent Of the limited States. directed to
the President Of the Senate. The Pres
dent Of the Senate shall. ia the Presence
Of The Senate and House Of Representa-
tives. open al the Certificates and the
Votes shall then be counted The Person
having the greatest Number of Votes
shall be President. il such Number be a
Majority OF the whole Number Of Flee
tors appointed, and If there be more than
one who have such Majority, and have
an equal Number OF Votes, then the
House Of Representatives shall imme-
diately chuse by Ballot one of them for
President: and If no Person have ma
lori1y then from the I'VE highest on the
List the Said House shall IN like Man
ner chuse the President; Bat IN chusing
the President, the Votes shall be taken
by States, the Representation from each
State having one vote: A quorum for
this Purpose shall consist Of a Member
or Members from two-thirds of the
States, and a Majority OF all the States
shall be necessary 10 a Choice IA every
Case. after the Choice of the Pres dent
the Person having the greatest Number
Of Voices Of the Electors shall be the
Vice President. But II there should re-
main two or more who have equal Votes
the Senate shall chuse from them by
Ballot the Vice President"