The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-09
'PREs|DEN1lAL
VOTE: COUNTED [ ] |. ] | ] !.
Lie Senate and Hotise Dcclarc
Roosevelt and + Fairbanks
Wy Duly Elected. b II Egi5
FAlTAFUIL FEET / Or BRYAN h A I
Kentucky Lcgisll n g: Grows ,,,:'.
& Dramatic itt Discussing
the freight Rate. Fl

~ Asso,lnted Press.

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81 WAS ltLNtsToN, q Feb. "A though tho
result OF tho prcsI dental elcctlotls WIS a
known early III, tho evening 81 November v
stl, itswas not until day, Wien Y. the
Senate and House met In Joint sesslo
that Tlieodoro Roosevelt and Charles $NV.
Tairbnrks were fofficlaill y5 declared to 8be
elected President and Vice. p esld dent, 1e-
5spoctlvoly, e for follr years, DO ginning
March a, 1906. TliB qua drcnnial function
OF Congress attracted to til Q io,ise e ham
Der, where the electoral yote c;ln--5
ynssed, MI immense gathering 6, prominent
among the auditors being M rs X $50 slt.
Miss Alice r oosovelt, tho sident's g sis
ter, Mrs. Captain c;owles, Mrs. Charles
~, ,irbark 4, wife Of tho Ice Pres, es1 w
elect President pro tenn pore Frye, Of tlls
Senate, presided and delivered the an-
{i,ouncemellto OF tho fresllt OF the count
which showed that Roosevelt and Balr-
isbanks received + 1886 electoral vo tee. ana,
Parker and Davis 1Co Tho ~ hole proce cd
thereby establishing n new record ID IN
counting the electoral 10 te
81 Each Side Applauded.
Tho telcrs Of tho two houses, NJ essr ri
burroughs Michigan "a and Bailey
/ (rexas), OF tile Senate, and Gaines etVest
s$Virginia), and Russell s$ (Texas) Of tho
iouse, took thelrsp at tbe speakers
desk and the curti ficatcs were read, byy'
Gael, tel lor in#ttirn:
Hun Alabl,1l d. came first. ri the cert flcata
showing that Judge Alton I3.f Pa rker s q
New York, and Henry 6: 1oayis, 81 \ q g,
West Virginia, had received the eleven
votes of that state. The Dem crats
Slibertlllyi applauded IA The Their sta tcs
were called iii Il phabetical Of der. The
+ first mention DC President Vi Ieopsevelt's q
Sname came when tho yot ofs Ca lfor1lla5
was announced. This also wa the signal
for applause from tic Repnbl lean SIDE
$s5 The announcement that 81 Aiaryland \ had;
given one vote for n 8 and Ia -
banks was greeted Wit ri lanse 2 nd
llandclapping by Repu b leans ,yhtc = v,as
removed w Dem oclat when q he further
am M 81 Gem ent was NAT q that ParkerGand
Davis had received the remaining seven
votes
ore 81 was marked demonstrntio ion by
tho n cpublicars when Missouri g eighrN
cens Not s were is ann ounccd "a as e hay q
bee sEcasts for Roosevelt and Fairbanks
rho applause came most y rom the lr1em-
s,bersf the House
a BY al cotnclde ncc, II fell stoSt he lot Of
BSenato or Bailey to read the te his
own state. 4, rexas. General app al Use
greeted him as he announc ed that Parker
and Davis had receives n be eig htoen votes ties
Fof that State sssiiss
IA similar coinctde nce, whef, MI. Gaines
read the vote OF West N' irgin mia. s q;
~ "A s soon as the votes OF al States had
3ibeenS rca MI sena tor III Frye dire ted 5SG ne
*tellers to make formal announcement OF
the result Sena tor Frye 1ecapi ated the
vote, and y then mad II lls Following. an
w .5sf
lis announcement = q the sta q Of vote
by tho president b r t he Senate shall be
deemed ~ sufficient declarau lon OF the
fpcrso MS elected Presiden and " ice=Pre
dent 8of the United Sta les. each n for the
term beginning March 4. 1903. and shall be
entered together with az list Sof 7 he votes 's
on tho journals o 81 hef Senate ~ nd House
Sof s Representatives. VI
Ri This soi,ded the proceeding IS. " & 5Es5ss ss
Freight Rate Matter.
s, FOR two hours preceding and for three
hours following the count Of the vote, the
iquestlonsof 3freigh rate equation held
full sway AS on the, preyio day Of the
Idebqte. both Republicans d nd Den ocrats
claimed the cred M for 0riglnat I'M. the
3gia,) & supporting the minority bill ex-
splalncd; tho attitude OF the so,lt y as not
being radical. It WI s, lie insisted 8 con-
Ssaryativc. ana he said 4 hat ~ hen the time
came to pr cseryc 4 he country from radl Z
.calisl1,,s socialism or anarchy. tho South
would reply to its y $ support and save, IT
from destruction III 538s
5Inslncerity was nscribed n to the Res
8publicans by Mr., ochran M issouri) In
tho .nattcr& or ratio n eglsl Ion, w @ said
1t was not intended t o pass the pre- posed
legislation, but simply to do sonnet thing
to paciry public. sent tmcnt, d s;553
Extreme Views /.
sgAlr.3 Esch (yYlsconsin) /. who assisted in