The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-09
RESULT IS
 ANNOUNCED Electoral Vote Formally
 Counted. OFFICIAL DECLARATION Congress Performs Quadren-
 nial Duty. Bartlett Explains Attitude of soufh Re- garding Freight Rate Lesisla- tion--Grovenor InduIges in
 Esiaieule of Democrats.

l Washington, Feb. s-Although the result of the Presidential election was known early in the evening of Novem- Der 8. 1t was not until today when the Senate and House met in joint session that Theodore Roosevelt and Charles l w. Fairbanks were officially declared to be elected President ana vfee-Pres- ident respectively, for four years. be- ginning March 4 1905. This quadren- nial function of Congress attracted an Immense gathering. prominent among ! the auditors being Mrs. Roosevelt. 1 Miss Alice Roosevelt. the Presidents sisters. Mrs. cowles and Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks. wife of the vice-Pres- ident elect. President Pro Tempore Frye of the Senate. presided and de- livered the announcement of the result of the count, which showed that Roose- welt and Fairbanks received 3S6 elec- toral votes and Parker and Davis 14O. The whole proceedings consumed exact ly fifty minutes, thereby establishing a new record in counting the electoral vote.
 For two hours preceding and for three hours following the joint pro- ceedings the question of freight rate reguIation held full sway. As on the previous days of the debate. both Re- publicans and Democrats claimed credit for originating the present legislation. south's Attitude.
 MT. Bartlett (Ga.) supporting the mi nority bill, explained the attitude of the South as not being radical It was, he said. conservative and he said that when the time came toi preserve the country from radicalism, socialism or anarchy. the South would save it from destruction.
 Mr. Esch (wis.) who assisted in framing the townsend bill, summed up the arguments for and against that bill up to the present time. Some, he naid. had regarded it as the most im- portanf legislation since the rebellion. while others had contended it amount ed to nothing. Such extreme views, he held to be indicative of fhe fact that tho bill was compromise. 'E MT. zrcsvenor tahio) gidfcuied the | tl5eni0ct ats for their claim to credit for rate legislation. He provoked laugh l ter when he declared that "foiIowing 1 our footsteps. toe-marl1ing our tracks. ! camping tonight where we camped last night and begging to be taken on board, is not q new policy or principle l of the Democratic party"
 At o'clock Doorkeeper Lyons of l the House announced the arrival of the President pro tempore and members of the Senate. President Frye mounted the rostrum to the right of Speaker Cannon. At the same time the inlaid mahogany box containing the electo- ral votes was deposited on the Speak CTS table and opened, the Senators in l the meantime taking seats on the right side of the chamber. While they were taking seats the members of the House stood.
 President Frye presided and in call | ing the joint body to order informed them that they were assembled pur- suant to the requirements of the con- stitution.
 The Four TeIIers. l The tellers of the two Houses. Messrs. Burrows (Mich.) and Bailey | (Tex) of the Senate and Gaines (W. Va.) and Russell (Tex.) of the House, l then took their places at the Speakers desk and the certificates were read by each teller in turn.
 Alabama came first, the certificates being declared in regular form and duly authenticated. It showed that Alton B. Parker of New York and H G.. Davis of West Virginia had re- ceived the eleven votes of the State for President and Vice-President. The Democrats literally appIauded. Mir. Burrows evoked laughter by announce l ing that Alabama voted for Allen" B. q in alphabetical order. The first mem tion of President Roosevelts name came when the State of California was | announced. It was the signal for ap- plause from the Republican side. At the suggestion of Senator Cock rell (Mo.) to save time, the reading of the subsequent certificates in detail 1G@s dispensed with and the result of the vote was simply announced. Tntanaa. fufaFaQf ahnpvn bv fba occupants of the galleries which were densely packed. At every mention of the names of the candidates their re- speotive admirers applauded. By a CO., incidence. it fell to the lot of Senator Bailey to read the vote of his own State, Texas. General applause greet ed him as he announced that Parker and Davis had received the IS votes of that State.
 A similar coincidence occurred when Mir. Gaines read the vote of West Vlr- ginia-
 As soon as the vote of all States had been read, Senator Frye directed the tellers to make formal announcement of the result. The members in the in- terlm engaged in low conversation.
 Formal Announcement.
 In a clear voice Senator Burrows ar- nounced that of the total electoral vote of 476, of which majority was 239, Theodore Roosevelt for President and Fairbanks for President. had each received 336, and that Alton B. Parker for President and Henry G. Davis for Vice President had each received I40 votes Senator Frye recapitulated the vote and then made the following an- nouncement:
 This announcement of the States of the vote by the President of the Senate should be, it seemed, a sufficient declar- atiop of the persons elected President and Vice-President of the United States, each for the term beginning March {, 1905. and shall be entered together with list of the votes on the journals of the Senate and the House of Represen- tatives."
 He then declared the purposes for which the joint convention had been called to have been accomplished, dls- solved the convention and requested the Senators to return to their chamber. The proceedings lasted fifty minutes.
 The House resumed discussion Of the railroad bill Maintaining that the railroads constituted a trust, Mir Pou