Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
In Joint Assembly.


ceeded to its chamber.
In Joint Assembly.
The Senate and House of Representatives
in joint assembly this afternoon, in the hall
of the House, made the official count Of the
electoral vote of the various states in the
November election. Senator Frye Of Maine,
president pro tempore of the Senate, pre-
sided, and almost the entire strength of
both houses of the national legislature We're
in attendance. From the vantage ground OF
the executive gallery Mrs. Roosevelt, wife
of the President and Presfdent-elect; MISS
Alice Roosevelt and Theodore, 3r, vleweo
the proceedings with apparent interest anu
pleasure. Mrs. Fairbanks, wife or senator
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana, the
republican Vice President-elect. was also
member Of the party in the executive gal
lery.
and in the other reserved galleries the
wives and daughters Of representatives ana
prominent officials, out-of-toWn Vlsltors
and well-known members OF washington
society lent their aid to making the Quaa-
rennial event most noteworthy one
The proceedings took just forty minutes,
and at their close, amid applause OF the
republican senators and representatives,
who acted as If they had just heard the
news for the first time, the presiding ON.
Ger announced that out of the 476 electoral
votes cast President Theodore Roosevelt
and Charles Warren Fairbanks mad re-
ceived 1856, and Alton b. Parker ana henry
G. Davis 40.
A Vast Crowd Of Spectators.
A vast crowd was at the Capitol and 1t
was a wise act that reserved the seats IN
all of the galleries and provided for ad-
mission by card only. At 10 o'clock the
throng of visitors began to congregate IN
the halls and corridors of the Capitol, and
m hnc nfpo
the formal ceremony, every seat was occu-
pied. Most of the spectators were or the
fair sex, and their gowns and jewels, their
elaborate wraps and hats and the flashing
gems on hands and wrists and at throat
and on corsage formed a striking contrast
to the dull mahogany of the desks. the
neutral tints of carpet and upholstery ana
to the mellow light that filtered down INTO
the chamber from the stained glass above
On the floor the session of the House
from II o'clock until 1 o'clock was de-
voted to general debate on the railroad
rate bill, which will be voted on tomor-
row. and the spectators found but little
to interest them In an oft-discussed and
formal subject. But just little while
before the hour set for the joint assembly
to convene Representative Grosvenor Of
Ohio came to their relief with his fund
of light and airy persifiage.
The Senate Arrives.
| At five minutes of 1 o'clock the commit
| tee of the whole arose and reported to
| the House. and promptly at 1 o'clock the
| main doors of the chamber were thrown
open and Doorkeeper Lyon announced
| The President pro tenn. and the Senate
| of the United States"
Then the members of the Senate filed in
| while the House stood, and occupied the
| first four rows of seats on the minority
| side. Speaker Cannon surrendered his
| gavel to President Frye, the handsome ma
l 1{,,f,. tha rnd1 yfi 10 lc
the several states were brought to the plat
| form, and the presiding officer called the
| aSsemblage to order.
Tie tellers. Senator Bailey Of Texas ant
| Senator Burrows of Michigan, and Repre-
sentative Gaines of West Virginia and Rep
| resentative Russell of Texas, took thei
places in front of the presidents desk. TIL
presiding officer then announced that with
| out objection he would open the credential
| of Alabama. When Senator Burrows real
the formal document and announced tina
the vote of the state had been cast TO
Alton B. Parker Of New York and Henri,
| Gassoway Davis of West Virginia, Their
was brief and feeble applause from tn
democratic side. Then the formal inspec
ton of credentials and reading Of result
continued without incident until Missouri
was reached.
Applause for Missouri.
At the first mention Of the name Of tn
state that in November last broke ava.
from the ranks of the solid south the re
publican side of the chamber broke int
spontaneous, enthusiastic and long-contin
ued applause. Again, when President Fry
had turned the papers over to Senate
Bailey and the latter had read the resul
the applause was taken up and continued
and still again when the totals were an
! nounced there was an outbreak. Senate
| CockrelI of Missouri, the veteran states
man, who will soon leave the Senate afte
| thirty years service to become a membe
| of the interstate commerce commission
was sitting in the front row Of seats O
the democratic side Of the chamber, an
| his countenance was one continuous smil
from the time the first mention of hi
| state was made until the frantic applaus
on the republican side had died away.
The Totals Applauded.
The members of the various state dele
: cations united in little perfunctory al
plause when the results from their respet
! tive states were announced, but the ne,
general outbreak came when Senator Bale
; read the credentials Of the state of Texa
Purposely, or accidentally, ne put unusu'
and unnecessary emphasis on the ar
. nouncement that the lone star state ha
. cast its electoral votes for Parker an
: | Davis, and the deafening and extreme
t | good-natured applause that followed whe
he sat down came 1mpartially from bot
! sides Of the chamber.
The totals mentioned above were the si
| nal for more applause from the republics
/ side, and then the presiding officer al
| nounced that the convention, having a
complished the purpose for which it W;
called together, was declared dissolved. NJ
Frye further announced that the off1ci
record of the proceedings in the Congre
k sional Record would be considered sufficiel
? notification of the action of the joint Sc
sion. The senators then rose and filed bae
: to their own side of the Capitol.