The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-29

/ and IN the following year IL was IN
yelled with appropriate ceremonies
ope, deliberately decorated. and bound
/ with d bright red ribbon. The enyel-
opes range in size from New FORKS.
which IS a couple Of feet square. down
| TIC the tiny one sent by Texas, which Is
no larger than q letter E. young woman
might send in accepting an invitation.
/ In few fstances the votes vera
| brought here By electors Judge Minor,
| one of the electors in Utah, who was
also a witnes IN the SInoot case. was
| the messenger from his State Vermont
sent all its electors, five in number, and
! they had decidedly pleasant trip
In California, the honor OF being the
| electoral messenger was so highly
priced with its long journey all the
way across the country and back again
that It was decided to hold an election
for the place Twenty-one ballots were
required before q selection was reached
Messengers Of All Kinds.
The Oldest messenger was B. s. Rus
| sell. Of North Dakota. who is eighty
| three years old. The next messenger
TO come IN with credentials was q
I twenty-two-year old man from the
/ West, accompanied by q young woman,
who seemed SO much Ike a bride that
no questions We're asked by the Senate
J officials
President Rooseveit's former ranch
foreman at Medora. 8. D., was the
messenger from that State. AID was
entertained at the White House At
lunch
From surrounding States the electoral
votes were brought In by the following
messengers;
West Vfrginia-The Hon. George Wise,
| sixth in ortier of arrival, On January IL
| Virginia.. G. Hawkins. the eleventh
j TO arrive, on January L.
-Maryland-J. c. Bowernaa, twelfth 70
reach here, on January H.
The Formal Ceremony.
The opening OF the joint session in
| the Hall of Representative VIII be a
most impressive ceremony.
| There Will be procession, At the head
of which will be carried the two beauu-
full mahogany boxes holding the cleo
| torai votes. The boxes viii be orna-
rnented with silver corners and have
silver stars inlaid in the top. with small
pieces of ornamental wood The boxes
are row nearly completed and are the
work of the Senate carpenter.
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will come the Senate Sergeant-at-ArEns
and other officials OF the Senate.
All the members of the Senate VIII
move over TO the House to see the count
ing of the votes. The House will give
up the front seats on the right OF the
presiding officer for the accommodation
of the statesmen from the other end or
the Capitol This viii be done with re-
Iuctance, many Of the Representative
thinking that the back seats are goo0
enough for Senators, as thar IS Wnefo
1.-The Representative are located Wheh
thew. officially visit the Senate chamber.
But the pre-eminence OF the upper
house is not open TO official question, no
matter what individuals may think De-
fore they reach its sacred portals.
Frye to Weld Gavel
President pro tenn Frye viii again en-
! rhasize this leadership IN the eonoaeI
of the proceedings, for although ne anu
/ Speaker Cannon are TO preside 1oinSs,
, the latter viii be az the left hand OF
Frva- TeIlers on the part OF the TWO
houses VIII then proceed 10 break open
J ,izs envelopes. read the certificates and
, arrounce the votes. The President pro
rem. has named as teliers for the Senate.
senators Burrows (Rep9, and Bailey
Inem !. both members of the COMMITTEES
on Privileges and Elections Speaker
e-,nnoy,s appointees on behalf OF the
House OF Representatives are Gaines OK
West Virginia and Russell of Texas
1t IS customary 70 name a Democrat
and Republican from each house. Bnl
this rule was not observed IN 1876. wheli
the dispute over the election OF Hayes
occurred In that year. owing 10 me
suspicion entertained by each party. par
! TIRE RSD0O-
Ifcan Senate selected two Republicans,
and the Democratic House chose TWO
Democrats
IN Alphabetical Order.
: The ballots will be opened in alphabet
! zeal order, beginning with Alabama me
: eI.tire declaration OF the board or cleo
! tors Will be read. together with stare
naent OF the number OF votes cast lor
each elector This forrnality WIZ De oo-
: served only with the returns from TINS
one Sra+s The votes OF the others VIII
merely be announced Af-er al the
erveIoDes have been opened and totals
: added rlp. Senator Frye viii announce
I that Theodore Roosevelt and Charles
I Warren Fairbanks. having received $50
Z electoral votes. as AGAINST ife Votes Tor
Alton r. Parker and Henry Gassaway
: Davis. are elected, respectively. Presi-
! dent and Vice President OF the United
= States.
( The votes of the electors become part
Z of the archives of the Senate, and are
: cared for by the secretary OF that body.
The wooden boxes in which they Will
: he carried TO the House become the per
2 sonal property of the Senate's presiding
i officer. Mr.. Frye already. has the two
= boxes that were employed fer this pur-
: nose in 1901, 50 that his friends in the
!, upper house are beginning to chan hs=H
I a bout exercising due caution and SELF
restraint lest he get into the habit of
accommodating such historic keepsakes at
s succeeding countings OF the electoral
st feu--year intervals, indefinitely