New-York tribune., 1909-02-11
COUNT ELECTORAL VOTE
TAFT and SHERMAN FOh-
MALLY CHOSEN.
Result announced tn Joint SESSION
of Senate and House-Wfs-
consin's Mistake.
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rFron, the Tribune BureauI
washington Feb io.-wilam Howard Iaf,, OF
Ohio and James Schoolcraft Sherman Oh 80,
York were formally elected Presioeh' aLo L-. :.
President of the United states in the aouse o-
REPRESENTATIVES to-day. The electoral votes Weio
counted and the count was ratified by ootn ereN0
OF Congress IN joint session -, a.,
Had tbe certified votes come TO the Capitol oy
cs--aar an horseback through the wild outIylns
80. - 4. os5t,,rx, go the ceremony could hardly
have been more solemn and Impressive tna' ~ ~
witnessed by the two bodies and the galleries. -
flowing with Washington's best known WOMEN io
only here and there could a man De seN,,as.
amid the dense clusters OF plumes and leatheIs. @
The array of color was bewiderins ana mac tne
day been one OF springs peasantest ins'eao o IN
OF the most disasreeable of the winter no hio,0
radiant audience could have gazed on the
lators after raincoats had been discarded ana uii
p-allas laid aside One thousand admission cdros
were issued and go women and thirty men os
actual count viewed the ratification 4he ms "
delightfully."- ernbarrss sssng audience tnat ever EiSt
the CAPITOL" said the veteran General kelter. Ie
exaeutive gallery was well filed, Mrs. LoneWorln'
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Secretary ana Nafs' ~
berry Miss Carol Newberry and MISS E'nel .y nNii
more being among the occupants tne uiPlo,i".e s
gallery contained representatives from a,ose hrse
every country of importance "hlie e'e1'
point of view crowded. . -v.a.
The House was nanifestly dressed up. lheio
were moro frock coats than on any o'her o00aSi0
this session more white ties more creased TROUSERS
few the derelicts VINO olo Aot "O0-
few. were they who we're not self-conscious even
while seated.
Mr. Sherman occupied his old seat IN the 1ron'
row. while his colleagues were packed aDou' nm
in close quarters, that the Senators lnish' 'ia
undsputed possession OF the Cherohee P
The House was in cheerful mood. prepared 10 10
honor to the next Vice-President with applause
and cheers It hoped 10 signaie the event oy
expressing itself vociferously. but this was not "
be for the presence of the Senate brought with 1t
the dignity OF the upper house
THE SENATORS ENTER.
At l o'clock the vice-President and the Senate
we're announced and in moment the doors swung
open and Mr.. Fairbanks entered At once tne
solemn dignity OF the occasion manifested itself
the galleries were awed and quieted and the House
was hushed Followed by the tellers. Senators
Burrows and Bailey, and the other Senators arm
in arn1 the President proceeded TO the Speak
ers table, where he sat at the right Of MI cannon.
The Senators. led by the veterans Hale and Teller
took seats near the front OF the chamber, and the
gavel fell
The announcement of the votes followed immedi-
ateIy Senator Burrows read that Alabama cast
her eleven votes for Bryan. and some undisrnayed
Democrats applauded. Mr.. Fairbanks rose, welded
the gavel with solemn emphasis and said:
THE Chair is obliged suggest that all manifes-
tatons applause approval are In contravention
OF the proprieties Of the occasion. They offend
against she dignity and decorum OF the great trans
action proceeding in the presence OF the chosen
representatives Of the American people The Chair
is confident that a repetition OF this admonition
will be unnecessary
This was enough erectually suppress ali en-
thusiasnn until after the Vice President and the
Senators had departed California gave the fret
Taft votes. and there feeble attempt at cee-
braton by two Republicans but they
brought 20 realize the Nervousness Of their ofencs
by the gavel Of the Vice-President and the frowns
NJ Raro% -
Missouri. Democrat. one Of the House tellers.
forced to read that his state had gone Repub-
lcan everybody smiled. Senator Burrows then
unoonsciously announced that Nebraska had cast
its vote for Taft. His tails were Immediately
pulled by Representative Gaines, the other House
teller, and after brief pause, he corrected the
error, much to the relief Of the Democrats who
feared that early returns had been myths
Senator Bailey called attention to the fact that
the certificate of Wisconsin read that the vote Of
that state was for William II. Taft. of New York
and James S. Sherman. Of New York Mr. Bailey
said: of course, under the Constitution it is not
permissible for a state for a candidate for
President and vice-President from the same state
but your teers perfectly understand that this IS a
clerical error" He asked that the telers be au-
thorized to report the of Wisconsin as having
been cast "for the william H. Taft for whom ali
the other electoral votes were cast There was no
objection and the Vce-President directed that the
vote be recorded for William H. Taft. Ohio.
THE RESULT ANNOUNCED
The tellers then reported that William II. Tart
and James s. Sherman had received 32l votes and
William J. Bryan and John ". Kern 162 votes
TWO hundred and forty-two votes necessary
to elect The Vice-President announced that Taft
and Sherman had received than tho requisite
majority and that this announcement of the state
of the by the President of the Senate shall
deemed sufficient declaration OF the persons elect
ed President and Vice-President of the United
States, each for the term beginning March 4. 1909
and shall be entered together with a list OF the
votes on the journals OF the Senate and House OF
Representatives
The vice-President then declared that the husi-
which had brought the two houses together
had been completed. The whole proceeding
sumed just forty minutes.
The retreat Of the Senate made in some dis
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