The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-16
CONTINUED From Last Week
CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.
TT was that fateful second We'd
nesday in February" specified by
- the laws of the United States of ~
America the day which the Of 49,
fetal election OF a president was to @S
take place. The national capital
thronged with those who had ~
to witness ceremony which, e.
in ordinary times, would have been =
devoid OF interest and perfunctorlly
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performed and hushed murmur
heard the length OF the Streets Il - 3
spreading from the distant confines ii n
OF the Potomac up across the sward n
around the stately shaft dedicated to M
Washington, and. beyond it to me ~ sN
very heart of the colossal gray build FNY
ing which stood an emblem OF sMk
government.
In the representatives hall gallery
seats had long been at PREMIUM IN
and for days now there had been ~
obtainable. Even men OF nflu- $3.50
who had been tardy in making
their applications met denial. AS
the set hour approached, the ave- $500.
nues around the capitol building be- - Efff
closely congested that it re- x3kk
qured botn tact and obduracy on the XsEM#
part of officers to hold an open way
to the poors where sergeants-atarms n
scrutnized each pass. Hours before.
it had become known that neither OF FIFTY mel
the party leaders would be present, but
would instead remain in their homes.
And, too, it became known that fifty seats had been
reserved, divided into equal sections in opposite
from the two south Alaskan delegations. This mad
been done for the avowed purpose OF fair play that
in the event OF contest neither side might accuse
the other of having barred it from the deciding
ceremony
Unlike other gatherings which had marked the
campaign, the waiting crowds We're not silent but
on the contrary, everywhere, were arguing with
another over the coming possibilities. 1t nad
become certainty that the official election hinged
on the decision regarding the Alaskan electoral
vote. Furthermore, it apparent that by the
law tca1f here q
decision Each party, from the facts known, had
reasonable grounds for believing that its electors,
qualified by either the lieutenant governor or by
the governor himself the case might be. were
entitled to recognition. If the votes OF both We're
thrown out, thus robbng the state of its
right of representation owing to this unfortunate
dispute it would swing the election as certainly
if either party were recognized II, as tenn
porting expedient for the sake of harmony, the
vote was divided it would still change the fate
of the nations policy, while leaving the way open
for allegations of injustice fraud. So, the whole
country in waiting, nor could national hol-
iday of any character have drawn more men scat
tered the entire United States from their ndi.
vidual task to points where news might be dessem-
mated. Over the immense country betting the heart
of continent, the farmer left his pow the weaver
his LOOM the machnist his machine, and sought
place where he might know the result OF
this unprecedented condition. and like those masses
gathered around the scene itself. each man felt
convinced that his side OF the contention was
right, that the party to which he belonged had
in reality won the presidential victory.
A the favored drove through the open
lane, blue-lined and restless, which was massed
around the entrance to the hall OF Representa-
tives, their names, if known. were waited in ad
with much interest as if they were to
have important part in the days preceding.
Grace Lester, accompanied by the Wife and son
of the postmaster-general entered this ribboned
way. The postmaster generals coachman, liveried
broad shoudered muscular and erect, had his
hands full to curb the speed OF his restless. nerv
Gus, crOp-taied horses With arched neckS and
frothhecked bits they swung into the last reach
of the capitols drive. The girl, shrinking back
into the corner, as though anxious to avoid obser
walton, we'll groomed and dainty; but the
white face and tired eyes told only too plainly o.
the strain under which she had labored. The
wife OF the postmaster general was calm, placit