The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-12
WINNER RECEIVES
TOTAL OF 4S5 VOTES
Teddy Scores SS and Taft Comes in
at Tail Of Procession With 8
Proceeding Purely
PerfunctOry
TELEGRAM BY United Press

Telegram by United Press
Washington, Feb l2.-The perfectly
perfunctory but highly important task
Of declaring Woodrow Wilson and
Thomas R. Marshall elected president
and vice president respectively, OF the
United States, was performed here to.
day at joint session OF the senate and
house. Officially Wilson and MAJ Shall
hadn't been elected until after today S
session The meeting was a highly
dienified affair, as befitted a ceremon-
ial prescribed by the constitution. The
president pro tempore Of the senate,
Senator Bacon, sternly announced that
there must be no applause from the
floor or galleries, but occasionally
some enthusiastic individual had the
temerlty TO ignore the order
The Joint session held that Wilson
received ass votes in the electoral col
lege, Roosevelt SS. and Taft 8
Rigorous procedure, prescribed by
the constitution and supplementary
statutes. was strictly followed in to-
days canvass Of the votes 1t was
the supreme and final act Of law really
making Wilson and Marshall the ma
tion's executives for the next four
years. The Inauguration to follow y
but the formal attestation by oath Of
the new executives promising obedi-
euce to the constitution and laws Of
the country and faithful execution Of
their trusts, and their ceremonial in
duction into office.
One o'clock was the hour set by law
today for the formal canvass OF the
votes. Long before, in fact early this
morning, eager crowds Of spectators
bombarded the doors OF the house gal
lery to secure entrance Admission
was limited to those bearing members
cards.
4 The ceremonies today were entirely
4 in the house chamber. as prescribed by
law in 1887. Before noon every avail
able seat in the public galleries, stair
ways and outer corridors We're filled
with struggling, seething humanits
Hundreds stood outside, able only e
hear the mnffled droning Of tho
formal counting Of votes
The senate end Of the capital was
deserted. Long before O'Clock
sprinkling oil senators were on th'
house floor Promptly at o'clock
Senator Bacon Of Georgia, acting pres
! ldent pro tempore of the senate, an'
named by law to preside over the join
+ session, mounted the speakers ros
! trum. The gavel was turned over Z
! him by Speaker Clark, Bacon the
Z formally announced the purpose OF tn
2 Joint session-to canvass the vote
! cast in the electoral college Januar
1s and ascertain if a president an
+ vice president had been elected las
/ November
Speaker CLARK took a seat at Bacon
+ len. The senator's were seated at th
L rieht OF the rostrum and the represer
i tatires at the left -Four tellers-tw
+ each from the senate and house-occ'
Pied seats at the desk of the clerk 6
2 the house With them We're seate
+. Clerk Bennett of the senate and Cler
+. rrimble OF the house Other officer
III Of the senate ana house, marshalled ,
ID the respective sergeants at arms wei
II assembled on either side Of the pla
form
se On the speakers green baize de'
" was a high stack Of papers and seal'
Of envelopes. These contained the off
Us ial certificates OF the electoral vote
sent BY mail and messenger to =
president and senate.
. "The canvass Of the votes will NC
> begin Senator Bacon announce
! hushing the loud hum Of conversati
: which swept from floor to galleries
I A clerk began opening the enyelop
+ at Bacons elbow These were
= ranged IN the alphabetical order Of
= As states. They were read by Bac
= and passed to the tellers at the eler