The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
BALLOTS
FOR PRESIDENT
Wilson and Marshall Formally
Elected President and
Vice President.
MARITIME IS ON THE JOB
House and Senate Meet in Joint Ses.
sion and Complete Job Started
Last November.

The quadriennial joint convention o
the House and Senate of the United
States met yesterday in the Hall of Rep
lresentatives. AS a result of their ont
hour and twenty minutes OF joint atten
ton a constitutional function was per
formed, all the statutory provisions Incl
dent TO the election of President and
Vice President of the United States were
completed. and Woodrow Wilson be.
comes In fact. as well as In phrase, Pres
ident-elect of the United States.
| Officially Gov. Wilson does not know
of the honor that has been thrust upon
him by $50 members OF the National Leg
| isiature in joint convention assembled
Senator MARITIME of New Jersey, however
blew in % cents for a telegram announc-
| ing the result of the Congressional de-
| lIiberations, and fears that the President
elect might not present himself for inau-
guration three weeks hence were quickly
dispelled. ~.
So far as Vice President@ Marshal is
| concerned, no one knows yet whether
he has been officially advised of the
honor. but IL there is any doubt about
his coming Senator MARITIME stands ready
| to step into the breech and spend some
more of his Senatorial salary for notih-
cation dispatches
| Shortly before / o'clock, while Speaker
| Clark and other members OF the House
| of Representative were engaged in a
| conversations, and Representative Gra-
| ham of Illinois, who represents the San
CANON district. made famous by the
great emancipation having once repre-
scented Il in "A Congress of long ago. was
I nrp,-fding N fnripa1 nhliglfn the
| life and works of his illustrious prede-
cessor Doorkeeper Joe Sinnott rushed
madIy into the hall OF the House and
signaled to the Speaker, Here they
come"
| They was-or were-the Senate of
the United States headed by the Ser
geant at arms of that body with Senators
Bacon OF Georgia and Gallinger OF New
Hampshire. joint presiding officers at
the top of the line. Behind the presiding
officers came two pages. little fellows
in dark blue Norfolk jackets and broad
white collars, each bearing a big in
laid mahogany box. The little fellows
walked with steady tread and an air
OF mysterious Importance.
Bacon wIeIds GavcI.
Senator Bacon then went up to Mr..
Clark's position and shook his hand.
4 ne SDtdhtI utliNtItu tdNtl lliNe eAAt
keeping Of the Senator Z, who raped
loudly once on the desk and the joint
session came to order.
Senator's Dillingham; Of Vermont. and
MARITIME of New Jersey. then aScendcd
from the Speakers right and Represent
atives Ruckcr Of Missouri, and Young
Of Michigan. from his left. Senator Dill
ingham opened the proceedings. He
read the certificate cf Alabama in N
even colorless voice and told the con-
vention that Alabama cast twelve votes
for Woodrow Wilson. of New Jersey.
for President. and Thomas r Marshall.
Of Indiana. for Vice President. He pref
aCed his statement with the remark
that the certificate Of the State Of Ala
bama seemed to be in regular form
and duly authenticated and this phrase
olOEy was adhered to by the other
tcllers in announcing all the votes. Re
preventative Rucker read the certificates
Of Arkansas. although he called it
Alabama correcting himself. then
called the President-to-be William Will
son. corrected himself again. and finally
inserted a ''W'' in Gov. MarshaIrs name
and let that go. The assemblage was
in a giggle when the Missourian had
finished
To Representative Young of Michigan
fell the honor of announcing the first
Roosevelt vote and the only split vote of
the count. California cast eleven votes
for Theodore Roosevelt. of New York,
for President of the United States, and
two for Woodrow Wilson. She split the
Vice President Vote the same way. No
applause greeted California's announce
ment.
silence il Broken.
From this point on the States were re-
corded in monotonous sequence until
New Jersey was reached. II was not
Senator Marines turn, but he took il,
thanks TO the courtesy of Senator Dill
lingham. The New Jersey vote had come
in big parchment envelope. The seal
had not been broken and Senator Mar
tine was uncertain what TO do. He hand
ed the packet to Senator Bacon, who
quickly broke the seal and handed il
back Then Senator MARITIME took the
certificate from its casing. It was a
bulky document. big enough for the
blanketing of a three-quarter bed and
plentifully decorated with yellow rib
bon. The Senator enmeshed himself in
this for minute and finally got mat
ters untangled and in voice that was
intended to be one of thunder, but really
shook with uncomfortable Joy, read that
New Jersey had voted all her electoral
votes Tor WOODROW Wilson. For the first
time the rule of silence was broken and
floor and gallery gave way to a genuine
burst Of applause
When Representative Young opened the
Utah package and read that Utah
casts four votes for William II. Taft, of
Ohio. for President, and four for Mich
olas Murray Butler, OF New York, for
Vice President" there was a semi-audi-
bic smile passed over the joint conyen-
ton. Then Representative Billie Calder
of Brooklyn started the handclapping
which spread through the ranks of the
Republicans and over to the Democratic
side of the champer. Senator Bacon
left the applause run its course
Senator Dillingham; read the vote of |
Vermont for President Taft and DIR. But |
Ter. and the remaining States followed |
without incident
Bacon announced that Woodrow Wilson 1
and Thomas r. Marshall had received I
each 435 electoral votes out of the total |
number OF JS1. which was 16s each more |
than necessary for a choice. and that |
they were therefore, duly elected Pres
ident and Vice President of the United /
States of America, respectively He re-
cited that the Roosevelt and johnson
votes were eighty-eight for each candi-
date. and the Taft and Butler vote eight |
for each candidate
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