Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-12
SENATE AND HOUSE IN "yoiNr
CONVENTION" CANVASS
ELECTION RETURNS.
GRAVE FoRMALlTY
MARKS PRocEEDINos
Senator Bacon, Presiding Officer Of
the Senate, Prssidss At Joint sss-
sion - Senators March to House,
Where Ballots Ars Counted by Tell
srs Selected From Two Houses.

Washington. Feb. 12.-Congress to-
day declared Woodrow Wilson elected
president of the United States, and
Thomas r. Marshall elected vice presi-
dent.
The electoral vote certificates opened
in the presence Of the house and senate
sitting together showed that Mr.. Will
son and Mr.. Marshall received 435 cleo
toral votes, that Theodore Roosevelt,
for president, and Hiram w. Johnson.
for vice president. received SS votes.
and that William Fl. Taft, for president,
and Nicholas Murray Butler, for vice
president. received votes
The official count took little more
than an hour.
Washington. Feo. 12.-The last step
toward the formal inauguration OF
Woodrow Wilson as president ana
Thomas r. Marshall as vice president
came today with the opening. verify
ing. and counting Of the electoral votes
cast {: the various states. The proc
lamatinn made as the result OF this
count in the hall Of the house OF rep
resentatives constitutes the formal no
tice to the nation that Wilson and Mar
shall received a majority OF the elec-
toral votes.
The certificates from the states. each
sealed in the envelop in which 1t was
delivered, were taken out Of the senate
vault early today and put into DIG
rosewood box to be carried to the
house chamber. The house and senate
had made arrangements by formal
orders to suspend business shortly ar
ter / o'clock and assemble IN tho
house chamber in the Joint conven-
! tion's provided for by the constitution
/ FoF1ma,ity n maT:xs P:seeeain9e=z
Two senate, pages. William +. Jur-
gensen and Nelson G. Carlisle, had
been designated to carry the box oi
| electoral votes ahead OF them In the
line of march decided on by the Of
ficers Of the senate. Then came
at Arms F. L. Cornelius. ana
Immediately behind them Senator Ba-
con, presiding officer of the SENATE
Secretary Bennett and the members
OF the, senate In a double column.
Formally attended every stage OF
the proceedings leading up to the count
Of the votes. Senators Dilingham ana
MARITIME and Representatives RucKef'
OF Missouri and S. w. Smith. OF Mich
igan, had been appointed tellers lot
the respective houses to canvass ana
count the vote. Their places had neeh
arranged directly in front OF the SPEAK
er's chair where they took the place
OF the house clerks during the pro-
eress Of the joint convention.
Bacon Presides Over Convention.
The honor OF presiding over the con-
yention fell to Senator Bacon. A CHAIR
at the left provided place for Speaker
Clark and house members had ar
ranged to yacate the first four rows OF
seats at the right Of the speakers desk
to make room for senators.
The program provided that the sen :
ate carrying the electoral vote should
bc met at the door Of the house by
| Doorkeeper Joseph j. Sinnott, and oe
announced to the members or the
| house, they receiving the visitors wltn
| a rising welcome. The electoral Vote'
borne by the two pages. was required
| to be delivered direct to the speaker
desk, where the presiding officer OF the
| Joint convention took charge or IT,
opened the certificates, asked II any
! collection" had been filed to any state
| vote, and hand the formal certificates
| to the tellers for counting.
Bacon issues Proclamation.
The total vote as ascertained by the
| te,lers constituted the official total OF
tho Wilson and Marshall electoral vote
The Official proclamation by Senator
Bacon prescribed in form by the rules
governing today's proceedings was US
! follows:
This announcement OF the state OF
| the vote by the president OF the senate
| shall be deemed sufficient declaration
OF the persons elected presidnt ano
Ivicc president of tie United states 10:
the term beginning March a. 1913. ana
shall be entered together with hs'
Of votes on the journals of the two
houses"