The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-10

ht Hcli''l"d 10 the p~icSidtnt OF me
senate Boo por-.n It Washington
ouc s forwarded uy p~ostufticc 90
the president oi th, sonat-.
The third is deposited with the
judge of the district court ~ the lis
'trlct ia which the electors assemble
rms las, .s g ~pr,CautlHu tJhcn IN ease
the other PACKAGE mi-,atrt. an which
event . special messenger Is sent from
Washington to get the ulokagc left
with the district judge.
No privilege ct governmental Of
fi.crs has been the subiav, Of SUCH
dIsputatiuu a. that Of "countins the
vote 81 the electors after Us delivery
To- the president of the senate. To To-
1876 there were many who contondcd
that tn" president Of the senate. hv
reason OF being named as the officer
&" receive the votes. had the rifh.
either u count thrm at At least, to
participate ia the count INC who'll"
matter catuc up fur review ii tho Til.
Don election ana samuel J. Tiid,l
himself prepared Il legal lr,cf upon
the subject, q copy ~ which was
Igiycn To- every member If congress.
II forever exploded the ia "a that Gao
president OF the senate was or ,ycr
had been authorized 20 cuun. the
vote or 90 do anything Jut To- receive
and open them
The act Of congress ui F,1rua.y g..
1884, was afterwards passed. 10 settle
al disputes as to IA, procedure and
the authority To canvass and count
the electoral votes. This act provides
that congress shall be- In session on
The second Wednesday in February
succeeding the meeting of the cleo
tots ia their respective states. The
senate ana the house shall meet IN
Joint session at O'Clock on that
day u the hall Of the house Of repre-
scntttN'a. Previously two tcllcrs are
to bee appointed 10y the house and two
oF the senate For the purposes of
prcsorNlug order the president of tho
senate Is e. preside over tho Joint Sos
sion lie takes the speakers hair
Tho speaker sits Immediately 10 tho
left ot the president ct the senate.
u senators sit iu the body OF the
hstll upon tho right of the PRESIDING
ofh'er IA" representative. upuu tho
'lcit The president Of tho SENATE
then opens the votes 81 t1c different
electors. IN the alphabetical order of
the states. aud hands them over 20
be oounted aud To- report the result.
In the event Of objections being made
to the voters Of any of ti.,sc cloetors
the objections must D.. mace IN writ.
ing o. signed by q member Il each
house For the purpose ~ consider
INK the objections tho senators must
Withdraw 10 their hail and each
ody consider the objections sepa-
i-icIN. % uulcs. the two sodies. act.
ing eonrurrcntly. agree that the vote
or votes challenged have" not beca
iegul0rly given by tho electors As GER
t'iI"d. IN" vote or votes must be fo-
c"ifcd and counted clear and com
plete provisions for every pntingency
'i contests is made in his act.
Afcr the fun vote has been an
roun"cd by the trIIors tu, president,
"t the senate makes urIcl verbal
l,'unI" uf 90. %trIlcr- r,port an.
states tHtt tu, winning ,aud.dat.
h'n'us nim-for picsidcu, has rc.ci,
ed a majority OF the votes of thc cleo
tors aud appears by that vote 90
have been elected president Of tho
ult'I states and tho same with re-
gard +" tho vice president care hay
ing been taken IN his announcement
mot 'u lt'o an, legal conclusions.
'u' lm3. tIo bar, facts disclosed Joy
the %toilcrs .au.uss ~ the votes
Aud-oh y,s-a presidential ,l,r.
tor receives tine same pa, ana mite
age is ID member Of the state lcgis-