Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-09
TELL HARDING
HE'S ELECTED
Congress Officially Notifies
Successful G. O. P. Candi-
date of Success at Election

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9@Warren
Gamaliel Harding, of Ohio, and Call
win Coolidge, of Massachusetts,. were
formally declared today by congress
to be elected president n vice.
president of the United States for
four years beginning next March 4.
Thus was written the final chap
ter in the history OF the 1920 presi-
Dental elections. The scene was
laid in the chamber of the HOUSE of
Representatives with the Democra-
tic Vice-President Marshall presid-
ing. The occasion was the canvass
ing of the electoral votes cast by the
electors chosen on November 2-404
for the Republican candidates and
1877 for the Democratic candidates,
former Governor James M. Cox, of
Ohio, and Franklin u. Roosevelt, of
Hyde Park, New York.
The recording of the votes was at
tended by all the formality and SOL
emnity prescribed by the constitu-
ton and there not only were present
the members of the senate and
House. but many relatives and
friends of the successful candidates.
Two highly polished mahogany
boxes, inlaid with rosewood and
hollywood, were dumb actors in this
drama of democratic government.
Resting on the Vice-President's desk
they contained the official ballots
of the electors of the forty-eight
states. In alphabetical order. begin
ming with Alabama's vote, the re-
turns, in large envelopes blazing
with seals, were opened by the Vice
President, handed to the senate and
House tellers-one Republican and
one Democrat representing each
body-and read to the assemblage
and recorded.
At the conclusion of the announce
ments and tally, Nice-President
Marshall declared formally that Mr..
Harding had been chosen president
and Mr.. Coolidge vice president-in
official language that the announce
ment should "be deemed a sufficient
declaration of the persons elected
president and vice president of the
United States. each for a term be-
ginning March 4, 1921"
The joint session today was order
ed by resolution of both senate and
House. At l o'clock, led by two
senate pages carrying the ballot
boxes, the senate, following the Vice
President II escorted by its SER
geant-at-arms, secretary and other
officials, proceeded to the House
chamber, where they were an
nounced with ceremony, the House
membership rising as the senatorial
party entered. AS prescribed, by law,
the Vice President took charge of
the session, with Speaker Gillett
seated at his left and the senators at
the right of the chamber.
In opening the ceremonies Mr..
Marshall gave the usual warning
| against demonstrations by the spec
tators, a warning which always has
been honored in the breach until
the galleries lost their enthusiasm
under the verbal procession of for
NAL announcements by the four tel
lers.
The votes canvassed today were
| cast last January 10 by the electors
meeting in their respective states
land have since been arriving al.
most daily at the Vice PRESIDENT
office. Duplicate returns also have
been sent by mail and the law re.
quires that a third set be filed will
the federal district court of each
state. Among the personal mes
z who brought the ballots tc
Washington were women serving as
such for the first time in the
nations history.
A custom of procedure followed
today as usual .in the joint con.
session vas an oppor.
tunity for objections to the record.
ing of the votes. After each state:
vote was announced. the Vice Presi'
dent asked if there were any OBJ
| jections. These, by law, are requir.
ed to be in writing and, in event OF
filing. to be voted on by the Senate
and House separately.