The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
Dauis To Make His First Canpaign Speech I 7e Middle Yes
Duel Narrowly Auerted In
 Election 100 Years Ago
House Of Representatives Elected Adams Oyel
 Jackson Crawford And Clay


 the highest number of votes. Therefore, upon the House now devolves the duty of choosing a president from among these three men.
 F Investigation Thwsrted
 The House of Representatives granted Speaker Clay's request for an inyestiga- tion of the Clay-Kremer dispute, but < Congressional investigators of a cen Etury ago encountered the same obstacle which impeded their successors in 1924 l-refusal of the principal witness to tes- tify.
 Representative Kremer, Clay's ac- Icuser, declined to appear before the iil- quisitors, forcing the committee to re- port to the House that fit can take no further steps, nor does it deem further investigation necessary"
 On Feb. 9, 1s25-the day on which the House of Representatives was to elect president for the United States 1.-the doops of the United States capi- tol swung open to the waiting public an hour before noon: A thousand per 'sons raced into galleries of the House chamber. To another thousand persons guards announced, 'No more room"
 The fortunate thousand prized their seats doubly, for Representative Dan iel Webster of New Hampshire had tried to prohibit public observance of the election. Galleries were kept open, however, by group led by James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, conpara- tive newcomer to Congress, but later the nations president.
 Every member of the House was present, save one-Robert 5. Garnett of Virginia, an invalid. Diplomatic Corps members occupied seats placed along the chamber walls, as did Messrs. Stanley, Dennison and Wort ly of the British parliament. The House rushed through its rou- tine business and then passed motion 1 inviting the Senate to its chamber, so that votes of presidential and vice pres idential electors of the several states might be counted.
 Forty.Eight Senators Present
 Headed by John Gaillard of South Carolina, pesident pro tempore of the 1 Senate and the higher chambers sergeant at arms, forty-eight sem ators filed solemnly into the House chamber exactly at noon. Speaker Clay l invited President Pro Tempore Gaillard I to sit beside him beneath Old Glory. 1 Senators were seated in front of rep- resentatives. Clay then asked President of the Senate Gaiilard to preside over the joint session.
 Gaillard's gaveI brought the joint ses- sion to order and count of electoral votes preliminary to the election of a century ago-was under way. Ser geants at arms placed upon the presid- ing officers desk certificates received from the electoral college. Tellers-Sen- 1 ator Littleton W. TazeweH of Vir- ginia, Representative Philip P. Barbour of Virginia and Representative John W. Taylor of New York-toOk places at the clerks table, in front of the fehairman.
 President Gaillard first opened New | Hampshire's two packets, one received l by, mail, one by messenger. He handed one packets certificate to Teller Taze- well, the other packets contents to Tellers Barbour and Taylor. After com pairing the two documents, the tellers accepted and recorded New Hampshire's votes.
 Twice the minute hand on the House clock made its circuit before certificates from all twenty-four states were ex- amined.
 The tellers rose,. faced Chairman Gaillard and Teller Tazewell, reported {;
 We find the result of voting by elec- torial colleges to be:
 | For president
 Andrew Jackson ........A....,. 90 John Quincy Adams ............ S4 William H. Crawford ..s....... fl nenfy Clay .................J. g
 For vice president-5
 John 0. Calhoun of South Caro-
 ma ........... ..'...... .1S2 Nathan Sanford of New York .... 30 Nathaniel Macon of North Caro-
 ma ......... 24 Andrew Jackson of Tennessee IS tMartin Van Buren of New York. g
 John c. Calhoun of South Carolina declare duly elected vice president of the United States"
 The President of the Senate then returned the gavel to Speaker Clay and led all Senators from the chamber.
 Twenty-four ballot boxes were brought into the room. In balloting for President, the House must vote by states, one vote for each state. Sneak CT Clay explained. Members grouped themselves into state delegations, each of which received ballot box and bal loted to determine for whom it's vote would be cast.
 Anxiously were New York's 34 rem resentatives watched as they baIloted and as their senior member counted their votes. Because New York was in a position to name the President.
 Adams had been promised the votes of Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Louisiana. 4. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Mas. sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Maryland and Illinois-12 states. just one less than the majority needed to win the presidency. Half of New York delegation were for him: the rest were for Jackson, s.or Crawford. If that states vote remained undivided on the first ballot, no candidate would re- ceive majority and, on a later ballot, New York could cast it's vote for Adams and boast the honor of president maker.
 Winner Is Announced
 As soon as all groups had finished balloting among themselves, Speaker Clay called for the vote for president by states. Every delegation leader