230 



CONGRESS. (COUNTING THE ELECTOEAL VOTE.) 



ate of the United States nor the House of 

 Representatives had conferred any authority 

 upf the President of the Senate to^ake an 

 declaration. There is no law, within the 

 knowledge of the President of the Senate, 

 which provides for any proceeding, except the 

 Constitution. The President of the Senate 

 was of opinion, and still is, that a concurrent 

 resolution is not a law ; and if the concurrent 

 resolution providing for this occasion had con- 

 tained any direction to the President of the 

 Senate that was inconsistent with his views of 

 constitutional duty, he would have been bound 

 to disregard it, or preferably, as he certainly 

 would have done, he would have resigned his 

 office and allowed the Senate freely to elect 

 some gentleman whose opinion coincided with 

 that of the majority. No Senator need feel 

 bound as a precedent by anything the Presi- 

 . dent of the Senate said. He was exerting a 

 constitutional duty in opening the certificates 

 and superintending the making manifest of 

 what they contained ; and he stated on his 

 own responsibility, and on that of nobodv else, 

 the negation of an implication that might have 

 arisen from a different statement of thl result ; 

 that is all." 



Mr. Hoar offered the following resolution, 

 declaring the result of the electoral count, 

 which was referred next day to the Committee 

 on Privileges and Elections: 



Whereas, the Senate having met the House of Rep- 

 xesentatives in accordance with the fifth section of the 

 act of 1st March, 1792, relative to the election of 

 President and Vice-President of the United States, 

 and the electoral votes having been opened by the 

 President of the Senate in the presence of the two 

 houses of Congress and counted by the tellers ap- 

 pointed on the part of the two houses, and it appear- 

 ing that the whole number of electors appointed to 

 vote for President and Vice-President of tne United 

 States is 401, of which a majority is 201 ; and it fur- 

 ther appearing that Grover Cleveland, of New York. 

 had received 219 votes for President of the United 

 States, and that Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, 

 had received 219 votes for Vice- President of the 

 United States, which number is a majority of the 

 votes of the whole number of electors appointed, and 

 the same having been duly declared by the President 



the PreS6nCe f the tW h USeS: 



English, Follett, Garrison, Geddes, Gibson, Graves, 

 * reenlef ' **>< * 



Resolved ly the Senate of the United States, That 

 the Senate is of opinion that the Constitution and 

 laws have been duly executed, and that no further 

 declaration of these facts is necessary. 



In the House, after the report of the tellers 

 in regard to the proceedings of the -joint con- 

 vention to count the electoral votes i Keifer; 



Unio, presented the same resolution, mutatis 

 mutandis, which, on motion of Mr. Cox, of 

 .New York, was laid on the table by the follow- 

 ing vote : 



nett Blackburn, Boyle Brainerd, Broadhead, t. M. 



Johnson, B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones 

 Lanham, Long, Lore, Lovering, Lowry, Lyman, Mc- 

 , Maybury, J. F. Miller, Money, Morgan Morse, 



old, 



, . . , , , 



n ^ 



" 



Pryor Pusey) Kanney, Reagan, Reese, "Robertson 

 W. E. Robinson, Rockwell, J. H. Rogers, Russell, 

 Ryan, Seney, Seymour, Shivery, Singleton, Spriggs, 

 Springer Steele, Stevens Charles Stewart, J. W. 



** ^$%^&$^J^ 

 A . J. Warner, Richard Warner, Weaver, Wellborn 

 Wemple } Wilkins, Williams, Willis, W. L. Wilson, 

 John Wmans, Wolford, Wood, York, Young 137. 

 NAYS-G. E. Adams, Anderson, Bingham,Bi s bee, 



Clay. Connolly, Cosgrove.W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, 

 Cutcheon. Davidson, G. R. Davis, R. T. Davis, Dib- 

 We pingley.Ellwood, Eraientrout, Evans, Everhart, 



Hart, riaynes, Hemphill.T. J. Henderson, Hepbur 

 G. W. Hewitt, Hiscock, Hoblitzell, Holinan, Holmes, 

 Horr, Houk. Keiier, Ketcham, Lawrence, Le Fevre, 

 McCoroas, x - M Conn n k 'i M JS U ' 



land, post, Potter, Randall, Ossian Ray, J. W. Reid, 

 Rice, Rowell, C. R. Skinner. T. G. Skinner, A. 

 Herr Smith, H. Y. Smith, Snyder, Spooner. Stephen- 



y T 



Townshend. Tully, H. G. Turner Oscar Turner} 

 Valentine, Vance, Wadsworth, Wait, Wakefield, 

 Ward, Washburn. Milo White, James Wilson, E. B. 

 Winans, G. D. Wise, Woodward, Worthington, Ya- 

 pie 113. 



NOT VOTING Arnot, Atkinson, Barr, Belford, Bel- 

 mont, Blanchard, Bowen, Bratton, Breckinridge, 

 Breitung, Buckner, Chalmers, Cobb, Collins, Cook, 

 Craig, Curtin, Deuster, Dunham, Ellis, Ferrell, Fo- 

 ran, Funston, George, Glascock, Goff, D. B. Hender- 

 son, Hitt, Holton, Hooper, Howey, James, J. T. 

 Jones, Jordan, Kean, Kclley, Kellogg, King, Kleiner, 

 Lacey, Laird, Lamb, McAdoo, Matson, S. H. Miller, 

 MilliKen, Mills, Mitchell, Morrison, Murray, Nelson, 

 Ochiltree, O'Hara, Pjayne, Pettibone, Phelps, Price, 

 Rankin, G. W. Ray, T. B. Reed, Rigers, J. 8. Robin- 

 son, W. F. Rogers, Rosecrans, Shaw, Slocum, 

 Smalls, C. A. Sumner, Throckmorton, Weller, J. D. 

 White, Whiting, J. S. Wise 73. 



Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, then offered the 

 following concurrent resolution, which was 

 amended by striking out everything but the 



fi rst paragraph, and was passed as amended: 



/. \, ' , / ... 



Resolved ly ihe House of Representatives (the Senate 

 concurring)^ That a committee of two members of the 

 House ^ appointed by the House, and one member of 



g^^,^^?^ stte^o? Ne^io^k^nd tS 

 notify him that he has been duly elected President of 

 the United States for four years, commencing with the 

 4tn da y of March, 1885 ; and also to notify Thomas 

 A. Hendricks, of the State of Indiana, that he has ' 

 been duly elected Vice- President of the United States ' 



2 . 'That the President of the Senate do make out 



8nd 8ign a certiflcate to tho words following : 



Cov- 



CEBTIFIOATE OF ELECTION. 



Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clements, Converse, 



ington, S. S. Cox, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culber- Be it known that the Senate and House of Repre- 



son, Dargan, L. H. Davis, Dibrell, Dockery, Dors- sentatives of the United States of America, having 



neimer, Dowd, Dunn, Eaton, Eldredge, Elliott, been convened in the city of Washington, on the sec- 



