Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1901 — ELECTORAL VOTE COUNTED, [ARTICLE]

ELECTORAL VOTE COUNTED,

Ceremony Take* Place at Joint Hess ion of Penate nnd Hoaie, The ceremony of counting the electoral vote for President And Vice-President cast at the election Inst .fall took plnee in the hall of the House of Representatives in Washington at 1 o'clock Wednesday at a joint session of the House •nd Senate. The method of counting the vote is prescribed with great detail by the statute nnd was followed literally. Great crowds thronged the gslleries to witness the interesting ceremony.