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Till: ELECTORAL VOTE CONTEST
The Result oi the Meeting of the State Electors
Last Monday.
THE 12,011 AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED BN THE TOTH OF FEBRUARY
The Official Vote Will Be Declared By the Vice President on That
Dey, But the Official Figures Arc Probably
as Given Below.
Just a wor.l with those of our subscribers who guessed In the electoral vote con
test. In which $?•■•• will be distributed by The Constitution of February 10th.
On November X MSC was the great battie of the ballots to decide who should
be president over American citizens; the choice of the people expressed
that day was practically known before midnight, but the official steps that re
mained to be taken thereafter, were necessary to make this choice a legal and
constitutional fact. The first thing to bo done after the electors were chosen In
November was the meeting of the electoral colleges tn the various states; this
meeting was at the capttol of each state In the union on Monday last, January
12th.
• keying the law provided In the United States statutes of 1792, IW4 and ISB7.
the «!uly ci «• n electors of each state in et on January 12th and performed their
d. .gnated part In the great conatttutlo nal drama. After organization, each elec
, d for president and vice president in the briefeet possible man-
ner .-ml tn ide written st tvnients in trip licate of the result of their labors. Two of
th- tatetretits of the votes cast, accompanied l»y certificates of their election,
tl . et. rs sent to Vice I‘resident Ad lai K. Stevenson, one by mail, the other by
th» lends of a r>-jw.nsil.le m* ss.-ng.T. whom they named at their sitting.
