- . «r- itn will rise upon the third act of choosing the president on Febru
ary : I*’-?, at I o'clock In tie afternoon; th® dramatis personae will be the sena-
.... ( | r , .. r . -tentative* oft! • Vnited State* in joint session; the scene will l» laid
lt , . of representatives In the n. tlonal < apitol and the audience will -ot.-
» d. r d only of the actors, hut all th.- dignitaries and curious people who tan
cf. w.i into the spacious aud terium named.
«-t the m-mtng of February h. Vico President Stevenson nnd hfs prlvite
r-. r. .ary will carefully uni. k the little safe, the sealed packages will l»e •un-d
«r. r to Mr. Alonzo 11. Stewart, of iowa. the assistant doorkeeper of the senntc;
i. • will dep -sit th<- paeli.-g, ii. Iwo wooden l~<x«-s used as the receptacles in which
t- • arry th. vot, s from the electoral safe in th- vice president’s ch.-imb, r to the
. ..< repr. -ntativ where they will be counted. Shortly after
m „ n February loth th.- polished rosewood ballot boxes, r-trong
!y I. ked, will be brought Into the presence of the United States senate With can
, !■ ruble cvr-monv; at live minutes to 1 o'clock the senate, formed in a mareh
it g i-..y. will go In proc- --ton to the hall of the house of r* present a tlv< ■* v. th
Mr St-wart nd the boxes of «h*clor.tl ballots in the midst of the body, and the
uniformed «r pitu! police will trank by the side of the grave ..nd reverend ren.Ht.
