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' they th < , y did dllJ dirt nothing of theeort the theeorl thesort eorl sort They only voted for a group of men c'lllc clllc called calledPresldential calledPresidential ' Presldcnthl Presldential electors and nnd those these men presum'lbly presumlbly presumably presum'lblyha presumablyhave presumablyhave ' ha have e already alre'ldv alreldv alreadv ' voted for Roo Roosevelt < ; evelt and G'lrner Glrner Garner Garnerfor G'lrnerfor Garnerfor ' for those offices But the actual nctual election doesnot does doesnot doesnot not become official officinl until tlie the afternoon of reb Feb Febmuary rebruarv February ruarv muary S when the two houses honses of congre congress < ; s meet meetIn meetin meetIn In j joint wt ses session < ; lOn and go through throngh the ceremonv ceremony ceremonvof ceremonyof ceremonyof of counting the clector-il clector il elector'll electorll electoral ' - votes and find the th ( ' VicePresident Vice VicePresIdent VicePresident PresIdent proclilms procI'llms procIllms proclaims ' the fact fnct tint th'lt thlt that ' tlie the Demo Democratlc Democratie Democratle cratlc cratie candidates candld'ltes candldltes ' in the 1912 lYi2 election had the thelargest thelargest thelargest largest number of or electoral votes ' and 'lnd lnd there there- therefore therefore therefore - - fore \ will Hill m be Inducted Inductell into office offire on1rch on ' March \1rch 1rch \ ! ' 4Like 4Like 4 Like so many other otber oflicial ot11chl ofhca1 } ceremonies in gov gov- government government OT- OT OTernment - ernment , , the February rebru'lry rebrulry r'ebruary rebruary ' ' 8 S election 'election ' " 1 Is < ; nothing noth .Ing Ing . In ing " but a make mahe believe bellee belle\ belle \ e and under its W 145 14 ; vearold vear vearold e'lr elr e'lrold ' old old10'ld old load 10'ld 10ld ' of tr1 tradition Itlon nn and custom , . Vice Ylce Presl Presi Presldent President Prcsident dent Charles Cl1'lrles Cl1lrles Clnries ' Curtis and nnd Speaker Spealcer John N G1rner Garner G1rnerhe's Garnerhe's Garnerhe's Garnerhes ( he's hes ' speaker spenler , one minute ' and 'lnd lnd the nett ne"Ct neCt next " mInute mInutehe's minutehe's minutehe's minutehes he's hes ' Vice Ylce President Precldcnt Presidentt ; ' ) become companions comp1nlons in ahollow a abollow ahollow bollow hollow , but official officwl pretense prctcncc ; . . . Side Slrle bv by ; side clde and andin andin andIn in the presence of several sever'll severll ' hundred hundre 1 < people the thetwo thetwo thetwo two leading le'ldmg leldmg ' candidates C'1ndld'ltes C1ndldltes ' ' for Vice President PresHlent wi11 will wi11nct willact willact nct act for 30 minutes as 1S ' is though thou h the result rc u1t of theircontest their theircontest theircontest contest had h3d not 111 alieadv alreidr e1d\ e1d e1dh \ " h been ( > en known hnown for four fourmonths fourmonths fourmonths months and e everybody evervbodv eT\ eT eTbod \ bod\ bod bodelse \ " else will Hill \ 111 help lend a n asolemn nsolemn asolemn solemn dl dignity nlty to th the ( > proptv Prnpty pmpt " ceremonvThe ceremonyThe ceremony ceremonv The only new thln thing about nbout the \ whole hole busmess business busmesswlIl businesswill businesswill wlIl will be two new bores hoes hoses ' { which a ' \ carpenter , 1.n 1n qn 1.nemployee qnemployee . anemployee employee of the tbe United Umtcd States St'ltes Stltes ' senate semte sengte , . Ins h'le hle has ' ; be begun begun begun gun preparing prep'1rIng prep1rIng ' soon after tlie the November Noember , electIOn electIOnTbev electionThey electionThey Tbev They arc are made ID'1de ID1de ' of the finest fine--t fine t - m'1ho m1ho mahoginv mahogtnv ' ; : , mv nnd and nndhav andhave andhave hav have ; brass bracs brnss ; handles h'lndles hlndles ' As soon ' as 1S is thev the\ the then the1re \ ' are 1re finshed fin finIshed finIshed Ished shed ! they are sent to tlie the office of Vice Prest Presi Prestdent President Prcsident dent Curtis , where they will sill \ ill rest until untIJ it is timeto time timeto timeto to receive 48 huge envelopes emelol1es which have h'1ve h1ve ' ar arrIved arrived arrived rIved in to Washln Washington ton some time during J'llJuarJ JllJuarJ January JanuaryThese JanuaryThese ' ' These envelopes em"elopes emelopes " contain cont'1ln cont1ln ' the \ votes totes otes of members membersot membersof membersof ot of the electoral elector'll electorll ' college chosen chocen ; on November 8by S Sby Sby by citizens cltizens in the stales st'ltes stltes states ' from \ v ' hich hlch the en enTelope3 envelopes envelopes Telope3 velopes cameThe cameThe came cameThe The only on1v person in the United Ueltect States 3t'ltes 3tltes ' ' who has hastbe hasthe hasthe tbe the authority to open those envelopes em elopes is thepresident the thepresIdent thepresident presIdent of the senate sen'1te sen1te ' ( the Vice Ylce President of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United Umted States St'1tes St1tes ' ) ' and 'lnd lnd e\ e even een \ en lie he is Ie ; not allowed allowedto allowedto to learn their "secret secret " ' ' until the second cecond ; Wednes Wednesday Wednesday Wedncsday day In February rebruary rebru'lr rebrulr ' : and md then only on1\ on1 on1In \ In tlie the pre presence presenceof presenceof < ; ence enceof of the members of tlie the t\\ t two t0 to \ 0 houses houces ; of con congressBut congress congressBut ress ressDut But Dut the legt legislative legiclatite < ; lathe mill mm must grind out a acertain acertain acertain certain piece of legislation lrngishtion l " I < ; 1'ltJOn 1ltJOn ' before Lefore even this can canbe canbe canbe be accomplished nccomphsbed So the first step neces necessary < ; 'lr lr ' necessaryto to the election elechon is taken when a minor sen'lte senlte senate senatecommittee sen'ltecommittee senatecommittee ' committee labors hbors and br1D brings s forth a resolution resolutionwhich resolutionwhich resolutionwhich which provides for Cor the tbe joint session at whichthe "Mch Mch which "Mchthe whichthe " the ballots are to be counted Then Tien T en the sen'tte sentte senate senateadopts sen'tteadopts senateadopts ' adopts the resolutIOnSoon resolutionSoon resolution resolutionSoon Soon thereafter lbereafter , . members m.mlJers mmlJers mcinbers ( . of the senate line linetlp linerip lineup tlp rip seniority.Then seniorityThen , two abreast and In the order of seniorIty . . Then startthe . , " with "ltl1 ltl1 dignity dlgnltv setting the pjce 1).1ce 1.1ce 11ce pace ) . tliev they start startthe startthe the march from their chamber chamher to that th'1t th1t ' of the bouse house thehouse thebouse of representatives represent 1ti\"C 1ti "C C Uivcs \ ' " < ; , , located 10c'1te 10c1te ' 1 < 500 fiOO feet In Inthe inthe Inthe the distance distanceGrim dl distanceGrim tance tanceGrIm Grim adherence to the letter of the rule rules ruleswould ruleswould . would thetwo call can for ror tlie the Vice President to carr carry carry the two ballot b'1Uot b1Uot balIot ' boxes at the head bead of the tbe p\rndl p rndl parade paradewith ' \ " paradeTrith 'WIth WIth ' the secretary secret1r , of the senate sen1te and tlie tIle the scrge'1nt scrge1nt sergeant sergeantat scrge'1ntot ' ot at arms of the senate sen'lte senlte ' a step ctep ; or so behind hC'hlnd hChlnd ' him himThe The theory Is that the ballots b'lllote blllote ' ; must be he in to the thecustody thecustody thecustody custody ofthe orthe of the Vice Pre President ldent , , as pt pfcsldent ptesldent president esldent or of the thetime senate . , , and nnd In his custodonlv custody custod\ custod \ onlv only , . from the time they tlJeY arnvc nrr1ve arrive ' at 'It It it the Capitol In practice pr'1ctfce pr1ctfce ' , , how however however however ever , the vote laden boxes boxeJ : . are carrI carried ( > ( ] by twot two t boys-chosen boys chosen boys - chosen from . among 1.mong 1mong the senate sen'1te sen1te ' whomarch ewhomarc11 igewhomarch p l ige-who ige who igcs e-who e who " ' . - marc11 march at the head of the double line of senatorsrour senatorsFour senators senatorsFour Four rour years ; ears n o the ago procession began beg'ln begln ' to mo.e moe move mo.eat moveat moveat . thehouse thehonse at 54 minutes past noonllh noon \ with \\llh llh \ arrival arrhal at the honse house Sincethe 3Incethe chamber bv by 1 o'clock oclock o'clod oclod ' . imperative ImpC'T'1the ImpCT1the ' ' 3Ince Since ' the affair has many m'1ny m1ny ' years of guidance and e ex ' { expcrience experience perlence perience betwccn between behind It the siK sh six : minute Interval Interv'll Intervll ' be tween the first shuffling of feet atthe and nnd nrrh arrival al at the destination destln'ltfon destlnltfon ' may be regarded re arded as an 1n gn ' eshb estab 1Ished fished cstabllshed eshb1Ished estabfished orderThe orderThe order orderThe The votes and their tlJClr escort very erv consequential consequenthl es- es es- es es - - cort cau cause < ; e an initial Inlthl stir at nt the entrance to the thebouse thehouse bouse house chamber when \ \ hen a dooi dOOl doorkeeper keeper heeper announces to announcesto legIshtl"e legishitrre . thc the speaker spenler , that th3t the senate u\\ u ua awaits \ a It ' ) Thp The Th ( > leg lc ' Islative Ishtl\"e Ishtl "e e ishitrre \ " cquh equh equR ilcnt IIent ilent ' of Tell 'Tell ' them to come In In1'brings In1brings ' brIngs the visiting vI'IltIng vIIltIng ' contiUeCnt conUnblDt contingent to occupancy Occtlp'1ncy Occtlp1ncy ' of ofseats ofseats ofseats seats which \ hleb are assigned under precisel precisely wordedrules wordedrulesThis worded wordedru1es wordedrules ru1es rules ru1esThI'I rulesThis This ThI'I ThII ' stage .1ge 1ge . of the proceedings will find Mr Curtis MrCurtis mounting the dais d'lls dlls this ' ' at 1t it 1 o 0 clo clock h on lcb Peb lcbruarv Pebruarv Fobruarv ruarv rightof 8 S there to take his pl place 1ce < at the rIght of tlie tIle the speaker spe1l\er spe1l er . ' \ Thirty feet abo"eC5 above abo\"e abo "e e \ " e ( > eyes -C5 C5 - , cs of the thepress thepress thepress press and the galleried g'111eried g111eried gillerled ' public puul1c will gaze g'1ze g1ze ' nt at the theJ thepair thepair thepair pair of men who went event into November as op opposing oppo po posing lng political pohUcal candidates candlrhtes and came C'lme Clme time ' out of that thatmonth thatmonth J month vanquishedElection vanquishedClectIon as victor and Hod vanquished Presidentfor Election ClectIon of the President and nnd Vice PresIdent for the next term of four tour years ears should be com corn cornpleted jobwas cornpleted compleled pleled pleted within IIhln half hall an hour . . In 1929 1920 . , . the Job j was completed and the senate was waa back In tn Ita III its 1 1was " . . - - s : . " { ; . k kt t + r rY c < ' ' < it r j- j js ' 1ih : t , Y > , ' \ art 44i 44ir , "I I " I gal I " . 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'Roosevelt Roosevelt 'Rooseveltewn Rooseveltown ' { ) ewn own wn liall hall 38 3S minutes mmutes after tb the ; ; joint jomt session sessionop sessionopened sessionopened sessionopenedAt op opened oe [ openedAt At the rate r'1te r1te ' less tlian th'1n th1n ' one minute will be de- de devoted de devoted e- e - e"oted - voted \"oted "oted oted \ " to consldeiation consfderition con < ; ldel'ltJOn ldelltJOn ' of the \ votes ote < ; cast C'lst Clst ' b\ b by bthe btheelector \ the thee1ector theelectors theelector e1ector electors chosen dJOseo in each e'1ch e1ch ' state st'lte stlte slate ' Within that mln min mlnute minute minute ute I is I to h be ( > included the time reuh reriulicd required ( ] ell to moe move movethe mo\ mo mothe movethe \ e the en\ en enelopes emelOIeS envelopes \ elopes ) fiom flom from the mahogany m'lhoga'1Y mlhoga1Y malloga'iy mallogaiy ' ' ' boxes boles bo\.e bo.e bo .e e \ . < ; and andto andto andto to place them in ID the hands h'1nds h1nds ' of the Vice Pl Piesi Piesident Picsldent e'5l e5l ' dent ent , , as \ well \ ell as tlie the < ; seconds econds which "hlch hlch w " filch will sill \ \ III p\ss p ss pass passshlle passwhile ' \ shlle \ hIle the pI pioslding piesiding esfdln officer opens tlie the cm em envelopes envelopesand elopes elopesand 1nd and ' while wlule official othcl'll othclll ' tellers < ; scan cejn C.In CIn . the contents andtell nn and andtell ( ] tell \ what shat h'lt hlt ' theee tliev the\ the they ' \ seeUnder see seeUnder ee eeUnder Under theener'llJle the \ venerable \ener'llJle ener'llJle enerllJle ' plan phn the telleis tel1ms fin'111y fin111y finally fin'111y"dlscover finally"discover finally"discover finallydiscover ' "dlscover dlscover "discover discover " " the tile identities of tlie the men who slio \ \ ho net nest netare nestare ne\tare ne tare \ , are to be President and nnd Vice President Tlienames The Thenames Thenames names of tho those < ; e men ' are 1re tlien then ' announced 'lnnounced lnnounced by the thepresident thepresident tliepresident president of the senate Only when no c1ndl cindi c1ndldate cindidate candidate date receives recehes a 1 ' majority m'ljorlt mljorlt ' of or the votes voter cast C'lst Clst ' doeq does |