Show fORMAL 1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF oi THE TE ELECTORAL VOTE Taft and Sherman Declared Elected at Joint Session of Co Congress gress Presided Over By Fair banks Washington The The two houses ot at congress met In joint session In the hall of or representatives at 1 o'clock on Wednesday February 10 formally to declare the election of William Howard Tart Taft of Ohio and James S. S Sherman of New York to io be president president dent and vice president of the United States respectively Vice President Fairbanks occupyIng occupying occupy occupy- ing lag a seat on the right of Speaker Cannon presided After announcing the purpose of ot the gathering he unlocked un an- locked the wooden boxes containing the electoral votes extracting and opening them In Alphabetical order by states As the votes of each state were opened they the were handed by the vice- vice president to the four tellers tellers Sena Senators tors Burrows and Bailey Dalley and Representatives Haines laines and Russell who Russell who proceeded to count them The count concluded the result was announced to the presiding officer showing electoral votes votes' for Taft and Sherman and d votes for Bryan and Kern The vice-president vice U then n inquired 1 It there was any protest against the vote as ai announced and there being none he formally announced the election of Taft Tart and Sherman The fhe joint session then ended the members members mem memo bers of the senate returning to their hall ball for Cor the regular transaction of ot business Vice elect Vice Sherman was the recipient of a demonstration which attested his popularity In the house |