The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXI i Paper not 0 be taken from the Library, + e+ PRICE FIVE CE DRMALLY CANVASSED | 1 Senate and House Jointly Count the Electoral Vote, | | STATE RETURNS READ BY TELLERS, A Few Humorous Incidents Give Animation to the Solemn Ceremony. SOUTH CAROLINA'S VOTE NOT Q CHALLENGED. McKinley and Hobart Declared Duly Elected President and Vice- President. WABHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—For the purpose of counting the electoral vote, | the members of the Senate, headed by Sergeant-at-Arms Bright and Assistant Layton, appeared at the main door of the House on tie north side a few minutes be- | fore 1 o'clock to-day, and were announced | by Doorkeeper Gilenn. Following the | Vice-President and Secretary of the Senate | Cox came the doorkeepers, carrying the | mahogany boxes containing the sealed electoral returns from the several States. The nestors of the Senate, Morrill of Vermont and Sherman of Ohio, headed tely in front of the Spe The other Sen ising to tk er and to his | the Repre- | eet, found their places in the first four rows on the east | = TR A side of the b Atone minute before 1 |closed by the document before them, o'clock Vice-President Stevenson calied | thereby mach condensiog the formal pro- the joint conmvention to order, Speaker | ceedin ¢ at his left, and Senators | Senator Lodge infused a temporary usetts and Black- | streak of merriment into the proceedings and Representa- | by inadvertently casting the vote ot Mis- urn (D.) of Kentuck tives Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio and Richard- | souri for “W. J. McKinley” instead of son (D.) of Tennessee, the tellers of their | W. J. Bryan, but he promptly corrected ive bouses, in front st the clerk’s | the error. enson said: “The Senate and House of Representa- | It fell to Mr. Grosvenor’s lot to an- nounce the nine votes of Southb Carolina tives bave met together in joint session, | for Bryan and Sewall As he did so an pursuant to the constitution and laws of | expsctant silence fell unon the ascembly. the United States on this day appointed | But not a whisper of protest was heard for the opening of the certificaies and | Mr. Grosvenor declared that the certif- counting of the votes on electors for Presi- | cate appeared to be in proper form and it The certificate of Alabama will d by the teliers.” Senator Blackol certificate of 1t elec inf by him was. n thereupon read the e vote of the Alabama ult announced iam Jennings sident and 11 ur Sewall for Vice-President. £ »age al wiih Senator Blackburn in the rea but without in- more ation into the ! As the count progressed and b tetlers, Messrs. Grosvenor and i n, took & the reading of the f text of the certificates was aban- doned. the tellers confining themselves to 2 simple statement of the resultas dis- ~der' and Vice-President of the United | was accepted. | Senator Sherman—I move, Mr. Presi- dent, that the reading of formal certifi- cates be omitted in the case of the re- maining States. The Vice-President—Unless objection is made the certificates of the remaining | States will not be read, but the result will be announced by the tellers afier they | bave satistied themselves of the correct- | ness of the returns. The tellers then in rotation announced the votes of the several States. tellers, opened and the certificate ex- amined. This required a minute or more, the intervals being passed by che | members and visitors in conversation. | The en- | velope in each case was handed to the COUNTING THE VOTES THAT MADE MKINLEY PRESIDENT. the procession and took the seats imme- | T'he Senate and House Met in Joint Session at Washington Yesterday to Canvass the Returns From the Electoral College. Vice-President Stevenson Presided Over the Deliberations. | There were no surprises in the announce- ments, the electors having voted as it Was pected they would when chosen last November. Mr. Grosvenor's etatement that Cali- fornia had cast an electoral vote for Artbur J. Sewall of Maine for Vice-Presi- dent of the United States evoked several questions as to the accuracy of the “J,” but no formal action was en. It also fell to Mr. Grosvenor's lot to an- nounge the vote of Ohio, which he did with a show of satisfaction manifest to all. The call of States having been com- | pleted, the Vice-President said the tellers would announce the result of the vote. This was done by Senator Lodge and ae- livered to the Vice-President The Vice-President said: “The result of the vote for President of the United States as delivered by the tellers 1o the President | of the Senate is as foliows: The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President of the United States is 447, | of which a majority is 224. William Me- Kinley of the State of Obio has received | for President of the United States 271 | votes. William Jennings Brysn of the | State of Nebraska has received 176 votes. “The vote for Vice-President of United States is as foliows: The whole number of electors abpointed to vote for | Vice-President of the | of which a majority i Garret A. Ho- bart of the State of New Jersey has re- ceived votes. Arthur Sewall of the State of | Thomas E. Watson of the State of Georgia | has received 27 votes. “This announcement of the result of the S | vote by the Presideat of the Senate is by | law a sufficient declaration that William | McKinley of the State of Ohio is electea 1 Continued on Second Page. MR AND MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN, Who Expended Ncariv $400,000 on a Single Social Function at Their New Yorz Home. the | ited States is 447, | Jaine has received 149 votes. | SNOBDOM I REGL EIRE Dazzling Splendor Marks the Bradley-Martin.. . % Ball. GOTHAM'S HOMAGE TO ITS RULERS. | In Court Costumes Hundreds of | the City’s Smart Set Dance. WEALTH RESPLENDANT IN ITS GLITTER. | | | Richness of tae Decorations Amazes and Charms the Guests at the Dance. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The Bradley Martin fancy dress ball took | place this evening in the spacious ball- | room of the Waldorf Hotel. The mise en | scene was of bewildering enchantment, a veritable fairyland, resplendent with all that wealth and taste could command and graced by the presence of many hun- dreds of members of the fashionable set, radiant in rich robes of historic renown. The richness of the decorations, the ancient picturesque costumes, the beauti- ful allegorical toilettes, the commingling of 80 many beauties, old and young, As & superb social function it has had no parallel in America. Itsfame may pass into history and perhaps 1ts spiendors beiles and gallants of the coming century. The scene presented was a strange specta- cle in the up-to-date metropolis. At the first coup d’oeil one would have imagined the graves had opened and the kings and queens, the princesses and the titled aristocracy of the decayed centuries | had arisen in chorus to again become | themselves in ail their old-time glory. Perhaps there were 700 guests present, all gorgeously garbed in silks and satins, be- decked in diamonds. Almost every character times of Lounis XIV and XV, from the plebeian peasant to the jewel-crowned king and queen, were personated. They | presented imposing fi:ures, dancing the stately minuet or whirling in the merry waltz. Numeroos weie the pseudo Marie Antoinettes, Queen Elizabeths, Lady Tea- zles, Gismondas, Juliettes, Joan d’Arcs, Empress Josephines, Mary Queen of Scots, colonial dames, Knights of Malta, cardinals, Romeos, toreadors ana cava- | liers, all in costumes of the costliest fab- (rics and witn marvelous truth to detail, The Marie Antoinette ladies preaomi- nated. America’s historic notabtes seemed sadiy neglected, even the Father of His Country, George Washington, being hon- ored by only two representatives. Aside from the beauty of costumes in- terest centered on the unprecedeated dis- play of jewels, many rare, old, priceless family heirlooms being worn. There is no estimating their monetary worth, but they certainly represented vast fortunes. Many of the women scemed ablaze with their sparkling gems. | The guesis began = arriving -about 11 of note in the will be written down as the standard’ for | o’clock. They entered the hotel through a private door on Thirty-third street and | were immedintely ushered to the second | floor, where a suite of fine large apart- ments had been reserved for dressing | purposes. Here were stationed numerous | halrdressers, costumers, modistes and all | functionaries required for the final polish- ing toucbes of the exquisite ontfits. | These rooms were decorated with a pro- | tusion of roses and smilax. | After the guests had assembled and | made ready for the grand entree, they'de- scended the flower-strewn stairways to the reception parler on tne main floor. As they passed through the arcawsy they were met by the hostess, Mrs. Bradley Martin, who stood bemeath a canopy of rich tapestries d floral effects. Mrs. Martin wore a becoming costume of the Queen Elizabeth period, made of black | velvet over red brocade. ' She was adorned | with all her magnificent jewels, including her famous rope of diamonds. | As the guests approached their names |and the characters they impersonated | were announced by lackeys. The walls of | the reception room were covered with | costly tapestries of the daintiest colors, | while myriads of roses carelessly strewn | decked the folds as they chanced to fall. | In one corner was placed the Hungarian band, hidden behind a bower of long- stemed roses. The guests moved from this saloon through the corridors, which had been made to represent a woodland, lighted by | scores of miniature incandescent lights, to tbe big ballroom. The decoration of this room was also a work of art and the illu- | minauon brilliant. At the end of the room was a balcony, handsomely adorned, in which was stationed Victor Herbert's orchestra for the dance music. It was near midnight before the Quadrille de Honneur, the opening number of the ball, was danced. It had been ordered by Mrs. Astor. John Jacob Astor was the | King of the night and Mrs. Bradley- | Martin the Queen. They led the quadrilie, and at ome side were Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Robert Van Cortland; at tie opposite end Miss Gerry and J. Townsend Martin and M Whitney Warren ana Lispenard Stewart. The opposite side couples were: Mre. Orme Wiison and Harry Lehr, Mrs. Lee Tailer and Craig Wadsworth, Miss Lena Morton and Cen- ter Hitchcock and Miss Madeline Cutting and J. J. Van Alen. Following these came the Mrs. Edmund Bayles quadrille, which was participated in by Mrs. Ogden Milis, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbiit Jr., Mrs. Henry Sloan, Miss Edith Morton, Miss Van Rénssalaer, Miss Alfonse de Navarre, | H. D. Robbins, Worthington Whitehouse and others. Then came the debutante quadrille, all the dancers wearing costumes of the Louis | Quinse veriod. Quadrilies were danced | to the slow music of the minuet, and the different figures were executed with grace and precision. General dancing was then indulged in. | Supper was served in the Empire dining- | rooms. The table were prettily decorated with roses. The cotillon after supper was led by Elisha Dyer Jr., who wore a cos- tume of the veriod of Francis I. It con- sisted of a cloak of royal purple, a coat of the same material richly decorated with gold embroidery. The tights were of vio- let silk aud he wore a hat with large ostrich feathers. ‘The gray streaks of dawn were strug- gling through the windows of the Waldorf before the last echo of ‘‘Home, Sweet Home” bad died in the floral-scented room, and the greatest ball in Gotham's historv was ended. There were guests from out of town, small parties coming from San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington, Bos- ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore. From Washington came Count Vinci of the Itatian Embassy, as the Duke of Guise; the Misses Wetmore; Mme de Fraynsac, as a ludy of the Directoire pe- riod; Stewart Brice, as George Washington; Mrs. Brice, as - Cath- erine de Medici; Frank Anarews asa gentleman of the court of Lonis Seiz; Mrs, Bessie. Davis, pink and white; Miss Alice Rochester, niece of Mr. Bradley L Continued on Second Page. CUBK'S FRIENDS RALLYING, Veterans Offer Their Aid in the Cause of Freedom. VOLUNTEERS COME BY THE SCORE. Mayor Phelan Will Appoint a Committee to Arrange for Meetings To-Day. A PIONEER GOES ON RECORD AS A SYMPATHIZER. Secretary Mascherini Praises “The Call” for Its Assistance in Securing a Successful Conelusion—Preparing for a Mass-Meeting. The movement in this City to assist | soul for Cuba, for only that kind of ma= the struggling Cubans in their fight for ; terial can do the cause any good. liberty and independence has taken a| *Ireceived to-day a visit froma most fresh impetus since Mayor Phelan met | remarkable man. His name is T. B. the promoters of the plan, Messrs. | Cunningham and he lives in this City. Mascherini and Jones, and agreed to co- | In 1848 he joined the movement that was operate with them by taking hold of the | started in the Southern States in favor of .matter and appointing a committee to | Cuba and with others - started to embark head the movement. | for the island. Through some mistake a For the past few days Secretary Mas- | portion of the expedition reached the coast cherini has been overwhelmed with letters | ahead of the others and embarked, leaving offering sympathy and assistance, and many of those interested in the cause have called personally to tender their aid and services. Mr. Mascherini was deep in a letter to Colonel Ethan Allen, who has charge of the New York headquarters, last evening when called upon. ““ There is no question of our succeed- financial assistance,” he said, * and even now I find it very hard to keep up with the correspondence. | am even now writing to the New York sympathizers telling them how well we were received by Mayor Phelan, and how THE CALL has helped us to get the movement started. ““Until THE CALL took the matter up we made slow progress, but now it is go- ing swimmingly, and we shall have as ing in helping the Cubans by moral and | ]thc detachment behind. | “Those who succeeded in reaching | Cuba were captured by the Spanish war- | ship Pizzaro, and laid down their arms | under a promise that they would receive | fair play and a just trial, and within a few days, without the semblance of a | trial, they were shot down like dogs in | Havana. “Yet this man is willing to start to- morrow to fight for Cuban freedom. That is but a sample of the offers we re- | ceive, and | feel assured that within a few | weeks we will have all the men we can | accommodate. *“To-morrow President Jones will call on Mayor Phelan to get the names of | those who are to be appointed as a | committee, to thank the Mayor for the |interest he has taken and to learn his | wishes in regard to the mass-meeting in much as we can handle to properly use | favor of Cuba that is to be called very all of the aid offered. soon. ““We are not taking all that comes toour | “With the assistance of THE CALL hands. There are those who offer aid and | we will make that mass-meeting the sympathy who have not the right ring J greatest that was ever held in San Fran- about them, and we soon see their true | cisco and will do the Cuban cause much character and reject their offers. | good.. “Then there are many more who give | ‘‘The speakers will be prominent men, us confidence and we accept them freely. | and we will have something tangible to We want only those who are heart and | show those who attend.” San Francisco, Feb. 10, 1897. Mr. Faust Mascherini, Sec. of Local League for Cuban Liberty. Dear Sir: Being an old pioneer, and loving the great and noble State of California, and proud of our Mayor, yourself and other sympathizers with the suffering and down-trodden Cubans, in their fight for freedom, I feel that the least I cando is to enroll myself as one who is will- ing to be known as strongly in favor of the extension of human liberty, and the greatest possible enlargement of personal freedom. I wish to unite in my feeble way, with you and other pioneers, in this grand and patriotic movement, in the supreme effort to so influ- ence our Congress, and the incoming adminis- tration, as to cause them to legislate in the interest of the suffering patriots of Cuba, as to at least, and as soon as possible, to recognize them as be lligerents, and place the American Nation on record “as favoring human freedom everywhere in the land. I feel deeply interested, and only wish I could take a more active part. I remain yours in sympathy, M. M. Willis, 541 Parrot Building. CUBAN BONDs SECREILY SOLD. Bow the Insurgents Have Raised the Sinews of War' CHICAGO, 111, Feb. 10.—An afternoon paper makes the statement that between $15,000,000 and $25,000,000 of Cuban re- public bonds have been secretly issued and sold in the United States and Europe during the last year by the Junta and its agents, the secrecy being explained by l the question as 10 whether the placing of such bonds on the market was not a violation of international law, This state- ment is said to be on the authority of the Cuban Junta in New York. It is said that bonds are being sold in Chicago through the chairman of the Cuban committee of one hundred. New York and Parns are said to bave been the best markets, a single remittance of $135,000 having been received from Paris. The purchase price is said to have been mostly a sentimental one, fifty being asked and as high as fifty- one received. A large number of come f