Excerpt from Every-Day Life in Washington: With Pen and Camera Long road which ends at the National Capital - How the American people follow the steps of those who tread it - Seeing Washington in the mind's eye before the inauguration Choice of Electors by the States Momentous day when vote is counted by Congress - The joint session Keys that unlock the people's ver dict - Counting by the alphabet - Tellers and their duties - Incidents in an historic proceeding - Making known the result - How the successful candidate learns of his election as President - Description of the count in the earlier days of the Republic - When the House elects - Disputed electoral count.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.