Cantwell then appointed four tellers, two from each side. Two of them, one for, and one against, the measure, were then directed to count the number on each side.
"Form a line, and march between the tellers to be counted," added the chairman.
The business was done fairly, for each party was watching the other. The tellers on each side, after comparing their results, and finding that they agreed, were ready to report.
"How many in the affirmative?" asked the chairman.
"Eighty-eight," replied one of the tellers.
"In the negative?"
"Eighty-one," replied one of the tellers for that side.
"Eighty-eight having voted in the affirmative, and eighty-one in the negative, the motion is carried," said the chairman. "The next business in order is the appointment of the committee. How shall they be chosen?"
"By the chair," shouted Scott.
"Second the motion," added a student.