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TO THE WINGS or THE UNITED
STATES.

The Committee appointed by the Baltimore City
Wing Convention for the purpose of preparing ian
appropriate BANNER, TO lie presented to such
State Delegation (hlaryland exceped) in the Young
Mems Wing National Contention Of Ratification,
ITO Assem- lie in BALTIMORE on Thursday the second
"day Of May, lSl4, as shall on that occasion have
the proportonaby largest number in attendance,
having in view the Wing population of the several
Estates tested by the Presidential election of 1910,
and their respective distances from this city" res.
pectfully inform their Brother Wings throughout the
Union that the agreeable duty thus assigned to them
is nearly completed. banners in preparation,
which the committee have endeavored 10 make wor
thy Of the occasion, worthy alike Of the donors and
of the gallant Wings who are TO be the successful
competitors for is possession. 1t will bear upon lis
front admirable likeness of him upon whom the
eyes of the Union fixed in hope and expecta-
ton and who has always been TO use the words of
the motto upon our BanneD :" in all assaults, our
surest signal" Ii will be supported by an ASH
STAFF, cut at our request by the hands Of Henry
CLAY himself from the soil of ASHLAND.
1t is the object Of this address to invite on behalf Of
the Wings OF Baltimore an earnest and energetic com,
petition among the Wings OF the several states for the
possession of this Banner. I he Committee fltter
themselves that nrinslcally il will not be unworthy
Of regard-bu they feel assured that hereafter II will
possess far higher value, as the memorial of an oc
casion hallowed by the interchange OF wholchentied
fellowship among Brothers the political lnith
and which, for the importance of the transactions
there enacted, and the benefits resulting hereirom,
will be entitled 10 perpetual commemoraiion.
The Committee desire also to state IN advance the
principles upon which the Banner will be awarded.
It will be observed, that by the terms of the resolution
under which the Banner has been prepared, it is TO be
presented 10 the Proportionahy largest State Deega
ton h1rng in rietc The Wing rote Of 1910, and The
,elltire distance from the Gin of Baltimore.
The first particular of the calculation, Uhe Wing
vote) has been easily asccraned except in the case
Of two states, South Carolina and Rhode Island. In
South Carolina the Electors are elected by the lie.
,isature and there has never been test vote by the
people. In Rhode Island under the old Constitution,
which has been altered since the last Presidential cleo
ton, the qualifications for suffrage were so limited as
10 reduce the vote below that of Delaware, although
Delaware entitled to but half her representation in
Congress. Under these circumstances, the vote OF
| 1910 being manesy an unfair test, the COMMITTEE
nav I~tsr."nl le""e do question omen in raf'
until more definite Information can he had direct from
some Of their Wing friends in those states. They
were DESTROYS of obtaining the necessary particulars
before the issuing of this address, and had postponed
for that purpose: but the 81 of May being now so
near Mt hand, they deem it advisable TO defer its issue
no longer. Before the meeting of the Convention,
| they will endeavor to adopt rule which will be
just alike to the gallant Wings Of the two states ma
| med, and 10 those OF other states.
To determine the relative distances from Baltimore
of the several states the Committee have to the
conclusion that the farest and most equitable gene
raj rule they can adopt is TO take the mail route to
the capital of each state and to make the Post Office
| books the standard.
| Upon this basis the calculation is as follows -
| Make Delaware the starting point Her Wing popu
| Ia,lon is 5967-Dovcr, her capital is so miles from
Baltimore. The delegation from each other stntt
should be either larger smaller than that from Del
aware, in proportion to its greater or less Wing pop
ulaon, with proportionable reduction for ncrea
sed distance, or a proporonabe ad ion for de-
creased distance Thus:
| The Wing population Of New Jersey is 80 35l
which is $50 per cent of that of Delaware. There
fore for every 100 delegates sent by Delaware if iht
distances were equal New Jersey should send $50
But the distance fiom Delaware beng only 63 40 pc
cent of that from New Jersey, (Which is l26 miles,
New Jersey would he required 10 send only 63 40 pc
cent, of the number she must otherwise send that is
G3.4o per cent. Of $50 which is 355.
| Adopting this method Of calculation, the Commit
tee have prepared the following table for their GOV
| eminent in making the award.
| The first column gives the Wing population a
tested by the vote Of 1910.
The second column gives the distance from Balti
more 10 the Capital Of each Stale.
| The third column gives the proportion which tn
Wing population of each State bears to that of Della
| ware.
The fourth column gives the proportion which tn
distance from Delaware bears TO that from each othe
| State
The fifth column gives the number Of delegate
from each State required to equal one hundred dele
gates from Delaware, after taking into considerable
their relative population and dislnnce-,hat is to sa,
the per cen,age upon the delegation from Delawar,