, 1874-12-08
RECTOR or GiAkGO1Y UNIVERSITY.
Account Of tho Elcctiois-p'r0cecssAnE
Undue Influence Used ACua1lht Nlr

Account us t1ao Elcctiois"p'r0cccssanE
Undue Influence Used Agu,aaat Alr.
k;1tserHala by Two k'rufessorss
THO following particulars OF tho election for
Rector OF tho Glasgow university. oil tho 18th Of
November, woro to|egraphod froln tlat city to
Tho candidates originally numbered threc vix Mr..
Dssraci, Mr.. Emerson, atws Mr.. forster. Tho rrInau
Minister ayaiu selected by Tho Conservatives nAui
M M s and Mr farssf. wi Tls ti deuy %ss'
hnwsssr sut over by he Withdrawal ni Mr.. Fnratet,
whs', was sho caus Of nniliug slo 1ndepesHpnt. nd
ixes ly 10th parties, anil s'ey antrng IN tEeir
corta to win Sotora Shortly ater o'clock the s,-
tho tloara ot tho yo.iut-sooas were tarawn epe.!.
rush was adu to tho four ROOMS, at each Of wf"l
two Professors presided, III two Of tho "natoaa n
Professors OH entering tlat i voting far A1r. Emerson
they fesn voting tldor protest. thp CONSERVATIVE Eth
erao e ta's a esena e ~ ac
rlla scuu 1u thu quadrangle did not 1,at eraily dcr
fran What hns bceh common oil such nccssiona There
Sas md tle Liberals red, Wills o irdrpe..aetsts
sposted nrangu mud b'nck oHtsfdo tho doora Of tho
Who grsrsea tp yAtps!na soSsS 4apnsobaon or dis
approximation, tho c9los tloy were hapensd to please
ar aseaaa TaaN heso , SGna not se ss nsy
Looked after. Al 1I tho pll cosed aud tle colntlnK
Of tic yotca thcrenlter p1oeertott With. at i:
minutes afscrwar' sho Very Aoy. Principal csgs! nu!o
iip appearance on tho balcony, accompanied by tin
uelult.u Ut thu Sennto. Tllu Principal, Win WIS
greeted with cllrcrs, rpad ont tho pail, tbs hynreA tn
zach Of tic nHt!oa being received With lud thcpra by
Ito Commemorative ntulcntH: an!uu4-Dlsrac1, 2GH !;
Et.crsql, l78, Lnn4ulIiana-DfBraeE liz Enl0ruot,
&C. NethscianH--Dlarael!, 173 Emeraon liz. Traus-
forth!ana--Usruelt, III; Emerson, 1l0. Taa1-DIs-
raclt, 7u; Ecraan, 60U Majority for p1sract. a90
Amid great cheor!ng, Principal Oair.l tlvclarrl tln
Mr. Dstaet had been electo Lord lectnr Of tho Uni
yprsi,y y III. Jorlty III nll tho 1,a.inls Thu number
uf uuirellatul students is 1,i02 about laO osc than
ut thu lust clection Ed TINT e0B attplta did npt 10 t
Joit. Afor tho announcement tho A,donts tl!se.set
;ha different Iartica ropatrng to tuir ro0my wlnra
{ccanlatory sccccH were delivered artl considerable
llnsa aud colt.alo at tho cfaao Of tho meetings tho
victorious Conservative Bueuta formed into rrtcts-
sinu aud, llpatlol ly nlaaor learlnH thick b&alf,
arcled !nto tho city nu raTaac tic principal streets.
1lcarty cheers wore raiscd US they passed a!ong
Ho..gs were sung, cata' u,t,Hn was performed ua
tru.upeA, aud. though tho Mn fsIl hGsiiy tur!uA tho
ntarcil tla cnaaHso yol'ts, hy thu rtBor Vi tll,r
demonstrations, left no rton for any ou to du,1lt
nlarueIl wnH euctt.l ~ ajorlty uf hl tho atIuus
over Mr.. lskp te soin stNttnH Gl0 FOR tha fur,ntr
mil G7G for the latter.
Tho anoouut published IN tho london Times
atatcA that groat complaint WaH niada abOut tllu
contlnot OF tho two lroruaBosn, who asilou 1hb
Htudenth whuthor thoy woro awnru that u pro-
tcHt Ind been lodgod againHt tho oloctu,i ut
Nlr. Enoraen On thu ground TINT io 1Sas for
olt,nor. Thu 1IhnruA nMi independents iudgctl
Iroloht nsainht ttu validity uf lt.u election on
tho Erunn't u t'!H ,inlnp inlpncu.