Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-08

Vermont. this 9Th day of December, \. D.,
| lo76
JACOB EsrEY,
CHARLES f. HoUGHToS,
Roswell FARNHAN,
ALVIN c. WEIGH.
The record u the vote was as follows
We, whose names are mentioned in the
annexed certificate of appointment. hay-
inc. pursuant to the constitution and laws
Of the Uuitcd States of America, and in the
manner directed by the laws OF TIE state OF
/ Vermont. been appointed electors OF Presi-
dent and Vice President Of the [ nited States
! of America, aud having assembled at the
/ State House in Montpelier, In the State
aforesaid, being the place designated by
/ law for that purpose, on the first Mednes-
] day in December. \. ID. 1876. being the 9th
/ day OF said month having voted by ballot
/ fer President and Yice-President. having
| in oar ballots named the person voted for
as President and in distinct ballots the per-
/ son voted for a. Nice-President, and in the
same ballots there were five votes for Presi-
/ dent of the United States of America, all of
B. Hayes, OF Ohio.
In testimony whereof we have hereuntO
sat our hands the first Wednesday OF De-
cember. A. d. 1876.
JacoB Es1EY,
CHARLES L. HoUGHToN.
llENRY n. SoLLACE,
ROSwELL FARNHAN.
ALVIN L. WEIGH.
The record Of the vote for Vicc-Pre>i-
dant Is in similar terms
At the assembling OF the College on Wed
81 n, ~.
ant appeared. with Mr. G. NJ. Fisk. OF
Mortified, as his attorney. The President
announced the business to be TO cast their
ballots for President and Vice-President of
the United States, whereupon Mr.. Fisk
arose and said that m behalf of Mr..
Aldrich he protested against the ight OF
Mr.. Solace TO vote and claimed such right
in behalf of Mr.. Aldrich. lie seemed to be
preparing to make speech, or further re-
marks, when Col. Farnham objected to any
interference with the business in hand, and
the ballots were then cast. Mr.. Aldrich
rendering his ballot. which he announced
to be for Samuel J. Tilden. The same
thing was done in voting for Nice-Presi1ent.
Mr.. Aldrich's ballots were not received,
and the result of the election, being the
casting of the five votes of the Vermont
Electors for Hayes and Wheeler, was an
nounced Col Farnham then moved that
George Nichols be appointed messenger to
convey the proceedings to the President of
the Senate. Atthis point Mr.. Fisk arose and
expressed a wish to address the College,
when it was suggested to him that there
was then a motion pending. Mr.. Fisk then
stepped aside, seated himself ard engaged
apparently in writing. The motion was
put and adopted The members then spent
some time examining the papers to be re-
turned, and motion was then made to adj
jolrn and carried. During all this time
Mr.. Fisk remained in his seat writing bat
no written protest was presented to the Col
lege.
The perfect fairness Of the College in
all these proceedings is highly commended.
They have given in the certificate all the
facts which bear upon the qualifications of
Mr.. S)llace, the facts creating the vacancy,
and the reasons for filing it. OF course the
Democrats can avail themselves of any right
which these facts afford them. So too, al
though the College could do nothing less
than to ignore the claims of Mr.. Aldrich.
there was no attempt to prevent the pre-
sentation Of his claim.
There can be no reasonable question OF
the entire legality of the action OF the
Electors We cannot see why it would not
have been quite as we'll on every account il
Mr.. Sollace had absentei himself altogether,
and some other Republican had been chosen
to fill the vacancy; but the course taken
was adopted By advice of very eminent cOun-
sci, and certainly can make no weaker case
than if new man had been chosen. IL Mr..
Aldrich had the legal right to consider him
self an Elect0r, his failure to present him
self on Tuesday. with the other Electors,
would of itself have created a vacancy by
the law; so that his absurd claim, as the
representative OF a minority, to cast the
vote of Vermont fIr President. becomes
doubly desperate. 1t is evident that Mr..
Aldrich did not receive in season the fresh
intructions which have gone out from the
nineompoops AS the New York San
once called them-wbo run Mr.. Tllden s
Z" Bureau Of Correspondence"