Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-06-01

committee to make the necessary ar
rangements for the qualification of His
Excellency, Jno. Lee Carroll, the Gov
ernor elect on the Wednesday following.
The question recurring upon asserting to
the message Mr.. Donaldson submitted an
amendment, the purport of which is,
that they acknowledge the receipt
of the message from the Senate; that
there was brought into the House. on the
9th, petition contesting the validity of
the election of Mr.. Carroll, and that by
sec. 4, art2 of the Constitution Of the
State the House should enter into an in
vestigation of the eligibility Of the Gov
ernor. Our delegates voted with the
minority to determine before the inaugu-
ration the validity of the election. BY
this action they neither joined the Re-
publican party nor opposed Mr., Carroll,
as Ephraim charges. They were obli-
gated by their oath to vote as they did,
for the charges presented before the House
by j. Morrison IIarriss were in legal
form and time. They could not consist
emily vote to place Mr.. Carroll in a
position by which he could be Governor
even though his election should be proven
illegal. They were unwilling to enter
vote on the journal that would leave a
stain on the fair record of the State
If the atter-investigation, which proved
the election legal, had resulted otherwise,
the Democratic party in the State would
have inevitably suffered from it They
voted for the investigation to be prior to
to the Inauguration with firm conviction
that neither Mr.. Carroll nor the Demo-
cratic party would suffer by it. If the
Hon. Ephraim Plowman had been II
member of the Legislature he would, no
doubt, have voted in regard to the Car
roll election as did the Infamous eight in
the electoral commission of the late presi-
dental contest Our delegates voted as
did the honorable seven, who were I'M
willing to foist a ruler upon u people
before it was fully determined that he
was their choice.
Ephraim charges the members of the
Legislature with disregarding the ex-
pressed wishes of the poodle of the
county in regard to the change of the
five collectors fora County Treasurer.
The proceedings of the meeting held in
Rockville were received, and the petition
for the change presented by the county
representatives to the Legislature 1t
was not further acted on for various and
good reasons, of which Epbraim seems
TO be in total ignorance. The majority
of tho people of our county, whom our
delegates represented notwithstanding the
action Of the meeting in Rockville, did
not desire the change to be made. -
Though no formal meeting was held by
those who opposed the change, their
opposition was otherwise expressed as
well as their views Five collectors can
certainly do the work more expeditiously
aud with less liability to error than ono
treasurer. The present system distrib-
utes the remunerativc and important
Offices of the county to II greater num-
Der of persons, by which worthy, but not
necessarily rich mon, share in the emol-
uments and responsibilities Of Office
1t would require much time and space
to follow Ephram through all his pere-
CARNATIONS of fault finding. No member
of the Legislature, howsoever dstin-
guished, or act howsoover commendable,
can possibly get the smile of his approx
al. would urge the people Of Mont
gomery county, irrespective Of party
affiliations, to send Ephraim to the next
Legislature. lie is 50 well fitted for the
position All the wisdom and knowl-
edge of his day and generation couccn-
trate in his little knowledge. lie would
do for either senator or member Of the
House or both or be could act as chair
man Of all the committees, and 10 addi-
ton arrange pensions for persons not ft
for Office" and reserve one Of formidable
dimensions for himself
Ephraim says he attended meeting Of
birds. | do not know what character he
assumed. If it had been meeting Of
animals, | could easily have guessed -
the length of bis ears would have betrayed
him. JUSTICE.