Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-09
HOW OHIO'S VOTE WAS CAST.
The Electoral College Casts 22 Votes
for Garfield.
Cincinnati Gazette.

CINCINNATI Gazette.
COLUMBUS. Dec. 1.-The Ohio ElectO-
raj College met again at o'clock this
morning in the Executive Chamber.
When the roll was called all the Electors
responded to their names, Col. Churchill
of Muskingum, and Hon. Geo w. Hol-
land, of Unien county, having come in
last evening.
The Electors then came forward and
arranged themselves in line, and with
uplified hands took the oath of office
administered to them by Chief Justice
McIlvaine of the Supreme Court.
Hon. Jacob Long, from the Commit
tee on Rules. then reported the order of
business and rules prescribed by law for
the government of the college.
Hon. N. B. Billingsley, from the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization, re-
ported for Permanent President Hon n.
W. Goodhue. and for permanent Secreta-
ry Hon. J. @. A. Campbell.
S. w. Fields, of Columbus, was elect
ed Sergeant-at-Arms of the college, and
w. o. Tulford, of Columbus, was ap-
pointed Assistant Secretary.
Hon. S. S. Warner reported the amount
of mileage and per diemSdue each Elec-
tor; and this important matter being
disposed of, the question of choosing
messenger to carry, in person, the official
vote of the Electors to Washington City,
and one ElectOr to carry the vote to the
Judge of the United States District
Court at Cincinnati, next came up for
consideration.
Twenty cards. all blank, except two,
upon one of which was written, "Mes-
senger to Washington" and on the 9TH
er, Messenger to Cincinnati" were
placed in envelopes, and then, either on
account of his official position, or be-
cause of his being deemed the most ex-
pert at 'shuffiing," were handed to Gov.
Foster to shuttle. The roll was then
called and each Elector stepped forward
and drew an envelope. Hon. J. @. A.
Campbell drew the Washington ticket,
and Mr.. Billingsley the Cincinnati tick
ct. Mr.. Billingsley, however, declined
to act as messenger to Cincinnati, and
Hon. A. D. Bullock was afterward ap
pointed to act in that capacity.
The question of visiting Mentor next
came up, and Hon. C. H. Grosvenor was
called upon to assume the responsibility
of spokesman for the college upon the
occasion.
Mr.. Goodhue, President of the col
lege, deemed the selection Of Mr.. GrOs-
venor to perform this important duty
"eminently proper" and waived his own
right to address the "Man at Mentor"
The college then adjourned until u
olock, when they again assembled in the
Senate Chamber and proceeded to cast
their ballots for President and Vice
President. as provided by law.
After, the votes had been cast and
counted in the usual manner, and the
result for Garfield and Arthur was an
nounced with due solemnity of manner.
Judge r. E. Doane offered a resolution
to the effect that Gen. Garfield and Gen.
Arthur be notified by telegraph that the
twenty-five Electoral votes of Ohio had
been cast for them for President and
Vice President respectively. The reso-
luton was adopted and the dispatches
written out and placed in the hands of
the Sergeat-at-Arms to be forwarded to
the President and Vice President elect.
The college having then completed its
work and done its part in making the
Chief Magistrate of the great republic,
adjourned.
About fifty persons were present in
the Senate Chamber to witness the cast
ing of the Electoral vote. Four years
ago, when the Electors met in the same
place, not less than 800 people watched
the proceedings. 1t was then fraught
with deeper interest than it was to-day.
1t was known that the Democracy only
lacked one vote of electing their candi-
date. The Democratic mule buyer was
abroad in the land, and although such a
thing was not at all probable, there was
a possibility that a purchased mule might |