Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-01

-. ,,.y.s session Of the Maine Presia..
tial Electors.

Yesterday being the day designated for the
Using of the electors of President and
v;ce President of the United States Of Amer.
!. for the State of Maine, the following
,.med gentlemen appeared in the Senate
.h.mber according to the provisions of law !.
Io,eph S. Wheelwright, Ira H. Foss. Elisha
Jewett, Otis Hayford, Edwin FIVE. Levi.
Johnson, Seward B. Hume.
Mr. Hume of PASSPORT called the Colleoe
~ order On motion of Mr.. Jewett of Soutb
BERWICK, Joseph s. Wheelwright of BANGOR
.as chosen chairman. On motion, Mr.. Fos.
d Saco was appointed committee to 70.
esive, sort and count votes for Secretary If
the College.
Having attended to that duty Mr.. Foss sub.
sequently reported:
Whole number of votes. I.
All of which we're for Leslie C. Cornish of
Winslow. Whereupon Mr.. Cornish came in
and took and subscribed to the necessary
oath.
On motion of Mr.. Flye of Newcastle. Ben.
Messenger for the College
On motion of Mr.. Foss of Saco, Rev. n.
". Tilden Of Augusta was invited to officia,e
a. Chaplain, and came forward and offered
prayer.
On motion of Mr.. Hayford of Canton, Mr..
Hayford, Mr.. Flye and Mr.. johnson were
appointed Committee on Credentials.
Subsequently Mr.. Hayford from the Com.
mittee reported that the Committee had at
tended to their duty and begged leave to re-
port that Joseph S. Wheelwright, Ira H.
Foss, Elisha Fl. Jewett. Otis Hayford, Ed
win Flye, Lewis =. johnson and Seward n.
Hume, were duly elected Electors of Presi-
dent and Vice President for the State of
Maine, and were present.
Report accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Hume of PASSPORT,
Messrs. Hume of Eastport and Foss of Saco.
were appointed Committee to receive, sort
and count votes for President of the Elec-
toral College. Having attended to that duty,
Mr.. Hume from that Committee reported:
Whole number of votes, 6.
Joseph s. Wheelwright of Bangor had six.
and was elected.
The report of the Committee was accent
ed and Mr.. Wheelwright was declared duly
elected President of the College.
Mr.. Wheelwright signifed his acceptance
Of the office in few appropriate remarks, an
abstract Of which we publish as follows:
Gentiemen:-You have my thanks for the
honor conferred upon me as your President;
tor if 1t Is an honor to be permitted to be
member of this family. it is much more SO to
be called to preside over it. 1t is pleasure to
act in behalf of the State. in a matter of so
much Importance as the one before us. Were
We gathered here to-day to give our votes for
those who would never occupy the places we
might desire, the duty would be a painful
one; but it is not so. We rejoice to know that
not only shall we vote for those of our own
choice, but that they will occupy the places
desire.
A republican form of government for an
intelligent and honest people is the best form
in the world From all portions of the
world, however, it has been n question wheth-
er ours would stand the assaults of time
Twenty years ago came a terrible test on the
battlefield, and the question was then set
tied as we supposed, forever. This year,
however, again the question was raised at the
ballot box, and so fully answered, that we
hope and trust it will never again be raised.
We may, therefore, on the morrow, fully and
freely cast our votes for Garfield and Arthur,
with the expectation of republican success for
years to come.
On motion of Mr. Jewett of South Ber-
wick, Messrs. Jewett and Foss were appoint
ed Committee on Payroll.
A communication was received from Hon.
S. J. Chadbourne, Secretary of State, trans
hitting four certified lists of electors of
Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United
States for the State of Maine. The commu-
nication was read by the President.
On motion of Mr.. Flye, it was voted that
when this College adjourn it be to meet at
this place Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock
On motion Of Mr.. Foss,
Adjourned.
Colonel Daniel White of Bangor of the
Second Regiment, NJ. V. NJ. has received
the following letter from Major Mills Of
Washington: "The inaugural ceremonies
upon the 4th of March next, will be unusual
ly attractive, and will be participated in by
very msny crack regiments from all over the
country. Should your regiment come on.
am sure the Maine people would warm them
up. have no doubt an inexpensive trip
could be arranged. and camp and garrison
equipage obtained, if you preferred to go in
to camp. Should you contemplate such an
excursion for your command, the earlier You
make arr ,ngements the better. Under such
circumstances, would be glad to serve YOU
in any and all ways possible.
This cold weather is not relished by the
Maine capitalists who have money invested
in the ice business. If it continues it Will
seriously interfere with their operations on
the Kennebec and Penobscot this winter. for
the reason that ice can be harvested and
transported to market at less cost on the
Hudson Lake Champlain and on the in