The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-08-19

celved uOiiatlon OF ?i1OO per annum,
subsequently increased to s.. 500. for
which it cducatcS one free pupil from
each Senatorial! district nf the State.
The regular annual appropriations to
male Colleges and Acad. mics amount to
500. l91, to tue two female SemiuarieS
and female College 81 800. or less than
oue tenth of what is paid to the male in
stitution.. Besides this. since 1868 frtru
appropriations 10 male institutions, of
500 900 have been made hut not an extra
dollar has been appropriated TO any fe-
male institution. Since 1872. $l50000
have been pad for the board of the ben
eticlaries III the male Colleges on condi-
ton that after graduating they should
teach two years i'll the State. 1t is not
supposed. that for this outlay thirty
teachers have been educated, in all, by
the three Colleges: while the Baltimore
Female College. besides it's other work.
has trained and sent forth one hundred
and cighty-two teachers, as shown by
the reports Of the Trustees giving names.
dates Of graduation and fields o! labor.
1t is known that Baltimore city pays
three-flths of the revenues Of the State:
consequently of the annual donations to
Colleges and Academies she pays $50,
Geo year; of the 100000 trtra appro-
priations. she has paid $50 900 for board
OF male beDeticiares, she has paid 500.
coo. Now, after all these amounts paid
for higher education, this great city with
400. 900 inhabitants receives but $500 or
the education of three pupils in the Bal.
tinore Female College, while the small
est county III the State has its Academic
fund of $1,000. This injustice to woman
and the great city of Baltimore is inten-
sied when it is considered that she paid
her taxes towards higher education in
the State for siXty-two years without re-
ceiying dollar in return.
AT the last session OF the Legislature
the Trustees of the College thinking that
delicate females were entitled to the same
assistance as stalwart young men petit
toned the board Of Reneiiciares in the
Baltimore Female College should be paid
as in the three male Colleges Of the
State. \ bill to that effect was intro
duced, and. without word of opposition
i'll either House, passed the House of
Delegates by a vote of II to Is: and the
Senate without dissenting voice. The
bill would have given free board to one
pupil from each county, in addition to
free instruction. And as by the law of
1S6S, the several Orphans Courts were
required in appointments to scholarship
to give preferences to such applicants as
were presented by the School Commits
sioners. after competitive examinations, it
would have had the effect OF stimulating
the efforts both of teachers and pupils
all over the State. aud given the poor
giv, al tllents an equal change for Il good
educatiou But oar Governor with the
feelings vi an Autocrat, rather than
Democrat, resolves to ignore the action
of the two Legislative bodies, by a
pocket veto.
though stt4hfY lnalsposed, he could
easily have remained AT Annapolis. ard
signed the h,!is i,assed Hy the legisla-
ture, or rejected them IN manly n,anref,
as any other Governor would have done:
but he preferred taking recess OF two
weeks. and, IN the interim, Speaker
Ee,iHotlz Is taken SICK, ana May I'd, we
have the a.,a..aa scene OF the Governor
and heads OF the Legislature. with CLERKS
and secretaries and other state officials
travelling between annapolis and Balti-
more, forth and back, With the bills lately
passed 1t was not enough to exhibit
TINS sh0~ naGe. - was to be repeated
S' 49, E1ef .'
he promptly signed the Dill relieving
gamblers from tho penalty of lmprlson-
lheht, the only punishment they regard
ed. ihey were known To oe powerful
political aHXl!arles, ana their Preying up
on the community, ana corruptlng the
young aph inexperienced, vas OF ~ CON
slderatlon. III consequence, gambling
bells are now :" ini! blast, US Sou may
have seen by the papers.
y bill Tor the inspection OF milk, as in
other cities ana against leealh@ mich
COWS with nlStliier9 S"lli, lad passed the
Le&i-iatHre, despite tue dlstillery LOBBY,
but the oo~S,i.'.: comes 10 the rescue,
asserts tne fl@hIS Oh COWS "a fheF
"n'ske! S"iii, anu refuses 10 SiSn the
OH that iiad oeeh framed III the interest
OF the pubic III general, but especially OF
nIrStt,,liiGe mothers and their sick infants.
Whether ptav-.2 interest influenced the
Governor decision or no., ~ 10 not
know; we only know he OWNS IA dairy
farm and distillery.
The three male Colleges had secured
the boarsi Gf their benehclaries. buu the
Governor does not sign The bill for the
board of the beGeilciarleS IL the female
College which had done the State great
service. lie signs, however, the zap
pri2tina Tor the Home OF colored girls
Wome1 - Baltimore and Narylandi are
your tair dau9n.etS Ct les account than
the niggerlinss OF the state? the iect
ing adjourned, thlrty-two bills remaining
unsigned, the Governor announcing that
mistakes We're III some of them, and
others .@Giri. ed further examination.
May 3lst, tic tso-prnor convened again
the Legislative officials, bringing geYen-
teen bills with him, leaving in Annapolis
fifteen as po>tttcely vetoed. Among the
seventeen Was the milk bill, though it
had been indorsed mot approved, not, as
Is presnfiH.t. that he had any idea OF
signing 1t, put ~ Geisrance TO public
OPINION; as meeting OF citIZeins bad
been called IN reference TO the Dill. The
Governor sigaed ten OF the seventeen
bis, ana taeA nissni'ea the meeting,
saying, ne |ahiea 10 near lnitner ON
the oyster oiil an" -;"'te Rshefs' ! he
trainers OF our constitution, IN feIuirihS
all olils to DC signed curing the session
OF the LEGISLATURE OF immediately after,
uid not lofesee mat we should nave
Governor 50 careful Us 10 require a lurth-
er tune i'f Genoefa ioh' al'er TWO
months OF patlelt 1HopSht. PHt he dld
not intend TO convene the Legislative
officials AGAIN, 1t was simply an humanity
suoterluge to lesson pnollc onlnm by de-
lay, It's Antocracy thus vetoed twenty
two biil-, among Them the Female Col-
lege bill and that OF western Maryland
College, both OF winch had passed 0.moSt
~. nain,ratns ond San,,n 1rio, 60
or can utterly ignore them? The West