The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-01-13
MEETING OF TIE ELECT0R Z
COLLEGE IT ANNAPOLIS.

The eight electors for Maryland
met in the Senate chamber at Anna
polls at noon and cast II unan;m ,uS
vote for Grover Cleveland, of New
York, and Adlai +. Stevenson, of
Illinois, for President and Vice Presi-
dent, respectively. The electors were :
John Lee Carroll, of Howard county,
and Alonzo L. Miles, OF Dorchester,
at large VIM. Massey, of Caroline,
first district Frederick W. Baker, of
Hartford, second; John Hannibal,
Baltimore city, third G. Ridgely
Goodwin, Baltimore city, fourth !;
Abram Claude, Anne Arundel, fifth .,
VIM. Veirs Bouic Jr., of Montgomery
sixth.
The electors were sworn in by w.
n. Woodward, deputy clerk of the
Anne Arundel Circuit Court who
was deputized for this duty by Major
Sprigg HARDWOOD, the court clerk.
Major HARDWOOD has administered
the oath to the State electors for the
past sixteen years, but failing health
prevented his attendance at this
meeting.
John Lee Carroll, DIR. Abram Guide
and C. Ridgley Goodwin first took
the oath, followed by Alonzo L..
Miles, VIM. Massey, Frederick w.
Baker, John Hannibal and w. Veirs
Bouic.
Mr.. Bouic called the college to order
and briefly stated the purpose for
which it had assembled. He then
nominated ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll
for president Of the college, who was
unanimously chosen. w. q. Purnell,
secretary of the State Senate, was
selected as secretary.
On taking the chair Gov. Carroll
said Il thank you for the high honor
you have conferred in asking me to
preside over these proceedings, and
congratulate you and the people OF
Maryland upon the results obtained
for the nation ON the Sth of November
last.
Mr.. Carroll ten spoke of the un
necessary burden of war taxes upou the
people and the prosperity realized i'll
consequence by manufacturers.
behind this favored class stood the con
sumner and the agriculturist. They had not
been sharers of the rosy prospects of their
more fortunate countrymen, but for years
had been contributing to their prosperity, and
found themselves impoverished and ON the
verge Of ruin.
Under this condition the democratic party
appealed to the republicans to afford some
relief Instead Christening to these appeals the
Fifty-hrst Congress pushed still further their
protective laws by which bounties were con
fer-ed on favored few. The public became
thoroughly alarmed at the bold pretensions
of the tariff lords, who now threw off all dis
guise and openly proclaimed that it was the
duty of the republican party to increase their
wealth at the expense Of the entire nation.
The government officials and the Congress of
the United States appeared to be completely
subjet to their dictaton.
The handwriting was on the wall 1t was
evident that the great message of Grover
Cleveland in 1887 had sunk deep into the
hearts and minds of the American people.
The campaign of education once begun could
not be stayed, and, aided by the folly of the
party in power and their arbitrary conduct
and sectional luminosity, it was only necess-
airy to place before the people the candidate of
their choice to secure an overwhelming
triumph and change in the policy of the
government. Never before i'll our history
have the people proclaimed their wishes by
so vast and decisive ma ority. The vote of
the great States of New York, New jersey,
Connecticut, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,
California and Ohio would indicate that the
masses have turned upon the false pretenses
of their rulers and have gone back with loud
acclaim to the principles of him who founded
the peoples party
what, then, is the lesson which we all can
draw from this great exhibit of the nations
will 1t is one which must show to the
world that, however deep may be the feeling
which agitates the public mind the educated
and intellingent voters may always be trust
ed to remedy through the peaceful ballot any
evil of which they may complain, and when
once that verdict shall be rendered We are all
citizens OF common country, ready to stand
by each other in the execution of the solemn
trust which has been imposed upon us.
And now, with the highest confidence in
the patriotic purposes of our party and firm
reliance upon the continued favor of Him
who rules the destinies Of nations, we will
proceed to cast our vote for the great leader
whom the people have declared shall be the
the President of the United Statesh
The chair then appointed Messrs.
Miles, Bouic and Goodwin a commit
tee to wait on the Governor and inform
him that the college was organized
and ready to receive any commune
cation he wishes to make. The com
mittee soon returned, followed by
Secretary of State LeCompte, who
delivered to the president the procla-
nation of the Governor giving the
vote of all the presidential electoral
candidates voted for in the State at
the last election. By this proclama-
ton the sitting electors had received
a majority of all the votes and were
declared by the Governor to be the
duly accredited representatives to
cast the vote of the State for Presi-
dent and ce-President.
Messrs. William Massey and Fred
erick w. Baker were appointed tel
lers.
Grover Cleveland, of New York
was nominated for President by VIM.
Veirs Bouic. He received the ballots
of the eight electors.
Adlai Z. Stevenson, of Illinois, was
nominated for Vice-President by John
Hannibal, and seconded by Alonzo l..
Miles, who said Mr.. Stevenson was
the first Democrat since the war who
WAS able to wrest The State of Illinois
from the Republicans. He, too, re-
ceived eight ballots The chair an
nounced the result, and the votes of
Maryland went to swell the electoral
majority for the democratic national
ticket.
Three certificates of the result were
made out in accordance with the law.
One was entrusted to w. q. Purnell,
who was selected as the messenger of
of the college to deliver the result of
the vote of Maryland to the President
of the United States Senate One
was given to G. Ridgley Goodwin to
mail to the Vice President of the
United States and one. to John Han
nibal to deliver to the judge of the
United States District Court
The thanks of the college were ten
dered to the presiding officer and to
the Secretary, and the president, hen
declared the college adjourned.
During the session the Senate cham
Der was we'll filled with spectators
The most conspicuous were the Gov
ernor's staff in full uniform. Gov
ernor Brown had seat beside Presi
dent Carroll during the session.