Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-16
C. Il. w. WHARTON, Up.
October 9Th, 1924.


MIssoUGI.-Frcm what we can d;scorer
we appreheDd this State is about To lose her
three votes 10 the Electoral Election. In the
law of the State respecting the election of
Electors, the time of election. or some other
particular, is deficient or erroneous and. as
we have already Informed our readers, the
Governor has issued his proclamation to rem.
coy 1t. AT the time we read this, we suppos-
ed the Governor had issued the prociama-
lion IN virtue OF some law authorizing him To
do 1t. Otherwise, il could certainly be of no
effect. We now learn, however, from the fol-
lowing paragraph, copied from the St. Louis
Republican Of Sept. Is, that we erred in this
supposition, and that the proceeding on the
part Of the Governor is doubtless void
F." IL is, we believe, generally understood
That the defect IN our electoral law has moi
been supplied by the proclamation of the Go
vernon AT least, that IT is a matter of copside-
faoie oouot. How can the Governor, the
mere executive oihcer of the state, make laws !:
HIS duty ~, TO cause the laws TO be executed
sions of the Legislature. lfthe Goveroor has
this power, be would have done well In have
exercised 1t IN many instances before. We
can cite him many acts from the statute book.
IN when the insertion or change of a word
or Clause would have been a great convenience
10 the public, as well as an apparent further
ance oil tue Intent of the Legislature. We have
III our mind an act, in which the word gram
tor Is used instead Of the word " grantee.n nv
mistake, as every body knows. Can the Go
sernor make the change Of one syllable IN this
case, which is necessary ia order that the ar,
should mean what it was intended 10 mean 90
III IS to be hoped, that time has vet beeo al.
lowed to convene the Legislature, a S il would
be subject OF great regret that auy State in
The Union should absolutely lose its vote in
the Election. This case, & that of Tennessee,
whose Legislature IS now in session 10 RENE
dy defect 10 the Electoral law, will, il is hop
ed, impress our future Legislators with the
Importance Oh more particular attention TO
.he Phrassoiosy OF their acts on this subject.
IL wou'd be ameniabIe incident, that the re-
SUI OF an Election for President should be
changed by The irregulary of the votes OF
any State. Yet this occurrence is quite pos
slble {: and, even in the present case, il might
| happen that on the vote of Missouri would
depend the question, il the election is not inal
| hy the Electors who shall I've the third Of the
three persons having the highest number o
votes, from whoma selection will in that even
have TO be made by the House of Represents
lives. Nm. INF
Ma. .CRAwFoRD's HEALrH.-About thes
days there Is every reason to expect this riys
candidate viii be smittsn with dangerous sick
ness and, very probably, even die in III
ADAMS newspapers. For a year past the
nave been clicking ike death watches abor
his house, Il all his maladies will be brought {
4 crisis Ivy the 5tb Of November, and explod
like another GunPowder Plot. He has bee
run through and through with the pens of hi
adversaries, and il he is not already deaC
Issue Bickerslsf did not kill John Paf,sidg.