The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-31
THE NEW YORK sun.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 81, 1906.
,,,-ari,ation Of the Sc. CorGrcss-Iiow
shall ft lie Elected

shall ~ I've tuCVAfuf
A, animated d,t-usgion is 10" IN prost"
. or- the political jJurnsls relah'e 10 the par.
.fuop Of C5usressmen from tho reeI'inoi
t,....n Che or,auz,,ion Of ihc li-us Iuers ~
r,,;1er prtoedsnt nor direct law that Is 'PpncA.'o
t..e,.sessit Will be presented At me appfOs'n-
Co.. ,,..'op. and hence lively interest ID in'n-
i,estsl IN respect " the result Inc Oohs''4''o"
tr5,.d.s thht Congress sh.ll have poNer 70 o'ol1'
tpon thc biliiy % It's own m'mbers' anu
"a rosde the duty Of tho Clerk 70 call NE roll and
,.,.,v. IN. VOTE. o. members in organizing. Tho
,.,,s,,o, #. ub,,aer Mr. MCPnz,sor, Clerk Of NC
ia, .h,u .uo, Tho members from tie reclaimed
State. 10 participate IN the work Of organ h''ou-
Al. .,,,ii,p Of a Sneaker, etc. Those who hold TO
40 Affirmative in tns question, argue IN ibis way
~. Goy,fnnent holds that the lately ressl'lou'
s.at1. bay. never been out OF the Union; tLere-
ARE. n ,hsy shsu consti,utionally elect mem
t,.. % Ccryrs5t. aud Il 40 said members shaN
,-s.,,t h. 40 Clerk tho proper creden"at
,fils.r ,j,caon, he will have no right TO diserim-
mate against them. This doctrine, however, ~
not iucontroyerttle. IL IL true lie GoNoTnmS'
iates the general ground that the Southern sla'e'
Rave never teen actually out Of the Union b"' u
mold, that tho civil fnnrtJns ~ tttso States nave
been suspended By rcsson o. thor otsemp''o I"
cts,ion. The status ~ those states has teen 81
tered, else what right has the Pfc"dsn' " slp''n'
Provisional Governors, TO MAINTAIN Freedmen
BIresu with judiciary powers In shor'' VT"
right has he Ia any way 70 interiors win Inv
domestic instltut ous d tbe States" which, aco'''
ing 10 the Constitution, are inyiolAio ms f's
90, IL that those states, slthough ArAyr NOM
rauy ia thc Ua.on. fortified the right oil sell GOV
rr,,.p, vhea they attempted 10 'ocede' foi
'o,,- cars ttcy lave beea Outside ne pale oil ''h
grc... ,hey lave bad no r-prssen'a'ion' ana hel
rl,ees have been officially declared vacant
Ttar.f,ye. having been thus disconnected IRON
tt,ie,islati,e branch Of tie Goysrnslent during
,,r- sessions Of Congress- the Clsr'. whose duty
a. simply n tsko TIE votes o' so'uA
members Is r't supposed to Eno" any
thing about this new claim for rtpr 'scn'A'l'n
II, mus, look at the matter In this hsh' h' M
TO mower 10 psss upon tho 1uslii istion' oi mem
br. Here is new element presenting i~'h'
witch he knows nothing about. Their oredenual
ere ,rparcntly right, but the localities IRON "hich
,hey come bavs not been known TO Congre" ~
several years, aud what shall he DO Abou'h
Re admit them 10 partc patton In Vie "r'AnlAs
lion, they will probably have power 10 eon'r'
Congress. W. the AID II certain help from o'he
S.s.sr, upon which they can depend. The m'''o'
therefore, 1, one Of the greatest moment; but sine
the Conntution prcscrb.s that all quei'ions
membership shall Re decided by Congress and n'
b. tho clerk, how can he DO otherwise 'h,n 70 o
,su,zc the holy in the same way that tue 'hit
haI hoon done during the last four years leA'.r
,e disputed question where the Constitute
places it--uith the organized HOUSE,