The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-02-22
The Supreme Court Decision.

and It's consequence. as they appeared 3,
Us al that time. We slid that while w
believed that decision was erroneous an'
we could not therefore receive 10 as a pc
duction Of truth, or believe IN il as a rli'
of right, it was stil The llw Of the land
and should be- every where obeyed DIS tA'
citizens, and carried out without eva
sion or delay These view we have
seen no occasion 20 change
But the relation Of this decision 90 tho
membership al the Iegisliure has since
been widely and ably discussed and SET
il has go FAR resulted 10 no general unanin-
ity Of opinion. Ia The House there are ton
contested seats, an claimed on the ground
Of this supreme Court decision. The que-
ton had been referred 90 ID select Commit
tee, consisting Of Me-.rs. Gri-"old. VIII
Jams, Warner, Mal.ay, Wells. VI. d. How
ard, and Mickey The first four united in
majority report, taking ihe ground That
none OF the ten applicants Tor these seals
should be admitted Mcs-r-- Wells AMI
Howard reported 10 Favor "I admitting the
Ten applicants, Whiir Mr Micklcy WAS ior
retaining Ia their seats lhe l"ur members
whose cases had been already "J"dic"e'
Dy the house' an" Tot '''i'''''in- I'D stats
the appi'can'7 Ill the "'"ei SIN CASES i"'7e
three reports were All write" win care "lu
"oilly' anu presenter I'll ei-'" '"e views
oil the respective gentlemen
We nave gwen 70 These several conilic-
ting reports mature consideration, and are
strongly "hpiesseu Win lIe OeHei 'hal tiie
decisloh oil lhe supreme 'ouf' should have
no more Neisit i'll the adjustment Oh The
members oil the Legislature IMAM d. IS emit
tled 20 rs oeins the opinions u eminent
anu learned ihdiNiuuaI citiIcns- rs the de-
cision oil Court collectively, these opin-
ions shou'u bee po"eriess ON Che LeSi-ia-
ture.
Let us Try 70 get an exact Wca"l lNe pow
or which II Is supposed tins decision right
fully has over the Legislature.
Suppose. at the time the House oi Rem /
resentatives was organized, and while thc
Supreme Court VIA ina session IN the oppo-
site room. and the members were being
sworn in, the serSeaut-at-Am- had an
nounced IN the House -''a message from
the Supreme Court. Tine messenger come,
forward and says: THE supreme Court
have decided that Lucien Reed. j. d. Wool
worth, and eight others elected by lhe SOLE
ders vote, are not legal members of the
House OF Representatives. and shall NOT 20,
sworn IN az such
Now stripped OF all verbiase and rhctor-
zeal phrases, and presented as a p,uctrql
thing' this Il precisely the power which is
claimed Tor this decision of the Court. Let
Us ho' ueOe''e ourselves 10y reasoning about
vague seher'''leS ana distractions. II is
u" "c'u'' power 10 come INTO the House.
~ It's uec's'ou' ana say that Ten persons.
0''ii's ,ne" ny NAME Sha'l NOT oe NOM
So - -, - NJ P''','''s '''' e5'lS ei-
nover .Iai,oo.I r., us - '''V
so,,,h, - - ~ ~ 90 '''' anu
Or. -
preme Conf have cl,imeI mi. - .'', tn,
have NOT They ,ra ,,o,, of -. -, ,
knowleJre Tbev do ,.i,;,, e.. - - !
declare who shall hs Commit. o,,i.... .
tain cases and tbe, b,v, d., r;..,., - -.
their decisions and will a., If IT, ~, Z
not claimed any rirht IN diet,,,,,.,h, L
lslature ~ IN who sb,il ,r ,...r..;.... /.
bers and they will NOT 10 TIT. +. cl,,r, R
ed for the Court by lis macmillan ,r,.ra, +
and not bv the Court thems,lves +
Now the ouestion o-is,. MEL. ,,...u 5
Is there any ohlie,,;o, ;,,,,.1..,, 49, :
House bv This ds.;sion IN, ,l,'. o.. ;
n,ss se,ts ~, ,,..;.,,, D., -. :
leaoues o,5 ,,;,,, '.'' '''.'' :.
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- = "o i'o"'' ''1l''ed 10 unseai v
s''.'''''S d" "'n'er To do H. Is " Y.
- ~ 0V'' III ''7'''H u" " county oili- W
u - We ''''i NOT discuss THIS point w
bu' u Is claimed that The Court have "
sA' rlsn 10 declare mat certain things W
lsquan'y persons from being members. and W
NAT TINS Is legally binding on the House ",
Where is the authority for this tn pa, ,orol ",
tue constitution When IL is produced
We VIII Yield 10 H. We have seen nothing
! 'he KIND Inc Constitution makes each All
ranch OF the Legislature sole Judge Of the cot
lection and Qualifications or M RS, -.
ers' and leaves the whole matter there. Be.
But 1t is supposed in the Imagination of pei
ohii,,a,;o, ''' '''e Is some sort Of NOR '''