The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-05
Political IsIncISbniiiny.

Political BInclkbniiing.
j any Une is so simple as TO credit The
dispatch that the Congressional s,lb-commit-
tee is coming 'to take testimony in regard
to the contested elections Of Mcssrs. Simp-
son anu Reed, we recommend TO him tho
careful perusa! Of the paper read by Hon.
ii. Il. Dawes, at the recent session of the
American Social Science Association lie
shows that these committees consist OF a
majority of the political party ruling in the
House. ami that they are appointed for the
sole purpose Of declaring that the contest
AMI belonging TO that party has beer, duly
elected
The trainers Of the constitution assigned
to each house the power of deciding upon
the elections and qualifications of It's own
members. There arr 10 restrictions upon
the exercise of this prcrogativc. In the SEN
ate the Judiciary Committee manipulatcs
the case; i'll the House of Representatives,
the Committee of Elections. whose proper
business is To receive The testimony present
ell by the contestants and TO decide judici-
ally upon lis value, but who have recently
received permission TO 20 into the contested
districts and act nj once as an inquisitorial
jury, Il prosecution, and n bench of Judges
The plaintiff always belongs to their party,
anu their business is simply to represent
him. They meet 10 hear his case, and to
legalizc hi ''';'ons-'.onlv this, and
nothing
their dcc.io tttn t. ,.nu
summone, 'n s.u.,nl. .uI
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| upon the U..i.
ies The intention OF the parry in lu... i.
! exclude those gentlemen from The House of
Representatives, whatever may have been
the majortics by which they were elected.
As Mr.. Dawes testilies, and as everybody
knows, each case oi this sort is coming 10
be mere partisan struggle '.The COM
''mittee dare not resist the cyactions of
party, and their action Is. in consequence
worthy only oi contempt" And the do
grading ends OF their appointment, as well
us The corrupt resorts Of The party now in
power, appear from the flct that .whi!e
'',here we're only sixty eases Turing the first
''siXiy-iive years of the government. there
'hnvc hcen more than that number within
'ihe past ten yc..HS-oycr twenty Of whic,,
are now pending. All these contestants
belong To the majority. An Injured Demo-
Graf o. Conservative well knows :hat an an
peal for justice 10 Radical Congressional
committee would 1e perfectly absurd. It's
members have been selected on account of
their political complcyion they have h..t Il
certain political work assi@nrr to them: They
have been canraSscl li2iurc-iand: they go
ont upon their mission like cxcursionis!s
upon IL frniic-wilh all their expenses paid
and succeed in catching something, rs Ger
tam shrew'! amateurs TO. ty fastening the
desired fish upon The hook before il is cast
into the water at all. The result is GER
tain from tho beginning. \ partisan
speaker appoints II partisan committee
which returns partisan report, and upon
this report the members vote according to
their political affiliations. There is not a
straw left for minority politician to catch
Mt. Hence while the people of the upper
districts may have determined that Messrs.
Simpson and Reed shall represent them, an
oil'rr sci OF people, temporarily rcsiicn, in
Washington. iaye determined that they
shall not. Aud We rather anprchcnd tia.
il!c oihcr sct viii have their own way.
fc! ali such contests; will do Good. The
lime will come wheE the people oi this state
AMI of crcry Slate will secure to themselves:
by statute or amendment the ri9h! OF repre-
scniation in Congress by persons whom they
themselves have elected. AMI not by persons
elected for them by Il CongrcSSiona coin-
ni!tec. And every outrage on the ballot
Will accelerate The advent Of that day.
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KS FAR as built the Blue Ridge Railroad
hardly pays its running expenses. There
Will be no increase of business nnka Tie ,.Otil
is cpS'p'c,ed ~ il passes through noun
tain wilderness rich in beauty but poor in
| population. Until the last rail is spiked the
State will have TO pay.thc interest Oh The
nine million dollars of bonds which il is in
| yicd TO endorse
1T Is lumOrcd that there has been n recon-
ciliation between Congressman Bowen and
Alderman T ! Mnpkpv Tbn rnt,uo ne fI,o