The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-03-03
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

The sacramento CHtu" Va
commenting on the result OF the con'es.eu
election case of Murphy Us. Pacheco' III Tue
California State Senate, congratulafes tnat
hodv on having rendered just decision IN favor
Of q Radical against Democratic con'es1an''
that although fraud could be inferred Oh Inc
mart of the sitting member Pacheco' YET Tue
ssoota ;ustlv decided that although Murphy
the contestant, had charged fraud, it was III
cumbent on him to prove it, and upon MS pre-
senting no proofs of it they by vote Oh ~ 70
"a awarded the seat to Pacheco, the Radlcai
contestee. The article in the Un'o" closes Us
follows:
And so Justice has victory over partisan !. y
in the Senate and left US precedent itoin -,
-. h fnture legislative bodies VIII not depart
We know nothing of the facts oil the case
further than that Democrat claiming 10 DC
legally elected to the State Senate, "hlch mas
Democratic majority, contested the seat OF
Radical and his party friends decided against
him. giving the seat to the Radical
There is quite contrast between this action
IN ,be port of a Democratic Legislature and
the course which is invariably pursued by
Radical Congress. II Pacheco is entitled to
the seat the California Senate has done nothing
more than its duty in giving IL to him, no
matter what may be his political opinions or
what the political complexion OF the LesisIa-
turs NAV be. We do not know that the mem-
beers are entitled to any great credit for having
rendered just decision, for in doing SO 'hey
undoubtedly considered the matter s JndiciAi
question, and paid proper respect TO their
oaths ms members of u Legislative body. he
Radical members of Congress have different
view of such matters Their policy is to kick
out Democrat whenever Radical contests
his seat. 10 matter what majority the Demo
crat received oger his opponent They act
on the principle that the people have no right
10 elect n Democrat 10 Congress, aud when
they eyince such little respect for the party oil
"great moral IDEAS rs TO cleo; ''s.le Copper
head" in preference 10 al advocate oi the
universal brotherhood of man" all the latter
has 10 do is 10 appeal from the Judgment OF The
people h Radical Congress, ~hcreupon the
decision is invariably reversed. The course OF
the House Committee Of Elections has become
50 disgracclul as 10 disgust even the honest
members 0. tbc do.uiaan. party, who have be-
come thoroughly ashamed 81 the unjust aud
PARTISAN decisions rendered IN every case
brought before the Committee during the past
seven or cisG; wears Several instances have
occurred in which 4 rcbuke has been admins
tered b. the people IL those peturcd scouH-
drels who have So; nj defiance the WILL ol the
people IA expressed through the ballet box.
lion. Daniel W Voorhees, of Indiana was
once ous.ed from u scat and Radical put in
his place. bat in is6s the people ol his district
reversed the actioa of Congress aud reelected
him 10 :hc seat from which be- had been wrong.
fully displaced Gen. George ". Morgan q!
Ohio WAS also displaced by an infamous act of
tho Radical couspyraiovs IN order 10 give place
TO his Radical opponent. AMI ia l-6- las con-
s;.:ueu.s reelected him by nearly ;wo thousand
majority. Hon. W. 7. Swl;zier Of Missouri.
about four years ago. was elected by large
majority in the Ninth Congressional District,
and notwithstanding lbe unanimous report of
the Committee that he was entitled 10 his seat.
The Radicals in the House dircgarded the re.
port and ousted Swiizlcr, giving bis seat 10
Geo w Anderson. bis Radical opponent. Col.
switzlcr again went before the people in ls6s,
aud his constituents returned him to Congress
by nearly one thousand majority, but The Radi-
cal villains appeared determined that be should
not take bis seat. and accordingly Mr.. Rod
man, an unprincipIed seoundrel who occupies
the position ot Secretary Of State in Missouri.
in canvassiug the election returns. threw out
one or two Democratic counties on the ground
that the people were disloyal, notwithstanding
the voters had been registered under the cleo.
ton law by Radical officials. Alter throwing
out sufficient number of precincts. which had
given Democratic maiOrities, he then gave n
certificate of election to Davis L. Dyer, the
defeated Radical candidate, ON the strength of
which he now occupies n seat rs a member of
the House Of Representatives from Missouri.
Colonel Switzlcr is again engaged in contest
for the seat which he has been twice swindled
out of, but we have no idea that he will sue
coed in disDlacinu tho dirty doc WIN po1~ hlls