Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-15

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be elected but Il Is claimed that
By the subiOined act Of Congress,
passed on the 25th Of July, 1886,
the election cannot take place un-
til after next Tuesday week. This
will give the opponents Of Gen.
Ames a splendid opportunity to
work against him. General Geo.
G. Mckee, member Of Congress
from this the Fourth District, Is
pulling very quietly a vast number
Of wires; and II the election
should not Occsr until the period
named, it will he discovered that
he is a very formidable opponent
of both Ames and Eggleston.-
By some it is claimed, however,
that the act Of Congress referred
to, which regulates the general
election Of United States Senator's,
does not apply to uurecenstructed
States and as an illustration of
the truth Of their position, they
cite the action Of Virginia, the
Legislature Of which State was
in session scarcely q week, and
it elected Senators whose seats
have not been contested upon
that ground. 0fthe Southern class
asplrants for this position, Col.
Tourney appears to be the most
prominent. A few persons speak
as ifa very respectable vote will
be cast for DR.. W. n. Compton,
while 4 very large and respecta-
BILE number intimate that Judge
j. S. Morris, Of Vicksburg, will
not be left far in the background.
Taking all in all however, it is a
very amusing and interesting study
to the locker on. But here We
present the act Of Congress men
tened:
Be it enacted by the Senate aud
House Of Representatives OF
the United States Of America
In Congress assembled, That the
Legislature Of each State which
shall be chosen next preceding the
expiration Of the time for which
any senator was elected to repre-
sent said State in Congress, shall
on the second Tuesday after the
meeting and organization thereof.
proceed to elect q senator in Con.
gress, in place ofsuch senator so
going out of Office. in the follow
ing manner Each house shall
openly, b. a viva voce Of each
member present, name one person
for senator in Congress from said
State. and the name Of the person
so voted for, vino shall have a
majority OF the whole number OF
votes cast in each house shall
be catered on the journal of each
house By the clerk or secretary
thereof; but If either house shall
fail to give such majority 10 any
person on said day that fact shall
be entered on the journal. At L.
O'Clock meridian, Of the day fol
lowing that on which proceedings
were required to take place. as
aforesaid, the members Of the two
houses shall convene in joint as
sembly, and the journal Of each
house shall then be read, and II
the same person shall have re.
ceived a majority IOf the votes
In each house, such person
shall be declared duly elected
senator to represent said State in
the Congress Of the United States
but If the person shall not have re.
ceived a majority Of the votes in
each house, or IL either house shall
have failed to take proceedings as
required By this act, the joint as.
semby shall then proceed to
! choose, by a viva vocc Of each
member present a person for the
purpose aforesaid, and the person
having a majority Of all the votes
of the said joint assembly, q ma.
jority of all the members elected
to both houses being present and
voting, shall be declared duly
elected; aud In case no person
shall receive such majority on the
first day, the joint assembly shall
meet at twelve o'clock meridian,
Of each succeeding day during
the session Of the Legislature
and take at least one vote until q
Senator shall be elected.
SEC. 2. And be it further en-.
acted, That whenever, on the
meeting of the Legislature of any
State, q vacancy shall exist in the
representation of such State in
the Senate of the United States
said Legislature shall proceed, on
the second Tuesday after the com.
mencement and organization OF
its session, to elect q person to
ill such vacancy, in the manner
hereinbeEore provided for the
election of a Senator for q full
term and If q vacancy shall hap.
men during the session of the