The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-03-14
posTpoN1NG THE ELECTION.

PosTP0NING THE ELECTION.
The Oregon Bulletin of March Cd contains
an article under the head of "The Congress
sional Election" in which appears three Sec
tions of bill which the Bulletin states has
passed and become a law, with the sanctio n
of the President The following we clip from
the article referred to, as being one section Of
the bills
SECTION g. That the Tuesday after the first Mon:
day In November. in the year 1872, 10 hereby nxed
and established the day In each Of the States and
Territories Of the United States for the election OF
and the Tuesday after the trst Monday In November
In every second year thereafter hereby hxed and
established the day for the election IN each OF said
gates to the Congress commencing on the Ath day
Of March next Thereafter. Provided that In any
state In which by law the polls are held open more
than one day for the election OF State officers, the
polls for the election Of members Of Congress in
each State, In A. d. 1872. shall be held the same
length Of time beginning on the day above specineo
in this section.
We have been expecting tor several weeks
past to receive news Of the passage Of bill
postponing the Congressional elections in Idaho
and Washington Territories, and in fact learned
through q private letter received by friend
In Boise City from Hon. s. A Merritt that a
bill to that effect had passed the House. and
that it would also, without doubt. pass the
Senate Not one word have we ever seen in
the telegraph dispatches in regard to the bill,
its reference to any committee or its passage
in the House; and if the Balletia is correct in
the assertion that the bill to postpone Congress.
sional elections in all the States and Terrific.
ries has become law, the agent of the Asso-
ciated Press has certainly been derelict in his
duty in failing to embody in his dispatches, to
the Pacific coast, the news of the passage OF
such IN important BILL
We believe that it would better suit the con-
veniencs Of the people of our Territory for
the election 10 come of in November. but if
the bill, as given in the Bulletin, is the Que
that has become law it will work a serious
Inconvenience to the people of this Territory
Under its provisions the election of Delegate
to Congress viii DO postponed. while County.
Precinct and District officers will have TO be
elected on the first Monday (the 3d) of June
next; thus requiring US TO hold two elections
during this year No blame. however. can at
tach to our Delegate in the premises. The
law. as stated in the Bailc,iR. is u general
one postponng the Congressional elections in all
the States. az well as the Territories Con.
gress has no power TO postpone State elections
for officers other than members Of Congress.
aud in framing general Law on the subject.
no exception is made in regard to the Terri.
tories so tina. the time for holding elections in
the Territories for local officers and members
of the Legislature Is left to the Territories
themselves to regulate. While it is certainly
n hardship TO US this year, the difficulty can be
obviated in the future BY the Legislature, at
its next session. changing the Territorial law
on the subject, so that the election Of all other
officers in the Territory shall come off on the
day fixed by Congress for the election of n
Territorial Delegate. II may be that the Bal.
lstia is 10 error as TO the bill having become n
law, and We shall anxiously await adsices from
Washington as TO the status Of the bill. aud its
provisions so far as they affect our Territory.