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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-01-23
Terms Of Advertising.

Deaths and Marriages gratis.
Local Notices, first insertion, 10 cents per
line; subsequent insertions cents per line.
Special Notices and Foreign Advertisements
Is per cent additional.
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, 81
Administrator and Executors Notices..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
mil in tbe (JlarkSburg schools "a twenty

nupil in the Glarksburg schools "a twenty
dollars and thirteen cents. q suppose he
means per annum.) Icannot tell In what
manner he arrived at this. / have before
me q full statement ofthe receipts and dis.
bursemehts oil tho school fund for the
Clarksburg School District for the last
scholastic year, together with the num-
Der OF pupils In attendance, There was
expended for school purposes last year,
four thousand eight hundred and Jtty dol
lars and Ierenty. three cents There were in
attendance at the schools 4j7 pupils,
making the cost 10 each pupil ten dollars
and Sixty.tU0 cents. There was expended
for repairs Of buildings, per centsge on
collecting aud disbursing the fund, &c.
nine hundred and eighty nine dollars ana
thirty four centS, leaving three thousand
eight hundred and serenity dollars and nsEr-
" nine cent to pay the Superintendent
and teachers, making the actual cost Of
teaching each pupil for ten months OF tho
year IS AZ. Ishould think this moderate
In town In which, according 10 the Su-
perintendenfs own showing, people pay
$50 per annum for private tuition.
The people in this School District have
tho right TO complain to the Superinten-
dent or Commissioners Of any irregulari-
ties that may occur In the schools, and
their complaints will be. respectfully
heard and the subject ofcomplaint impair.
TALLY investigated and redress mace. 30
far as the teachers arc concerned they
have been employed upon the certificates
Of either the State or County Superinten-
dent, some Of them are graduates, as well
a. "His Little Highness" Smith.
am making this letter too long, but l
must sayin conclusion, that I do not be-
lieve that In the least misrepresented
Smith. He did profess to be tho friend OF
Gov. Jacob at the August election last
year, and for one had confidence in his
professions, but l found but few Of the
same faith, and subsequentS ents have
led me into the firm conviction that was
mistaken.
In regard TO the Clarksburg Graded
School, have stated facts which can be
proved, and Mr.. Smith, in his report,
failed 10 make one correct statement In
relation to this school. He never visits
the school. He knows nothing Of its
operations 1t is a good school, and a
young gentleman or lady can be qualified
In this school for any position In lie The
languages and higher mathematics are
as we'll taught as in any Of the colleges in
the country, and this school has turned
out as good scholars as Mr.. Smith him
self, though he has been honored with q
college diploma, / said nothing in my
COMMUNICATIONS IS Philom, for which / do
not hold myself personally responsible.
SO far as am personally concerned. l
care but little for what Smith says His
word in this region, where he Is best
known, is Ilken cum grGHO sails cup
pose, as no has a diploma, he can translate
this much Latin. AS 9. W. Smith, Jr.,
he eau do but little harm, but as q tool in
the hands Of others, he may iDjure our
Free Schools In Harrison county.
Respectfully, r. s. NoRTHcoTT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
New Yori, Market.

New YoRK, April 80.-Flour-Quieti
super western and state $5 e0a6 IS; com.
mon to good 81 0Oa7 90; good to choice
81 55aS 25; white wheat extra $s 50a
10 80. Wheat-LoWer; No. 2 spring
Chicago 81 63; prime No. 2 Milwaukee
a1oat 81 6S; white western g 07a9 Is.
Rye-steadY; 9sca$1 90. Barley-Dull;
western s5c, MSlt-Quiet; state 81 oct.
Corn-Heavy; old western mixed 60c;
new aaoat 72a72fc. 0AtS-Dull; new
mixed western 62a5Sc; new white 5Sa55ic.
HopS-Held firmly at S5A50c for '72.
Wool-RAtheF more steady; domestic
fleece 45a49c; unWAshed so. Coffee
Strong; Rio l7a19tc. Sugar-Active and
strong; fair to good refining 7iA7ic. Mo.
lasses-Qulet and unchanged. Rice
Quiet at 7tasic. Cheese-1Saletc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
miscellaneous.
Library Gift Concert!
NINETY Days DISAPPOINTMENT.
A Full Drawing Certain.
100000 in Bank 10 Pay Gifts.
10000 CASH GlFTSPAiD IN.FULL
100000 for Only Ten Dollars.

Etouch of tho 100000 tickets issued for tho
THIRD GRAND GTT CONcERE, In aid Of tho Pub.
lie Library Of Kentucky, having been sold 70 In.
suro full drawing, and the wish having been
universally expressed that tho 10000 cash gilts
ofIered should DO drawn In full and paid in full
without any scaling down, as heretofore, the
mRnaRement With tho concurrence OF the tTuB-
tees, baye determined 10 allow ninety days more
70. the BAle Of the remnants Of tickets lett on
hand The concert and distribution advertised
for April Is Therefore postponed TO Tuesday,
July &, 1873, on which day, and no other, they
will positively and unGquiVocAlly take place In
the Public Library Hall, Louisville, Ky.
At this grand concert the following cash giilS
will be distributed by lot and paid in full 10 tho
tlckat.holdeFB who draw them:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
New York DRY Goods Market.

New YORK, April 30-Business Is only
moderately active to-day, The Daily
Bulletin says there has been an unex.
pecLed break in the market for standard
sheetlngs and fine brown cottons. Al.
lantic, Indian Head, Appleton, Adriatic,
Wachusett, Pepperell, Nashua and La
coma o have been reduced ic, Pepperell
wide sheetingS are down 2ic, and Andres.
coggin and Pepperell wide bleached
sheetings are down &c, Colored cottoDs
active and steady. Prints In fair request.
Dress goods arc quiet In first hands, and
woolenS are inactive. Ribbons are SELL
ing very largely at auction, and IRE freely
duplicated NJ the prices offered. Other
foreign goods are dull.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
LIST GRTs.


Total, 10 COO GIS all CASH. $500 900
The money 10 psy all these gins in full e now
upon dypUsit n tho Farmers and BroVerB' Bank
OF Louisville, and set aside for that purpose, and
eau only be uied for thAtpurpoee, As will be seen
by the following certificate OF the Cashier:
oFTICH CT F4EHERS' AND DROyEEA' BANK,
Lou SVTLEB, KY, April 7, 1873.
This Is to certify that there Is in tho FarDerB'
and DrOVerI Bank TO the credit OF the Third
Grand GIFT Concert, for the benefit OF the Public
Library OF Kentucky, hVO hundred thousand
d ;llaTs which has been st apart BY the man.
aRers 10 pay the gifts In iull, and will DO held BY
tho bank and paid ont for hi. purpose; and this
purpose only. X. $. VBEOH, Cashier.
Tho party, therefore, who holds tho ticket
drawing the capital gilt Will get $780, 600 10 green
backs, and 20 OF the $4,000, the $95, 0O0,' the
$40 000 the COO. the s. 600, and all the other
gifts. 10, 0O0 In number, amounting TO $500 0O0.
The remnant OF unlold tickets will be furnish.
BY tho money always having preference over
agOnts) at tho following prices: Whole tickets,
80; halves, 5; and quarters, 50 70; II whole
tickets for 500, SO for $500, ilS for 900, and
SIS for s. 900. No discount on less than 800
worth Of tickets alta time.
The concert and distribution Of giftS will b.
gin at n'eihrk on TuoodAy mgInlnR, July =, In
Public Library hail, and The following Will DO
the order OF proceedings: Let Music BY orches'
a band "a Placing tags S1S for saSh c
small wheel. 9th. Music by orchestral band.
9th. Explanatory remarks by President. 9Th
Drawing OF flrSt hRlI OF giftS. 9Th. Music By
orchestral band. h Drawing OF last half OF
gifts. 9th. Placing OF largo WHEEL with taeG 10
hands OF committee appointed by audience. 10Th.
Grand orchestral conctrt. go.
The mAslc on this grand occasion Will bs the
best that can DO procured, and the gentlemen
who count and place the tags and gifts In the
wheels and superintend tic drawing and keep
tho record Of the drawn numbers will DO chosen
from the best known and most trustworthy ciu.
Eans OF tho State. AL will be 10 conducted a. 10
be . Perfect luaiGnty against complaint from
any Just source
The payment o. gifts will begin on Saturday,
July 10, Gt 9 O'clock A. n. Tickets drawing gifts
must DO presented Gt room No, 4, Public Library
building where cash checks upon tho FarnerS
and DrOVCTs' Bank OF Louisville, or sight draftB
upon the Fourth National Bank Of New York,
at the option OF tho holder, will be given for the
Tickets All gifts not called for In months rom
the drawing will DO turncd over TO the Public
Library fund
For full particulars scndfor circulars.
THoS. K. DRAATLRTTE,
Agent Public Library Kentucky, Louisville, KY.
For tickets or Information npplyt0
]. V. L RODGERS. Agent.
lCG Market street, Wheeling, w Va.
Hpa5 saw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
GUILDS SIGNAL.

TMR. BRET HGRTE in tho Tribune oil
Monday, celebrates WILLIAM GUILD, the
engineer of tho train which, on the 10Th
Of April, plunged into Meadow Brook, on
the stonington and Providence Railroad.
1t was his custom, as often as he passed
lie home, to whistle an tails well" to
his wife. He was found, after the disaster,
dead, with his hand on tho thrOltle.valve
OF his enginel .F
Two low whistler, quaint and clear,
That was tho signal tho engineer
.sThAt was tho signal that Guild, Ills said.
Gave 10 his wife at Providence,
As through thOBleepinR town, and thence,
Out In the night,
On tothe HIGHT
Down past tho farms, lying white, he sped |!
Asa husband . greeting, scant no doubt,
Yet 10 the woman looking ont,
Watching Bnd waiting, no serenade,
Love song or midnight IOundelay
kRIl what that Whlstle seemed to Say:
ITO my trust true,
So love to you
Working or waiting, Good night" 1t said.
BrI.k Young bAgman, tourists lne,
Cd commuters along the line,
Brakcmen and poftera glanced ahead,
smiled as The signsl, rharp. intense,
Plerc ID Though the shadows Of Providence =
NOTHING AmlSs- ,l-
Nnthlng!-it Is
oAly Guild calling his wife" they said.
Summer and Winter, the old refrain!
Rang DER the blllnwS OF ripening grain,
Pierced through the budding bOughs o'erhoad,
Flew down the track when tho red leaves
burned
Lie living coal from the engine sprrned;
Sang as It flow;
ITO our trust true.
First OF all Duty-Good night" Il said
And then one night, It was hes I'd no more,
from StOnington over Rhode lsAud shore,
And the folk IN Providence smiled and Iaid
As they turned In thri; bed rhe engln
HaS once forgotten his midnight cheer"
Ono only kuCw,
TO his tFutt true,
Guild lay uTdGr his engine, dead.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

BALTIMORE, April 3O.-Flour-Qulst
and unchanged. Wheat-Firm but IN
changed. Corn-Quiet; mixed western
65ia66c' Oats-ActiVe and firm, western
mixed 49a50c, white SO. Rye-unchsnged
Provisions-Dull aud week. Mess pork
$19 50819 90. Bacon-Shoulders 9asfi
clean rib sides 10a10t; sugar cured -hSns
l3ia15c. Lard 9a9t; Butter-Western,
quiet and steady, good, to choice tub $50
Sc. WhlSky-NOminal at 90As0lc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, April SO.-Flour4Flrm
at 81 50a7 10. Wheat-Steady at 81 65a
/ o.. Corn-44c. Rye-s0c. 0Sts-41
aAsc. Proyisions-Mtre active. Pork
Nominal at $1S 80. Lard-Quiet; steam
DC; kettle held at 9ic. Bulk Meats
Steady; Shoulders 6is7c; clear rib sides
DC; clear 9ta9ic. BaCon-SLcady; Shout
ders TIC, generally held at SC; clear rib
sides held at 99c; clear held at l0c. WhiS.
Nv Soc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

CHICAGO, April 2O.-Flour-Quiet and
nearly oil sales private,
Wheat-Irregular and lower; No. 9 spring
1924 Corn-Unsettled; No. :
mixed ste. Oats-No. 2, soc. Rye-No,
3, 69ia70c. Barley-UnchaDged. PORK
Held at SIS. Lsrd-9tc. Bulk Meats
and Bacon-Quiet and unchanged In
every respect. WhiskY-97c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

STocKs-Alternately weak and strong
but the fluctuations were generally con-
fined to the narrow limits. Western
Union active and advanced from sat to
s5f, but receded under the tightneSs oil
money to s44; Pacific Mail rose from 81 to
67i, but closed at tho opening figure;
Panama sold from 100 up to 1891, closing
at 10 bid; 81. Paul ranged from 6si to
57ia57s. It's rumored that the North
western directors have voted to make
common pool Of tho earnings with St.
Paul. Harlem advanced from 1874 TO 1876,
reacting to 1874; Lake Shore ranged be.
tween 01ia99I; New York Central, 1OOia
1Ol; Rock Island, 1OsfG10si; Wabash,
60la0OI; St. Joseph, 4Oa4l; and Cleveland,
Columbus & Indiana Central, 37ISS7f.
The market closed dull but steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
New YORK Money and stock Market.

New York Money and Stock Market.
New York, April t0-MoNEY-More
active and stringent at 2 per cent gold to
I per day, closing at the higher rate. The
Express Companies brought 81 100000 in
currency.
STERLING ExoHANaE.-Dull and heavy
at 1881 for 90 days, and 1901 for sight.
GoLD.-Firmer, rising from 116ia117!,
with small business. Loans at 2a7 per
cent. Clearings $5S5,OOO. Customs re-
celpts $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

TOLEDO, April 30.-Flour-Dull, but
unchanged. Wheat-Irregular; No. l
white Wabash Sc Is; No. 2 do 50 Oh;
No. . white Michigan 81 65; No. red
81 70; No. 2 do 81 70i; No. 8 do 81 Of.
Corn-High mixed 45c; low mixed 443c
Oats-No. 3, 40c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

"MT brudders," said waggish colored
man to crowd, "ln all your afflictlon, In
all OBJ your troubles, dar Is one place you
can always find sympathy" "Whar
WhGr! shouted several. "In dc diction-
ary," he replied, rolling his eyes skyward
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
CITY BOOK STORE.
NEW BOOKS. a

KME1X CHI1INOLY-By Bulwer- Cloth 81 Is;
LIFTII KATE KnBT-By F. W. ROb,nSOa-Pa-
per 75c.
HETomo ORIGIN or TEE BIBEE-By E. Cone
BISSell, A. H.-Cloth . 50.
RNIqHAB OF LIFB-ByW. X. Grey-Cloth 81 GO.
TaE FIslMo ToURI5TS-By Charles HAlloek-
QUiDDITIEs OF An A1ASKAN TRp-By Capt. Bell,
o. 8. A.-Cloth S8 80,
PLAY AND PIoRTT-By 3. P. Poo-Cloth 81 30.
JoIANNS 0IAF-By Elizabeth DeWille-cloth
A Fam sAxoN-By Justin Mcoalthy-0lOt
LINN WHISKY Geo. Il. Throop-Cloth 81 30.
TIM oFHIA 9ruS-By ArS. A. D. T. Whitney
TGESEs FcfzTs m IlrE-By Rev. Frederick
Arnold-Cloth q Is.
PoEHB-By Clara Augusta Cloth q 60.
POnB-By Gay NAr1morO-Cloth 81 90.
THE MYBTHRT or MITnoPoLIsVILLl-ByRe Rev.
Edward EgRleston-ClothS 81 50.
PALhEFTo LGAyES-By Ma q. B. stoWe-oloth
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TipEs AND TEaDrxcrEI OF RELIGIOUS THOuuHr
Cloth 81 20.
~ A fall line Of stationery, Wall Paper,
oFoQues, Pocket Books, &C., always on hand.
j. D. STANTON,
COR MONROE AND MARKET STREETS,
lhd0
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
Travellers Register.
ARRIVAL OF HANS.
POST OFFICE REGISTER.

uon,, At which mails arc duo and close at tho
pn.t ONCE IN this city Prepared IN accord
Snce with the latcst time tables on the rail-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

THE Philadelphia man who drew the
$500, 900 prize In lottery says he never
knew before what an immense number
Of relatives be had In this country
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
$3.50 rrIreA, Amounting 70 $500, 600.

Tickets, $40. half Tickets, IS. Quarters, $3.50.
H-our lotteries arc chartered by the StAte,
arc always drawn 81 tho timc named, and all
draVinge arc under the supervision Of sworn
commissioners.
the St Louis papers, and copy Of brAWinR sent
10 purchasers OF tickets. o
ErWe Will draw 9 similar scheme tho last
day Of oVTy month during tho year 1879.
Hg Remit At our risk BY P0SToPTTGl Monty
0RDERs, HEIGHTENED LBTTER, DRAFT or RX.
PRRss. Send for circular. Address
MURRAY, MILLER d CO.,
PostOfiee Box34l6
app Tn.Th.StISV st Louis, No.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01
New Evidence
DR.. LONGDON'S SKILL.
The Efficacy Of his Treat
in Catarrh.
Statements from Our Own
Citizens that Cannot be
Doubted.

From what know and have seen Of Dr.. Long.
don's treatment in CatArTh hare no doaibt Of lie
efficacy 10 cure hlS dlIGrle.
Market St., between Adams aud Jefferson.
WHEELM0, April 20, 1875.
have tried Dr.. Longdon'S treatment for Ca.
'''' '''' K. G. HENDERSON,
Fh. Corner RoR and ISt streets.
WHEELING. April ~, 1873. IF
From personal test as VOL as the evidence Of
otherB am entirely sItlEaed that DR.. LongdOn'B
mode OF treating CAtRITh will euro tho disease.
have great confidence in his lklL.
JOHN Il. HICKEY,
WHEELING, April Is, 1878.
IbelIeys that DR.. LonEdon'S lkill, under the
blessing OF the Lord, iAVed my liie; =, ~,
Harness Maker, Union streCt.
WHEELING, March IS, 1873.
DR.. LopEdon has cured mo Of Chronic Bron.
chitiS OF BeYen yoarb' standing.
JNO. Il. CHALK,
Kirkwcod Glass Work..
WHEELING, March 81, 1878.
DR.. Longdon has told me moro about my case
and treated me more Skilllully than any physI.
clan who ever attended me; o,o,,
JOhN H. bhOHN'
CENTRE WHEE1TN0, ApEil2l 1873
Although / have been under DR.. LonRdon'g
treatment less than one month now feel 10 well
as ever dId-S0 rGH that Ihdrt no dCEirs 70 J6el
better, C0RNELlUS GILLESPIE.
CENTRE WnEELIS0, March u, 1873.
These evidences will bear the closest scrutiny
and are Uncomfortable Or. LODRdon's claims 70
public confidence and patronage arc now placed
beyond all doubt. He hiss been six months In
Wheeling and has treated more than 500 cases
with the most satisfactory results.
Pees for consultation, examination, advice and
treatment within the reach Of all.
Medicines for ali Diseases By mall and express
10 al parts Of the country.
Orr ICE HoURS-s to u, 1850 to ., and $50 to g.
1. H. LONGBON, A. NJ, n. D.,
NEs2 SIDE FIFTH STREET
Between Monroe and Quincy opposite Cathedral,
Ep39-eodAW WHEELING, ". va.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-25


Bismarck's rctuns to Office, with supreme
power as virtual head OF the Prussian gov
eminent, has already affected the relations
Of the Church Of Rome and the reigning
house OF Brandenburg. For some time past
the Emperor William has hesitated to sane
tlon extreme measures, though he evidently
had resolved, as a sovereign. still to have a
veto on the nomination of Catholic clergy.
Of all grades, from archbishop to curate.
Hitherto, marriages in Prussia have been lc-
gally valid only when performed By the
established clergy-thc State recognizing
the Church IS sole agent in the administra-
ton Of domestic life, as 10 baptisms, mar
riages, and funeral rites. Bismarck is going
TO change this. Several hundred Prussian
parishes, in which the population is chiefly
or wholly Catholic, are unproYided with
priests legally entitled to perform the func-
tons of their sacred Office
Clergymen appointed to these parishes
have not been accepted or confirmed by the
State, and their episcopal superiors have re-
fused to make other appointments. To re-
move the inconvenience thus created, Bis
marck has obtained the royal sanction to the
introduction, in the PrusSian Parliament,
Of a bill sanctioning civil marriages and civil
registration of births and deaths. This will
AoSihedtS sluAeu marriages, not merely De-
tween Protestants and Catholics, but all
Christians, and the large and wealthy body
OF German Jews; legalize a general registra-
ton of births and deaths, and will throw
open the cemeteries, hitherto wholly de-
nominational, to persons of all seets and
creeds. Such measure will 90 far to sever
the connection between protesting but not
Ultramontane Christians, and the Catholic
clergy of Prussia, and to end the estrange-
ment OF one Christian sect from another
Until the last two hundred years mar
rage was a purely civil act in Germany.
As yet, the details of Bismarck's project
not having been published, we know not
whether it merely sanctions civil marriage
or makes it obligatory. In France the
civil sanction is Indispensable, but ''thc
happy couple" are at liberty to add any
religious ceremony. In Italy, where a like
change will soon be effected, civil marriage
will be obligatory. In England any one
who pleases can contract a marriage legally
valid before a registrar. In the United
States Il civil is as legal as religious mar
riage. In Prussia the operation Of the new
plan, and most probably the direct intention,
must be to emancipate the adult laity from
all legal obligation to apply for the assist
ance of the priests, and must greatly reduce
the emoluments, oftimes very small, of the
Catholic clergy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-25
fooHNUxIcATED.I
THE LATE ELEC,rVON


Section six, article three, of our State
Constitution is as follows: "All elections fol
State, district and county officers shall be
held the county seats of the several coun-
ties, until otherwise provided by law and the
polls shall lie opened for four days, from 6
o'clock A. n. until o'clock p. N. OF each
day."
Under this section, it is claimed by Radi-
cal Office holders that the Legislature could
not provide by law for holding elections for
less than four days
Although the reason for holding the cleo
tion four days was on account of its being
held at the county seats only, and is re-
moved by providing for its being held, as
formerly, at the various precincts of the
different counties, and although the con-
junction and, according to the laws of lam
guage, connects the latter clause with the
former, making it dramatically subject to
the clause ''until otherwise provided by
law, " yet our Radical office holders, with
out reason, claim that while the first part of
the section is valid the latter part is nuga-
tory.
The STATESMAN has heretofore said the
construction of this section of our Constitu-
ton belongs to the political departments Of
our government rather than to the judiciary
Being purely political question, and
having been decided by the executive and
Legislative departments, the judiciary
should acquiesce in their decision.
And again, the Constitution expressly
makes the two houses of the Legislature,
judges of the election aud qualifications of
their members.
Section fifteen, article three, says: ''Each
house shall judge of the elections and
qualifications of its own members
This clause forever forbids the Supreme
Court or any other court from judging or
deciding as to the election and qualifications
fthe members elect of our next Legislature,
who no doubt, being gentlemen chosen
from the people on account of their virtue,
intelligence and wisdom, will be surely COM
petent to judge with perfect satisfaction, at
least to themselves, without the slightest
assistance from our Supreme Court, of their
own elections and qualifications -