The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-15
Holding Two tseares.:

t1OlQlUS# Two SS|1A5SS<9s. SSSs8 o.,
The New York Tribune, kR Washfngten
RSpu6kcan, the New York orsds xnd no
doubt many papers which VI Aave nos seen,
applaud the decision rscentls niade bygndge
tDANlk1as, of New York, that nnder tne
reommou law no man can bold Two incora-
sspatiblesoiaces.f rs Legislative position and
an executive Office are incompatible with one ll
another, A judicial and an executive
oface are nc6mpatble with q! one .anothss
and 30 on. Whenever one of The two etsees
isexecutIye and the other either Judicial or
legislative ia its character, or whensteretbe
legislative, the executive, and the judicial
departments Of the government are in any
mapner commingled in any one individual
official. then there is aa ineompatibility
which ought TO be removed. Whenever an
individual hpIds two Offices, and it might
happen that he could not possibly perform
the duties of both, there is an incompati.
lItybetween the two offices. The World
says : ~ ..,..,'a - s,,..;-ss.a..
i, This decision IL sustained and enforced. reaches
mach further than the individual who may no'o
system which has beeni productive Of evil aud de.
the gast aas in s1 mem i rs both
II he Ep as Who held Federal and
city Offices, and permitting tbein TO draw their sa
RES while in Albany the same Is tasT Wers TG ss
salary in sucn cases has boon in the nature Of br6
IL has made the1nCn white In the LEGISLATURE the
tools Of ss ssn sh SHOULD Cha
| rscteriZc law-mAkers.--------~------ =.
The leaders of the Republican party have de-
nected With The custom. hou+e and Other Federal
positions fgr Of che ,,, OF "
5s sde e.s hf s baas
Instead of men to look after the public noeTs ,
The practical result of this was seen when the
the late Assembly. The custom-house leaders held
these men and compelled them TO vote lot aS op'.
agsous proylso9s Simply mp 9seatse Them hg Eye Ia DO
/ lttical affairs in this metropolis. :. ~,
The decision Of the Court strikes blow az inc
snod tsyten' and and VIII 0e 0au''lse 9DAse
sc aSe late constitutional Commission recognized
glazing abuse and the ey resas 81 tae ,IR IaG
or the Constitution covering the whoie lussaloSm
which provides that no person should pc ensiplt
WH Hundred q days previous thereto has
K BEEN member OF Congress, civil or military ON.
Ger under the United States or an oilicer dst ay
such ssfce after Ills election to the Lsgisatfc his
acceptance thereof shall Hacate his seat.'''h -
! Our Constitution has a provision which
was intended no doubt to keep city council
men out of the State Legislature. Previous
to and during the war, and up to the time
Of the formation of the present Constitution,
| the City Council had been used as "a soft OF
stepping.stone to the Legislature; 'rhere
were sometimes two or three couhcilmeln IN
one Legislature. The Trainers of the Con-
stitution made blunder in the use of words,
| but their intention may be inferred from the
facts of the case. -....
we think that this matter is an important %
| one. 1t is never too soon to take measures
to ward off perils, however distant they may
seem to be. We have 40 present fear Of any
such results here as have followed in New
York city from allowing persons to hold a
plurality of Offices, yet now is the time TO
make ourselves secure. We are safe. Let
ns see to it that we remain so. ,