, 1874-12-24
TEIE CITY.
THE FIRST DISTRICT VACANCY.

THE FIRST Dis TRlcT VACANCY.
HALL SPECIAL ELECTION DE catI'RDl
Tho rocont lomiHo Of tho lion. John .. Nico'
who, Ut the tima Of bis doalh, was NoprcaenIa-
two from the First District, created vacancy m
xlo representation of tho Slate In tho present
Congress. FOR tho past fow days tho sttslat1on
Inns boon dlscussct in political, Aoclal, aud hua-
ncss circles, at,d tho question OF flEinE Tho w
cauoy has ollcitea Brent doai Of intention, Tho
Inv governing tho cnso provides TINT tho uos-
eruor a.ono cnn dctormino whom vacancy o1fsss,
and t,rescrbca Ills dutios in tho natIor an fol-
lows:
when ony yacaucy shall occur In tho nfco Of 1op-
rcsenaty In CotgrcsH front this Stale, thu loscrnnr
nu t.a.o writ Ut clection to thu County CLERKS OF
1itts, appointing day to bold epccal election 70
ill Hlleh vacancy. >. ,,
From n casral reaaing Of tho law, It would
eeonl that tho Governor had no option III aucll
cases, and thnt, though vacancy occurred BY
death or otherwise, oven 10" days boforo tho
expiration Of the CougrcHs, hc would DO conf
pollcd to lss,,o proclamation for n 19w election
egardlcHs Of tho public of te aw
literally construed, IL general. for t19 1 reason
that its euforcouout would ofton entail largo OK
nouditurcA for elections which 1t would Bcotn
woro 1,nwarrnntcd bv the clrcu1nstancoa, AZ III ihu
present instance. In order to gat. All expression
Of opinion upon tho case III question, reporter
rastprsiny W calIod upon mn,y OF tho prominent
iul Of alr l.ico's lsto district. But ono opinion
was found to prevail -
vas tho first gentleman Waited, and TIM follow"
Ing conversation enstca:
Ieporter-s1r. Root, ARG ron IL favor OF
special election being called to I'LL tho vacancy
oecasionod by A1r. N'cS's DEATH Z, 49,, IL ~, ,,,,o,.
Mr. Root-No, Sir bocauao thefo IL ho nooea'
i,cportcr-But docs nccoasity goyorn tho mat
str, noot-To certain cxtout. Tho Inv pro.
viflaB that wIou tho GoyernorknowB Of vacancy
In Office 1t Is Its duty to call appcint election
Nh,lo tho ]a,y sayy he It shnll call III election
iu such cnaca IL Ilxcs no penalty for pin fniinro
to do so this with tile fact Tint tho !nw leaves
him to Determine when sacaacs nS'ses ca c;,ber
cali an election or not. just al Lie necessities ol
tho caBo may demand
Neporter~-.rheu, you aro nnt in favor Of a
special election being cn}lcd9
Mr, Hopt-CcYtai,iy mol.
Report ior-Niu you bo kind enough to atato
Mr, Ioot-In Tho first place, Al ! boforc
stated, there in no necessity for 4 special Cleo
ton It is true, d vacancy exinta, but tho ntl-
ya,,cod stage Of Congress would preclude ono
from being Of my account to t''e district II
e!ectcd. nm opposed to special election. tooi
becauso Of tho expense nttona'ns 4. ~ ho,
a upncial election IN tho Iirst Dlatllct ~
$4,000 Whoever WAS elected could rendey NJ bas
~ fow uookB sorpico. III which t1no ho could not
get acquainted, much loss 20 Of any.aasaAeaase
10 tito district. do not think tho occasion 1tis'
titles any such outlay, aud iuasbnucf as the hold
luz Of tho election is discretionary with tho
Governor, am opposed to It! ~.
Roporter-~Do y0u know OF any one who hal'
an ambition to I'LL tho unexpircd term?
a1r. Noot-l hsvo heard several .auiss .n n.en.
toned. but do not belsovc any QUO %on!d enter
tito canynBs except Afr. Caullle!d. nm sure Inc
Republican Congressional Commstteo would NOT
even cali conVentton.
leportcr--Then you believe tho pubic insoFoet
viii ho subserycd by tin Governor failing to call
sir. soot--I do, md tho people Of tho district
qeneTaliy SO far as haso talked with them, ase
OF the Batns opinion. ...-.
the noxt gentleman called upon was
yAE HON. SIDNEY SMITH.
lie regarded tho holding OF npocial election
ri iue4uedicnt, and that it would ontail \ use.
lesu expcngo. 1io believed tho Governor had
discretionary power uudcr Tho la"t at'd 10 euGt
lie i1Itorcst would bo promoted theroby. lio dit
not think that tho filing OF tho vacancy coult
possibly Cit tho district, but on tho Other
hand, that it woula ontail a heavy aud entvols
UNNECESSARY exronHo.
FnASs1tS MAovEA0n,
President Of tho Citizens Association, waa th'
next geut1emEn visited. Ho vas not acquainted
with sae iaw goyorntng tho calling OF speesa
e,ccsioun, but hopel tho Governor had
electiou in bohalf Of public ECONOMY, and, bo
sido, owing to tho advanced stage OF tue session
could Ruc no possible good tho dlatrict could do
1iyo from having the vacanoy filled.
". 4. HAMPER,
Tho Chief Grain Inspector, WAH also called uIlon
uo gnw no necessity for special election, al!
lad met no Quo who did. His objections Wer
in tia jnteroat OF economy, and generally OF tn
sauo character nj tho gentlemen cited above.
NORMAN T. GA5sETTE
eaw no necessity for upecinl election, and VA
+. confident tAat tho predlant representatives woul
leave nothing undo1,o that could bo accomplish
cd BY filing tho vacnnoy. He thought an elct
tion would be useless atd extinVagnrt move
aud one w1icl, the public wonld not improve.
JOSHUA o. KS1cKKEBocREE
haid tho law affecting tie ense vas directory. nt
mandatory, and that the. Governor had Wis
diecretiou uudeK it. Hb did not bolieyo tho ot
casion would warrant the expense Of Bpcc,'
election, for which lo could 500 no nccessit.
". uR0CNAwAY
heartily CONQUERED in the opinions oxpreH6e
aboye, MT did also quito D. nunaber OF other gez
tleucn-in fact, all that wofa aeen during Il
day aud evening.
Is q spccial election was ordered at onco
could not be hold in Time to allow tha Ecntlema
elected to take lis aeat hefora about tue lat
February, which he would Of necessity. yacato 6
tie 4th Of March, Tlo election would cost It
county about 10000 md tho country 1t larG
about as much nero. If the First District CT
bo bencG,sed to that amount by an electio
which is not ut all probable, not"lthBtant1I
public opinion il to tie contrary, the Govern
will scarcely fail to call tho election.
OBITUARY..
THE nEr. DAVID WILLIAMS.
Tho venerable noY. David Williams, late pa
tor Of tho Welsh Presbyterian Church, OF IL