The Tipton advertiser., 1876-11-23

den. that decision mast be accepted
Where l. there any remedy or any
rower 10 change the resDiT For
some years there hss been . joint rule
of Congress. ., very Questionable l.
rslify. which aaaae the counting cf
vote of suv State depeadent On the
anfrnasive asseas - husa Hoses An
objection by either Hoa$e w2s s1-se-
lent 10 hare The yess rsiecsed- fAxs
-ale zxs 10. adopted r. the rre%1s
Conxress and / now 1es IN s0re1-
Tlsp-s i no rale in Fa-rs Ssvs<1zs IAt
matter. L1rerxly sAers : - rsser
10 ch5eS-- Saz@sl AcEsTs-- Esaas
rxeagy-sesn=sd SalzE re = rsv4-s4 er
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hep he xstGxrzaz- Il fhs Rs14sc-z-ss
Hosase shoabd ss.s@-s % essCEs EAs v0ss
Of Louisiana for Hxses< tk-xs e'sssssczEoe
wocsd elscs TIi3eas sEs the >slsse
can thea e6se-rs 10 No-sh Caro2ia2 g
Arkansas, Misszss;pssi. ~ -AiahSzaS- G.
su Of them The ne-l1erz1ie Hos2-e
could only osje-s 70 Florida q, South
Carolina III, and Louisiana t>A, tos2i
70 votes: while the Republicans may
object and thus thrpw oct the votes of
a. MANY of the other Southern STATES
ss would exceed the vcse- Of these
Republican ssateS This process nay
20 on indefinitely. for once admitting
the power OF either HoaSe Of Congres.
to arbitrarily reiees tie electoral TOse
of one state. there i no limit 10 which
the power may not te extended. Ifs
majority os the Senate shoaA consent
to the exclusion of the vote q Louisi-
ana. that would sle-ct Tiiieu: but this
i not 20 likely - 20 offer any expec-
tstion Of the difficulty being settled in
that way. What, then. will he the
result of this exclusion Of votes foy the
mere purpose and pressxt OF eleeting
one or the other Of the party candid
atese The Constitution dos not con-
template any sncss condition Of Affairs
The high standard Of official iRtexri-
II in I7s7 and in ISL did not aiuli.
that there could BE- difficulty or sQs-
picion Of fraud or Gnfsirness in the
choice of Electors. No provision was
therefore made for the contingency Of
a failure to count the votes and de-
clare the election Of President and
Vice President There is 9 provision
that, when there has been . failure 10
elec. q President and Vie President |
by the people, and the House shall |
fail to elect President BY March 4, /
then the Vice President, elected by /
the Senate. shall become President
But this contingency cannot happen /
in this case which viii be that Of q |
failure to declare the result of an cleo
ton which has been made. The Law
of l7s2 provides that the term of the
President shall begin March l. Ii ex-
eludes the theory Of . President hold
ing over. II provides that, in case of
the death, resignation. or inability Of
both President and Vice Pre-ideni.the
President Of the senate shall act IS
President until the disability is Ne
moved or President elected. Thi.
Zoe. no, cover the ease a. will be
presented by the failure Of the two
Houses TO have the votes counted and
the election declared. And vet, pos
sibly. that may be the only praetica-
bic way out Of the business When
The offices Of the President and Vice
President both become vacant. as
hey will be If no one II declared elect
II, then the President Of the senate
Dy Law becomes acting President until
.hese officers shall he elected at
special election in the succeeding No
which election must by law
,e held unless the expired term is less
than year. In thi. case Mr.. Ferry,
who i 81 present President Of the
senate. would be ineligible. because
nis term will expire March 3. and he
will not be President of the senate
when the vaeancis- occur. The Sen
ate will therefore have TO elect anoth-
r presiding officer before the sth Of
who would succeed a. acting
President until the special election Of
President and Vice President could
AXE place.
We have treated all these specula-
ions a. to todifficultie- which NAV never
,ccur. We, however. have faith that
he good sense Of the country will ex-
-rcise controlling influence at New
Orleans, and that, when all the facts
Of the Louisiana election are known.
the truth and the right will be so evil |
dent that the result will be declared |
and to the satisfaction OF
the whole country. In that evidence |
there will be no more objection to the |
of an election by small !
majority than there would be if that |
were fifty or sixty. The fact |
however, remains that Congress will
be criminal if it fail, by constitutional
To provide effectualiy
against the recurring ofany such alarm
ing and dangerous contingency as is
now evident may occur.-Cacago
7ribuae.