The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-12


1--WE join with our ns,ghspr tic Repuhf.
can in dsprscs:iSg sayShng Ike dis -er,o.
meat ever the c1sat OF ths e,eHtorn yc,q
NothIng could DO more diSgCAoslul than such
Il Disagreement except tho admission 70 she
swndls OF cOupdEg tvOto TINT uSs rot cast
The RapubisEa sdmls that tho electoral
vote OF GsorGlR canuJ. b9 legally uou ,tsl
bul insists thLt Il il is not counted tho rss-
possibility Of any Disturbance muat rest on
ths d,turb"rs who REFUGE TO couutRn ILLEGAL
vcis."- GleSs Democrat.
GA the contrary me Republican said thai
the responsibility for try disturbtaca raus,
rest ON ,hoss Who tend canSrOs, into tao ;o,ni
Convention without sny lay to direct hos,
objections 70 the electoral votes shall bo rey,-
81 %. Tho Republican docs not dsat,
TINT the vote Of Georgia should no. ba
coua,sd, but il do-a do7T that TIC yioo.
prasident has hsy rgk. 20 pass on Ito ille-
galtJ If thero 10 nay difruts on tho tsenr.
gis rstIref, agd thrs will Inevitably b.
dispute Il tbs vicN.prOsiiont s,suneo to toy
that Gne vrte OF that stAte shall or sh.ll not
bo counted, the Rqpublic.a party WILL bq
tnoily 10 bamc fer trouble growing sa,
Of the disHuto. Tiara will 10 no trsub,,
growing out Of tho GsergiN csa if the Re.
pnblienns do net undertake 10 Saiprco
evolutionary claim through thE; cNC.
Which way it is decided nstt.rs not, IN
that thars is dsoslon, for GGrdsld will
BIO declared president Whistler the GsNrgin
returns ore accSessd Or roj aSAd. UouI
there !, Some Ssciaion, however, there tns
DO no declaration of tho rOsslt, AUG il A.ea
no' be imagined for enc momsnt that con.
srsn will lot ths vice -pToaident uGurp tho
power to decide what is TO be doao. Es i
n mere ministerial officer and has notnitg
to do With deciding upon objections gaats 10
any of the returns. Cossrs:s mu5t do.
cioS all such qusAtioEs, yet there il 10 Law
resolution or ruls to-day, uulsEG the old
twsnty'sscond join, rule ls construed &c r.nI
~ force, to direct heW congress sh1l ne.
Without Some preliminary Hctlcn ofconrrlss
to direct the method ofprocesaiug wAensvar
objections are raised during tho count, IL will
oe slru, st impossible to prevent tho ioln,
rouveht on fron drifting into hopalss con
fusion. II that rssul, is forc,d tho rcoubll
cans who are trying to prevest action on the
peadiDg joint resolution, will DO alJeo 10
Diane. lsnot tho electoral college, then,
worse than useless piece of mschinSry; ia il
not old lumber and only Il! for tina garroG
Turn the subject over as you will, it ia tho
people who elect the president and they
have done this in spite Of the electoral ell
lege theory to tho contrary. la tho late
election We have several instances ia whicn
this cunbertsms SYSTEM comes in direct sou.
dict with the will Of the people Hancock
carried ,hs popular vote of California, and
YET, because ono of the Hancock electors
49, diitstehil to snail number of voters
and his name wai scratched, the roal will Of
themAiority WAS defeated. They wanted Hru.
cvvk f.r prssiden. but didn't want Terry for
an clevtor In Indiana ono Of the Garisd
electors was defeated, because in ona district
the poll books and tally sheets had tho nsmO
OF another man on than for slec!or who was
not cSndiaao AL hl-lnd still Garfield wac
the choice OF the majority of tho peoele OF
that state. IN Georgia, also, if tho veto Of
thst STATE was decisive of tina contest, ri.
though H,nso carried the state by $4,000
majority, by stupid blundsr occssioned by
tho complicated electoral sytssm the ontrc
electoral vote Of tho ststo would probably
hsvo been thrown cut aud thereby the will Of
the people defss,ad in the election of preSi-
dent. Thess three instances alone are SUE
Gent 80 induce US TO wish to get rid of thil
relic of barbarian, REd the present is a meet
oppor.uue tune in which to make the change.
The great political parties are almost evenly
divided IN tde popular.yote aud both alike
should be wiling 10 wipe cut tho electoral
c.l.ogl nuisance and go directly to the
Uels.c.