National Republican., 1880-08-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
EX-SENATOR Pool of North Carolina is an.
other republican who will vote for Hancock.
Plenty Of such republicans can always bo
found in the democratic party pooling their
chances.
THE country is going to indorse Hancock
next November as one of the best regular army
generals that are now filling, and are going to
fill till death, certain necessary subordinate
positions in the government.
EVER since the regime of Andy Johnson ex-
Senator Fowler of Tennessee has been dis
contented, mutinous republican, and now be-
cause he intends to vote for Hancock great
ado is made over ii. Mr.. Fowler has not
voted straight republican ticket for de-
cade.
THE Terre Haute Qnd.) Express of Saturday
makes this prediction "There are no business
republicans of our acquaintance who concede
this state to the democracy. On the contrary,
thonumber of nationals alone who will vote
the straight republican ticket this fall will
assure republican majority Of not less than
10000"
ILL hOlAiuSiato VI luG ltuLH ulolTlClO Vi Liz
nois have nominated Robert Holloway for con-
gress, The Burlington Qowa) Hdukeye pub
fishes documents TO show that he was con-
nected with the Knights of the Golden Circle,
was active in aiding to promote their treason
able purposes during tho war, and was deputy
supreme commander, and during Vallan.
digham's Punishment was in command of the
order and one of its military chiefs. But per-
haps all this will not take any democratic sup
port away from him.
THE Maine correspondent of tho Boston Post
(dem.) comedies the defeat of tho fusion
ticket next month. He says: "From present
appearances should hardly say that tho cleo
tion of Plaisted could be reckoned as a proba-
biity / personally know of number of
straight democrats in this place, and one
| prominent one, at least, outside of it, who in
tend eth or to vote the republican ticket OF
not vote at all, or make up ticket of their
own" The writer makes the statement now
in order to discount the effect of big repub-
lican victory upon the national contest. He
tells the Post that Hancock will be much
stronger than the fusion ticket. This, oil
course, is CANNON. We predict republican
majority if not less than five thousand in Sep
tember and double it in November.
GENERAL HANCOCK is curiously lacking in
understanding of the constitution when he
suggests "the possibility that the lawful pres
dent may not appear until the 9th of March,
According TO the provisions of the constilu
ton, if the house fails to elect before the 4tl
of March the vice-president is to act as pres
| !. la, -, or, a.,
constitutional provision on the subject The
president pro TEN. Of the senate becomes the act
ing president when the offices of president an(
yice-president are both vacant According Il
that law, if there should be no elected presi
dent or vice-presdent at noon on the 9th o
March-which would be the case in the even
that no person had been declared elected b!
the people or chosen by the house or sen
ate at that timc-t would be the dut,
of the temporary presiding officer of tn
senate then to assume the presidency
The mistake made by General Hancocl
evidently arose from his anxiety to fine
a way in which democrat might b.
placed in the presidential chair. Iii argu
ments and suggestions were fully ventilate,
in congress Mt the time, aud are evidently Dor
rowed from the speeches of some Of the demo
cratic leaders. NJ anifestly the majority evel
of the democrats We're convinced that the con
sttution gave the house of representatives n
power to elect president in case of mer
difference of opinion between that body an,
the senate as to the counting of the electora
votes. Had it been believed such power reall.
existed the attempt to exercise it would cer
tainy have been made.