Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-11-23
THE OHIO s%ENAToRsHIP.


Mr.. Garfield having been elected. by the
last Ohio Legislature, to succeed Mr.. Thur.
man in the q. s. Senate on the 4th of March
next, the Republicans, as Mr.. Garfield can.
not be President and Senator at the same
time, are becoming very much concerned
about not having the power to ELL the place
IN the Senate promptly. on the date Of the
expiration. Editorially, the Cincinnati
Commercial states the question as to the
power of the Ohio Legislature to elect q
United States Senator before March 18th, as
follows:
"There is no vacancy, and will DO none in
the Ohio delegation Of the Senate till the
4th OF March, when Senator Thurman's term
expires. If the resignation of Garfield
created q vacancy, the duty of the Legisla,
ture would be very plain. But the rcsiena.
tion. if sent in before tue 4th of March.
makes no vacancy. in the Ohio representa-
ton. General Garfield would not resign an
actual but a prospective seat. Tho term for
which he was elected does not begin till
march 18th. Il is a prospective seat, and the
reslgnation will create a prospective vacancy.
Now, the question is whether the Legislature
mas the power to proceed to ELL a prospective
vacancy. No doubt, if it waits till after the
9Th OF March, when a vacancy will exist. oc>
easioned by the expiration of Thurman's
term, and Garheld's resignation of the Office
he would then be entitled 30 take as Senator
OF the United States, it can elect a successor.
There is no question about that. The cleo,
-tion will not devolye upon the next Lesisla-
ture. The only question is whether the next
Legislature will not have to wait till after
the 4th OF March to proceed to an election"
Phe New York Times has a scheme on
foot to raise a subscription fund to pension
the Oldest x-Presidenk-a schema for tho
immediate benefit of Grant-but it seems to
drag heavily, and does not promise to sue.
coed. The Philadelphia Times pointedly
says: sNow that the election is over, and
Gen. Grant and all others are to be judged
by tho sober standard of justice, the Amori>
can people, of all parties, are inclined to
allow him to take saro of himself in his own
way. He is simply a politician now, and a
very common politician at that, and as he
has accepted it as his trade, preferring it to
the sincere homage of all parties, there will
be littEh inclination to pension him in a re-
ene that he means to escape from as
speedily as the political machine can make
him President again."
The most bitter contest of the coming ses>
sion OF Congress will probably be inspired by
the aeaPportionment of the representation
from the different States under the now CEN
sus. Since it has been discovered that the
GREATEST increase will DO in the South and
West, the Republicans will cndeayor to pre-
vent the present Congress from acting in the
matter, hoping for e. Republican majority in
the next Congress, which will undertake to
''gerrymaEder" or otherwise deprive the
Southern districts from any increase. The
policy of the Republicans at the coming ses-
sion will, therefore, be to postpone a report
OF the census if they can, or failing in this,
flibuster until the time of the session is fritz
tered away.
The Lectures the past two winters having
proved profitable for instruction and enter
tainnent, the GOOD Templars," under
whose auspices they were conducted, are de-
termined that a third course shall be entered
upon this winter, and have appointed a com
nittee to further the object. AS the Free
trsss says, it requires some money not much,
tomeet the incidental expenses, and they look,
not without hope, to the general public to
contribute. Mr.. David Howell is the Urea
surer, and will be pleased to receive contri.
buttons, little or big, from our citizens. 1t is
hoped the course will begin early in Docem-
Der. Prompt cooperation on tho part of
citizens is what is necessary to effect this.
In a recent interview of the correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Press with Senator Bay-
ard, OF Delaware, he said in reply to the
question: What Of the future of the Demo-
cratic party?
"The Democratic party is the defense of
che constitution. Its principles are right,
and have survived many more disastrous de-,
fsats than this. 1t may be chastcned bv ac.
eidents, mismanagement or the use of bad
methods in political warfare, and 1 confess
that l cannot justify much of what has been
done on both sides during the recent con.
tests. But the Democratic party will outliye
allthis, for principles do not die"
From the proceedings of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of West Virginia, at
Wheeling, November 18th, we extract the
following:
State of West Virginia VS.. the relation of
James NJ. Mason VS.. the Harper's Ferry
Bridge Company ct. al, from Jefferson
county. In this case the opinion of the
court was filed. judgment having been pre-
vieusly rendered. .
From last Saturdays proceedings we quote:
Washington Us. B., Il o. r, R. Co., Jefer-
son county. Affirmed.
A recent decision of the Supreme Court
Of Appeals of this State gives the Methodist
parsonage at Romney to the local congrega,
tion of the N r Chprcb South III