Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-08
BoBlNaERspLL REpuBILoANisM

hob lNNthSphhh btb bIitANiS"
The report of recent interview with
Naa INDURsoLL makes hm responsible
fnr the following views regarding the
right oi the Republicans a. steal tho
electoral vote at New Work
"Nnu think the dSht Is t. h. IN indi-
ana, perhaps asked the interviewer
with tone calculated tn draw out the
upinioI ID the "rIpr.
lie boxed thauEhtlul auj then said;
III ion't know, Thcrr'l lee some hot
work ia New NOIh. lm going down
there, AN I expect tn Sea the legIsls'
JuIe convened tp pa>s law Z" elect
the Presidential ELECTORS hN t"ngres
sipual districts
"rhc latest repOr, in that the Govern
ar does not intend o. take any such
step" ycutuTCl the correspondent.
"Theu, responded the Colonel, hell
show that hos afflicted With What II
commonly called tipCy,'
us u CONSTITUTIONAL
"Ncs, sir: u l. entirely constitutional.
M question ahDutiI Then Il viii help
us beat ihCm. u Il only gained one
vote III do II, lwaut Ia heat the other
siir. Iwant a. d. a E,irly hat any
thing W. CIu 10 Q, bc'P our s,te that ~
constitutional, aud We don't d", shows
toliv
We 10 M, cite thus interview SIMPLY
L. show What Bou lN"GSscIr's views
are, Tor il woull hardly Ia expected that
his political views shou = b, any ass de-
pTIyed than his views upon other more
momentous subjects, hut what BoH has
expressed frankly and irarlesSly Is he
liryrd t. represent the hidden yicSsand
purposes oi MANY lea ling Republicans
Ia the stat, ut New York,
twill h. rememhere iha, the subject
was seriously CaUyS~spd IA the irsiSla'
turc oi that state llst wiut'r, aud nj
though it, advocates found that they
were without the suproy; nrccsSary Ia
carry It through, they may IT, counted
un A. ready H. rrNiye a Whru u hccomes
y party uc,rSsI,y.
the tact that the thirty dive electoral
votes at New No;k viii hr,nmc an sbso-
lutte necessity t. the Republicans is alone
a sufficient Justification in the ewes Ut
Hon l>GEWsorl Republicans ior th,s rev
dictionary procVr,iiny.
w other justification il urcesSaTy IN
the opinion Ut this class oi pohlIcisus
than that the move should not conflict
With the law. The Constitution vi the
United states SAYS that presidential 81.
sctnrs shall hc appointed IN such man.
ner as the Legislatures ut the various
Slats may decide. II j. prri,cllv con-.
pctrnI ior the state ~ New York. at any
other state. to rrpsal ar mo,liiy the Law
which n,N regulates the mode Ut choos-
nv electors in nearly all OF tie States.
aThe question is not one at law hut at
right, That which IL lawlal may not lie
moyally right u may In possible to
keep within the pal oI the Jaw an yet
shock the moral sonSc ofihe whole c'un'
iy.
Tac Legislature ct Nm N"rN - Ro-
publican The State may I've hemocrat'c'
The Legislature waS MT elected with
retrwncc Ia choosing Presidential e'e''
tors ii -, Il might bo Democratic IN
stead ct Repuh'''an' bnt u rs ''"'''''
." TO Republican, snd the only n'''S''"
ilr u undertaking the Once "' choosing
electors would ha that "'"'" '"''s'
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