Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-17


II Conerez sdiouns without making
sone prosision for counting the Prsziden-
al votes Bext winter, 1t will inAiet .
er;syous wrong On the people We take
Il for gr.nsed that no patriotic citizen
~,<bes 70 sse the miserable fraud Of 1877
repeated; jet it viii be within the po~er
Of TIE Republican managers TO secure is
repssision znless the present COngres
sakes the necessary acton to render s1eh
csurse impossible. 1t wOuld bedEhcalt
10 frzns > stronger indictment zgzlns-
the Dsnocrstie majority in Congress than
that iuplsed IN its failure 70 protect the
ueopss frcn similar zttempt On the part
Of the Republicans TO defeat the poqGlzr
VII II Substitution and Revised Stat
utes prov5de that the certificate from the
Electoral College shall be opeaed BY the
President ct the Senate, AID fhzs the
votes shalI be counted in the presence q
the fwo Hozse& The Democrats hnad
that the President Of the Senate Is merely
the pazzire instrument Of Congress u the
counting; bat the Rsp1bhcznS following
the Lad al Senator Norsna. have sdro-
Gated the ra0astrous theory thai taa acs
Of eoanfzag i practically 1ang&~ssd shn
tie Vice Pre<sdsas hzzds the sosss orsr
to she telis-x In otker wDr3ss according
10 the Repuhiscza thesory. the Prss2s1s
81 the Senate has the rzA. 10 lay osr11a
votes before the tw0 H0zs=s o. Is wzh-
hold them. As he may chooe Il 5
hardly worth whds 70 s-gae Is 10 1he
Coastltationallty Of this p.sa Tie
invxriable practice has heen foV TIE Pres
id<nt Of the Senate to rasszFs and open
the certiScases AID fss the tz0 Hc1szs
to cDunt the woes TAers = No pssEsr.
expressed or InpIad, rszdzg n ths
President Of the Senate 70 zses q 10
reject the votes q States
The question Al issue koxsre-, i 1s
whether the Pr-zaaens q the Seaa-e cza
or cannot legally osuns the vSs@ bGs
whether, A. the case ng~ s1x1zs The
Prezidsn. Of the Senate EUzd z--ezs
to exercise the power which Il eNDsd
for him by the Rsp1zzz Cnsus1-
na.ely the men Who vii probably oaa-
dact the RsPahhsza campaign zsxs fall
are not the sort q psrs1zs 10 Dc deferred
By Constitutional ~szuFses Thar z1ss
rrorssnE candidate : . nan WHO a =
memorable occasion expressed his Es-er
contempt for the dersssOn a int S1grsms
Court Of . sovereign S-Sse and the zen
who Z backing hzm Es ea-Lly za--
emf to coasaderztzo1x Of l~ and cese-.
The fact remains n spite of an Ensruksa
line Of presidents that the Przs3zs Of ts
Senate, who hapgens to Be y5= Pres
ident Wheeler. : stzIsar- Regahzz
can IN the a5ssars Of aay l=gssAsi0a O.
the subject. vitAh0l8 the vote AZ 3 Dsn-
ocrasic State On any fnvolgzs o. teen-
cal p~retense Of irreeuhrisy- The H@z
and Senate might pxusess a. mzch = taey
pleased. bat protected and apAsld 81 III.
Hayes and the array, Mr.. whselE eszA
proceed with the eoant, declare the Re-
publican candiiase elersed- and inzuxEr-
ale him At the point q the bayonss under
the forms Of Law For these rezsons ne
INSIST that the Democratic majority n
Congress are falling to embrace an invala-
able opportunity Ia Rejecting TO pazz. n
the present session. law secarinx to ths
two Ho1ses the proper control OF the
Presidential count, necessary 70 secure
the Inauguration Of the candidate elected
by the people Mr.. Hayes would scarcely
venture to veto a bali whose object Was to
prevent the exercise. BY the Prezsdenf Of
the Senate. Of = power which wo1i pr.c-
ticzlly make Kim the umpire Of every dis
pused election Without some such ac-
ton, we may, IN the svent Of . close
election next fAIl. find ourselves exactly
where we we're in 1876, with the diE@r-
ence that the Republican claimant IN
1850 viii. N all probability. be no weak
ling, like Hayes. bat . trained soldier who
would not hesitate to strike down Al who
stood in his path, and, If necessary. to
pass to the White Hoase through tarba-
lenee and anarchy.