Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-01-07

lcIr AtrlAIE ~ -
tarri0f thrOExb0st The lsngth AID
breadth q the lard j cOonse
prodeDoe, both in word and deed
bat II the tines comes yon vii bs
ready 70 bear E-Ins 70 the cooiesi
1oi derl1re tat The Constitutes
HDd laws nls; ko3 shall be obey
ed
Mr.. BlNiDs has had the leading
RepuhlicsDs q ibs State IN COD
sulfstinn with himself AID RePue-
hcsn State Committee for iuc
DAYS pAsi. BE las hired Granite
Hal for ten GAYS, fron Jan : 70
Jxa- Is His frleods A-e uodoobi-
esly alarmed ~ TIE tempest Uhses
they have co.jurei. AID Are DoE
said 70 he directing their Hti@niscs
10 TIE purchase q soo1xe Demo
cratic OF 6reenhSck members elsci
20 prevent = quorum q ibs lSvta-
House For . Quorum 70 t-snssc;
hnsiDe-s o. elect . GovsrDor. ssr-
erty-si1 member. q The Hou-- srs
oee3ed. TIE Governor AID COoo-
ca bsre givec certificate. 70 sssso-
fy-siShi- q nKr.in na-roE enough
70 iuTits Mr.. BlKios's xftestion IL
tins sDerxeorE-
AUeCsTA. NJ Der sS-6or.
6Xrcelou's ststsDen; 20 TIE p1t,,ie-
printed IN The Sun lAsi Saturday,
appeared N TIE Maine Devspap-~
tins morning Mr.. BlsiDs SAYS o,
Il: IT VII t.s observed that GOV
GK-cslon deal. ouly ia seoerAlities
he does Do; zire The reasons 10
the cases II ths ihirty-ssvsn VIC
tins Who were couotei out The
same criticism Is made by other
Rep1hicsns. Ebo. t.sins Dow FORE
81 70 coocs5e that TIE sction Wa
had under color q lsE, demand 20
know specifically bow TIE Az vSs
applied IL sach iastSo-s- Ian able
% SAY that full statement Of the
reHssns determine. every cAse. with
plenty q RspDblirEn p-ece5euts sod
ssron- legal opinions behind every
al. Eil bs lEi1 before the proper
authorities ~ the proper time.
TIE objection % pr'onu eating this
f1l statement just Dow u tbs
shape Of nsEspSpsr krtirls. i
simply ma; ]: contains matter
enough 20 a. !sE good sized rol-
ones There j. % attempt >; So
rr=ry IN xuy esss The priDrip,es
aid down by 6cT 68rcelon il lis
le;;sr % the lr1i,ic were strictly
and iupzrtiAlly applied. TIE facts
that ! an sbogt y give vii. 90
6o1bt- surprise 3 great D&uy Re
pshli-kos and Dot few DeDorrsts
oOisiis the State, but they are
facts DOT the less
II DO case hare defective Den
ocTsfic returns been allowed 10 hs
CORRECTED ~ tie ioc4l record ID
6er The UoconsiitDiio1E Law Of
Is71. IL DO csc has s principle
q exclusion applied 20 Republican
r-;urus failed 70 apply 10 Demo
cratic re:urrs Coiil quite r.
eerily il vas expected ly the Be
publican DsB1Esrs that The Gov
error soi COnD-l you'll attempt
20 exclude Republican returns by
exercising the Returning Boz-i
f1DciiUns conferred DT,ou them nv
TIE language upon this donbifUi
statute TIE legal talent Of the
Republican party has therefore
i.-en hosy until recently preparing
% coutss; tie coostii1iioDality of
tie very sis;oi= about the
ooD-eDfofr,eDsut Of which thew
DOW complain 20 loudly. Eoi only
have some Democratic and Green
tack ioEDs been counted out. bat
absolutely . greater number a
these hare been counted oct than
Of Republican towns All told.
more opposiiioo votes than Rspub-
hcaos k8rs been thrown ont. Why.
thea. were sererzl Republican Sen
stors and Representatives, counted
out. while tie Opposition lost DO
members q the Legislature A
clesr-hesdei member Of the Gov
errors Council said 20 NE tonight:
That i siupy because the oppo-
sitiOn nsiOrities we're lager. as q
rule, than TIE Rrpublicso msiori-
tis.- You vii remember that the
Republicans are IN Q minority Of
the popular vote Ct the whole
State By The gerrynaDder Of,
1870 they arranged The classes Of
towns IN the Representative dis
tricts 80 that they nigh; be 10 8
minority OF the popular vote and
still by snsl Dsioriiies in q good
nsDy-elos< districts secure . rns-
iOrity Of representatives, There
fore the defective return Of q single
small town sometimes lost the Re-
puhliesDs TIA; district The Oppo-
sition having larger maiorities,
where they bad msjoIiiies at al,
could afford 10 lose several towns.
perhaps. without losing The dis
irie;. To illustrate: The Opposi-
ton carried PeDohseot county by
/ 900 majority. We counted out
eight Democratic to~ns and plan
,siioos 10 that district without AZ
feeiing the general result On the
other band. The Republicans. who
claimed 10 have carried Frxnklip
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