Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-19
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES
SENATOR'S.

there Is no caucus" menlloneu III eno
law. On the contrary it is a teg'Std-
tue duty, and is of the character OF
Legislation, almost as much so as any
bill that could come before that body.
Each State, by the National Con-
stitution, is entitled to two L. S. Sena-
tors. The persons to represent Penn
svlvania arc chosen in the following
manner, under our law regulating their
election.
"On the third Tuesday of January
at 3 O'Clock p NJ. each branch OF the
Legislature, Sepate and House, are to
meet separately" and vote for Sen
ator. In the present case that time
was Yesterday On the day follow
ing, Wednesday, which is this day, at
I'm, the two Houses meet in JOINT
convention, and the journals or pro-
ceedings of both branches on the pre-
vious day are then read, and if the
same person has received majority
of the votes in each House, the same
is certified and he is elected If,
however, the same person shall not
have received such majority, then the
Joint Assembly shall proceed to chose
by uiua Uoce vote of each member,
and the person having a majority OF
all the votes of said joint Assembly,
shall be declared duly elected. In
case of no election on the first day the
Joint Assembly shall meet at IL NJ, of
each succeeding day during the session
of the Legislature, and take at least
one vote on each day, until Senator
shall be ele ected.
The law also requires nominations
to be made in each House at least two
days previous to the above, and tellers
elected, etc. This was done last week
The only question now is, will the Re
publican members of the two Houses
be likely agree upon a person. We
have no doubt they will, but that it
will not be upon the machine" or
caucus" maa, Oliver. 1t will not
likely, under the circumstances, be Mr..
Grow. If no selection is made to-day
as may not be, then an adjournment
will take place until the next day and
the balloting thus continued until one
is chosen. The Democrats may have
to play an important part in the pend
ing election. and may possibly have
to decide the matter. But being N a
minority by no probability will a
Democrat be chosen If the Republl'
cans do not agree the Democrats will
likely decide between them.
The following is the law in full on
the subject of choosing the . S. Sena
tors:
The Act of IL of January 1861 pre-
J scribes the following as the mode Of
electing U S. Senators:
Sec. |. Each louise of the legisla
ture shall appoint one teller, and nom.
mate at least one person to fill the Of
fee of Senator, to represent this State
in the Senate of the United States
and at least two days previous to the
joint meeting hereinafter mentioned
communicate to the other House the
names of the persons 50 appointed and
nominated.
SEC 9 At the hour of three p. NJ,
on the second Tuesday after the meet.
ing and organization of the Legislature,
which shall be chosen next preceding
the expiration of the time for which
any Senator was elected to represent
this State in Congress, to wit: On
the third Tuesday of January, if the
legislature shall have organized pre-.
vious to the second Tuesday, but il
not SO organized then on the second
Tuesday after the organization thereof
not counting the day on which the
legislature was organized, each house
shall openly, by UiUa uoce vote OF
each member present, name one person
for Senator in Congress, from this
State; and the name of the person so
voted for, who shall have a majority
of the whole number of votes cast in
e: ch house, shall be entered on the
journal of each house by the clerk
thereof; but if either house shall fail
to give such majority to any person on
said day, that fact shall be entered on
the journal at twelve O'Clock meridian
of the day following that on which
proceedings are required to take place
as aforesaid, the members of the two
houses shall convene in joint assem-
bly,, and the journal of each house shall
then be read, and if the same person
shall have received a majority of all
the votes in each house, such person
shall be declared duly elected senator,
to represent this State in the Congress
of the United States; but if the same
person shall not have received ma.
jority of the votes in each house, or if
e.ther house shall have failed to take
proceedings as required by this act,
the joint assembly shall then proceed
to choose, by UiUa coce vote Of each
member present, person for the pur-
pose aforesaid, and sthe person having
q majority of all the votes of the said
joint assembly, majority of all the
members elected to both houses being
present and voting, shall be declared
duly elected and in case no person
shall receive such majority on the first
day, the joint assembly shall meet at
twelve o'clock meridian of each sue
ceeding day during the session of the
Legislature, and take at least one vote,
until a Senator shall be elected.
| Congr.s IS Appo. tionment.
The preliminary report of the Cen
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