Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-10
CoNTEsTEDEI ECTloNs.
SEVERAL CASES STILL PENDING BEFORE THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE

SEVERAL CASES STILL PENDING BEFORE TIL
HOUSE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, December 9-Several con
tested election cases are still pending in tn,
House Committee on Elections. There ART
the cases OF Sessinghaus against Frost, from
the Third Missouri; Buchanan against NJ an
ming, from the Second Mississippi; Lee
I against Richardson, Second South Carolina
and Cook against Cuts, from the Sixth Iowa
These cases will be taken up and disposed oil
at once. In the disposition Of election cases
as rule, the House divides politically. This
fact has caused good deal of comment, and
an effort is on foot to devise some means by
which these cases can be decided independ.
ent of politics. There will be large mum.
Der of cases in the next Congress, and as the
House will be Overwhelmingly Democratic
the Republican csntestan will stand little
chance of obtaining their eeats, no matter
how much they ara entitled to them. This
ia the secret reason why Republican men,
bers are now SO anxious to secure the adop-
ton of some method by which the d mo-
cratic msjoIity in the next House cannot de-
eide these cases their own way. No plan
that will remove these cssss from the
action of the House or The Senate can
be feasible, except by an amendment to the
constitution, which provides that each House
shall be the Judge of the election and quail
hcations of its own members; but Senator
Sherman has a scheme, which, if adopted,
would in a measure remedy the evil COM
plsined OF. By this plan it is proposed that
the facts in each case should be ascerl aimed
by the United States Court and reported to
Congress, together with the State law appli-
cable to the circumstance. This measure
meets with good deal of favor, and will be
pressed this session. Mr.. Mckinney, OF Ohio,
whose seat in the next House will be con-
tesied BY Wallace, says that he is confident
that If the case was decided without party
prs iudce he would retain his seat, rs on the
ground on which the contest ia msde-that
ballots for Wallace were thrown out because
OF some error in the uame-he can also claim
that more votes for him were thrown ont for
this reason than were thrown out for Wal
lace He said he is assured of this by the
Judges of the election; but, under the
present method OF deciding these cases, he
has little hope of retaining his. He is, now
ever, inclined to put the Democrats on record
On the question.
THE COLORADO sENATORsHIP.
BUT LITTLE DOUBT OF THE ELECTION OF GOV.
PITKIN AS CHILCoTT's SUCCESSOR.
WAsHIN GroN, Decs mber 9.-Certain Colo
RADIO politicians here say that there is little
doubt of the election OF Gov. Pitkin as sena-
tor from that State, to succeed Mr.. Cbilcoif,
whose term expires on the 4th of March. 1t
is claimed that in the issue which was made
in the State between ex-senator Chaffee's
friends and the adherents of Senator HILL the
result was such as TO guarantee the success OF
the faction of the latter. In addition 10 the
avowsd friends of Mr.. Hill, it is said that
Gov. Piikin himself has a considerable num-
Der of staunch supporters in the new Legs
lsiure whose first choice he will be. Should,
hen, the Hill faction agree TO unite with
Pitkins's adherents, he will have more than
votes enough TO elect him upon the first bal
lot. Some members of the Legislature who
we're nominated through the triumph of the
Hill faction, and subsequently, elected, have
been in favor of taking some new man, if
one could be found who would appear
IS their own special candidate. The
eaders of the party, who want an
and anti-Campbell senator
elected, fear that such maneuver will be |
dangerous and might result in def-at, and |
hen the safer way would be TO unite with
iov. PItkin's supporters, rather than 10 |
BRING forward q man for their own choice. |
The situation appears to be such, however,
hat, in the opinion of the gentlemen mere,
hey will set aside personal preference and |
ccepl Gov. Pitkin, whose election will then |
e guaranteed. II Is said that ex-senator |
;haffee will probably not appear candi- |
late now, he having been defeated in the |
truggle for the nominations 10 the Legisls- |
ure very generally, and his candidate for |
overnor, who was forced upon the people, |
aving been mercilessly slaughtered at the |
lection. 1t is believed also that Secretary |
teller will not formally allow the use of his |
anne before the Legislature, although he |
nd ex-Gev. Routt may appesr in the role of |
ark horses should a deadlock ensue.