The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-02-03
Toe Masy Election Days.

not only CSsU the State an extra
amount Of money, but they have 9
tendency to dlsOrganiEe labor. Let
uS have State and Congressional
elections at the same tine, say We.
Grenada Sentinel.
Do the Clarion aAd Sentinel re-
member the cause Of this separation
OF Federal and State electiOnSt In
their opinion does this cause no
longer exiSt!-GrOenvllls Times.
The inquiry might be addressed
to- = halfdOzsn other papers which
are advocating the holding OF Con-.
gtsSsi0uai elections on the same
day that local elections are held.
To the Times, ous answer iS that
We do "reInember" the cause Of
the separations OF these el eclions.
Il was the federal law aut hOriSinE
the appointment Of Usi cd >ta',s
inspectors At 70 igressional slec'
tlOns. The apprehension existed
that although that law does not au-
thorize the United States officials
to interfere in any manner with
elections for State and county off
GERS, they might interfere indirectly
in some way. We admit that we
shared that apprehension, and fa.
vOred the separation. We are cen.
viECed that if the fear vas we'll
founded then, the mOti|D does not
'Now exist.
Experience has shown that the
present plan Of holding au election
annually is impolitic ard works bad
ly. lii very costly, 1t costs mOa-
ey ueedIOssIy, and time which is
valuable 10 the people.
The danger Of iaterference by
United States inspectors Of Con.
greSsional elections can be easily
obviated. Let the Congressional
and State or local elections be
held on the same day, and at the
same oplaes, -bWt-aPast.aUd by-A.dif-
fsreat set Of managers. The Unit
cd States officials will have no au-
thOrity Tor interfering in any way
with the State or county election.
They will not have the temSrity to
usurp it. II need be, laws can be
passed 10 restrain, and Prsvent
them, for interfering With State off
eers in the conduct Of State elac.
tiOaS. The recent dsciSiOn Of
Judge Bond, in South Carolina that
Uaitsd States inspectors have no
right to Obtruds upoa registrars
v ts in the performance Of that
duty, is in POint.
An evil Of the present pIan Of
holding Congrssslsnsl elections At
different times from the others, in
addition 10 its costlinesS 10 money
and time, is the small vote which
they sl cit. The people are tired
Of cOnstaMt elections, and s:ayaWay
from the polls. Look al the fig
urss Of thS last and previouS elec-
tionS. They furnish ample proof Ol
the necessity Of the change.
So far aslths federal election laws
are conCeraed, they are OdiOus and
unconstitatiOnal. They ought, and
We hope, will be repealed. But il
mast BE- berns In mind, that directly
in the face Of them, The Democratic
party haS hsld itS own, with slight
exceptions, 10 the choice Of mem
bsrs Of Congress. The seventh dis.
trict with itS large colOred MAORI,
jty Of eight thousand, and shingled
all over with tsdsral inspectors, hall
of whom were appointed on the
Recommendation efthe Republican
candidate, gave the Democratic
nominee more thaa Gvs theusaad
majority. If these election laws,
then, DO net serve to defeat the will
Of the people in the shsiCS Of Goa
| greasmah, in tho election Of whom
they have : direct bearine, Why ere
We 10 fear that they can be used in
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