The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-07
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TmK KxTRA SESSION AGAIs.
Salem Aug. 4th, 1885.

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Eds. Democrat
The Portland Netes concludes that, il
more than one third of either house OF
the Legislative Assembly should refuse
voluntarily to attend, in case Governor
Moody Gala an extra session Of that
body, il would DO fasc1. This is my
conSti uction Of It's article Of August /.
But il claims that members refusing 10
attend are "law breakers" rather than
"law Makers" and are liable TO punish
ment as such.
The constitution Of the Uuited States
provides, tnst when a vacancy shall
happen in the Senate during the recess
of the Legislature Of any Sta.e, the
Executive thereof may make temporary
appointments until the nex. meeting Of
the Legislature which shall then Gil
such vacancy. (Sec. 3. Art. | } IL will
thus be seen that iC wAs. aud ~ the
duty of the Governor to & the exis ing
vacancy by sppbintmen,. This he
should have done ,u the 4 b day OF
March last. II could have been done
in Eve minutes and would have los.
the state not a cent and she state would
have her full representation ia Congress.
This was the course pursued, l believe,
by Gov. Whitisker, on the death oi
Senator Baker, mani years ago, aud it
is the method contemplated by the Fed.
eral constitution which the Governor
took an oath to support.
Ths State constitution confers uPor
the Governor the power to call an ex,
ira session on "extraordinary occssions'
only, This is not an extraordinary oc
casion within the intent of the Fathers
OF the constitution They knew wher
they framed the constitution, that, or
an occasion like this, the vacancy shoult
be filed without any delay or expens'
to the peopls by guber Material appoint
ment. Then is it reasonable TO sup
pose that the framsrs Of the constitu
,ion, meant, by the phrase ''extrsordi
nary OCCASION" to indicate the the fllinj
of Senatorial vacancy? No sane maj
with modicum Of integrity will seri
ously assert that they did. Then Gov
Moody, by calling an extra session 70
that purpose, will himself, violate thr
spirit and intert of the constitution, az,
. members of the Legislature have th
: right to refuse to be parties to such
/ violation by refusing to attend. BY 8
r doing they would commit no crime, an
would be applauded by large majorit
of people out side Of Portland, for thei
good sense.
The people, generally, out side {
9 Portland approved the action of th
r minority of the Legislature who refuse
It TO attend the last meeting of the 81
r. called joint resolution last winter an
n they will be sustained again hhoul
j they take like firm stand.
10 The article in the Standard, of II
al 3sd inst. on the Extra Session is pecu
,e lar. u is Just the sort of opposisiont
n that the Republican Machine want.
is reminds one of the articles published
lie that pape- several years ago in 'soppos
ed ton" to the election Of AIR. Mitche
lie Many persons had opinions Of their ow
o. As to the source OF that Opposition
ry The proposition that Democratic men
ck bers sho Id attenl and try to elect
On Democrat il the m4rest twaddle. It
On unworthy the intellect Of any perst
it out side Of . lvnatic ssyIum The ele
to Eion Of Democrat by a Legislstu
les which hes republican nislsIity of 81
Teen is unprecedented. The "oppos
d. tioi" Of the Standard il concurred
y. by the Democrat press generally, W
ar certainly stiffen the spinal column
o. the Governor aud induce him to ISIS
T. his proclamation soon.
ur | think that the Standard does q
ng reflect the views of the Democracy
n of the Ant-Machine Republicans o