The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-03
LOG1NS CHANCE.


The law providing who shall
act as President in case of the deatE
Or inability Of the President and
Vice-president directs also that
new election shall be held to fill the
the vacancies. The secretary of the
State is to notify the} Governors OF
the States that electors of a Presi-
dent or Vice President are to be ap-
pointed Or chosen:
off there shall be the space Of two
months yet to ensue between such
notification and the first Wednes-
, day III December then next ensu
ms. such notification shall specify
that the electors shall be appointed
OF chosen within thirty-four days
prece ding such first Wednesday in
December.
''If there shall not be the space
of two months between the date Ct
such notification and such first
Wednesday in December, and if the
term for which the President and
Vice President last in Office were
elected will not expire on the third
day Of March next ensuing, the
notification shall specify that the
electors shall be appointed or chos
en- with thirty-four days preceding
the first Wednesday in December
i'll the year next ensuing. But if
ii there shall not be the space of two
months between the date of such
notification and the first Wednes-
day 10 December in the year next
ensuing, and if the term for which
the President and Vice President
last i'll Office were elected will expire
Oh the third day ofMarch next en-
suing, the notification shall not
specify that electors are to be APP
pointed or chosen.,'
The first half Of the second par
agraph in the law just quoted re-
fers to the situation as it would be in
case OF the immediate death Or dis
ability of Mr.. Cleveland. The
election of a President or Vice
President to serve during the unex
pred term of Cleveland and
He ndricks would be pushed over
until next November. The eleto
raj College then chosen would vote
on the first Wednesday in Dec M
Der, 1886, The President and Vice
President then elected would be in>
augu attd on March 4, 1887, and
would serve until the expiration
of the present quadrennial term.
namely, until March 4. 1882 But
between now and March 4, 1887,
there are fifteen months. during
which the powers AID duties of the
President would have to be discharg,
ed by some officer of the Govern
ment acting as President, and the
duties Of Vice President by some
member of the Senate chosen by that
body to preside over its delibera-
tons.
What officer would act as presi- |
dent? The President of the Senate,
if there was one. The situation
which we haye been considering co.,
tains very curious possibility.
Senator Logan Is spoken of as
likely to. be elected President of the
Senate by the Republican majority |
IN that body. If he should thus be
chosen, and if Mr. Cleveland should |
lie Ok be disabled, the defeated can.
1idate;for Vice President,,L in the las.
election would become by force of |
circumstances the acting President Ct
he United States; and he would
serve as such for at least fifteen
If he 80 used the power
and patronage of the White House as
% procure his own election wear
renee, Mr- Logan would become
President in fact and in name for the
emainder of Mr.. Cleveland's term.'
San.