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The Presid initial Succession

Much is being said as to the Pres
idential succession on account of the
death of the Vice President, for
which there is no warrant.
There are matters of fact and there
are opinions, but when statute law
is plain there is no excuse for mis-
leading the public. The Office of
Vice President is vacant, having
been made so by the death of Mr..
Hendricks; therefore, there cannot
be hereafter, until there is an cleo
ton by the people, another Vice
President.
This being the case, there will be
no such person as an acting Vice
President. There will be a Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate of
necessity, just as there would have
been last spring if the Vice Presi-
dent had vacated the chair so as to
have given the Senate an opportu-
nifty, and just as there would have
been early in 1881 if Vice President
Arthur had allowed an election.
The President pro tempore to be
chosen, who will be Republican, is
not the Vice President, and does not
stand in the place of the Vice Presi-
dent. When President dies the
Vice President succeeds to the office
for the remainder of the term, with
all the powers and preregatives of
the President. When the President
dies and there is no Vice President
the President pro tempore of the
Senate becomes the acting President,
invested with the duties and respon-
sibilities only until a new President
can be elected.
If the vacancy occurs after the
general election day in November
and before the first of September,
the election will occur in the follow
ing November. If the vacancy oc-
ours between the first of September
and election day in November or, to
be exact, inside of two months be-
fore election day, then the, election
will be in November of the next
year and will be for full term of
four years. The only exception is
where the regular election-as last
year, for instances to come off in
the first November succeeding, in
which event things go on as usual.
Instead of the President pro tenn
pore being an acting Vice President,
he is merely presiding officer whom
the Senate may depose any day in
favor of somebody else. That the
power was exercised is well remem-
bered, when four years ago after
Senator Bayard had been chosen
President pro tempore, the Senate
turned, about forty-eight hours
after and substituted Senator Da-
vid Davis in his place.-Post
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The Best Way to Fixit.

Mr. Hendricks, the deceased Vice
President, was Democrat elected
by the people.
His successor will be Republi-
can elected to his office, not by the
people, but by a small Republican
majority of the Senate.
If Mr. Cleveland should die be-
fore the expiration of his term, this
Republican President pro tenn. of
the Senate would become the acting
President of the United States.
In other words, while the people
have elected Democrat for four
years term, if by the accident of
death he serves only one year, Re
publican might serve for the remain
ing three years Of the term. He
would so serve although the ma
jority of the voters decidedly
Democratic. He would represent,
not the country or majority party,
but only small faction of the Sen
ate who had come down from for
mer epoch in politics.
This is not Democratic.
1t appears to us that the most
reasonable and righteous provision
against such contingency would
be law perpetuating the electoral
college through the term of the Pres
ident, with power to appoint his sue
cessor in case of a vacancy in the
office of President and Vice Presi-
dent.
There would be no probability of
a majority Of the electors dying dur
ing the term. If electors should die
their places could be filled imme-
diately by the Governors of the
States to which they belonged.
Thus we would have body repre-
sentative of the people-the body
nearest the people in the choice of a
President-who would fill vacancy
They could fill it on very short no
tice. They would fill it with rep
resentative man of the party to
which the deceased President be-
longed Their choice would be more
satisfactory to the people than if
made by any other body.
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Commissioner Miller's Report.

We are in a receipt of the official
report of Commissioner Miller of the
Internal Revenue Department, ex-
tracts from which we have heretofore
given to our readers.
This is the first report that has
been sent out by Mr.. Miller since
his accession to office, and has at
tracted the close attention of the
press and the public. There is no
department Of the public service in
which the people are more generally
interested, especially at this time,
than the operations of the internal
revenue bureau. 1t is also, proba-
bly,, one of the most difficult and
intricate branches of the Government
to administer.
But Mr.. Miller has shown himself
not only equal to the responsibility
but has gained the confidence of the
administration and the country fol-
high business qualifications and
craftsmanship.
We used to call him auditor
Miller. Our readers will remember
that he is the same genial, high
minded and efficient officer who oc-
cupied the position of Auditor Of the
State Of West Virginia. He has been
complimented by call to one of the
highest posts in the National Gov
eminent, and no man is more worthy
of it than he. Though absent from
the State, he is not forgotten, MOI
will we forget to claim him hereaf
ter. West Virginia will have use fol
him hya and hva
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II President Cleveland Should
Die.

tits a fact about which there is,
just now, very general comment,
though no very great apprehension,
that Mr. Cleveland's life is the only
one standing between the Presidency
and any legitimate succession to
that office.
In other words if he were to die
there would be condition of anar-
chy, so far as the executive office is
concerned, until Congress could meet
and appoint a successor.
We presume, however, that there
is stability enough in our govern
.ment and poise enough in the people
to warrant the supposition that, for
70 short time, at least, the wheels of
government would continue to re-
volve and the machinery remain in
tnct even without an engineer.
But there is no propriety and
much less craftsmanship, in subject
ing the country to the dangers and
risks of an interregnum in the exec
utive office, when it may be provided
against and when the constitution
makes it obligatory upon Congress
to provide against it.
The necessity for additional legis-
lation on this point was demonstrat-
ed during the administration of Mr..
Garfield. He was assassinated in
the early part of his term. Mr.. Ar
thur, the Vice President, succeeded
to the office, and as he had failed to
allow President of the Senate pro
tenn, to be elected before the adj
journment of Congress, Mr. Arthur
stood alone as the one Legitimate
successor to the presidency. The
apprehension and excitement which
then existed made the situation
more critical than it seems to be now
and there was a very urgent and
general demand made upon Congress
to provide against this contingency
But Congress has thus far failed
to act. An adjournment was made
at the last session of the Senate
without the election of President
pro tenn, and we are again in the
same condition as when Mr.. Garfield
died, with the exception that this
time it is the Vice Presidents office
now vacant instead Of the Presidents s.
Nevertheless there is but one life
again standing between the govern
ment and anarchy. This thing
ought not to be.
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The New York Tribune points to
the ruinous effect of a Democratic
administration upon the business OF
the country, and also floods the
country with circulars urging bust
ness men to advertise in it's columns
and take advantage of the boom that
prevails in every department of trade
and industry. The Tribune is a
great paper. 1t ought to explain
how gracefully it can thus ''straddle'
the fence. But then any one can
see.
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The III. n o. i'm New York.

The B. d O. Company on Satur-
day last closed Il contract with the
Rapid Transit Company of New
York, which not only secures its
entry into New York, but gives it
control of about two miles of water
front on Staten Island, to any part
of which the largest vessels sailing
on the ocean can run In order to
connect the new property with the
new Philadelphia line, and thus
make it portion of the B. q 0. sys-
TEN, new line will be built from
Bound Brook, or thereabouts, which
is the terminus of the Reading Rail
road, to Elizabethport, at which
point connections will be made with
the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Company, thus constituting an en-
tirely new and Independent line into
New York.
From Staten Island there is now
a. ferry direct to the Battery, but it
is the intention of the Company to
put on this ferry large screw steam
ers, which will carry full trains of
cars, and thus passenger service
will be secured direct to New York
City itself, there being now but a
single trunk line running into New
York City. AS is well known, all
the elevated lines of New York City
come to a common terminal point at
the Battery, and there radiate to all
parts of the city Of New York, run
ming up both sides of Manhattan
Island. BY this the B. q 0. passen-
gers will be enabled to take any
elevated line, 90 direct to it's ele-
waited depot at the Battery and there
take the train itself instead of going
into crowded ferryboat cabins and
suffering the inconvenience now so
general.
The new road to be built will not
exceed eighteen miles in length, and
as this will be put under contract at
the same time as is the bridge from
Elizabethport over to the island, the
probabilities are that both will be
completed together; the work not
being heavy in either instance, can
not be long delayed.-Edgle.
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The State Standard is beginning
to boom one j. n. Kendall for Con
gress Or something. Wonder if that
gentleman didn't exhaust his supply
of SPAWN Cure during the historic
campaign of 'S4?
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The death of Nathan Golf, ST., of
Clarksburg, removes one of the best
known landmarks of the State. He
was nearly ninety years of age and for
more than fifty years had been a
prominent figure, especially in all
matters of public charity. He was
an honor and blessing to the town
of his choice, and many are they who
have already risen up to call him
blessed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-05

Women are everywhere using and
recommending Parker's Tonic be-
cause they have learned from exper-
fence that it speedily overcomes des-
pondency, indigestion, pain or weak
ness in the back or kidneys, and
other troubles peculiar to the sex.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-05

The death of King Alfonso, of
Spain, leaves the government to his
fve-year-old daughter, with the
Queen as Regent.
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Our people ought to have given
thanks on Thursday that they didn't
stick in the mud when crossing the
streets.
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The turkey that was spared Thurs
day gave thanks that it was the 9th
er fellow that was caught.
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HAIL AND FAREWELL!
Cut Down Without Warning.

Vice President Hendricks Dies at
His Home in Indianapolis
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A Nation of Mourners goes About
The Streets.

Parfic uIars of his Death and
scenes About his Home..A
Dreary and Gloomy
Tanksgiving Day
for his Friends
and for the
Country.
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Entirely Alone; Surrounded Only
BY His Books.
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The Silver Cord is L0osed and the
Golden Bowl Broken and
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THE CENTURY
for ISS5-86.

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Among the features for the coming volume, which
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He was never wanting in ammuni-
ton of the most powerful and incis-
i've quality for either political at
tack or defense, nor did he ever flag
in his use of it upon his enemy or a
common foe Wheeling Register.
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In his long public life he has filled
the highest posts of honor and trust
in his State and all but the very
highest in the United States. And
he came out of them all with a clean,
unsullied record as public servant
and with the increased respect, con
fidence and affection of his party
The higher the trust bestowed upon
him by his party, the more brilliant
shone the lustre of his Democracy
". Y, World.
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1t is not easy-indeed it is not de-
sirable-to consider Mr.. Hendricks
apart from his character as a parti-
san. He was a Democrat of the
strict sect. He was a stateman and
a publicist, but he hewed his public
life to the Democratic line.-CiRciR-
natl Enquirer.
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Governor Hendricks, like Morton
and Voorhees, and Harrison, was an
Ohio boy. He was gentlemanly
man-calm, pleasing, courteous, per-
suasive; gifted with brains and in
formation, intelligence and will, a
good lawyer, and, as politician, one
who held in a surprising degree,
through personal magnetism and
qualities difficult to define, the conf
dence of the people.-Ctncinnatt
Com. -Gdz.
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Mr.. Hendricks is Che fifth Vice
President who has died in Office, and
like all the others-Clinton, Gerry,
King and Wilson-he came to the
Vice Presidency only as the crown
of long career AS with them, his
work had been already done in broad
fields of public usefulness, and in
the ordinary course of events the
next four years would have afforded
him no opportunity to win new hon
ors or renown.-PhtL Times.
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The ideal yoEng peoples Magazine II hoids II
Tysf Place among Ps,f0dieals Of lis class
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The expressions of regret at his
death have been profound and uni
versal. Public men and journals of
opposing political faith join in eulo
gising his high character, his great
ability and his answering devotion
to duty during his long and varied
public career At the close of a
life as stainless as it was full of hon
ors death has claimed its own, and
he has passed to rest revered and
mourned by all Washington Post
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