The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-25
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL---THURsDAY, NOVEMBER % 1885

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the Democrats will attempt t. ru b
The cseee through. just here IL WHERE
Lie utenant Governor. Ro 1ir son IL
expected to make q dis lay OF h o
skill. The grand performance OF
L eutenaDt Governor Bob X T.
J edy in Ohio is to be Iepeat ID b.
Mr.. R,b-r son in Indiana on
grander scale and With
fas more dszz'i & effect. Mr.. Rob
,rtson will rrcogn 20 10 Dec ocrat
Who attempts to move the previuUb
question, bat will readily reccguiz a
Republican who wants 10 sdj iutD. Hs
will refuse G call for thu yeas and nays
on hat motion, and declare tho senats
&C lurned. Ii the Democratic seCre-
tsTy Of the Senate does not arrange
the journal SO Mr.. Robertson wants II
done, then the latter gentleman will
keep the books himself. The Demo
crats may refrain from voting fer Ssna.
tor the next day, but the record will
show 10 votes for Mr.. Harrison, q ma
jority of the whole number Of Sena.
tors and Representatives, and this will
suffice for q Republican Senate TO give
Mr.. Harrison his seat.
SENATOR SMITH TO TIKI RESCUE.
The Repub icau plan, as ! have out
lined IL, 10 faithfully correct, and 1t is
q pretty programme, but will it woIk2
/ think not. There 10 good reason
why il will not work. IN the fint
place it may be- set down as GER
tainty that Mr.. Robertson will not he
Lieutenant G vernon OF Indisna this
winter. He may be next winter, but
not this. Hence he will not be the
preceding officer OF the Senate, aud he
cannot perform the Bob Kennedy act,
according 70 advert stment 1t is the
opinion OF nearly every eminent law
yer in this 3 ate, no mater what his
politics, that tho election for Lieutn n
ant Governor was unauthorized, be-
cause there WAS no vacancy in the Of
hce. Wien it was vscated by GEN
Manson, Senator Smith, by virtue OF
his p silion as the pro Iempofe presi-
dent Of the Senate, became the acting
/ Lieutenant Governor, and 10 entitl, d
In hold the plare till the end OF Gov.
G avs term. In the event Of Gov
Grsy's death or res gna ion, be would
become Governor OF. the State. There
has been rome doubt as to what Sen
ator Smith would do in the
mstter, berause, as was said In
my dispatch Of yesterday, the ques-
ton is enc purely personal. Buttn,re
Is no longer any doubt as to the
course Mr.. Smith will pursue. At
meeting OF the Committee OF Safety
yesterday he announc d his intention
OF contestlne Mr.. Robertsnn's claim
to the off 90 OF Lieutenant Governor
He will sle out an Injunction to pre-
vent q certificate OF election flom
issuing 10 Mr.. Robertson, and the
matter will bs settled by the Supreme
Court before the Legislature convenes.
1t ia dollars TO cents that the decision
OF the Supreme Court will be in favor
OF Green Smith. The majority Of the
Supreme Court Judges are d mo-
crafts. though do not know that tho
political complexion Of that tribunal
LAS anything to do with the case.
THOROUGHLY CONS STINT COURSE.
MIR. Smiths resolve 10 entirely con-
sistent with his pSst conduct relative
to the Lieutenant q vafno ship. He
said 10 me last summer at the Scots
bug Convention which nominated
the Hon. James Howard for Congress
that the opinion OF the Attorney Gen
eral that there was q vscsncy in the
Office of Lieutenant Gov amor was or
roneoua. II am" said he, chs acting
Lieutenant Governor and entitled to
the succession ehould there lie ava
canty in Gov Qray's office before the
end Of bis term. mean to hold on to
the place no matter who ia o ected."
/ had forg ptten This conversat on I'M
al remindt d OF it on yesterday. Sen.
ator Smith gave ample Notice OF his
claim 10 the Office. At the Democrat
10 Slate Convention his name was
placed In nomination for the flee oil
Lieutenant q vernon He was q dele
gate to the invention aud at once
sprang 10 his fest and dems nded that
hi, name be withdrawn. He dec ined
TO become candidate for an 1 fl 70 of
which he was air ady the incumbent,
with two years YET to serve. He mott
fed the convention that he would not
surrender The eff q unltss compelled
to DO so. The constitution OF the state
provides that Lieu enant Governor
shall be electsd for term OF four
years. Yet Mr.. X baItscn cannot
claim that bis term will ex-
tend beyond the next regular
election, now only two years distant.
There are several instances where the
pro tempore presiding officer OF the
Senate has become Governor Of Sta o.
You will remember one in Kentucky.
When Gov. Msgoflin abdicated in
1889, there was no Lieutenant Govern.
or in office, aud Gen. Robertson,
then pro tempofe President Of the
Senate, became Governor. The more
you study the case OF Senator Smith,
the moro certainly you are convinced
that his position is correct. And the
Republicans need not shrek "Oon-
spiracy I" because, forsootb, he pro.
poses to hold on to his office. As l
have previously said in this corre-
spondence. the Democracy has moth.
ing to do with this matter. Me-. Smith
Ia responsible for his own actions, and
1 feel safe in asserting that he would
insist on his rights II the Lieutenant
Governor-e were Democrat.
A RAsoALLY ydAMK SPOILED.
With Green Smith as the President
| OF the Senate, the potion tLmbles out
Of the Republican conspiracy. Their
game will be one at which both sides
can play With equal sdyapt re. When
ever Democratic Representative Ia
fred from the House a Republican
Senator will be promptly pitched after
him. The Democrats do not intend
to lose their msjoriy OF two on joint
ballot. They want no more than that,
and they mean to keep what they
have got. They ore for peace, sweet
peace, but If the Republicans want
revelation the Democrats sre ready
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