The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-03-12

Special Correspondence to the GLOBE Re
PUBLICAN.

Special Correspondence to the GLOBR-RH
PUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 10.
The work of the house during the past
week has very fully demonstrated the
fact that the republican majority intends
to stand by those gentlemen who were
elected by the votes of their constituents.
The committee on elections is a commit
tee having the highest privilege upon the
floor of the house. and when they have a
case to report for the seating of a men,
Der Of congress all other business must
give way to that. The question of the
right of an individual to a seat in the
house of representatives is always re-
garded AS question of superior impOr-
lance and even the committee on ways
and means and the committee on apprO-
priatiOns, both of them leading commit
tees. are required to give way when the
committee on elections calls for the con-
sideratiOn of a contested election case.
The work of this committee and the sup
Elementary work of the entire house will
demonstrate to the people of the South
as we'll as to the people in all close dis
tricts throughout the country that the
republican majority in the house of rep
resentatives intends that the will of the
people shall be law SO far as the seating
of members of congress is concerned
when they are elected. Clayton. of Ar
kansas, although elected to seat in the
fifty first congress, will not be given bis
ers will remember, over a year ago when
he was taking evidence to present before
congress to prove that he had been elect
ed. Mr.. Clifton r. Breckenridge, the
democrat who was defeated by Clayton.
occupies the seat unmOlested because
some enc of his democratic constituents
settled the case for him by killing the
man who was elected.
The only fault which can be found with
Speaker Reed, and it is not only fault
but heinOus Offence. is that he recog-
nized Mr.. Breckenridge as duly elected
member of the fifty first congress in spite
of the contest which was ended by the
murder of Clayton; that he not only rec
ognized Mr.. Breckenridge as elected but
made him member of the committee
on ways and means, thus giving him
| and in hn of
representatives to which house we do not
believe that he was elected.
Those dear old Quakers who call them
selves the Society Of Friends are sending
in petitions from all over the United
States begging congress to make no more
appropriations for the building of navy
or for sea-coas: defenses. They are
probably as good people as there are in
the country and really ought to be num-
bered among the best; but it has long
since been demonstrated that no matter
how much faith country may have in
any particular religion, when foreign
nation comes with great big boats and
great big guns the unprotected religious
people are always killed or suffer a great
deal. Consequently the congress will go
right on building a navy and preparing
for sea coast defenses.
| 1t is not certain. but it is more than
probable that the senate committee on
elections will recommend that the re-
publican senatOrs-elect from the state of
the senate will result in party majority
for these senators-elect, and they will be
seated, but that will be a month hence.
Speaker Reed has discovered in section
four, of article one, of the constitution
of the United States, full authority for
the house to district the several states,
and thus prevent gerrymandering by the
| legislatures of the said states. This mat
ter will properly come before the house
very soon, and the states will be district
ed by the house, so as to prevent the dem
ocrats from stealing Ohio and I(liana as
has been contemplated. Take down
your constitution and read section four.
No, wait, and let me quote it. Here tits:
1.-THE times, places and manners of
holding elections for senators and repre-
sentatives shall be prescribed in each
state by the legislature thereof; 6m tile
congress may at any time BY lasv make or alter
suck regulations, except as to tile place of
choosing Senator's.
There is no doubt, even in the minds
of some of the ablest democratic lawyers,
that this section of the constitution gives
ample power to congress to take complete
control of the elections of representatives,.
Acting under this section, the house can
be made republican forever and day.
ARMAT.
BE sure and read the article under the
| head docs Western Kansas Want Con-