Telegram-herald., 1890-11-03

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ea1z sll euEalxts lhs.r votes upea
Pred A Msyuard, snd elect hlm. The
kspanlls4a t.cket of fhls dlsEset will
bear ne inscription PRED A. MAJ
naEa- two votes" - tcas Repaol-
cans need not - concerned about hoK
20 comply WITH the AZ.
Il : thrrSte2ed by some OF the Dem
oerats that taess cumulative votes oil
not be counted. Bat the good sense Of
the better class vii doubtless prevail
and tne Inspectors of election viii see
the folly q theiF presumlns to violate
the ass under pressnse Of passing up
on is unconstitunonalty. Besides,
there IS 4 ehoice between Dem
ocratic candidates for Represen-
tatlyes, plain 10 Do seen and
admitted BY ths better element Of the
Democratic party, As respectable
Democrats foresee the election OF May
nard and strong Republican majority
Ia the next House, they prefer to secure
the election OF Waite, as by far the
better man Of the two Democrats for
the once OF Representative. There VIII
be considerable cumulsting OF Demo
/ cratic votes on White aud the better
+ portion OF the Democratic party is not
likely 10 stand by and see their votes
east out. They are not sufficiently
anxious TO see Hayward elected for
I that.
Should the inspectors of election,
however, vainly imagine that the laws
T or the land clOthe them with judicial
/ powers and 30 persist in writing them
selves down as asses by refusing TO
count the votes so cumulated, the end
IS not there. Neither viii any writ of
mandamus issued by the Supreme
Court avail to keep Fred A. Maynard
oct OF his seat, + he has cumulative
majority. Nor will the issue OF cerh-
Gates OF election 70 White and Hayward,
nor even the failure to issue any GER
tihcate 10 anyone, avail the
Democrats in this case. For
in either event Fred A. May
nard Will appear before the House
and clam the seat. The House will
see the ballots themselves and count
them, and the Democrat who has the
lesser vote of MS party will drop out.
Hence It Will behoove the better ele-
ment of the Democratic party to recog-
nize the statute and do little whole
some cumulating upon White.
Whatever may be the opinion Of the
Supreme Court on the constitution
atty of the law, it can effect future
elections only. If the law IS void, no
future elections VIII be held under il.
But the House viii not stultfy itself by
defeating the choice of the district,
made IN good faith under the provis-
ions of the law passed 10y the Legisla-
ture,
A weekly contemporary, whose
editors zeal to attack Fred A. Maynard
far surpssses his knowledge of law, has
drswn q picture Of legislative proceed
ings on the question of seating him in
ths next House. lie comes Just as
near 70 reality as the artist did who
painted the milkmaid on the left side
of the COW. After suggesting the issue
of two sets of certificates, he saws:
"The secretary Of the last Senate and
the clerk of the last House Will be in
ther seats, ahd they will place Mr.
Maynsrd's name on the roll "a the le-
allyelected representative" Whatever
the secretary Of the last Senate" will
have to doWith placing Mr.. May ynard':
name on the roll,' can be conceived
only by man of his caliber. 1t Is toe
small for the grasp of any brain of or
d.nary development. And so far as the
"Clerk of the last House" is concerned
he cannot and will not attempt to make
so big a fool of himself as certain
Grand Rapids inspectors Of election
threaten to DO by deciding a question
beyond his jurisdiction. lie must have
and VIII have the Secretary of State
certificate for every name on the roll
call for purposes of organization. The
inspectors certificates cut no fgur,
whatever, and the Clerk puts no nam,
on the roll. The Secretary of Stat,
: does that Ia the fret instance, and tn,
House after CTganizaton. He furthe
, says: "Mr. Maynard viii be sworn il
as 4 member. ana possibly he may b,
T placed on the committee which il {,
, decide his own case Such an Instsnc,
: has never happened. nor has any mem
. Der ever voted on his own case, in to-
. Michigan legislature, under Republican
? rule. TIE sitting member Is never CIV
en- any such advantage over the con
testsnt. and even If natural decenc'
aud honor did no. restrain the zttnl
member, the good sense Of other mem
+ bers and the law of tue question would
do 90 One Of the highest authorize
: on the law and practice OF legislsGv
1 assemblies, Cushing. saws. "Tt is
e / rs4ta fharofnrn that une0 n runtr1 -