New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-24
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UHEy OUGHr THE GOTERNOR TO RESIGN

UHEy OUGHT THE GOTERNOR TO RESIGN
When the two houses of the Legislature had
concluded their balloting for senator on
! "Wednesday the Lieutenant-Go who pre-
| sidod nj the Joint convention, made the formal
announcement that "Dlvid i. Hill, having
rocoivod a majority of the votes of the JOINT
,.sonIJv declare him to be duly elected
ltd ctatns senator 10 succeed William Max
,rou Fvarts whose term of Office expires on
| March 4 1891" Now the question i. Docs
Mr.. Hill purpose to resign the "oVefhoiSh'p vi
| or before the date when his term as senator
becins March 4. 1891? If he does not theh
| 30 long as he delays the performance OF lhaI
obvious duty the spectacle Will be presented OF
one man holding two great pubic Offices one
| Federal and the other State. 1t would not ne
a sccmly spectacle, and the people Woul1 De
SIRE TO resent it. They would be JUSTIFIED IN
interpreting it as indicating that Mr. lilll had
altogether too large an appetite Tor puphc
| nroforment. or that he regarded public Offices
as merely the football Of partisan politics.
Thcv woud doubtless feel like putting him
the ouerv. "Insatiate oflicehunter. would not
one. that is one at n time, suffice
II i said that there is nothing. either in the
prohibits him from being at once United
| States Senator and the Governor OF NeW-l ork.
Rut even if this be so. the fact remains that
| tho voters of this State have plainly eXpipSSed
themselves against two-hcaded oiliccholderS.
Section : of Article Ill OF the Constitution a'
| amended by popular vote at the November
| election of 1874, provides that " IL any person
| shall after his elcc;iOn rs mcihper vi INC
| Legislature be elected 10 Congress or appoihV'u
| 70 anv Office. evil or military. under the UoV-
| eminent of the United States, or under any
| citv government, his acceptance thereof Shail
vacatc his seat If this prohibition applied
| to members of the executive aS we'll rs 10 thoSc
of the legislative branch of government I'M
would be compelled either to give mp the zen
atOrShip or the GoycrnorShip. Can any vain
reason be given why he should not be placed
| on the same footing a senator or an ASSEM-
| blvman. so far Is the point In question i con-
ccrncd? We thinti not and AT all events lhe
nro,ision of the Constitution which we have
quoted plainly indicates that il the people c'uld
have an opportunity of passing upon INC pro.
poSal to allow him to be cOncurrcntly fcdcrdI
senator and State Governor they would pace
an emphatic veto upon 1t. ne World
which would like 10 see him retain the TOY
crnorship for nine or ton months after ms Term
~ Senator begins. SAYS that "whcn Governor
Cleveland was elected President the time oi
his retirement from the GovcrnolShlp was
deemed a matter wholly within his own con
troll, This alluSon 10 Mr.. ClcyclandN course
bults instead of helps 1.-The Worlds argu-
mont for the reason that Mr.. Cleveland re-
sicncd the Governor>hip on the 9Th Of Janu-
arv. 1850. which was nearly two months be-
fore hi, term Of Office began. =" The World
proposition is that Mr. Hill shall not resign tho
C;ovcrnor>hp until the Lid Congress Assem-
HOS that i. some nine months after his terra
begins.
If there was no one 70 take The Governor
place in case he resigned there would be some
excuse for his holding on aS long aS possible
But the Constitution make, ample provision
for filling a vacancy in the office OF Governor
If Mr. Hill on or before the ith OF March re-
spcctiny the obvious prophecies OF the Nltua-
ton. steps down and out Of the Executive Char
he will In, succeeded by Licutcnant-Governor
Jones. and that. too without the slightest frlc-
ton or the suspension for ever 80 bllct pc1od
Of any of the functions of the state govern
mcnt. We ink it will occur 20 Mt I'M on
rnfcction-in case II has not occurred TO HIM
olrc1dv-that he canno' afford to remain where
he is after the 18th Of March, when his SEN
atoral term begins. His presence in the TX
ccutiyc Chamber after that da" will be very
bad case of lingering SuperiluouS.