Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-03-04

and 2 opposed. The vote Is not given In
the Morse case. The Republicans claim
there was no quorum present, but the
facts In the Horton case show that
quorum was present. In the Morse case
there seems TO be some doubt az to
quorum voting, but there Is no doubt as
to quorum being In the Capital build
ing at the time the second vote was taken.
The result Is that the Democrats have
now majority in the Senate, and the
power OF the Patrons and their Republ-
can servants has disappeared. This
action OF the Democrats seems to have
caused the l2 remaining Republican
senators to have become temporarily
crazy, and several Republican news
papers have become hopelessly insane on
the subject. The biggest lunatic Of the
lot is the Detroit Journal, and judging
from the recent editorials In it on the
subject, it seems to US as II that paper
had imported person from tho asylum
to do the political writing.
The chief grievance Of the Republican
senator's and newspapers is because the
Democrats brought up the election cases
when most OF the Republicans had desert
ed their posts Of duty and gone to con-
vention. Why did not the Republicans
remain at their post, and attend to the
business they were engaged for and paid
to do? Their work was In Lansing and
not In Jackson, and il they had been at
tending to their lawful work, the Demo-
Gratis would not have succeeded, and the
Republican senator's would not now be
an object of laughter among the people Of
of Michigan.
There Is another thing certain, and
that is, the Republicans only condemn
themselves when they denounce the
action Of the Democrats. In unseating
Democrats in Congress, they did much
worse acts, and those acts they commend
ed. One Democratic Congressman, who
was counted out by Speaker Reed and his
band, had IS, 1853 majority.
The Democrats acted in conformity
with law in tho case of Morrow vs. Hor-
ton. They had no agreement with the
Republicans in regard to not acting on
the case whenever they saw fit. They
were at liberty to act on the case when
they desired, and II the Republicans were
not present, it was because they were
neglecting their duty. The evidence is
as follows, as given in the Free Press:
The case OF Morrow VS.. Horton, as re-
cited by Senator Park, who conducted
the investigation, is brief. Mr.. Horton
was a postmaster at Fruit Ridge, near
Adrian, on election day and for some
time subsequent thereto. Section 9, of
art. A, of the Constitution provides that
all votes cast for any person as member
OF the Legislature who may then hold a
United States Office, are invalid. In 1853
Republican Legislature had case CON-
pletely within the Horton case. How
ever, 1t was in the House of Representa-
tives. 1t was the case of j. G.. Suther-
land (Rep.) VS.. A. M. Hoyt (Dem.) Mr..
HOyt held a seat In the House for short
time, but was summarily unseated upon
it being shown that he was q postmaster
at the time of his election.
In the case OF Fridlender Vs. Morse
there is some doubt. The Republicans
claim no quorum voted. The evidence is
briefly given in this case as follows, and
the reader can Judge for himself as to
whether 1t is sufficient to unseat Morse.
In the case OF Fridlender VS.. Morse,
Senator Croker states that 100 men from
Alger's lumber camp were registered I'm
the township of Harrisville, Altoona Co.
The board Of registration was unable to
show that the men had ever previously
voted in the township, or give anything OF
their previous history. They could not
tell whether the men were Canadian
subjects or American citizens. The
names were registered by a Republican
candidate for county Office. The afore-
said Republican candidate had his brother
in-law and friend OF his placed on the
registration board, in place OF the regular
officers. Under his direction these mems
names were registered. On election day
this entire camp was brought down to
Harrisville and voted under the eye of
the foreman.
In the township OF Cummins, Oscoda
Co., candidate for county Office OH the
Republican ticket secured 112 names of
men from Potts lumber camp. These
men were brought down and voted the
Republican ticket. When the board of
registration was examined by Mr.. Frid-
lender attorneys, Messrs. Shields and
Turnbull, they were unable to show where
any Of these men had previously lived or
voted, or where they now were, or IL they
were citizens or not. The board never
knew Of any OF these men voting In the
township before. When one of the
Democratic candidates asked why they
didn't register the Democratic lumber
camps, the reply was:
"By -, we don't have to register
Democrats"
This showing satisfied Senator Croker
and Gilbert that 80 many illegal votes
had been cast in these two townships
that the entire vote was illegal, and as
Mr.. Morse produced no testimony that in
any way refuted or disputed this, they
recommended that the vote i'm said town.
ship be cast out, and declared null and
void.
The effect of the unseating of the two
Republicans will be to give the re-district-
ing of the State TO the Democrats, and as
one Of the acts they intend to pass is to
have the Presidential electors elected by
Congressional districts, 1t is therefore
certain that from four to six presidential
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