Connecticut western news., 1892-10-20
for, providing the names are not already printed upon the ticket.
THE MINER LAW STANDS.

Michigan's Electoral Vote win Be Split
 by the Supreme Court's n, rision.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. IS-rhe United States supreme court has affirmed the ruling of the state court of Michigan in the case in- yolving the constitutionality of the Miner election law. This decision is in favor of the Democrats. By the Miner law, which this decision upholds, presidential electors are chosen by districts.
 The supreme court holds that the law of Michigan dividing the state into districts for the election of presidential electors is invalid only so fU as it conflicts with the act of congress Of 1887, relating to time of meeting of the electors. The act is not ob- noxious to the provisions of the constitu- tion conferring upon the state legislature the power to fix the manner of choosing electors The view of the court will be written at length later by Chief Justice Fuller.
 The following is the full text of the pre- hminary opinion rendered by Chief Justice Fuller in the Michigan case:
 No. l,l70.-McPherson ct al versus Blacker, secretary of state. In error to the supreme court of Michigan. We are of opinion that the objections to act No. 50 of the public laws of Michigan of 1891, based upon matters of local law, having been ruled by the supreme court of Michigan adversely to plaintiffs in error whose conclusions in that regard we are not authorized to reverse, the decision of the federal questions involved was necessary, and the validity of the law repugnant to the con. stitution and laws of the United States having been drawn in question and decided, and the decision being in favor of its validity, this court has jurisdiction under section 709 of the revised statute. The judicial power of the United States extends to all cases of law and equity arising under the constitution and laws of the United States and this is a aris- ing for the reason just stated.
 We concur with the supreme court of Micbi. gan that so far act No 5g conflicts with the act of congress of Feb. j. lSS7 in the particulars pointed out, and in respect of which congress possesses the power to legislate, 1t is inopera tive only to that extent, but that the act is not for that reason void and may stand sc mod fed
 We also hold with that court that in view of the language of the second clause of the first section of article of the constitution, and the contemporaneous and subsequent construction of that language in practice. this act cannot now be held invalid for want of power in the state legislature to provide for the appointment of electors of president and vice president of the United States as therein prescribed, and we are clear that that clause of the first section of article II has not been changed by the four teenth amendment to the constitution, and that this act is not obnoxious to objection the ground of conflict with that amendment We make this announcement at this time be CauSo OA ah e&lkcLCg sukkcstsu AS hpp@ic ichdS requiring immediate action under the state statutes and will hereafter file an opinion stat. ing fully the grounds of this decision. The judgment of the supreme court of Michigan is affirmed and the mandate will issue at once.
 The decision means that Michigan will cast in all probability four of her fourteen votes for Cleveland and Stevenson. Some of the Democrats claim that they will net seven votes. Each congressional district will choose an elector and each party will have as many of the district electors as it carries congressional districts The two electors at large are also to be chosen by districts, but by great districts taking in half the state instead of congressional dis. tricts. The Republicans insist that they will carry both of these greater districts and no fewer than eight of the congression-