The sun., 1893-01-22
ELECTORAL CERTIFICATES.
FOUR TEEN STATES HAZE FAILED. TO
COMPLY BIIH THE LIW.

They Have sent Certificates by Matt, but
Not by Messcneer-Mnny Other states
Have Compiled with the Law In snch n
Siip-hod Manner that, .Ir the Ilc"t,oa Had
Been Close. tho A.cerininn,ent OF the Zee.
suit Might Have Bccu Almost Impossible
No Pay for Kansas's Messeneer.
WASHINGTON. Jan 21.-The certificates ~ all
the States Of the votes cnst for President and
Nicc-President ought to be in tho hands ofths
President of the Senate by Monday next As
matter OF fact fourteen states have failed 80
far to comply with the law bv sending OH
their electoral certificates bv messenger and
many OF those States which have complied
with the law have dono go In 40 slipshoh q
manner that. IL tho lnts election hnd bcnn IN
any way close. tho official nscertninment OF
the result under the Constitution and the laws
might have been made almost impossible. md
the whole Government might have been
thrown into chaos.
One OF the Grst things to be noted Is that
many Of the m essengers pnrrorting to bring
on the certificates have come utterly unpro-
vided with credentials. Kansns was one OF the
most conspicuous offenders In this respect.
The eminent Porulst delegated to bring on
the vote OF that state was presented to the
President at the Senate by Senator, Pefror.
Congressman Jere Simpson and one OF his col
leagues vouched for him. hut their voucher. in
tho nbsence OF the slightest SCRAP OF writing
from tho electoral college, wa, not the Kind
OF voucher that tho Treasury Department re.
quired to give him his mileage and por diem
for bringing on tho vote. As Senator PETER
finally and sorrowfully said:
Tho only thing left for us is to paw his why
back TO Kansas ourselves and trust 10 the
state to- reimburse ns."
OF the packages brought by the messengers
have had nothing on the outside to indicate
the President Of The United Statss." instead
OF TO the President of the Senntc.' and Idaho
marvel OF good luck that none Of those pack
ages was torn ,oren and thus rendered. invalid.
s"s What o 4 a to so@e e
Was Vas sealed md % endorsed @ Sac Ease E inside Tie
topnd a duly certified paekaco insidt. IN
not believe there was any sealed under nnck-
age and IN those instances the envelopes have
| They may contain the electoral vote or they
| may not. The President OF the Senate has
that these packages M actmaIS contan the votes
| OF the States as represented.
sm e n fs
city Of iice PRECEDENT M"ro is sustpalan @ o!
most conservative point OF view possible. He
-" me statute is clear and explicit. and; al
though there hnve been many changes. these
tho electors shall make their certiiicates. de-
Eos,inE one WITH the ;;,1d:e Of til. United I'd
dent f0fTDFds o sEo sSnas sy " ana ID the fH
ry hH s
| endorsed by the electors to show exactly their
| son OF their failure to do this on severni in
| stances is hat packnGes have come into tho
hands OF tn. President, Of the Senate which
!hs States whoso messengers hrys IrourIt
them. h9, which have not the slightest out
only the fact that they have been handed In
S.e Ts nw enf ths
,::Section i4o Of the Reylsel Statutes PRO-
their hands. or under the hands Of a majority
them: app lint H. nerson to take charge Of
and and deliver the President Of tho senate. at
bur. very strangely. some ~ the States have
sent on their messengers without any aut thor-
| ilntion ~ ALI except .urh ns can be ronstruc-
az. alleged TO contain The electoral vote q tie
which is tho only basis mpon which the mes
age and pmy "i nmi it has ombarrast ed ell so some Of
these gentlemen % very seriously to ma that
| ].
oe H. Isssf It Is r"yeG Hw ha wEeneTer nss or
tho certificate OF votes from any State has not
the fourth Monday of tho month OF Janunry
n which their meetings have heen held. the
senger to he District Judge IN whose custody
one certificate OF The votes from that State
has been lodged. and such Judge shall forth
with transmit that list TO the seat Of Govern-
"Of course the question arises under that
sect ion us Ia whether the certificate OF votes
spoken ~ Is to he considered as meaning the
certificate Of votes sent by the hands " the
messenger or that which is sent by. mail. or
those which com" by both methods. Probably
votes has come to the President OF the Senate.
either 10y mnil or messenger. it absolyes the
the pas. i
both he mail and messenger service should
reach here on or before the fourth Monday in
All Of the States have transmitted their
electoral votes by mail. ard all have been re-
ceiyed by the President OF the Senate. The
heir electoral votes 10y messenger. at least
they they have % not yet been reeeivea by the ires- res!
ordn % eeres
North Dak ota. Oregon. Rhode Island South
Dakota. Tennessee. Washington. and Wiscon-
law. until Tuesday next. the law. knowing no
Tart of the day. tho fourth Monday in Janu-
nry would rnn till Tuesday: but j seems 10
ilcates In by Monday evening ought to do SO. "
Senator Macpherson strongly advocates. be-.
fore another Presidential election. the issue Of
an authentic circular Of instructions, ad-
dressed TO the electoral colleges OF the d fer
ent States 30 as to avoid these perilous
1t is understood that Vice President Morton
| will be IN his scat as President of the Senate
On Monday next. tho eventlul =" fourth Monday
| in January"
Mrs. Gorton 100 Years Old.