The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-11-11
arising in the government of the people in

arising in the government Of the people in
the District of Columbia, and says:
"The District of Columbia, the seat of
the government, was taken partly from the
state of Maryland and partly from the state
of Virginia, in accordance. with authority
granted. If this district constitutes sepa-
rate jurisdiction from the states within which
the respective parts are situated, it cannot
be a state with a republican form of gov
ernment as long as it's lawmakers are chosen
PIE thereof, and the Language of the para
graph Is TO exercise exclusive legislation
IN all cases whatsoever over such district
The Congress must do the legislation thereof
itself, and cannot authorize it to be done
by any other organ or government. =
The Congress canrot exstend the English COM
~ to royalty or classes of people, without
coming in conflict with the provision Of the
constitution prohibiting the granting of titles
o. nobility.
4, Nor can the Congress adopt the common
law ;of any of the skates without preventing
every. other state from changing its own
laws in relation therato> Nor is It possible:
to compress the laws Of the several states
relating to marriage, descent, and distribu-
ton; ftenures of title to real estate evidences
cftitle to personal property;of contracts, the,
extent contracts shall be guarded by statutes
OF frauds and perjuries; nor of trade and
traffic to be carried on by the citizens there
Of" ..5# s55a453 s.}s,.s & 5i15I MS
4 The constitutional provisions concerning
the choosing of electors are little under
stood by even intelligent voters, nor how
safeguards had to be, thrown around these
provisions-to prevent disaster. The original
PLAZA was for: electors to vote by states, but
1t was early seen that this would lead to
trouble. In 1900 Jefferson and Burr got ex-
actly the same electoral vote It then deyolyed
upon the House to decide, voting by states
ard not individually, and then again the re-
suit was q tie, and a decisive result was only
reached with difficulty. Had the House
tailed wholly to elect, the results might have
been very serious. An amendment to he
constitution was made in 1903, which relieved
he situation Of much of its danger. THERE'S
further 8 special guard in the provision that
The President and Vice President shall be
from different states. Concerning the COUNT
KS The language Of tie constitution is The
certificates shall be opened by the President
NJ the Senate. in the presence of the Senate
and the House OF Representatives, and the
votes shall then be counted. This cannot be
construed to require the counting Of votes un-
less they were legally cast. No one will
contend thst, il by counting the votes, it would
elect the Prince Of Wales. or any foreign
Prince. or one who was foreign born or less
than 80 years OF age, the votes must
De counted. however clearly the certificates
may show on their face that the vote was
taken and certified to in every respect ac-.
5cording to law. But. as before shown, the:
Congress being divided into two houses, and,
5sach being required to act separately in en- Z
acting laws, and in doing all other things, ex-
sept wherein they may be expressly author
lied to act together. the vote OF no state
apDearin9 on the faea tharanf Ia ha dA-s