Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10

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PRESIDENTS SUCCESSOR.
Law Provides for Promotion of vive- r
President. L
Washington, D. c., Sept I'm the c
event of the Presidents wounds prov
ing fatal Vice-Presdent Roosevelt .
would Immediately become Chief Elk !,
ecutive of the nation. There is no set , ,
form of procedure by which this !,
would be accomplished.
In the history of the government
there have been four instances in
which the vice-President has. succeed
ed to the Presidency through the
death of the Chief Executive. In no
two cases was the procedure exactly
the same.
In the last case, that of Chester A.
Arthur succeeding to the Presidency
upon the death of James A. Garfield,
the demise of the latter was announc-
ed to the Vice President by the Presi
dents cabinet.
No Notice to Successor Needed.
There is no requirement in law for
| the serving of an official notice upon |
the vice-President any more than it is
required that President-elect be no
titled of his election.
The first formal notices that would
be sent out in case the President
should die would be by Secretary of
State Hay, who would notify the
country's representatives abroad OF
the sad event They. in turn, would
4 70 &bn
ments to which they are accredited as
ambassadors and ENJOYS.
Probable Method of Procedure.
i yice-President Roosevelt, upon as
Stunning the Office of President, would,
as his first official act, issue a procla-
nation announcing the death of the
late President. He would designate
the day of burial and appoint it to be
observed throughout the United States
as day of mourning. He would doubt
less follow the example of his prede-
cessors in similar cases and recon-
mend that on the day of burial all PEG
pie assemble, lin their respective
places Of divine worship, there to rem
, der alike their tribute of sorrowful
submission to the will of almighty God
and of reverence and love for the
memory and character of our late
Chief Magistrate.
5 Senate Session to Be Called.
S Another proclamation would be is
= sued, in all probability, converting the
3 senate in extraordinary session. In the
i case of President Arthur this procla-
:, nation was issued the day after he had
S taken the oath of Office, or September
0 %, and the senate was convened on
October 10.
The meeting of the senate would be
A necessary for the confirmation of cab,
. met appointments which the new
= President might make. The order OF
= these proceedings, however, would lie
:, altogether with the new President,a
he would doubtless carry out the sen
', timent and wishes of the late Presi
= dents family and cabinet in the mos
:. appropriate manner.
g The details of the; Presidents funer
al would naturally be in charge of the
secretary of state Through him no
ID tees and invitations to distinguished
lie foreign representatives would be ex
At tended. The wishes of the member!
a, of the Presidents family would BIZ
n observed. The place of interment ant
the character of the services woulc
TX depend entirely upon their wishes.
81 Congress would attend in body, al
Y, though the house of representative
~ is not organized. The memberselec
n of that body would be in charge o
as the clerk of the house and the SCI
i'd geant-at-arms of the last house VIII
hold over in Office The senate bein
n a continuous body, would be presen
IN officially, with it's president pro ter
81 at its head and the sergeant-at-arms i
of charge of details.
The secretary of war and the secrt
hit tary of the navy would detail sutabl
he army and naval bodies to attend tn
IS, funeral.
no Law on the Succession.
The order of succession in case
death of both the President and Vic,
-, President is in the following order
~, Secretary of State. Secretary of til
"a Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorne
~, General Postmaster General Seer
as tary of the Navy, Secretary of the L
terror
a. The law defining the order in wht
~ members of the administration stan
No in case of vacancies in the offic,
above them was passed by congress
N on Jan. 10, 1886. 1t provided th
or whenever the powers and duties
President of the United States sha
for devolve upon any of the persons mar
&c ed if Congress be not then in sessio
Oh or if it would not meet in accordan,
nj. with law within twenty days thel
IN after it shall be the duty of the pc
nj son becoming acting President to
M. sue a proclamation converting Co
~ gress in extraordinary session, Civil
70. twenty days notice of the time
me meeting.
he THE ASSASSIN.