Show ELECTION CONTEST the rumor is still afloat that a suit will be planted in the near future to test the validity of the late election whether such rumor will ever ripen into a reality only the future can tell wendell phillips once oace said that laws are nothing unless backed and shielded by public opinion if it is proper for us to construe that remark as meaning that if laws are backed and shielded by public opinion they are possessed of force and virtue then we can verily say t that hat the election law and the election under it make up an ideal standard where is public opinion on this question look at the election returns you lovers of constitutional law and you will find the question answered in unequivocal terms the answer may not be to your you hearts content or ease but IV its s there nevertheless androu and you cant am gainsay say it what is the state constitution if it is not the product of public opinion what is the election law and the election if not the product of public opinion 0 but these adherents of the constitution say the opinion of the people expressed secretly crelly te as contemplated by the constitution and therefore we are not satisfied go and read what president johnson says about craters of the constitution and perhaps his words will console you a little well confess that the result of the election is not secret but on the contrary is a matter of common knowledge the chief difficulties in the way 0 of f the co contest a tes t seem to be in in the first place a hard nut to crack in ohp theae second cond place elmp the fellows most mod interested were pre pretty well strapped in carrying on the campaign and therefore cant find the dough to prosecute the case and in the third jalace there a fellow to be found who cares to a tand stand up as the figun figurehead lb r only to be knocked down better that two tiro or ahr threet QU MIMI jbea ftp P W |