Show SOME NEW CUESTfONS I Noting the suggestion that Job Hailey the defeated candidate for Delegate Dele-gate to Congress from Idaho ouJd make a contest for the seat in the House of Sepresentatfres and ask 1 Congress to disa rove the Test Oath Law the New York Titles thinLs it is by no means clear that Congress can declare it the law null and Tad It seems that the rale requiring Territorial Legislatures to anbmii their laws to Congres s for approval or rejection does l not apply to 2daho < Dkoto Montana and Wyoming ienee it is urged that the only way an which Congrats can nullify tbe lv in question will be by I I I the paesageof abilliiefining the qualifications I quali-fications of voters ill this be correct Mr Hailcy willstand Tery little chance of gfcttmgjlhe seat ca the ground of the anconrtatuSraality of the law which I depriv two thousand citizens of the t i ri htto vjttc even if the shall go to I Cress to the affidavits of all these I ciKes setting forth that they would I have cast their > vo1lo3 for him had they been permitted to exercise the rights t of citizens Thegeneralilaw applicable I I to all the T rritor c3 declares that the qualifications of voters + shall be aochasnnybe pzescribi by the Legis I V latiTeAe8esably each Territorysub t ject to certain jecerictiees on the power of the Assembly Theee restriction prohibit the LegislatOTclrom conferring the rightcf suffrage on any except citi f senaof t2ae Dnliedfitates above the age t of trrentyone earacr those above that age who havecdeclared on oath their intention to become such and have tin an oath icsapport the Con t stitctionaadgorernment of tbe United I States and from denying the elective franchise to acitizen on account of race oolotorjiWTioa5condition of servitude servi-tude As the Idaho Legislature did not 10 beyond thote restrictions in C passing tie Test Oath bill the law would seem to be valid until declared unconstitutional by e court ot competent com-petent uriadiction instead of by Congress Con-gress hence Mr Bailey would have to appeal to theconrts rather than to the I House of EeprcsentotiTCs for relief On I the other hand the House having absolute I ab-solute power in the premises can if it so desires tab cognisance of the great wrong that has been done and without attempting to void the law declare Mrs Mr-s Hailey entitled the eat from which J action there would be ao appeal The case premises > v be interesting before the end has been reached and the result will probably be justice So I far as honest people concerned they have no sympathy foreither Hailey or Dubois decent men would be glad if = neither of the gentlemen named could get the seat in Congress a hich belongs to Idaho |