Show i rs r rA A Fla Flaw in Popular Government INCIDENTS daily arise that prove the comparative I inadequacy and deficiency of government administered admin admin- by finite mankind One could scarcely discern discern dis dis- dis- dis cern any defect in the constitution of the thc state stat of Illinois which provides that the vote in a state election election elec elec- tion shall shan be canvassed and certified by the thie Legislature Legisla Legisla- ture nrc at its it's next succeeding in s session al and I after alter that bod body has dul duly organized That provision on would seem H em fa fait fair l and nud ecu equitable table yet cl clit it now pi events the governor elect from succeeding to the office which should have hao been his since Jannary January Jan Jan- 1131 nary uary 1 and stops the fIle Legislature e from choosing two United States senators because of a deadlock in the election of a speaker speaker- of the House That branch ot or orthe the Legislature i unable to organize because no ho candidate for speaker can secure a majority of the theote votes ote and the former state administration thus thus retains retains re rc- re- re it its control No Xo method of correcting conditions is possible because even the courts find they cannot overrule the thc constitution constitution that that is the Illinois c courts consider that the they cannot although h wo we have e heard of those that hint think thc they can and that do so I p |