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Show MEDDLING FEDERAL LAWS. j Tho incidents of tho pending election elec-tion show the need of a change in the national administration. Owing to the assumptions of the party in power and the continued meddling of cougrcss with matters which pertain to the states there is mora or less trouble in all parts of the country. In the Bonth two or three stales are invaded by an army for electioneering electioneer-ing purposes. Ia every important city north and south there are federal supervisors of election, special deputy marshals and other officers whose special duties are not clearly defined, but who in some cases manage to create a great deal of annoyance to the citizens and voters without performing per-forming any essential service. In "vin Francisco a supervisor of elections elec-tions has just taken upon himself some unheard of and unauthorized powers, claiming tho right to prescribe pre-scribe some 4,000 voters, on technical grounds. A great many old citizens find their names posted on an election black list, and feel themselves obliged to go to the tiouble ol proving their citizenship. This attempt to disfranchise a large) number of people will not probably amount to much, but it is very annoy ing. Tne present congressional laws in relation to elections wore made lor a partisan purpose, and should be revised re-vised in the interest of the public. There should be a perfect understanding under-standing between tho states and the general government, and so far as possible no legislation annoying or conflicting on sit tier side. All parties are interested in the purity of elections, elec-tions, but the state government is the proper and convenient custodian of ita own ballot boxes. If the general government cannot trust the states and the people iu such matters, it seems about time to shut up the state capitols, remove their executives and let all laws aud orders emanate from Washington. |