| Show A NEEDED AMENDMENT all the th voting done in new york on tuesday last was not for electors or state officers by any means meana A consequential feature of the ballot ing was the determination by such inch means W whether hether or not the constitution of the commonwealth should be amended so 0 o it was wa in california and we believe one or two other states in ID the fant named the amendment voted on OB was probably adopted and it would be a good food thing if it could be made universal ual venal because an aa it memo some method for determining contested con tomed election owes cases other than by more mere partisanship is one of the crying needs of the times the text of the amendment is in as ai follows fol lewe the election return and qualifications of any member of either house of the legislature when disputed or contested shall ahall he be determined by the courts in uch such manner BB as the legislature shall proscribe pree cribe and such auch determination when made shall be conclusive upon the legislature either house of the legislature may expel any of its members for misconduct miti conduct but every person who receives a certificate of election as a member of either house according to law shall be entitled to a seat eat therein unless expelled for misconduct or ousted pursuant to a judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction thle this is ie declared to be a consequence of the late struggle over contested election duea cases in the now york legislature and aed in some borne cases reached the courts after the members of that body had acted upon it each of course I 1 P n accordance ce with his political whether they or any of them took the circumstances of the eare came or the justice of the sit lt into account it IR 18 not dot for us u to say partly because we don dons it know kaew and partly because it is not material the principle itself its is wrong and as aa suek ought to be abolished it is ii declared by a temporary oo that the growth of contents con testo and nd the she scandals scandale of seating beating and unsealing Beating uD un dates with little regard to the actual vote east and aad at the will of a party majority are far worse than the fe gerry mander la in tate state after state fate members mem ben fairly elected have been denied the right to seats neato or ousted from them after taking possession and this has haa always alway happened for ume some vart lemn purpose ee I 1 in the hue house of representatives at washington the decision decla ioB of contested center ted samoa has ha long cue come to be recognized as aa something disgraceful to us an ai ik a nation and aad most moat jD jUrIOUS to US u politically it la is now admitted everywhere by reasonable people solicitous for fer fairness in politics and decency in the trite strife of parties part lea that these contents conte ati should be referred to te the courts the transfer anifer tr of this prerogative from legislative bodle and the creation ere atlon or designation of trl banals for the purpose ought to be or dered la in every tate few there be who can dismute disi uto ute the conclusions arrived att at even it if they are in a position to deny the state anto contained the matter to generally made worse by the practice in vogue of paying the contestant whether successful or not and so ao with the being in ia no danger of lobick I 1 mag mfg anything in a financial way the unprincipled candidate with just juet a shadow of justification can bring brig a contest for the place to which the people did not elect him and if his party hap PODS pene to be in power the chances largely favor his bia success indeed it is in almost unanimously the caw am that this lass ba been the result but supposing this thib should not happen through its being too glaring for even his hi cans n the other party being in power the un successful applicant is ii generally an away with no cause f for or comment the ingratitude of rep bin ork n B wounded feelings feell nga are assuaged aru fled with check representing hla his expenses find and good deal more mere |
