"
It was the Hon. Calvin Dow and Morrison hurried to meet him. "Sum it
short, Uncle Calvin!"
"They're going to play straight politics, Stewart."
"God save the state--in times like these!"
"They're going to admit to seats only the Senators and Representatives who
are clearly and indisputably elected by the face of the returns."
"The picked and the chosen!" scoffed Morrison.
"The matter of the right to take seats is going to be referred to the full
bench instead of being left to the legislature--taken out of politics,
they say."
"Going to be put into cold storage, with all due respect to our eminent
justices!"
"It means the careful weighing of evidence--and the courts are obliged to
move with judicial slowness, Stewart!"
"And in the mean time those picked and chosen ones will elect the state
officers whom the legislature has the power to name, will have the
machinery to distribute all state patronage and to make the legislative
committees safe for the big measures. There's no telling when the bench
will hand down a decision."
"No telling, Stewart!" admitted the sage.
"After it has been done, it will be hard to undo it, no matter what the
judges may decide as to members.
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