The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-03

,nstance.zsIf by q yssjofaty. then ne mas'
rooo,yo Of least 40 out Of 90. That Is, we
a,n,ds tho whole number Of votes not by
Tho whole number of candidates, but by
two-counting all except the highest
against the highest-and thus ascertain
whether one candidate has moro votes than
all the others combined.
But where two candidates are to be voted
for, 4G votes are not majority OF 90 votes,
as we will proceed to show at once in order
to keep the readers attention. Thus :
Since each voter of the 80 voted for two
candidates in the case under consideration,
1t Is evident that the result might have been
GO for WYNsE, 60 for CONNOLLY, and 60 for
DANIEL, since the first 80 delegates might
have voted for WYYNE and CONNOLLY, the
next 20 for WYsNE giving him sW ana
DANIEL. and the last 30 for DANIEL ana
CONNOLLY, thus giving each OF tnem oo
votes. Yet no one would have had ma
iority. 1t is absurd, therefore, TO say tnat
any less number las Sc, "a, or 49, was ma
jority. athlete
Aeain: We have seen that q candidate
nominated by majority receives more votes
than all his opponents combined; yet, here
the vote of DANIEL added to that Of CAR
Rrseros and that of PAGE would have
amounted to 70-a larger number than
either WYNNE or CONNOLLY received.
How does 1t happen that 46 is not ma
jority OF 90? 1t ia, but, as we have proved,
not where there are 80 ballots each having
two names upon it. siXty-one or more ls
a majority. AS In the case Of ascertainlng
q majority where only one candidate Is 70
be chosen we count all the candidates but
one together, and see If their joint vote
equals his---and if it does we decide That ne
is not nominated-in other words, we DIVIDE
the whole number of votes by two to ascer-
tain what majority $50 here we should
lump all the candidates except two togeth-
err, and ascertain whether their joint vote
is greater than that Of either of the TWO
highest--in other words, divide by three
after doubling the number Of votes.
Then, ninety persons voting, or cast
ing two votes each, $50 would be the
number to be divided, and, dividing this
number by 3, we find that successful cam
didate should receive over 60 votes, 60 being
one-third, and more than that being re-
uuired to constitute majority; for II one
candidate receives 81 votes there are but
10 more to be divided amongst all the
rest, and however many any other one
might receive, rs say 90, there would DC
but the two nominated, since If 80 be taken
from 119 only 90 would be left, or if the
second candidate should also receive only
81 votes there would be only 81 left to d.
vide between all the other candidates.
Where only 80 votes were cast 46 would
be majority if each man were required
to vote for say either WYNNE and CONNOLLY
on the one ticket or DANIEL and EARRING
TON on the other; because in that case
there would be no mixed ballots, ana the
contest would actually be between TWO on
the one ticket and two on the other !:
would be one ticket against another III
stead of one man against another. Again ::
IF, in the Convention in question, one cam
didate only had been voted for, and one
had received 90 votes, he would have !
received all the votes, and there could have
been not even a single one for anybody
else; but if two candidates are voted for |
by 80 men, one candidate may receive 80
votes, and still leave 90 to the other caudi- |
lates. This fact, Of itself, ought to satisfy
even the poorest of arithmeticians that be-
,ause 4G is in the one case majority of 80 it
does not follow that it is so in the other; or
rather, it does not follow that 40 is maj
ority of 12o.
But we have said enough. lie who can-
not get an understanding of the matter
rom what we have already written cannot
&c reached by arguments in tic shape OF
We repeat that Messrs. WYNNE and Con-
Molly we're unanimously nominated after
The taking Of the ballot upon which we have
been commenting and so our remarks are
not intended TO reflect upon the manner of
heir nomination, but only to prevent SINH
lar blunders hereafter, and, if possible, to
satisfy the Richmond public, who have
been discussing the question herein treated
for week past.
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