Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-10-17


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Senators Senator Morton, Carpenter IL aasti and
lnayald, members Of the Commits,
on privsileges and Elections Of the
United states, closed conference
which has been held for the past week
in New YorK, III reference to the mode
Of electing President. The substance,
Of their deliberatIisns has thus faars in
volyed the following uaopositions:: 9lA
I. TO abolish tile Electoral colleges.
2. That the Presidents and Vice
Presidents be elected BIZ ehe paeopple,
voting directly for tAe caIld idates. aaa
3. That each State shall be aivided
into as many districts as tie State IS is
entitled to representatives ii Con gress,
to be composed Of cont guous territory,
compact in form, and as nearly equal
in population as may be, and the per
son having the highest number Of
votes for President iii each district
shall receive the vote Of that district
for President, which shall count ono .
Presidential vote, and that each.. State
shall be, entitled to two Presidential
voters at large which shall be counted !,
! for the person having the highest
number Of votes III the whole State.
A. The person having the highest
number of such Presidential votes in
the United States shall be President.
5. These provisions to be applicable
to the election Of president
9. Congress shall have the power
to provide for the hoIding and conduct
4 ing Of the elections for President and
ViceIP President, and to establish tribu-
mails for decision of the contest as to.
the vote in amy district or State, and
to make regulations governing the
| proceedings Of these tribunals. BY
adopting the district system Of voting
by the people directly for the candi-
dates, with two Presidential votes at
large in the State, and the plurality
rule for determining the result, the
election is brought as nearly home to
1.-THE people as can be, to make it an
felection by the nation as one commu-
nifty, and it still recognizes the States
as such, while it enables the people in
each district in the State to express
their wish, so that hereafter State
is not east as a solid vote, as under the
present system. It tends to dispense
with the convention which is now nee
essary in order to form an electoral
ticket for each State, and it enlarges
the liberty Of each individual voter
who can vote for any citizen he may
select for President or Vice President.
By the plurality system the election
willalways be final, and there can beno
necessity for an election by the House
of Representatives, which is SO much
objected to. The plurality rule has
been adopted successfully in all the
Union except four III the election of
State officers, and it generally prevails
in the election Of members Of Con
gress. In none Of these States where
it has been tried is there any thought
of abandoning it. & is 8 si a'
4 Other questions are considered iii
connection with tie votes in the States
and districts, and providing for the
exigency of death or resi- signation of the
President, after election and before
his Inauguration. These are sugges- N
tions which have been considered, but
OF course 1lo conclusion could be ar. Z
rivedIat. se e q W..
a BAD WRITER.--On Friday even-
ing last young Lady of this village,
says the saratogian, received a letter
out Of the post office. Hastily opening Fl