Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-09
Tho Electoral college ouss.lon.

THa SUGGESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN coNarnrnuD
BH IHe SENATE oONlnrTRR ON PRTvmRoRs AND
ELECTIONS AT THE BECRKT sHnsIoN IN NHw YonK
NO CONCLUSION ABRIvKD AT. y
NEW YoRK, Oct. 8.-IIon. o. P. Murtnn Tndi-
ana lion. Matt. Carpenter, Wisconsin; Hon. n. D.
an Rnoae leland, and Hon. ThOms +. Bay
atu' DeiaWare, members OF the Standing Commit
zee on Privileges and Elections oi the URtad SEatoa
Senate, today closed their copfarence. whieh has
Oeen continued frona DAY 70 dag 4or the past week
AZ Fifth-avenue HOTEL in this city, in reference 10
the mode OF eecting the President The Senate
just adjourning Last sunnR 1Atracted The commit.
zee 10 examine the whole subject during the yaca-
ton and report their conclusions At the next saa
Slon o. Congress The following propositions were
-F~a 10 abol sA SistsO,.f f.oI,eeAb$A 4,
Second That the President and Vicc presidsrt
dates ~ - - - KNe'F'S ~ ''iu
Third. That each State shall be divided into az
many districts as the State Is entitlad to Represen
tatives in Congress, to be composed of eontIguonu
territory compact in form, and as nearly canal in
population as may be, and tho person having the
highest number ofvotes for President in eaeS dis-
rct shall receive the vote Of that district for Prcs
i1ent' which shall count one Presidential vote :
thht sach state shall baeutitled TO tive Presiden-
tial votes atlarge, which shansbe counted far fhc
person having the Highest hunber Of votes IN he
whole State. ~
Fourth. The person having thu highest mum.
Der OF such PRESIDENTIAL votes in the United
States shall be President
Fyth. These provisions to be applicable to the
election Of Vice Fresidenk -
congress shall have power to provide for hold
ing ana conducting the election ior President and
vice rfesldent, and establish tribunals for the de-
clslon VI contests and make regulations govern
ing the proceedings of these tribunals By the
adoption OF the district system Of voting by tbe
people directly for candidates with two PreSiden-
voters IN the States at large, and the plurality
tAle ioL determining the result, the election i
brought as nearly home to the people AZ nan be.
not ID make it AN election by the nation A one
community; and it still IOsoenizes the Stateu aS
SUCH while ID 0uable the people in eeoh diatrct III
the state TO express their will, 90 that hereafter
the state VIII not cast = solid vote as under the
present system. 1t tends to dispense with the
convention which Is now necessary in ordaF 70
form an ELECTORAL ticket for each State and h an
Iafges the liberty Of tie individual VOtoF, who
caniVote Tor any citizen he may select for Presi
oent or ice President, BY the plurality sgstem
the election will algays beslinal and thoFe car
Dc no necessity for election by the House Of Rem
rSsehtatIVsA which iS 80 much objected To-, Tue
plurality rule has been adopted successfulV in al
the states III the Y MON except four in the elee-
ton OF State officers, and 1t generally prevails In
the election OF members of CcnRFsas In mona 81
the States where It has been tried n thers anv
thought Of abaAdOnInR ir
Other questions are considered in eonnactiou
win the voters IN the States and districts. and
providing foT the e1igeRey Of death or Fesi0oa.
tlOa OF tue Presid0at skier election ana bsGDr in
auguratlon. These are suggestions which have
been considered, but. Of course, no CONCLUSIONS
-F = = SI4HFSA VI - q ga AZ 49, aE