The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-16
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
Plan Foreshadowed by the Senate Com
mittee for Electing President and Vice
President.

Men York. October S.-Senators
Morton, of indiana, Carpenter, oi
Wisconsin, Anthony, of Rhode lsiand,
and Bayard, of Delaware, members OF the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
of the Senate Of the United States, today
closed their conferences, which have been
continued from day to day for the past
week, in this city, in reference TO the
mode of electng the President The
substance OF their deliberations thus tar
involved the following propositions: FIRST,
to abolish the Electoral College: second,
that tie President and Vice President
be elected by the people voting directly
for candidates; third, that each State
shall be divvidcd into as many districts
as the State is entitled to Representatives
in Congress, to be composed OF contiguous
territory comract in form and as nearly
equal in population as may be, aud the
Iersou having the highest number OF votes
| for President in each district shall re
ceive the v.as OF that district For Presl'
dent, which shall count one presidential
| vote, and zach State shall te entitled to
two presidential voters at large, who shall
be cpunted for the person having the
highest number of vUtes III the whole
State fourth, the person having the
highest num Der OF such Presidential votes
| in the United States shall be President ;
fifth, these provisions to be applicable to
the election Of Vice President; sixth,
Congress shall have power to provide for
holding and conducting the election Tor
President and Vice President, and to
establish tribunals for the decisiSun oi
contests as to the vote in any district OF
State, and make regulations govcrnins :
the proceedings of these tribunals. by
The adoption of the district system Oi vot
ing by the people directly for candidates
with two Presidential votes in the State al
large and the plurality rule tor determln
> ing the result the election is brought as
nearly home to the people as can he, moi
10 make it an election by the nation 1t:
one community, and it still recognizes
the States while it enables ienple of eact
district in the State 10 express their Will
so that hereafter State uced not cast {
solid vote as under the present system L
tends dispense with The convention whicl
10 nUN peCeS>aIt 'H OfHcf 10 '"'HI at
electoral ticket for each election. and j
enlLrses the liberty OF the individual vo er
who can vote for any citizen he may select
Tor Presiden. or Vice President. by tht
plurality system the election will AWAY
be final, aud there can be 20 ncce.sil,
for election by the House OF Representa-
tives, which is so much objected to- The
plurality rule has been adopted success
fally in all the States in the Union excep
: four in the election Of State cheers, art
it generally prevails in the election o
members of Congress. In none nf tn
States where il has bern tried is there an
tbonght Of abandoning it. Other 1ues
tons are considered iD connection will
votes in States aud district and co.erini
the exigeuoy Of death or ass ignatiun nfth
President after election aud heior
inauguration. There are suggestion
which have been considered, but Of coeys
TO conclusions coul.I be arrived at