The daily gazette., 1875-03-24
The Colorado COcOa-fi,tt.
ianati Enquirer, March 17th.

Cincinnati Enquirer, March 17th.
We are confident that the real ue-
tives which induced the Grant third
term imperialist party in the late Con-
gress to rush through the bill admitting
the "rotten-borough" State of Colorado,
with its $1,000 people, as State in the
Union, were not fully understood at the
time. 1t was believed that it was de-
signed to maintain, by its two United
States Senators, their party ascendency
in that body. This had something to
do with it, but there is a much more
important reason, as We shall explain.
The admission of Colorado increases the
number of States to thirty eight. In
case the election of the next President
should go to tho present House of Rep
OF that number, which is twenty States,
to elect. Each State has but one vote
in the House for President, and the ma
jority OF the Congressional delegation
determines how that vote shall be cast.
Although the Democrats have seventy
majority in the House when the mem
bers vote per capita, they had, before
New Hampshire voted, the control OF
but twenty States. Here are the names
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, w. Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri,
Tennessee, Kentucky. Ohio, Indiana, H.
linois and Oregon. Thus We had just
enough to elect by one majority. There
was not a single vote to spare. A single
member gives the vote of Oregon and
| another man casts the vote OF Delaware.
The death of one OF these in the next
two years, their sickness preventing
II t1a,r hAr- LrN -,
| say nothing of corrupt influences being
| used, would defeat the election. The
House would make no choice. On the
| 4th Of March the Republican candidate
| for Vice-President, who had been elect
| ed by the Senate, would, under the Con-
stitution of the United States, be Presi-
dent for four years. Herein we see the
| Importance of Colorado. The admission
of New Mexico was not pressed because
| it would not alter the thing in the least
| Twenty States ia majority Of thirty
| nine as well as thirty EIGHT. Now we
| see the Importance of the late Demo-
| cratic gain of member in New Hamp-
| shire, which gives us majority in the
| delegation, and carries her vote for
President. Thus the Democrats will
have twenty one States, close margin,
but better than before. We hope fol
l Cnreo meuiDerS Oh congress- out OF tOuI
from Connecticut, but it is very proba-
BILE the delegation will be divided-two
and two. This is quite likely to be the
case in California. A tie counts against
a choice, the same as if it gave an atfir-
native vote. Mississippi, the only other
State to vote, will have a majority of ne.
groes, we. presume, in the delegation
Now, under the Joint twenty second
rule, regulating the canvass of the elec.
toral votes in Congress, if objection is
made to the reception of the vote of q
State it cannot be counted until both
Houses agree SO to do. Thus it III quite
likely that some of the Southern States
may be rejected, the defeat OF choice
effected, and the election thrown into
the House, where we have one more
I State than is absolutely necessary to
elect. 1t has been twice the duty of the
House to elect, and in each instance the
election was made by single vote
John Quincy Adams had thirteen State.
out of the twenty-five in 1925, when he
was elected; and after thirty-six ballots
Thomas Jefferson became President Ii
1901, over Colonel Burr, by the chang,
of a single State, that OF Delaware. Tn,
Democracy OF the Union owe to the De
mocracy of New Hampshire thanks fol
Strengthening them where they mos
needed strength. and whore we nov
have at least one vote 10 spare in cast
Of necessity at the Presidential election
1t Is OF more Importance than half 6
dozen Governors