, 1877-08-20
JEFFERSON.

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nranfun, Of IFS, RuEEestlnx n Method Of
Counting Diaputed Etccinrat Votes.
Thomas tiefferson's sug9cstlon Of method
OF counting disputed electoral yntes when Con-
grcss shall ',c engaged In counting the votes Of
the several States for President. would Euyrtv
bare been eagerly read .larlng The fcrye coutro-
vcrBv Of last winter. The existence Of such
document was not then suspected. Ni.s Earah
Nfchola. Randolph. daughter Of the late
Thomas Jefferson Randolph. grandson
Of Jefferson and his executor, discovered
IT. April last memorandum, in JciTcr-
sonia handwriting Of tic nature described. She
found the Memorandum amoux the papers of
William Cary Nicholas. one of her Rrandfattlers,
who was United States Senator from Virginia
In 1500. anil who wn3 an intimate frlcni of Jct-
fcrs0n'A. In tho year tsf, there was tnmc t1i*-
cs,asfon In Congress collt crninE the method of
counting the electoral votes. an1 this n,cInoran-
dunn was probably written n: that time By .Jcf1cr.
son, who was candidate for the Presidency,
anil sent to Mr.. Nicholas for Ills use ia the dc
bates upon tho subject. Mts. Ean,|olull hail tic
document photographed, at.I fcnt u!c vi the
photographs to the New Fork World, which l1as
printed nh engraving Of II. The following aro
tic wort1a Of the memorandum:
Trct!acnt OF the United state. qncsinn* mar aslte
whether IN cteetor haa been apposnted in such
mannet .. 'hs LsElstanrs o. h!s state msy bare
and tho day IN which he gave hla vote were those
determined by Congtess: whether he were not al
the time Senator Of Representative Of the United
United States: whether ono n least Of tba pertons
ho has voted for f.. IN nhahttan. Of Staso other
than hfs own: whether the electors votcd hy hat
tho pEcsdent of the ecnate list Of s1 The pcssons
voted tor md Q! tho number q sotess for each;
G"ea s'ste. at lie Of ts sdoop q e9
the Constitution, were Ii year. old an1 had Gccn
fourteen year. re*!deut within the uniicd state.
Ard ths Gon'titnton ct ;hs un'tsd states h.yng
the presence Of the Senate and Ilouse IT Repre-
sentative. opcn a'l the certificates, and that tic
votes shalt Then be counted" " from which ft nost
tho members composing the said Houses and
brought there for that Office, no other being ~
signed them, and inferred tho ,1nose reasonably A.
the election of those high officers IL txactly pro.
served In tho tribunal which IT, to Judge Of ta "a.
tfdlt1 the number Of Senators hnd Representatives
exactly that Of tue Electors Of the tane State;
former clausc]; Psortd<d That the certificate Of
denco that the requlste number Of votea has been
given for each ceetor namcd by hlm a. fuch there
add all other Limitations or The prcced1nx quts-
thc lwo iionses ta shail @ not deedc1, ''1 "DA'
And. De Il Jurfhtr r1.arffd, That whcnsoevcr the
vote Of one or more OF the electors Of any Stnte
Il rhai Be- iswfni for h. senstoss N" eprs.ents a
tvcr OF tho said State. either In the presence Of
thc two l!ontee Or Or :eparately. md withdrawn from
ptfsonH voted for BY ANY Of tho electors OF their
State ior to what nc-aon the Invalid vote OF votes
i, shall 6c M Mg!ven Tor wneh Ptrp9se shey shall be
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