Saint Mary's beacon., 1878-04-12


sne1ameai 10 charge - meshOd OF
eoaatlnr the electoral vote OI the C1see
Of Pfesidant. has been made by sub
eommistee OF ianr . the fnlI committee
on tks elsklorsI eoans, snd accepted b.
the whole ccmmitiee by majority Of
one. - flnpOrtance Of the proposed
amendment induces rs TO give it in
full:
Article IS. The President and Vice
Presidenl of the United States shall be
chosen by the people OF the several
states. The fIeciors 10 each state shall
have The qualifications requisite for
'elegt0rs uf tfIg mUst numerUus erarch
Of tbs state Legislature, and they shall
vOle by ballot for the President and
Wee President On the dag provided by
Iaw, y kieh DAY shall be fixed BY Com
gress and be the same thrrughOut The
United States. Each state shall be- en-
titled 10 number Of electoral votes
equal 20 the number Of senator's rep
resentafises to which the state may be
entsiled il the Congress. The electoral
votes and fractions thereof Of each per-
son voted fnr as President in any state
shall Be aseerfained by multiplying his
enEire popular vote therein BY the whole
number of The electoral votes Of the
state and dividing the product by the
aggregate popular vote Of the state for
al pers0aznie e sag as President, and
Ehe . " As number Of elee-
h@seof 10 w which
such pefs6s shall be entitled. using for
such traction three decimals aud no
more. The foregoing provisions shall
apply to :he election ofVice President:
but. no person cpnstitutionally ineligible
TO The Office OF President, shall be eligi-
ole 70 that of Vice Pesident Of the Uni-
ted States
Elthin ten days after any presiden-
tial election, the returning officers Of
general elections iu each state shall
make proper Feturns OF the votes cast
for President and Vice President, and
shall transmit The same under seal to
the Secretary OF State, or other officer
laSlully performing the duties OF such
Secretary, BY whom the said returns
shall be publicly opened in the Preseace
of the chief executive magistrate OF the
state, OF, in case Of his failure to be
present. then in the presence Of the at
torney general and auditor or COMP
;roller OF the state, aud said OIL
GERS shall appoint and make appOrtion-
ment Of the electoral votes oil tho
state, as .hereinbefore provided, and
shall thereupon make distinct lists Of all
persons voted for as President and Vice
President, comprising the popular vote
by counties, parishes, or other principal
divisions Of the state, nd.their aPpOr-
tionm.nt aforesaid, which lists they
shall sign, certify and transmit under
seal to The seat OF g0veFnment OF the
United States, direSled TO the president
Of the senate, Said superintendent shall
be made on the same day throughout
the United States.
The person having the highest num-
Der of electoral votes Tor President shall
be the President; but il two or more
persons have an equal and the highest
number of such votes, then from such
persons the House Of representatives
shall choose immediately by ballot the
President, but in choosing the President
the votes shall Oe taken by states, the
representation from each state having
one vote. A quorum for this purpose
shall consist Of q member or members
from two-thiTds Of the states, and ma
iority Of all the states shall be necessa-
ry to a choice. And if the House Of
Representatives shall not choose a
President, whenever the righ Of choice
shall deyolve upon them, before the
fourth day OF March next following,
then the, Wee President shall act as
President as in, the case ofdeath or other
constitutional disability ofthe President.
The person having the highest number
Of electoral woes as Vice President
shall be- Vice President. but If two or
more persons have an equal and the
highest number OF such votes, then from
such persons the Senate shall choose
the Vice President. A quorum tor the
purpose shall consist ottwo-thirds Ofthe
whole number Of senators, and a major
ity ofthe whole number shall be neces-
sary to choice. I
A calculation Of what the vote Of
Maryland would have been in the last
Count, ifthis amendment hadbeen the law
at this time, shows that TiIden would
have received 4.4O8. Of the electoral
votes, and Hayes 3.592, which added
together make up 8. the electoral vote
or This state. New York which has 81
electoral votes would have cast them
thus, for Hayes 1888, for TiIden 1875,
for Peter Cooper, 20 which added To-
gether make up 35. A calculation Of
the electoral college, made upon this
basis. would have given TIlden 1873
and Hayes 1911. which added tOgeth-
er make $50, the whole electoral vote.
Ii will be seen that in count by this
method the votes of the minorities are
represented. st
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