Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08
Choice Of a President by Congress.

Choice OF n President by Congress,
Wb;,e tho nros.n, Indication M oors
warrant tho he,ief that ,horo w;il hs fail
ure next vear 70 elsct a nres;dent NV the
naonla navor,baIsss s,ob n oo,,;n,o,o,
ar;s;ng from tho a,,rost eo,aIIy boia,oad
stra,otb If tho txyo oreat nart;aS ia not IN
ha ohm, ont of r;a,, o,,;roi,, Tha s;,ro
fact that sbould the election IN, thrown into
the bouse of representatives the almost
eoual strenotb of the Ranubl;cans and ,b..
Democrats renders the result most uncer-
tain. and bevond the propbetic skill of the
experienced politician.
H. NAV ;ndeed he said that in sncb nm
avept an acc;de,t ,p;,bt dat.r,ira tho o,oo
tion in favor of one side or the other. or
prevent arv election .t all As tho state
deaoat;ops now stand in co,cress tbere ora
nineteen Rannblica, irclud;no Califor,;.
and eiobteen Damocrat;c Indiana ia hold
in tho Grin If Mr. nal, Na,yr Na,;or.,
the Renublicans and the Democrats having
each six members II Mr. Orth RanuhI.
can. sbopld not be unseated az is exnected
then. of course the vote If tbe state would
bs in the hands If Mr. D.Ia Matvr and
he could name the nres;dent su,nos;,a M
o,bsr changes 70 occur
But there are several states wbsre death
RESIGNATION or o,ber o,rseo mich, ,n,,ar;
a,lv affect the resuIt The dala,otion If
Maine il made nm of three R.nublicans and
two Cree,hackers IF tbere sbo,Id hs ~.
oanov in ono of tho Ronrhl;oan .a,,o 10 ha
6lled hv Cree,bockor Tho vote of tbe ot.to
wonld he radically cbanoed Tn Conrect;.
| cut kbe delegation stands tbree Renuhl;cans
10y, -. -. A.. -, a.,
anu one Delhocrao, OF Just Ihe REVERSE Il tie
case in the last congress, when the Demo
Gratis mad three members and the Repubi-
cans one. The loss of one Republican rem.
resentatiye would leave the state without a
vote Nav .Jersev is likewise reversed from
'o'e' No" "o''ey 10 iAe"ise 'e'eiseu nun
| the last conurass and has four Rapuhlicans
| to three Democrats. One gain To the latter
would throw the state into the Democratic
column. The DELEGATION from Ohio is com.
posed of eleven Democrats and nine Renub-
licaps. A gain of one Rennblican wopld tie
the state Oregon has a single Democratic
member. and his loss would give the Renub-
| licans majority If states on the basis of
the existing condition of parties.
These five states are all exnosad 70 oas,a,.
ties which might sudden,v altar their no,;t-
ical complexion and determine the nresi-
dency contrary to general expectation. In
| raoard IN tho suo1astad cont;nnancy tho
| 'esa'" I" WIG o"Ss''oo" ooho'"Schoy, '"e
| " ~ WIZ '"Ne Va P'o'ee"
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president s1p iS ~ M gei sc nSe Of votes for
90 s v sS s majority 81 sscG rom and
e or 81 not ss1 bsss ee s
Choosing Se STs By he sa . y ba
ne T , from zach a,e having one vote quo
e@ .S9 Ss Of s sbs ass 9s Of al Ss
e ssoce in sS noS,s @ s
March next G9 'S Sen the m s shall net
We have thus seen how, In case the peo'
pie fail to elect the house can make presi-
dent. 1t now remains to be shown what
the next stage would be if the house should
follow the example OF the people and fail to
choose president. The vicepresident then
becomes an important character, and in the
supposed case, as he would run on the same
ticket with the candidate for president, he
would also fail OF an election, In such a