The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-12-31


The New York Clipper thus decide,
the question arising over the Californis
electoral vote, on account of one of the
Democratic electors of the Presidential
ticket being defeated and Republican
elected
W. p. c., Sacramento. 81. a says
Il bet you that Garfield carries Califor-
mia, and B accepts The bet Who wins,
if eitherl >. A says to b: 4 will bet
vou that Garfield carries California,
and 3 replies, I win bet you that Han
cock does, and the bet is made. Who
wins 3. y says to B : Il will bet you
that Hancock carries California, AMI b
accepts. Who wins, if eitherl"
Seemingly, 4 has lost the first two
bets, and won the third A State can
never 60 in two or more dlI.ncns ways
because of split in the electoral vote,
any more than county can so In two
different ways because the Republicans
elect the County Judge and the Demo
Gratis the Sheriff, Offices that, owing to
their being totally diss;milsr, eannott he
e'mpared as to grade, so as to make ne
appear higher than the other. The
same means that by common consent
has from time immemorial been resort
ed to to determine the majority Of one
Presidential ticket over aaother has
logically and constantly to be resorted
to in order to determine which Presi-
Dental ticket has carried a State. The
same means has from time immemorial
been made use of for the determination
of bets. The vote for the bead Of the
ticket governs, whether it is the city
ticket, the county ticket, the ordinary
State ticket, or that branch OF the Stale
ticket which every four years comes up
SIS the Presidential electoral ticket. Il
Is because It has been customary to take
the vote for the head of every ticket as
the representative vote that it is OBJ
servable that in this State, for example,
the hest known and most popular man
on the ticket Is pat at the head Solo
mon Scheu and Abram S. Hewitt head,
as far as it is possible for two men to
Go it, the electoral ticket Of New York
State-that Is, Seheu's name IS as the
head Of one column Of names, and
Hewitt'S At the head Of the other. The
name that Is at the head os the first
column, and that therefore Is for prac-
tieal purposes the head Of the ticket, is
not that of Solomon Scbeu, Who IS com
paratively but little known Ofnong
Democratic voters, but advisediy that
of Abram S. Hesitt, who Is SO widely
known among all parties that whoever
got hold Of one Of these tickets would
see at a glance that It was Democratic
at the head, no matter what its tail
might he. So fixed has become this
method of making the bca! Of the tick
ct the governing feature that VIC note
its effect even in San Francisco, the
Alta California, in giving the results Of
the canvass of California by counties,
stating that It takes ''AIiller and Wal
lace as the representatives Of The Re
publican and Democratic vote" Thst
the Akt9 has so taken them is rresump-
tive proof that the canvsssers must also
have taken then. As We understand
1t, the Republican electoral ticket Of
California was headed by Miller, while
Wallace headed the Democratic ticket;
and our decision IS that California has
gone Democratic if Wallace has more
votes than Miller, as we are almost GER
tain that he has, our only doabt ia the
premises being the prudent one engsn-
aered by our lack of tEe official ratttrns
as yet.