Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-06-30
The lmpOlicY 0ftwO EIectOraI
Tickets I'm Virginia. Rep
resenting Hancock and En-
glish.

duu representatives W WulCu Tue Oldlc
may be entitlsd in Congress, and that
the electors shall meet in their respec-
tive States and vote by ballot for presir
dent, and that the person having the
greatest number ofvotes shall be pres
ident il such number be majority of
the whole number of electors appointed.
These electors vote also for vice.presl-
dent IN The same way. The provisions
in full relating to the election ofpresi-
dent and president are found in
Section 1, Article 2, of the Constitution,
and in Article IL of the amendments
to the constitutic1. All the editions Of
the Code of Virginia contain the Con
stitution Of the United States, and
every one can have access to it who
desires to familianze himself with the
manner Of electlng the chief magistrate
of.the Republic. 1t will be observed then
that the people do mot vote directly
for president and vice president, and to
this We desire to direct special atten-
ton, but they vote for agents called
electors to represent their wishes in
selecting these high officers. Electors
as the laws Of the States now Stand,
will be appointed or elected by the
people IN all the States separately on
the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November 1880 to select the next presl-
dent of the United States, who will
take his seat on the 4th day Of March
1881: The whole number of these
agents or electors to be appointed or
elected by the people Of the States OF
the United States next November, ag-
gregate three hundred and sixty-ninc
of whom a majority is one hundred and
eighty So that the man who Will
receive the votes Of one hundred and
eighty-Gye ofthese agents or electors
when they meet IN their respective
States next December to vote for presi-
dent and vice-president will be elected
president. Aud 80 also in regard to
yice-president. The people of Virgin IA
appoint or elect eleven Of these agents
or electors. The law of Virginia pro-
vides that leach voter may vote for one
elector from each electoral district, and
lin addition for two electors from the
State at large making eleven IN ALL"
The custom for years in the United
States has been for the different pohti-
cal parties to nominate, respectively
their candidates for president and vice
president, and TO select ticket OF
electors in each State comprising the
names of as many men as each State is
entitled to as electors 10 be voted for
by the people as representing the can
dldates nominated, and the electors ap-
pointed or elected by the people are
held in honor bound to vote for the
candidates they were selected to re-
present. To illustrate, the people OF
Virginia will not vOtcfOr Hancock Or
Garfield next November. They will
vote for eleven agents or electors
headed by Mckinney and Echols rep
Presenting Hancock and English on one
side, or for eleven agents or electors
headed by Wickham and his colored
brother Dawson representing Garfield
and Arthur on the other side. II the
eleven men with Mckinney and Echols
at their head receive the greatest num-
Der ofvotes they will be elected or ap~
pointed the agents or electors on be-
half OF the people of Virginia to meet
lin Rlchnond next December to vote by
ballot under the Constitution OF the
| United States for President and Vice
President. The people will have voted
for them as representing Hancock and
English, and every man OF the eleven
will be in honor bound to cast his bal
lot for Hancock and English. If on
1.-The other hand the eleven men With
lWickham and Dawson at their head
receive the greatest number Of votes
then they will be elected or appointed
land like rule applies as TO their casting
their ballots for Garfield and Arthur.
Now, II there be two sets Of electors
put up In Virginia representing Han
icock and English and the votes Of the
lpeople favoring Hancock aud English
be divided between these two sets, and
Iif all the republicans vote solidly, as
undoubtedly they will, for the one set
Iof electors representing Garfield and
Arthur, in all probability the set rep
Presenting Garfield and Arthur will be
Iappointed or elected By the people of
Virginia. Estimate the. popular vote Of
Virginia that will be cast in favor of
ELECTORS representing Hancock and
English at 100, 900, and that in favor of
ELECTORS representing Garfield aud Ar
thur at $4,000. If the people voted
directly FOR president and viceSpresident
the majority of Hancock and English
would be $4,000, but suppose 10000 Of
the democrats vote for A, B, &C, sc.
one set of electors representing Han
cock and English and 10000 Of the
democrats vote for D, E, F, &c. an
other set of electors representing Han
cock and English and the $4,000 re-
publicans vote for G, H, I,3&c. third
set Of electors representing Garfield and
Arthur, then this third set of electors
will be elected or appointed, and not
wlthstandlng a majority Of fifty thous-
and voters Of Virginia preferred Han
cock and English, the eleven republi>
cans representing Garfield and Arthur