Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-03-02
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, electoral votes the House shall imme.
. diatoly choose one of them Tor Presi.
. dent, (lJid, page 9s7.)
, Referred TO committee of fifteen Feb.
ruary 2, 1901. (lJd, page 99O)
Report made February g. 1901, en-.
bracng rules on which the Jefferson.
, Burr contest was decided, tIJid., 1905
d to l0ll.)
NorE-ThG election being thrown
into the House, balloting began Feb.
ruary II, 1901, and continued until the
l7lh, when jefferson received the votes
Of ten States and Burr those Of four.
(Ibld., 1922 to 1929 See also Ma.
tlonal lntelligencer February 10, lG,
and lS 1901
Mr.. Jefferson, in letter to James
Monroe dated February Is, 1901, said :;
Pour days Of balloting have produced not a
single change Of vote. Yet II is confidently be.
lieve by most that to morrow there Is to be a co.
alition know Of no foundation for this belief
II they could have been permitted 10
pass law for putting ne Gorwan,sat into ne
hdHds Gf an oNicer they would certainly have
prevented an election, But we thought It best to
declare openly and firmly, one and all, that the
day such an act passed hs Middle States icoHid
arm, and that no such usurpaton, even for q sim
gle day, should be submitted to- This frstshook ]
them and they were completely alarmed at the |
resource for which we declared to wit, a ooHren-
ton to reorganize the Government and to amend
Il. The very word convention gives them the hor. l
! rors, as In the present demOcratcal spirit oil
America they fear they should lose some Of the
iavoriie morsels Of the Constitution. Many at. /
tempts have been made TO obtain terms and
promises from me. / Save declared 10 them |
unequiyocally that would not receive the Gov.
ernment on capitulation that would noi 20
into it with my hands tied -Jeiietsons Works, |
volume 4, page Sjl.
The necessity of change after the
events of 1901 was apparent. The
Legislature of New York proposed an
amendment, which was submitted to
the House by Mr., Walker, providing
for a specific designation Of persons
voted for as President and Vice Presi.
dent. ANNALS, Seventh Congress, page
500
February 20, 1902, Mr.. Stanley, Of
North Carolina, submitted resolutions
by the Legislature of that State to the
same purport. (Did., page 629.)
In the House, February 49, 1902,
the following amendment was pro.
posed
That the State Legislatures shall, from time to
time, dirids each State iafo dstrcis equal 10 the
whole number Of Senators and Representatives
from such State In the Congress Of the United
nd e. Hsn tha rAa oF ]
ciector Of President and Vice President IN each
Of said disrictl, who shall be chosen By citizens
having the qualifications requisite for electors Of
the most numerous branch Of the State LeFisla-
ture and that the districts so to be constructed
shah consist, a1 nearly as may be, 81 contiguous
territory, aud Of equal proportion Of population,
except where there may be any detached portion
Of territory not of itself sufficient 10 form a dis.
Iici which then shall be annexed 10 some other
portion nearest thereto which districts, Whsn so
divided, shall remain unalterable until new cen.
rus ol the United States shall bo taken.
SEC. .. That, in all future elections Of presi-
dent and Vice President, the persons voted for
shall be particularly designated by declaring
which Is voted for as President aud which as
Vice Presijcnt.-Aunals, Seventh Congress, page
COZ.
February !, 1902, resolutions of the
Legislature of Vermont, recommend
ing this amendment, were submitted
by Mr.. Morris of that State to the
House, [IJid, page Az
The amendment proposed February
10, 1902, [the district system was
taken up in the House May 2, and
passed-yeas Al, nays II. [IJd., page
1881
Non.concurred IN by Senate-yeas
10, nays 8; two thirds not voting in
the affirmative. [iJid, page 3O4.l
Renewed at second session, in the
House, by Mr.. Huger, of New York,
and referred to the Committee of the
Whole. [lbid., second session, Seventh .
Congress, page 449 I
Postponed. Ibid, page 1927
October II, 1903, John Dawson, of ,
Virginia, in the House, proposed on
amendment requiring designation of ,
persons voted Tor as President and
Vice President Referred. [Annals,
first session, Eighth Congress, page
372.1
=. the TWELFTH AMENDMENT.
In the Senate, De Witt Clinton, of
New York, on the 2lst day of Octo.
ber 1903, proposed the Twelfth
Amendment. Annals, Eighth Con.
gress, first session, page l61
October %, Mr. Butler, Of South
Carolina, moved an amendment that
at the next election no person should
be elegible who had served eight years,
and thereafter no person should serve ,
as President more than four years in
eight. Cauied-yeas l6, nays 10.
The proposed amendment was then
referred to a committee Of five. Ibid, ,
page 2l.l
After q long and acrimonious discus.
sion, extending through the month of ,
November the amendment was adopted
by the Senatc-yoas 22, nays 10, on
the ith of December, 1903 (Tbd,
page 209)
Reported to the House December
5. (Ibid,, page Gl2)
Passed the House December S-yeas ,
SO, nays 50. (iJid., page 775.)
Ratification proclaimed by the Secro. ,
tary of State September %, 1901 (Seo !
aickey's Constitution, page 3s)
3. THE DISTRICT SYSTEM. &
Ia the Senate January 20, 1918, Mr.. !
Turner, in pursuance of instructions {
from the Legislature OF North Carolina,
proposed an amendment providing
that States should be divided into dis.
tricts equal to the whole number OF ,
Senators and Representatives; each dis.
trict TO appoint one eleotor by popular ,
vote electors to have power to fill va
canCics that districts for choosing Rep.
resentatives and electors shall not be ,
changed until new census and new ap- ,
portionment (Annals, Twelfth Con !
gress, second session, page 81
Referred to select committee ofseyen, !
(ibid., page $50
February IS, 1873 reported with ,
amendments and passod-yeas22, nays /;
0, without discussion. (IJld., page Of J :
The amendment as il passed the SEN. ,
ate is in the following words:
That the electors Of President, and Vice Prcsl- ,
deaf VI the United Staies shall be chosen By dis. Il
uiois and for that purpose oaeh State shall, by a
lie Legislature, be divided into a nun ber Of dis
ttics equal 10 the number Of electors 10 which the Il
State may be entitled Zach district shall con- Il
tain, a. nearly a. may be, equal numbers, which h
shall be determined BY adding TO the whole mum m
her Of free pofsons, including those bound to A
service for torm Of years, aud excluding Ind. y
ans not taxed. three-hfths Of all other persons.
In each district the persons qualified to vote for
Representatives In he Congres. Of the United Z
States shall choose one sicctor The Legislature !,
Of each State shall have power TO regulate the
manner Of holding elections and making returns
Of the electors chosen by the people.