St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-01


lowa.............13 Ohio ...............23
Kansas ...... 9 Oregon. n............. 3
Maine ...........-.. pennsylvania ..-.-..SO
Massachusetts lola Rhode Island. ......
Michigan ...........l3 Vermont -......-...
Minnesota ....... Wisconsin ..........li
1OL4l. - 4o-
This comedies TO the Republicans 1872 electoral
votes sdre and places in the doubtful column:
New York..... 36 New Jersey. Q
Connecticut. Indiana. a........... 15
Blaine and Logan could be elected without
For instance:
Conceded votes sure 1872 Idniana. .......... IS
Connecticut.
Total. 2Os
Tins, without New York, Indiana and Con-
necticut would give two more than enough, or
Conceded votes sure 1872 New Jersey $500. 9
Indiana ........... 10
TOTAL. ........-..--.-..-- .Soo
Thus, without New York, but with Indiana
and New Jersey, Blaine could be elected with
five votes to spare. With New York he would
be elected without any of the states hereinbefore
classed doubtful. Thus:
Conceded votes sure. Observation-Disclosures. 1872
New York. .....-.................. 80
Total. -.........-...--.-...S
This would be seventeen votes TO spare. There
is no other combination by which Blaine could be
elected. Without the vote of New York, he has
only two chances to win. On the other hand,
with New York Democratic, the Democrats have
eleven not impossible winning combinations
without New York the Democrats cannJt cleo
Cleveland. The Republicans can elect
| Blaine, Still, if the Democrats get New
York, it would strike one as bad management
| il the game is lost on the eleven chances. and
not unreasonable ones, either, on their side.
There is only one chance of the election being
thrown into the house of representatives. This
would be through the success of the fusion
ticket in Michigan. Blaine, without New York
and Michigan, conceding him Indiana, Connec-
ticut and New Jersey, would have only
200 electoral votes which would be
one short Such contingency would
| gver Butler six votes, and Cleveland the other
seven, giving the latter total of 1876. Thus
none of the candidates would have majority OF
! the electors appointed, and the house OF repre-.
sentatiyes would elect the president. The Dem
ocrats, having a majority by states in that body,
would elect Cleveland president, and the senate
would choose Logan as vice president,
! This, however, is not anticipated. In the history
of the government only TWO presidents nave
been elected by the house of representatives.
The first was in 1900, when Thomas Jefferson
was chosen over Aaron Burr, each Of whom re-
ceived seventy three votes, and the second was
in 1924, when John Quincy Adams, who re-
ceived eighty-four electoral votes, was
chosen over Andrew Jackson, who received
ninety nine votes. Up to and including the yell
1916, the electors from 1889 were chosen by the
state legislatures. In this way was elected
George Washington, John Adams
Thomas jefferson In 1904, (beine
elected in 1901 by the house of representatives
James Madison, twice in 1903 and 1912, and
James Monroe. The first presidential election
held when electors chosen by the people
was in 1924. George Washington is the only
president who received all the votes in the elec
toral college.