The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-21

the Nevada mining camps would pc as powerful in electing President as the millions Of intelligent resi- dents of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri. Illinois, Ohio and Texas. MT. Bartlne of Nevada would be as big man as Roswell P Flower and his thirty three colleagues.
 So big is the Democratic majority, even on the unit vote by States, that they could elect the President. even if not single Republican was pres ent. The constitution provides that there shall be present g quroum consisting of member or members from two thirds of the States, so that with their thirty States the Demo crats could legitImately elect the President without the attendance of single Republican.
 The deep interest which both the Democratic and Republican party take in the Alliance entrance into the field of national politics can therefore be very easily understood.
 ANOTHER FEATURE IN THE CASE.
 Still another feature presents 1t sell in case the Alliance should be able to throw the Presidential cleo ton into the House. There would then probably be Democratic Pres ident and Republican Vice Presi- dent, for the same article of the Constitution which makes the House elect the President throws the cleo tion Of the Vice President into the Senate. But there is difference. In the first place the list of eligibles for the Vice Presidency is confused to the two names having the highest number of votes cast for them in the Electoral College, instead of three, as in the case with the President. Hence, in the present Senate, Messrs. Kyle and Peffer, the Alll ance Senators, would be compelled to vote for either the Democrat or the Republican. Another importans difference Is that the unit rule for States does not hold in the Senate, for the Constitution provides that in electing the Vice President the quo rum for the pupose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number of Senators (not States) shall be necessary to a choice. The Republicans have a majority of six in the next Senate. They would, therefore, elect their Vice President. Here, too, the election would be totally in dependent of the size or importance of the States Indeed, here Nevada would out vote New York, for the republican candidate would get two votes from Nevada, while the democratic candidate would get one vote from New York. In some States, like Ohio, Wisconsin and Delaware there would be stand of, there being in each case democratic and republican senator for the State.
 This recalls curious omission in the provision for the presidential election in the House. No provision is made for States where delegations consists of two members Tn case they should be of opposite politics. In the present house there are five such States Florida, New Hamp shire, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont. It so happens that Tn each case both members of the delegation are of the same political party, the three first being demo- crats, the two last republicans. But if should have happened that in any one of these States one member had been democrat and the other republican, contingency by no means impossible, the two Repre- sentatives would not be likely to agree on candidate, and the very interesting question would then have arisen as to how the State should vote. The probability is that in such a contingency the State would lose its vote altogether.