Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-25
AFTER The ELECTION Is OVER
Egv Apparently T-iftng Causes Fave AZ
tscssa Important Esszl-z
GREAT Battle N DOUBTFUL STATES
Recollection % the Hayes-Tilden
Cenrrovrr~y and The Fnmous Ei~c-
turnl CamuIs~5un-Th~ Que=-
ten 81 Snrr-ssion-

WASHINGTON. Oct s--Tss approach
o. every s.=el4lr-L4l election luvl-la1ly
b-IuEs t. t11 aia-usa.1r las cln5s-s1zs
electoral s=-sz ty which OF CHEZ u4Es-
trEfes are chosen Amos: every one rHr-
oEuLzsE l-s a1su--i-y and ytt DC amend
ruart To -t has essr F0und slslEa lHvor u
corE-sss b. admit % is being s--u----ec 10
the people ]. seems ro have been the De-
r-1 C. the trainers ~ the constitution -E1t
the WI o. -ba people should BE supreme
BIZ saulI- BE- szp-esss1 u such q WAY as
20 Secure 1-L1e-alau AID cain tuzsuent
AMI Co avoid a. -tEks Of rusb 5- hus-y 6e-
Cls4Jus
This vas ne dominant iien g IA Iia1
fra-ly adopted fu- TIE choice o. qraziisut
AID vice president. and which removed such
choice bon 1r1E dl-sct vote o. tie people
and from carr-szs This rlar dev se1 tF
HHH-ltuu. adopted By the -1zrsu .l-a sBa
ratified Ef-s-vard ~ ne s-ares r-egl 3sd
fur electors 70 be chosen IL eaeh state in
numbers equal 10 tie representative Eu1
senators of ths stE1s n congress. On a
given CAV al he electors chosen II al he
s-atss uere 20 meet II college y saeh s-a-s
and vote Ear president and vice president
Tas person having The highest number -
states vas 20 be president and he person
having TIE next highest vEs 10 be wee
president.
Tbs theory vas that the sIsc-u-Y would Be
the ahlHst ard best men Il sHCh stare that
they would ueet il -beL- several colleges
and theu. after one 3s.lueruti1c ard discus
sion removed As -hpr we're t-uu -he haar
o. popular ana parry conflict. would rhause
the trEt citizen % he republic &c De lie
preside II theory The scheme WIS q
beuur-rul and psr.er- ore but b. dad no
prove 50 lr practice. Political parties aimed
a th= p-ss-1sury. human uarurs would not
permit uer 90 cease 90 De par-lsl-s because
they were chosen presidential electors. al1
before dozen Years passed -1e power o.
choice h41 practically gone lra- be elsc-
tors
ELE-TJzAL MACHINERY
Al present TIE old forms survive bit al
the meaning save n one point hRs departed
Party curvsr-i1uE pow select or q-esl-E
and vice presidents and -hs electors Tor
hon We vote are merely machines 20 reg
lister he expressed VIII o. TIE party which
nJu mates ard eiec-s them. The slec-u-E
have 70 power As they are Ia hluu- bound
20 DO they SIMPLY register IN constitutional
forms rhe VIII OF he popular ula1lrl-y
which has selected them The sys1ens
which showed cuickly that = would not Work
In the manner intended by -ngss whD de-
vised T. seems todHv Uh-uEE wei
mean lnElazB- Bu- although g has failed o.
lis original purpose, II has worked perfectly
vel for more thar 4 century, and has
proved entirely harmless. BY II The d.
rect vuts OF The people Tor ths CHI
rnaEistrure Is Obtained as wen A. u could
be IL any arrangement, Tor the eiec-u-s
long since ceased 20 come between ne PEG
PIE and TIE presidency, and they really
register he popular wiz as directly as
the votes we're given for president AID wee
president v11h1ut az tuterve--Iuu-
Under the Eystsm ] have been describing
as modified by UsunEe and TINE. more than
q wear Is required f1r The making OF Al
al--..ariass F-rs.z-z.sut sur many g -h- 6sis-
Cures % the nominating cuCveHriOlE are
chosen a tWelve-uurLh before the people
pronounce their final verdict a. The polls.
Even when the Car-pa-En managers have
finished their work and some millions Of
voters have Unst their ballots at the polls,
the making Of 4 president Is by no means
cuulplefg- The electors chosen uy The voters
meet a. the capItnis Of rh-ir respective STAGES
pn q given CAV n Deceu hsr Hu1 vote Th-zr
VOTE rs duly recorded and certified alL ssrt