The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

Is voted for through an electoral col
lege comprising double the total num-
Der OF members of congress- He cam
not serve two terms in succession, but
may be even a third terrner, or. per
haps, fourth termer, II he allows six
years to Intervene between each term.
The vice president of Argentina holds
a much more lucrative position than
that which will fall to either Mr.. Ho-
| bart, Mr.. Sewall or Mr.. Watson AS
| far as ease Is concerned, ne has exactly
the same sinecure which one of these
| will enjoy, but receives $4,000 a year
for six years, or $4,000 more per year
than our successful vice presidential
candidate will be given for four years.
Religion counts as much as, IL not
more than, politics in Argentine cleo
t1ons Every young man who has am
hltlonS Tor the presidency must be
Roman Catholic, or his yearnings will
| be of no avail. Besides being a Ro-
man1st, the president, according to the
| constitution, must be oyer 80 years of
| age. Boy orators have even more of a
show in that country than they seem
| to have in this The cabinet of the
Argentine president corresponds very
much to that of our own, with the ad-
/ ditlon of q minister of wv orship and
Education" who directs all enterprises
aimed at moral and intellectual health
Cabinet ministers in Argentina receive
each year as much money ours re
| ceive in a year and 8, half.
| The president of Bolivia. receives S24,-
600 year for four years He is elected
| by the direct vote of ali citizens of the
J proper age, who can read and write,
but cannot enjoy more than one term
| in the presidential chair, no matter
whether he skip a term or not. For
| the same term are elected two vice
| presidents aS 10 fret I'D
second vice president. They in turn
perform the functions of the president
in case of the death, Absence or inabil-
| ity of the latter The first vice presi-
! dent receives an annual salary of Sc, 600
a year, while the secoLd receives a
thousand dollars less. The head of the
cabinet, consisting of five members.
| is known as the minister of foreign re-
lations and worship.
If we were governed by the same
laws as are in vogue in the republic Of
! Chile our bachelors would have to walt
until twenty-five years before being OF
voting age, although our married men,
older in experience and responsibility,
| might vote on becoming twenty-one. A
| Chilean voter must be able to read and
write, and must each year pay certain
amount Of tax to the government. The
/ salary of the president is but SIS, 600,
! which is ample for his comfort, and
besides this his term lasts for a year
/ longer than the term Of our executive.
/ He is voted for through an electoral
! college comprised Of three times as
! many members as there are represen-
! tatiyes in the lower house of the Chill
| can congress. There are eleven mem
bers Of his cabinet, but he can choose
| but five of these, the other six being
| elected by congress.
| A man in Columbia cannot vote If
unable to read and write unless he re-
| ceives an annual income of at least $500.
| In case of the death of both the preSi-
| dent and vice president of this repuo-
| lie, the succession falls to a "desig-
| nado,' wo is elected by congress every
| two years, although the president and
vice president are elected every six
years. The Columbian congress also
| elects council of state, which acts as
] a secondary cabinet to the president.
| An odd requirement of the presiden-
| tial candidate in Honduras is that he
| have one child at least. man Is
| deemed unsuited to WELD the sceptre
| Of state unless he has already welded
| the slipper of fatherhoOd Men like our
| immortal Washington, who become
/ husbands but not fathers, are not in
| line for receiving a share of the high
| est national hOnOrS. The president OF
/ Honduras must also demonstrate his
1 interest In his country to the extent Of
] having at least SIS 900 invested in it's
| priest is just as fatal to presidential
ambitions as to be a bachelor because
| this novel constitution further speci-
| fies, like that of Switzerland, that no
man in holy orders can be elected to
/ the executive office The president
need not be native Of Honduras, but
he must have been born somewhere in
i Central America. He must have lived
| in Honduras at least five years.
In Venezuela the executive is elected
somewhat after the manner Of Switzer-
| land Every two years congress elects
council of nineteen members, con-
! sisting of one senator and one repre-
sentative from each state and a mem
! Der Of congress from what is known as
the federal district. This council con-
| venes Immediately after it's election
/ and proceeds to choose from its own
| number president and vice president.
The presidential salaries in the re-
/ manning American republics and in
those OF the above not 50 specified,
range all the way from $4,000 a year,
! paid to the president of Hayti, to 5000,
/ the annual compensation of the ex-
ecutive Of Paraguay. In Costa Rica
and Peru, as in Bolivia there are two
vice presidents. Brazil. Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru. Salvador,
/ Santo Domingo and Uruguay each
1 elects It's president for a term Of four
! years, while Hawaii and Guatemala
] each add two years to his term. III
i Uruguay the president is elected by a
majority of the two houses of con-
/ gress. in joint session. The president
| of Ecuador has no veto power while .
that of Paraguay cannot be reelected
until after the elapse of two terms.
| In Hawaii the successful presidential
| candidate, besides receiving a majority
vote of the two houses of congress in
| joint session. must also receive ma
| jority of the votes in the senate alone.
| Male citizens who have good knowl-
] edge of English or Hawaiian can vote
for representatives in congress, but in
| order to cast ballots for members of
the senate voters must besides have
either a certain yearly Income or
certain possession of real or personal
! property.