Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-28
ELECTING A SENATOR.
The Way United States Senator is Elected
by the Legislature.

The Way United States Senator is Elected
by the Legislature.
The people of Dickey county are
interested in the election of a United
States senator this year more than
ever, through the candidacy Of our
fellow citizen, T. F. Marshall for
that position.
1t is matter OF some surprise to
notice how many people there are
who do not know just how a United
States senator is elected. There are
many who say they will vote for Tom,
anyway, who expect to put a mark
after his name on the ballot on cleo
ton day. The intention of these
people is all right, and it is in order
that there may be no mistake in car
rying out their intention that we
will try to explain to them the man.
ner of electing a United States SEN
ator. and how to cast vote that will
be for Mr.. Marshall in this campaign.
Each state is represented in the
United States senate by two SEN
ators, elected by the legislatures Of
the states instead of by direct vote
of the people of the state. The law
provides that within certain num-
ber of days after the meeting of tho
legislature, each body shall vote
separately for United States sena.
tor, and the next day they shall meet
in joint session and vote for senator
as one body, continuing to so meet
and vote once each day until sena
tor is elected.
This is the legal part of the pro-
ceeding. The practice is for eacl
political party to meet iu caucus
and nominate the candidate of tina
party for senator. If the republican!
have the majority in the Legislature
as they have in North Dakota, i
they eau agree among themselves
they can elect republican senator
without any doubt, Therefore th'
man who can get majority of the
votes in a republican legislative eau
Gus in North Dakota will be the sen
ator. The program of procedure
then would be for the republicans tt
go into a caucus, and the man re-
ceiving The highest number of votes
there would be the republican nom.
inee for senator, and would receive
the entire republican vote in the leg
,'i,lature when the final vote was tax.
Ell and thus be elected.
The name OF Mr.. Marshall will not
appear on the ballot at the election
Instead of thai there will appear the
names of j S. Peelis and John Ken
nedy the republican nominees, and
S. S. Thompson and Walter Webb
the Opposition nominees. 1t stands
to reason that if Mr.. Thompson and
Mr.. Webb should be elected they
might cast their votes for Mr.. Marsh
all when the time came to take the
final ballot at the election of sen
ator, as it is reported that they will
do, but they could not participate in
republican caucus and nominate
Mr.. Marshall as the candidate of the
republican legislative caucus, be-
cause they are not running on the
republican ticket. The only safe
vote therefore that you can cast for
Mr.. Marshall-after admitting the
willingness of Messrs Thompson and
Webb to do all they will be able to
dds to vote for j. S. Peek and
John Kennedy, who will participate
in the republican caucus. where two
votes will count about as much as
the three in the final vote.
There will be SO members in the
two houses of the next legislature
When this body meets to take the
final vote for senator, the successful.
candidate must get AZ votes TO be
elected. If there was no system o
caucuses, one vote here would coun,
as much as another. But under the
caucus system, estimating that the
Opposition will have one third of tht
members in the two houses, the re