The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-31
NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
The Coming Presidential Election
The First Under New Ap-
portionment.
Spaztanbure Journal.

ARNS&ehi
presidential election of this year for
the reason that it is the first to be
held under the new apportionment
The last three contests were conduct
ed xnder the apportionment Of 1890
The electoral college then contained
447 votes, 224 being a majority. The
new apportionment gives total OF
80 electors, 23o constituting major
ity. No state shows a decrease in its
apportionment. The increase is dl-
vided as follows: New York, Illi-
nois and Texas, 3 each; Minnesota,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, ? each;
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con-
necticut, Florida, Louisiana. MasSa-
chusetts, Mississippi, Missouri. North
Carolina, Dakota. Washington, West
= Virginia and Wisconsin I each.
In the new elrectoral college New
York comes first, with SO votes;
Pennsylvania second. with 81; llli-
nois third, with 27; and Ohio fourth,
with 23; Missouri and Texas have each
IS; Massachusetts, follows with 10,
then indiana with IS and Michigan
ID: Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky and
Wisconsin have IS each: New Jersey,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir-
sinia each foots up 12; Alabama and
Minnesota have each II: California,
Kansas and Mississippi follow with
10: Arkansas, Louisiana and South
Carolina, 9; Maryland and Nebraska,
8; Connecticut and West Virginia, !;
Maine, s; Colorado, Florida and
Washington, 5; New. Hampshire,
North Dakota and Vermont, 4; Del
aware. Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Utah and Wyoming 5.
In arriving at this apportionment
each state is given as many electors
as it has congressman and senator's.
Thus a state with one congressman
aas three votes in the electoral COL
Eeee.
The change in the number OF cleo
,ors has no particular political bear
ing. In the old college the south, in
sluding Kentucky and Maryland, had
$50: now it has 15o New York. New
Jersey and Connecticut formerly had
Sc: at present they have IS. The
total increase in the college is 20.
There is probability Of seven presi-
Dental tickets in the field, with pos
sibiIity of even more. The socialists
aave already nominated Eugene V.
Debs, and the social labor party also
promise to nominate. The republl-
cans, democrats and p-ohibitionists
wiii OF course each have ticket. The
oopuhsts, whose convention occurs at
Springfield, ILL.,, on July 4. say that
they will name ticket. In addition
a convention is already called to place
a negro candidate in the field. In case
of bolt from any of these conven-
tions still another ticket is possible.
In case one of the minor parties
should secure enough electoral votes
to prevent any candidate receiving
majority Of the college. the election
would be thrown into the present
house of representatives In that
event, each state has one vote. the
majority Of the congressman from
the state deciding for whom the vote
shall be cast. In the same way the
vice president should be chosen BY
the senate. voting by ballot.
The present house OF representa-
tives, before whom such contested
election would be thrown, stands 2o7
republicans to ~ democrats, with
swo or three vacancies. Voting by
states the result would be 2o republi
can to IS democratic. the vote Of
Rhode Island being tie. The pres
ent senate stands 81 republicans and
IS democrats.
1t is interesting to note that in the
makeup of the electoral college the
Sour large states of New York. Penn
<yivania, Illinois and Ohio have II3
votes, or two more than twenty-five
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