The sun., 1908-04-26

Al that luncheon At the Hardware Club .
| little over q month ago when Mayor Mcclellan
was host and Charles r. Murphy, william =.
| sheehan and Daniel y. Cohalah we're guests,
was there distinct agreement In fact a COM
pact accepted by all, chat william j. Conners
OF Buffalo was 10 be displaced a. Democratic
state chairman at the recent state conyen-
tiOnY
wolf politics" ls the phrase used by critics
Of the actA OF the Democratic state oonyen-
ton 10 Carnegie Hall
williamJ. X. Kenny Of New York city, the
oldest living authority In compiling short aud
snappy bits OF political lore, is out with book
let entitled Every American Should Know,
In which We read that, ... ...
The President and vice-Presdent Of the
United States are chosen by electors selected
In each State a. its Legislature directs he
Legislature OF state may appoln! US eleS-
tors, but they are usually balloted for BY the
voteTA Of the whole State. In some states
the voters OF each Congressional district haye
been permitted 10 choose an electOri ana ne
electors additional 10 those allotted To AIS
triCts have been elected on general lickel'
This has resulted in every case In the dl-
vision OF the States electoral votes.
There is a Presidential elector iOr each OF
the ninety-two Senators aud Sal Representa-
tives in Congress. or iG electors altogether
A majority ial2 votes elects
Electors are not legally bound TO vote Tor
the candidates for President ana Nlce,IIesl,s
dent named by the national conventions OF
their respective parties lf. through a bluh-
der, the party winning majority OF electors
had nominated both its candidates from one
State the electors representing that STATE
could vote for only one OF those candidates
The CopstliQton oi the United states SAYS
THE electors shall meet in' their respective
States and vote BY ballot for PTesidenI and
m s.Ttt kup nj ln4a
not be an inhabltant Of the same state with
themselves.
~, lRhe Democratic national convention, con,
sists OF | ,O0s Delegates two for each United
States Sena or and Representative In the con
gress or a66 repressDjing the states: and SIX
for each OF the seven Terrt ores or dependen-
ciPS- Alaska Arizona District OF Columbia,
HGwAh New Mexico Porto Rico and the
Tke Republican rational convention ron
STATS OF $50 delegatPR two for each Senator
and Representative in the Congress, or 1858
representing the States. and two each Tor
IriIona New Mexico Hawaii Alaska. Dis
trict Of Columbia, Porto Rico and the PWUP-
pines., ,,....', -, -.,....,t..,
ma Ority vote only IA required ~ nOmgAIe
candidates for President and Vice President
In the Democratic national convention tNo-
thirds vote Ia necessary. The necessary num-
Der Of votes In the Republican convention -
Aai. lp the Democratic II Is o."
John p. Ulmsted Of Buffalo, recently ap'
pointed BY Gov Hughes 20 the vacancy on
the upstate Public Service Commission due
to the retirement Of Charles II. Keep, is the
business partner Of Charles Greiner brother
OF Postmaster GreineT. President Roosevet's
Republican leader OF Erie county.
Senator McCarren in submitting his minor
ity report OF the. committee on credentials 10
the Carnegie Hall convention gave the follow
ing figures OF the results at the primaries IN
the following districts in Kings