Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-13
FACTS OF ELECTIONS
AFEW POINTERS OF INTEREST
ON PREVIOUS CONTESTS.
A Short Statement as to How Our Presi-
dent Is Elected and What Procedure
Is Made in Case of Death of the
Elected Candidate-Other Uuseful
Information.
Information.

suing four years, the term of office be-
ginning March 4, 1909.
The electoral college vote this year
is as follows: Alabama II, Arkansas
8, California 10, Colorado 5, Connecti-
cut Z, Delaware 8, Florida 5, Georgia
10, Idaho 8, Illinois 27, Indiana Is,
Iowa 10, Kansas 10, Kentucky 13,
Louisiana 8, Maine 6, Maryland 8,
Massachusetts 16, Michigan IA, Mime
sofa IL, Mississippi 1C, Missouri 18,
Montana 3, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3, New
Hampshire 4, New Jersey IL, New York
80, North Carolina -, North Dakota 4,
Ohio %, Oklahoma z, Oregon 4, Penn
| sylvania "a, Rhode Island 4, South Caro-
lima g., South Dakota 4, Tennessee IL,
Texas IS, Utah 3, Vermont 4, Virginia
IL, Washington 5, West Virginia T. Wis
consin 10, Wyoming 3. Total vote 4S3.
| Necessary to choice 242.
In 1896 William Mckinley received
271 electoral college votes and William
j. Bryan III. Mckinley s popular vote
was 7,104,79 that of Bryan 6,502,925.
In 1900 William Mckinley received
292 electoral college votes and William
J. Bryan 1855. McKinley's popular vote
was 1907, 1923; that of Bryan 6,35S, 1913.
In 1904 Theodore Roosevelt was vic
torious over Alton B. Parker, polling
an electoral college vote of 1926, while
that of Parker was 14O. The popular
vote for Roosevelt was 1923, 4S6; while
that for Parker was 5,O77,971.
The president of the United States
will not be elected Tuesday. The people
in each state will merely choose a set
of electors of most of whom they have
never heard. They will assemble in their
state capital the second Monday in Jan
uary and ballot for president and vice
president. Each of these assemblies is
called an electoral college. There are
as many electoral colleges as there are
states. The territories and the District
of Columbia have no presidential vote.
If candidate should die between the
November election and the date of the
assembling of the electoral colleges the
electors would probably receive instruc-
tions from a national convention OF
from recognized party leaders.
After the voting is done certified
copy is sent by special messenger to
Washington. On the second Wednesday
in February congress meets to count the
votes and to announce the election.
In 1887 congress enacted a law pro,
viding that if double returns should be
sent in the one should be received
which has the certificate of a state tri
bunal appointed to canvass the vote
that is, it is left to state authorities to
cast by electors duly chosen.
Each state has as many as it has
senators and representatives.
Each state prescribes how electors
must be chosen. The electors are most
always voted for on general ticket
Occasionally popular elector will re
ceive enough complimentary votes tc
elect him even if his fellows on the
ticket are defeated. Sometimes mis-
takes in marking ballots will result il
divided electoral vote in a close state
In 1845 congress prescribed that the
national election be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
: vember. Before that time some of the
states held elections on different days
A plurality in the electoral college
does not elect9 The constitution pro
vides that if no candidate shall receiv,
majority of the electoral votes thu
election shall be thrown into the house
the three highest candidates only being
E voted on.
The house votes by states, maiorit,
of the members from each state castin!
: its vote.
On two occasions an election has beer
thrown into the house. In 1900, whel
: Jefferson was elected, and in 1924, whel
John Quincy Adams became president
A man can be elected president by
minority of the popular vote. In 1872
Andrew Jackson had plurality of so
900 over J. Q. Adams and in 1888
Grover Cleveland had a plurality o
nearly 100000 over Benjamin Harrison
In 20 of the states a governor an,
other state officers were elected; in tn
others minor state officers or justices o
the supreme court, and in seven, cor
gressmen were elected. The states o
the Union, with the exception of Maine
> Vermont and Oregon, voted for mem
bers of the house of Representatives
The three states named held their stat
elections earlier and Tuesday voted onl
for presidential candidates. In Arkar
sas and Georgia the state officers wer
chosen this summer, leaving only tn
representatives in congress and pres
Dental candidates for November 3.
2 The terms of 81 United States sena
!, tors-12 democrats and 10 republican
! expire March 8, 1909. In humble
g of the states the senatorial choice a
4 ready has been made by primary.
= national house of representatives wa
" elected-the 61st congress. The presen
house is composed of 1923 republican
) and 166 democrats, with two vacaneie
caused by death, one republican and on
/ democrat. Maine earlier elected fou
republicans, Vermont two and Orego