Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-11-07
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 Csndidate-Other Uuseful
Information.

States elected a president for the en-
suing four years, the term of office be-
ginning March A. 1909.
The electoral college vote this year
is as follows: Alabama II, Arkansas
9, California 10, Colorado S, Connecti-
cut 7, Delaware 3, Florida 5, Georgia
10, Idaho 3, Illinois 27, Indiana IS,
Iowa 10, Kansas 10, kentucky 10,
Louisiana Q, Maine 6, Maryland 8,
Massachusetts, 16, Michigan IA, Mime
sofa IL, Mississippi 10, Missouri 1S,
Montana 8, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3, New
Hampshire 4, New Jersey ~, New York
80, North Carolina ~, North Dakota 4,
Ohio %, Oklahoma 7, Oregon 4, Penn
sylvania "a, Rhode Island 4, South Caro-
lima 9, South Dakota 4, Tennessee ~,
Texas 1s, Utah 3, Vermont A., Virginia
IL, Washington 8, West Virginia z, Wis
consin 10, Wyoming 3. Total vote 4S3.
Necessary to choice PAP.
In 1896 William Mckinley received
271 electoral college votes and William
j. Bryan Ill. Mckinley popular vote
was 7,104,790; that of Bryan $500, 1926
In 1900 William Mckinley received
292 electoral college votes and William
j. Bryan 1856. Mckinley s popular vote
was 1901, 1923; that of Bryan 6,35S, 133
In 1904 Theodore Roosevelt was vic
torious over Alton B. Parker, polling
an electoral college vote of 1926, while
that Of Parker was 140. The popular
vote for Roosevelt was 1923, 4s6; while
that for Parker was 5,077, 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 aud 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 national convention or
from recognized party leaders.
After the voting is done a 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 law pro
viding that if double returns should be
sent in the one should be received
which has the certificate of state tri
bunal appointed to canvass the vote
that is, it is left to state authorities to
decide whether the electoral votes are
cast by electors duly chosen.
Each state has as many as it has
senators and representatives.
Each state prescribes how elector:
must be chosen The electors are mosl
always voted for on general ticket
Occasionally popular elector viii re
ceive enough complimentary votes &c
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 1e45 congress prescribed that tn
national election be held on the frs
Tuesday after the first Monday in Nc
vember. Before that time some of tn
states held elections on different days
A plurality in the electoral colleg
does not electY The constitution pre-
vides that if no candidate shall receiv
a majority of the electoral votes th
election shall be thrown into the hous
the three highest candidates only bein
voted on.
The house votes by states, a maiorit
of the members from each state castir
its vote.
On two occasions an election has bee
thrown into the house. In 1900, wh'
Jefferson was elected, and in 1924, WHIT
John Quincy Adams became presider
A man can be elected president by
minority of the popular vote. In 1S
Andrew Jackson had a plurality of 81
900 over j. q. Adams and in IS
Grover Cleveland had a plurality
nearly 100000 over Benjamin Harrisc
In 30 of the states a governor a
other state officers were elected; in t
others minor state officers or justices
the supreme court, and in seven, &C
gressmen were elected. The states
the Union, with the exception of Maii
Vermont and Oregon, voted for me
bers of the house of representativ
The three states named held their sts
elections earlier and Tuesday voted OF
for presidential candidates. In Arki
sas and Georgia the state officers We
chosen this summer, leaving only
representatives in congress and pre-
Dental candidates for November 3.
The terms of 81 United States sci
tors-12 democrats and 10 republics
expire March 3, 1909. In numl
of the states the senatorial choice
ready has been made by primary.