Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-03
son, thus carrying the vice-Presiden-

l son, tlus carrying the Viee-Presiden- tial vose.
 In this event, unprecedented in the annals of American political history, Secretary of Ststst Knox would be- q me acting PIesident of the United s ates.
 To proceed further with the tansle of poss bility wrought by the busy brains of constitutional students and political vivisectionists. presents the contingent Of new election in 1913, CT the selection Of a President by the new congress. A plea for new elec- | ton m 1913 might be legal Zed by the clcns .itutional words granting Con- gress the "power 10 determine the time of choosing the cleo ors.' Lan- guage which has been construed as contrary to the inheritance of the Presidential choice by the new Con- gress is cont ned in the Twelfth Amerdment to the Constitution. Should any presidential candidate fail to get the required majority of Elect9ral College Vote, counted on the second Wednesday in February, with Wilson and either Taft or Roose- veil, TaInking next in DO mt of votes, the selection of a President would bel ,,.o frrNf,, in hY present division of the House.
 The Constitution pr4,v4des that the selection of the President by !his body shall be made by states and not by the state representation as n the case of the Senate's selection Ef the Vice President. There are now 49 states in the Union and the were of 25 stltes would be necessary for the choice.
 Assuming that the balloting began Wilson would mslceive The vote eff Ala hama., Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky Lou si;.na, Maryland Mississippi, Mis- souri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina Ohio, Oklahoma, South Car olina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virg mia, Maine, Nebraska, New Mexico and Rhl.de Island, have even- | ly divided delegates. This would give Wilson d vote of 22.
 The Republicans would find them selves in like dilemma with an iden teal vote. A candi]atal to win, therefore, would have to get three state delegations to change their po- be broken by lhree members of the evenly divided g,taEes staying home CT conveniently dying or resign ng; but they would have to be all Demo- crats or ali Repdblicans-a most i'm probable contingency.
 b The SenA.e might also convenient ly present tie. Here the state rep resentalion votes individually under the provision of !he const tuition, ani IOTUy -Illue VUleS WOulW Dc HeSUcu le elect.
 The Senate as n|3w c1'assifies is practically as follows: Republican 30; Democratic, A; vacancies, ?. The vacancies will be filled presumably by the state Legislatures in January. Alp. parently, therefore ,the Republican. would have surely one and poss bly three more then the 49 required fol the election of Vice President. Int bitterness engenIered by the lasi campaign however, makes it improb able that the regulew Republicans would be content 10 vote Johnson t the Presidency or that the Progress sives woul4 perform like office fo a regular.
 There have been two previous cleo ..cn.s thrown into the house but il the first one there were only tw candidates, and in the second the sue N cessful candidate had a majority ol the first ballot.