The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-05
" THIS CONDITION ARISES THE
ONE DEMOCRAT FROM WEST
ERIN STATE WILL TIEuP THE
LOWER HOUSE.

IN the electoral college,.
The advantage will be one which,
if the occasion arises, viii accrue to
the democrats The circumstances
and the Importance of the admhSs ION
of Arizona and the election of one
lone democrat from there are pecul-
Ear in view of the confused po-
and the talk which is heard now and
then of the organization of a third \
party movement. Should President I
Taft be renominated by the republi-
can national convention and should
the So-called progressives withdraw
and name Colonel Roosevelt, as rs en- !
tiresy within the range of possSbibi- |
ties, there would be in the field three
candidates who would, beyond any
Doubt, secure each certain number
votes IN the electoral college.
should no one of these candidateS-
democrats, regular republican or pro
greSsiye-have a majority of al the
votes in the electoral college the
election of a president would there
upon, under the constitution devolve
upoa the house of represen, atives.
AT the present time and without
the representation of Arizona IN the
house, the republicans would have
majority in the house upon the QueS-
ton of the election of a president,
Notwithstanding the fact that the ac-
tual democratic majority in the house
is in the Reighborhood of 20. The
constitution provides that, when the
election of a president devolves upon
| the house of representatives, as il
| has once already IN our history, when
| John Quincy Adams was chosen, the
states shall vote as Individual units
/ that IS, each state, no matter what
its numerical representation is the
house may be, shah have but one
vote. Thus New York, with SO mem
bers of the house, would have no
more voice IN the election OF a preSi-
dent under the circumstances than
would Nevada with single repreSen-
tative, or any of the other states hay
ing only one member OF the house.
1t is a singular coincidence that,
despite the large democratic major
ity, the republicans at the present
time coutrol more state delegations
than do the democrats With Arf
IONA, whose representative has not
yet arrived in Washing, Oh, there are
% states controlled by The repub1f
cans 81 by the democrats, and fouI
are equally divided-MStLge with two
democrats and two republicans, Ne
braska with three d ~nocrats anC
three republicans, Rhode Island, viii
one democrat and one republican, an
New Mexico with one democrat anC
one republican. These states there
fore, would exercise no influence
were the election Of the president t,
be thrown into the house Of rep
resentatives. Should the republicans
! be able to unite they could thus ebec
the pres ident, ana the big aotua
! democratic majority would be power
hess.
: This singular condition of affaB.
! arises from the fast that most Of tbs
: smaller states, those with only on
or two representative, have SOLID
, republican delegations, while tn
states with large Delegations are 70
, the most part controlled by the demo
8 Gratis. Delaware, Idaho, Montana Ne
vada, Utah. Wyoming are each TEL
resented by one member IN the hous
] and in each instance the member
a republican. New Hampshire. Nel
: mont, South Dakota, North Dakot
and Oregon are each represented b
two members, in each instance repul
ltcans. Washington has three repC'
: sentatves, all Of whom are Repaid
!, cans. Thus there are twelve state
D with a combined representation on!
:. of nineteen members which wCu
s cast twelve vooS 2n the house OF rel
a resentatives in case the election {
e a president were 10 devolve upon tn
uOUS, SlS 3s.oAlilSst Okec Ses-St " OAS ga
OF New York with thirty seyen meu
bers, Of whom twenty-five are dem,
Gratis. Nineteen republicans woll'
!, under such circumstances cas
! twelve times as many 70 (
r as twenty two democrats.
o The Importance Of one lone dem
GRAFT from Arizona thus becomes a
parent. His vote WAl give the dem
: Gratis one more state delegation al
make the two political parties equal
, divided IN the house as to star
delegation
While the admission of Arizor
= would not enable the democrats
S elect the president. It would at BeaS
, tie the score and prevent the T
r publicans from controlling. Just VIII
D. would occur under such situatio
i with the house of representative
J. equally divided as TO control of sta
: delegations on the question of Il
al.aofion Of a nrssSident - SOOae hi