The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-26
LINEUP OF THE STATES.

! into fhc House Of Representatives con-
tinucs throughout The country; there
fore the representation of the different
states i'll the House is matter Of I'M
mediate and pressing concern. II IS
generally known that the States vote as
unit in the House OF Representatives.
on the question OF elccting the Pres
ident when that election is thrown INTO
the House. each State as 4 whole cast
ing ono vote. That is to say. when the
| majority Of the Representatives from
any State belong to The Democratic
party these Representatives cast the
one vote Of that State for the Demo
cratic candidate. Where a majority of
the Representatives from State arc
Republican, they cast the one vote Of
that State for the Republican candidate,
So counting, as we have shown hereto
fore. the States stand twenty-five with
majority Of Republican Represent
atives and twenty-five with a majority
of Democratic Representatives. So FAR
as the straight party vote is CON
cerned, therefore, in the House, on the
question of clecting President, twcn-
| ty two States will vote for "A Democrat
and twenty-five States Will vote Tor
Republican. the choice being confined
to those having the highest votes in the
electoral college. Four of the States have
4 tie In their representation; Maine, with
two Republicans and two Democrats; !;
Nebraska. three Republicans and three
Democrats: New Mexico, one RepubIi.
can and one Democrat; Rhode Island,
one Republican and one Democrat.
But usually the papers Of the coun'
try, in classifying the States on this
account, classify them as we see done
in a late number Of the St Louis
Times, which gives the Democratic
States, that is to say, the States having
majority of Democrats in the repre-
sentation in the House, as follows:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas. Colorado,
Florida. Georgia. Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana Maryland. Mississippi, MIS-
York. North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas Vir-
ginia, West Virginia
The same paper gives the Republican
delegations as follows:
California. Connecticut Delaware.
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas. Massachu-
setts. Michigan. Minnesota, Montana Ne
vada New Hampshire, North Dakota
Oregon, Pennsylvania. South Dakota
Utah, Vermont. Washington. Wisconsin,
Wyoming
The Republican list here is correct The
Democratic list IS erroneous in that IL
includes New Mexico as a Democratic
State. the fact being that New Mex
ico's Representatives are George Cur
ry, Republican. who was elected by
30,l62 votes to 2S,353 for Paz Val
verde, his Democratic opponent. The
other Representative from New Mex
leo is Harvey B. Ferguson. Democrat,
who beat Elfego Baca, Republican, by
29,999 to 2S,S36 votes. Eliminating
New Mexico from the Democratic col
umn and putting it in the column OF
States that tie, we have Republican
States twenty-five, Democratic States
TWENTY-FIVE, tie four. There are forty
elect. Twenty-Five votes, therefore.
would be required if the election OF
President were thrown 10 the House or
Representatives. 1t is not easy to see
| how the House could elect under the
circumstances; for no State which Is
the House could cast the vote Of that
State otherwise than by each party cast.
ing half a vote. which probably would
not be allowed, and would settle moth.
ing. for that would leave each party
with twenty-four votes, and no cleo
ton.
| In this event. with no election in the
House, the Senate would proceed to
elect a Vice-Prcsident In the Senate
the Senators vote individually. and not
by States; and so the Republican ma
iority in the Senate ought to be able
to elect the Republican Vice-President,
and this Republican Vice-Presdcut
would then succeed to the vacant
Presidency. since the House would
probably be unable TO arrive at an elec-
tion by the fourth Of March. as 1T must
do TO have its election valid.
| me present House WOUlu nave Ihe
first opportunity to elect. If 1t fails
then the present Senate would have It's
chance In this Senate there arc fifty
two Republicans to forty-three Demo
Gratis, there being vacancy IN the
Senate from the State Of Colorado. IL
is true that the Republicans are d'
vided into Progressivcs aud StaDdpat
ters; but thew are all Republicans. 1t
is noteworthy in the consideration OF
this question that if the Senate is
called upon to vote it must vote, not
upon the candidates for President, bui
Iupon the candidates for Vice-Presideut
and for the purpose of this election q
quorum of the Senate consists OF two
thirds Of the whole number Of Sen
atprs; that is. there must be sixty-tou
Senators present and voting. But q
majority Of the whole number Of Sen
ators. that is to say, forty nine, is nee