The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-10-01

the Wilson column: Arizona, 8;
Colorado, 6; New York, AS; North
Carolina, IL; Oklahoma, 1O-total,
rs; grand total, 25S, or eight less
than the requisite number. The
widest imagining cannot accord
Roosevelt a majority.
"2. Taft cannot win.
"Allot to him 1877, as recorded
above, including the doubtful fifty
four from Illinois, Minnesota and
Wisconsin,; from the Roosevelt
Column: Utah, 4; from Wilson:
Maryland, 8; New York, As; Ohio,
"a; West Virginia, S-total, 256, or
less than majority. This must be
regarded as the topmost of Mr..
Taft's possibilities.
In case Wilson should not OBJ
tain a majority over both Taft and
Roosevelt the House of Representa-
tives would be called upon to elect
a President on the second Wednes-
day of February. Each state would
have one vote, and the result would
be: For Wilson, %; opposition, %;
divided, 4-Maine, Nebraska, New
Mexico and Rhode Island. Neces-
sary to choice, 25. Only Taft, Roose-
welt and Wilson could be voted for.
Obviously neither Taft nor Roose-
welt would have chance. Wilson
would have to win over three nom
Democratic states a virtual i'm
possibility. The House of Repre-
sentatives, therefore, would be I'M
able to elect President
. Meeting such a situation, the law
puts the Presidential boot on the leg
of the Senate. The array of forces
in the Senate is as uncertain as it is
in the House. The Senate is ''all
broke up" AS matters stand it may
be thus ticketed Republican, SO;
Democrats, "A; vacancies, 2. The
vacancies are likely to be filled by
the Legislatures of Colorado, and IL
linois next January. Apparently,
therefore, the Republicans would
have surely one and possibly three
more than the 40 required for the
election of Vice President, who
would become President on the 4th
of March. This, according to Col.
Harvey, means that, in the event of
Wilson failing to obtain 266 cleo
toral votes, Sherman would succeed
Taft.
The Republican majority" in the
Senate, however, is illusory. Here
is how Col. Harvey works out his
sum in single-rule-or-thre We
quote again:
But here enters another factor
The Republican majority in the SEN
ate is not only scant, but also NOM
inal rather than actual. Promising
that both Illinois and Colorado re-
turn Republican, the total Repub-
lican vote would be fifty-four. If
for any reason four of these Senators
should abstain from voting the SEN
ate would be unable to elect Vice
President. Now, it is quite con-
ceivable that Roosevelt might con-
slider it advisable to prevent the
election of Sherman. If so, it would
i be most surprising if four out of the
so-called Insurgent Republicans
Dixon, Clapp, Bourne, Works, Bor-
ah, Poindexter and the two new Sen
ators from Colorado and Illinois
should refuse to act in conformity
with his wishes, especially in view
of the position which Sherman holds
in their estimation as a pronounced
reactionary.
'In the event, then, of the House
of Representatives failing to elect a
President and the Senate fails to
elect Vice President, the proceed
ure would be as follows: Presi-
dent Taft's fixed term of office would
expire at midnight of March 81, and
the Secretary of State, Mr.. Knox,
whose official ,'fc is indeterminate,
would become acting President. AS
such, he would be obliged to con-
vene Congress in extraordinary SEES
sion on the oath of March, and Con-
gress would determine the time OF
choosing the electors" certainly
not later than November of the
forthcoming year. In this manner
Mr.. Roosevelt and his new party
would have a second opportunity to
win the Presidency within twelve
month, greatly, no doubt, to the sat-
isfaction of both"