The Detroit times., 1912-10-24
HOW MICHIGAN CASTS
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT



A Rowland, Raymond III. Briggs,
Isasc y. Shepherd, William ]. Fault
Socialist--Ida Kummerheld. G. Ea
ward Dell. Alice McAfee. George w.
Sherman, Ira Welch, Edgar M. Cur
ry, willard H. Knox. Herman Mack,
orv!lle Gillette. Joseph w. Blair.
Frank Ardern, David w Walker, viii.
liam Krause, Archie Morse. Frank
Aaltonen.
Socialist Labor-Hugh b. Reed, and
Charles Wollberg.
Presidential electors In Michigan
are chosen by plurality vote and the
vo,e Is canvassed and the result de-
termtned by the state board OF can
vaSsers. the same as for governor and
The other elective state officers The
electors chosen shall meet in the sen
ate chamber at the capitol building
in this city at l2 O'clock noon on the
second Monday In January In the list
~ electors due TO neglect to attend.
refusal TO act, death, ineliglbility or
any other cause should be filed by
the electors present The vacancy
shall be filed by ballot.
The law requires that the electors
shat vote for president and vice.
president and make and sign three
certificates of all the votes given by
them, each OF which certificates shoil
contain two distinct lists, one of the
votes for president. and the other for
votes for vice-president One OF the
electors shall be delegated as a mes.
ser ger TO deliver TO the president OF
the United States senate one of the
cei tlfcates and he Is entitled TO 25
cents per mile for the estimated dis
tance from Lansing to Washington.
Congress shall be in session on the
second Wednesday OF February The
senate and house shall meet In joint
session at l o'clock with the president
of the senate presiding. Two tellers
shall be appointed by the president
o: the senate from the upper house
and two from the lower house. to
whom shall be handed as opened by
the president OF the senate. all certih-
Gates and papers relating TO the elec.
tora' vote, called from the representa-
tivIs OF the various states in alpha
betical order The tellers shall make
list OF the votes. and the votes hav-
ing been ascertained and counted
shall be delivered TO the president Of
the senate who shall announce II.
IL none OF the candidates receives
26f votes, the majority necessary for
the election of president in the
electoral college, the house OF repre-
sentatives shall proceed to the cleo
tion OF a chief executive. The co...
stitntion OF the United States provides
that In these cases the vote shall be
taken by states and each state shall
be entitled 10 one vote. II the house
does not elect a president before the
fourth day of March, then the vice
president becomes president The
same procedure applies 10 the cleo
tion of a vice-president, except the
serate from the two highest members
on the list shall choose the presiding
officer of the upper house.
AS at present constituted the house
OF representatives In congress has a
DeU ocratic majority of 65. yet for the
purpose OF electing president, grant
ing one vote to each state, the Demo
Gratis have a majority In 81 states and
the Republicans a majority in 22
states. In three states the Republi
cans and Democrats are tied in con.
gressional representation. These fig.
ures. however, do not include Arizona
anc New Mexico, which were admitted
Stree the only available statistics
avai:able in Secretary of State Mar,
tindale's office, were compiled.
Many local political statisticians are
inclined to the belief that the election
of the president will not be possible
urtil congress meets. 1t is pointed
out that should Taft secure the cleo
toral vote of New York md Pennsyl
yania. with the votes that Roosevelt
and Wilson are sure to receive, 1t VIII
be impossible for any OF the three
le'.d.ng candidates to muster the 26G
votes necessary for a choice in the