The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-20
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". l nave read several time
that in case Senator La Toilette
an independent candidate for the Pres
dency that the election may b
thrown into the House" Will yol
please explain this matter regarding
which | am sure that am not tn
only person who is mystihed?
The twelfth amendment TO the Con
situation Of the United States provides
the manner of choosing the Presiden
and Vice President The Presiden
tial electors first meet in their res.
pective States and their ballots for the
President and Vice President are sem
on to Washington where the Presi-
dent OF the Senate superviscs tn.
cunt The person having the greatest
number OF votes for President shal
be President, III such number be a
majority OF the whole number OF Ell
ectors appointed" If none OF the can
didates have a majority, then the
House OF Representatives immediately
proceeds to the election OF a Presi-
dent, and the selection must be one
of the three persons who received the
argest number OF electoral votes. In
choosing the President in this way,
The Constitution provides that "thc
votes shall be taken by States. the
representation from each State having
one vote In case the House OF
Representatives should fail to choose
4 President before the fourth OF March
then the Vice President shall act as
President. The Vice President, in
case OF the election in the House. is
subject to the same rules as apply
o President, but if the House cannot
cleo, by a majority, then from the
two highest numbers on the list the
Senate shall choose the Vice-Presi-
dent From the foregoing it is
hown that plurality vote OF Presi-
Dental electors does not elect. There
fore. a division OF votes in several
States between a Republican, Demo-
cratic and Independent candidate for
President would throw the election in
to the House OF representatives, to
be settled in the manner indicated By
the Constitution, as outlined above.
.. What is meant by Modernists
and Fundamentals in religion?
The Fundamentals is one who &C
cepis the principle, rule, law. or article
which serves as the groundwork OF
system. Such a person accepts the
Bible story OF the creation and sub
scribes to the Scriptures and to a
creed. The Modernist believes in ere
alton by the processes OF evolution.
and discards the belief OF origin as
based upon the Bible story. The /
Modernist is an advocate Of the teach
ing OF modern subjects, in preference
to the ancient classics; hence their
religion is apt to differ in essentia,
ways from that held by Fundamental
lists.
=. How many kinds OF divorce
avs are there in the United Stasesa
senator Capper OF Kansas. is tn,
'uthor OF uniform marriage and div
'rce law which he desires to have en-
lcted. He has made the statement
hat there are 1853 kinds of divorces
Recording to Senator Copper the con-
icting laws of forty-eight States
mean that time, a place. and legal
auction may be found for about anv
ind OF divorce" Z
.. Is the growth Of cotton in.
reasing in the United s,ates7 I
The condition OF cotton this wear
TX per cent below the average CON
iiion for the last ten years. Onlv Z
nee in iifiy-three years. and that was {
1920 has there been as small a crop
predicted this year.