The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-15

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Voting ceased on October II. These
nal figures will be published in this
delegations Of 20 states, while % state
delegations have Republican MAORI
ties. In 5 other states the repre-
SentatiOn is evenly divided, and those
states would have no vote to cast.
Those states are Maryland, Montana.
Nebraska, New Hampshire and New
Jersey.
Some Not Regular.
The % states showing Il nominal Re
publican majority might not all vofe
for Coolidge. There are u few where
the RepuhliCaniSm of some representa-
tiyes is open To- question, and if La
Toilette should carry those states. it
is not unlikely that their votes in The
house would 60 to LaFollette, despite
the Republican label borne by such
congressman. Should any of these
states vote for L%dFollette, or if the
states should vote as they line up
on pappr-20 Democratic. % Rppub-
lican, and , unable to vote, no
choice could be made, as p states are
needed To elect the President.
Attention would then center ON the
senate. Here the state rule does o
apply. Each senator of the 96 has
a separate vote. For a quorum, two
thirds of the 96 must be present, or
"a, and for a choice of vice president,
a bare majority, or 40, is necessary.
However, in the senate only two
candidates for vice president having
the highest showing In the electoral
college may be voted for, and this
would narrow the choice down to Gen
eral Dawes and Governor Bryan.
Present Situation Important.
AS the present senate would select,
the situation there now is important.
There are nOminally 81 Republican
senators, but this number includes La
Toilette Of Wisconsin and BrOOkhart
of Iowa, and others who of late have
seldom voted with the Republicans.
FOrty-three senators are listed as
Democrats. and two, Ladd and Frazier,
are listed as Farmer LabOriteS.
If Bryan can hold the 43 Democratic
senators in line and get the votes OF
the two Farmer-LabOr senators, this
would give him a nucleus Of ~ votes.
BY securing four Of the sO-calied Re
publicans, such as BroOkhart and La
Toilette, this majority would put into
the White House a man for whom the
American people had not voted for
President, and who would be a minor
ity choice.
If Bryan could secure only the 43
Democratic senator's. the two Farmer
Labor senators, and three such men
as LaFOllette. the election would be
deadlOcked, and the country thrown
into a state Of chaos never before
faced. Throwing the election into the
congress would of Itself have a terrific
effect upon business and industry the
country over, causing a wave of de-
preston which would affect everyone
as this would cause months Of uncer
tainty before a choice by the congress.
was attempted. e, on top Of this, thc
senate should get into a deadlock a.
the house is certain to, the depres
sion might easily became q panic, with
terrific and far-reaching results.
Other Possibilities.
There is the outside chance. in tin,
event of Coolidge failing to receive
majority Of the electoral votes. tina
when the matter came to the senate
such Democrats as Glass Of Virginia
Bruce Of Maryland and Underwood o
: Alabama would vOte for Genera
Dawes, the Republican nominee, rathe
than put such a man as Bryan In tn
White House.
A large body of thought in thu
United States holds to the opinion tina
the whole purpose Of LaFOllette /
. 10 throw the election into the con
gress, where he and his follower,
probably would WELD the balance o
f power, and this small group wOul
. name the next President of the Unite
I States. Naturally. this would put tina
. President under heavy obligation {
? the LaFOllette group, and he as It
, leader, would exercise tremendOu
power, even though his followers reI
resent the smallest fraction OF tn
D makeup Of the United States senate
The summing up OF the sltuatiO
is this:
Voting for LaFOllette Is voting "a
Bryan.
: Voting for Davis. by the same al
alysis, is voting for Bryan.
Voting for Coolidge is voting Il
SOOlidge.
, WANT TANNERY AND HARNESS
CuOD ATT CIT r1,O nnrCa