The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. TWELFTH YEAR, No. 211, Ed. 1, Sunday, November 1, 1896 Page: 4 of 24
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CLOSED WITH BRASS BANDS
Hanna
Admits It Is
Contest
a Desperate
PART OF THE PINKERTON DETECTIVE
The Leading Seedsman nf Chicago Corned
Oat for Hryan and Free Coinage
Clitoasos lartloan Vress
ChJiago October 31 Special To a
close pergonal friend Mark Ilanna admit-
ted tonight that ho did not know whether
or not McKlnlcy would be elected Said
he
It 1b a desperate contest Our reports
havo been favorable In many Instances but
1 am not bo sure that they can be relied
upon I propose however to make It a
genuine brass band campaign In every
State In the Union there Is any possibility
of our carrying between now and next
TtJesday
Ilanna Is Indeed carryins the brass
band feature to Its utmost limit During
the week ho has spent more than a million
dollars in demonstrations Ho has had
twenty trains bearing orators basins
throughout the Middle Western States He
has also had some 10000 men distributing
leaflets of literature throughout these
tales Ho made a desperate effort during
tha last week to regain that strength
which he realizes hii > been sluuBbln otf
during the last thirty lays
Kverywhere Mr Hryan has spoken In
the four or five States of this section the
converts from republicanism to democracy
have been by scores hundreds and even
thousands Where he has made speeches
men have torn McKlnley badges from their
coat ami with enthusiasm have announced
themselves for Hryan
tlurtng tb past week not less than
dozen prominent and leading btislnrs men
of Chicago who have heretofore been ar-
rayed on the McKlnley side have an-
nounced their conversion to the caus of
bimetallism and have declared that tbey
will vote for Hryan It really seems to b
a landslide
The republican are attempting to keep
tip their rniiiate by oairpinr wr > thing m
sight Slates tbev know lb wll lose
thev are claimug by 1OA > majority and
more Indeed th y are evervthing I a
rflble to keep up the i uirag ° nf th < lr iv
n en licit It I of no aval now The tid I
is in the dre hon nf d ncriitc
and It t too for Hitu wlb all of j
his money to stem It
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Mark Hanna has fnrffrtei none of hl3
old trlrVs His old prtn < r the pink rton I
detective Is a fator n this ampalcn a
he Is In the private buhM of 11 A Uan
ca fc Co coal and Imp dalert He was
Murk Hicsa > firdt aU b > n he took his
pvsnoo as ihalraan of the republican Na
tirnal oarrUtee He li rresent at every
E ace ef he renteit now being vvagejd In
lriit nf s jtpl msiinst the gold r > ndl
CiV a the the trust arid combines
> t ot
Democratic
Republican
1opullstlc
Prohibitionist
Total
iftoafiftwJeS
4nce Mr Hanra has always Tun woL ago thv onihtned and agreed
i thmugcVcit the counnic In mennon nnv t gnrs of tho crowds
> a e rpli i io htm fir ail ta which gres > t Mr Krvan on hts tour ofthe
Koveramejit rsr onalIy roniuctouritry > h one clc y refusc l to-
M Kialty for it tens This islihlish a splendid letcr advocailng free-
r I k > ion mr for the purpose > lvcr wilttin by Kev II W Thomas
r what 1 ztir 5 ot aiiig their n tm t famous dnine In Chicago or the
t sjTi No tig faty or sbup In the we > They did not regard it ua worth
ii the gold i th i s ta fr from PJbHfhlng In spite of the fact that they
inr < riiBr today The words of the
trc v rU n tjown ari convejej to
r C > rirs at s ci > Lvcrtit noment
17 c o irpl tli lt
I ri inun omln rhr p ar 1 never
v tir ti slvr ro n in thr vor t
oris of c td hv tile
r ju ij a road havo
t c fiid irclnK t dun n nip
ar 1 uawful tra e Hut the l ijg
frr loyi rs are only iniiiut their nam
They have their Information and will not
r > ple to Ufc it in tne eviht of Mi Kint v s
el Hon Hverv man who has exri bla
Ii which J Ilerpont Morgan He lelebi
Iklheimcr to ta and their fellow part
ners are entoldlng the liberties of our land
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This gives the democracy with tho forces
now united for William J Hryan split rff
from It a clear plurality over thu republic-
ans of KHJSS nearly 05 per cent of the loil
voto polled while tho republicans cast but
25 per cent The populists and prohibition
ists aro solid In their support of the lryan
electors and their strength unltol with
that of the democrats was lOeltmo ma-
jority over tho dwindling forces of tha
republicans of 65152 A clear majority In
excess of 70000 Is therefore certain on No-
vember 3
In vlovv of tho false statements originally
mado In tho republican press of Chicago a
correction embodying Secretary Armialeads
olflclal flgureB nan sent to all of them
Without exception they icfiiRCd to print It
Arguing from this It Is only due to tho
readers of democratic papers that they
should ho warned against an ltrrease of
republican and a decrease in deiiHViMa
returns official or otherwise sent out sub-
sequent to the election on November 3
The Chicago newspaper offices were
hissed and groaned nt by tho marching
thousands who escorted W J Hryan from
ths Union depot to tho great meeting on
Battery D The moat violent demonstra-
tions of disapproval were made in front ot
tk TlmeaHerald and th Trlbun lb
a ii vtiv i9wsi iiS
have ever gladly welcomed anything from
he pen of th cificcl pulpit orator and
caiserly soueht his opinion on all topic eoi
r ug tli piiii wial to ai icubing nf
h < fact that thev piitilihcd Ins termons
in fi II Ir Thomas was the pet of the
i hleuno press hi said that his con
i liiuo hade hfui oil for Hrvuu and hu-
manity Now they sneer at him when
Indeed they print his name at all Some
of thein have even gone so far as to chatge
him with Insanity
The slinging rebuke which thlR goldhug
I press the friend of monopoly and the up
holder of the enetnlea
i ii of free i i i of llm people re
rrlllege ipech unless > has
lve ri u h mr
I KlBlej is doom M to wh Mr llrvllll onlv
the blacklist and extended idleness
mtll
hnt th Chlcagc pic H Is no longer a
free silver open our factories set our
mohw uf public opinion The hisses
unions to work and makes the farnn ana which
made the air souiid liku tho escaping
orchards of our land smile with
plenty at of
n loconotlvo wreck was a forel
sooti ririres ll anJ injicntlon of tho supreme
Th latest development of this Is the Mir contempt In which the newspapers of Clil
veillance extended by the detectives n tho cage are held by tho people It showed
employment of HannaIlnkertm c Coover that the people no longer form llielr pollll
the members of the democratic eseeutlvn eol that
opinion by Journals are blind to
comtnltteo and Its employes at the head the Interests nf the people and ftirnWhea
riiartera In Chicago No one of these Is another striking Illustration of that
rermlttesl to leave the room during tbu aohotlsm of a great man that Yon cant
day or night without a personal escort iiaH foci nil ot the people all of the timci
by Hanna who keeps him In sight until J C Vaughan Is tha foremost seed man
his return of the Cnited States He has been a Jim
These facts are an Indication of what long republic an Ho hai become convinced
MKrlcys government will be If hv Is that the irterests of the country are in
elected It Is ttussian mdhod introduced peril from the gold standard and gives the
Into free Airerlm It Is the forging if inlnwliig gccd and sufficient lcason for tho
another 1ml In th oudle s chain of gold hango in his political belief
Oiflce of I C Vaughan l and tr Vtan
doliih stieet Chicago October 17 ISOt
Manv of our customers fanners tuul gar
ilcrers who have suffered from the hard
limes and txemllngly low prlrej of llielr
The treatment accorded the news ol tho products the past two vears have askccl us
Ftaie election In Arkansas In September
cay be taken as a fair example of what
Is to be expetted from the republican pa-
pers st tho presidential election November
3 The day after the Arkansas election
the general statement was sent out by the
Associated Ireus and printed In the repub-
lican press to tho effect that the democratic
plurality was but tiuOO a falling ort of
HjOou from the election In Islii and tho
smallest ever recorded In the history of
the Slate
On September IS II II Armlatead sent a
dispatch to the democratic National head
quartris In Chicago stating that the nf
clal count had Just been completed and
jtavo It aec follows
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ITOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MOTtNTNG NOVEMBER 1 1S10
Inter Ocean was passed almost unnoticed for a word of advice Wo have not heal
but the Tribune on the opposite corner tated to answer these Invariably Vote
camo In for a reception which mado timid for Hryan I am firmly convinced that If
people shudder McKlnley Is elected pledged to the gold
The gold press of Chicago has conducted standard and tariff revision as ho Is wo
this campaign on lines whlrh ten years of shall see money scarcer and competition
decent Journalism can not condone Willi greater than wo havo yet been called upon
tho single exception of the Iteeord which to meet
has professed a lionpartisanship which It 1 Because there is not sufficient clrcu
does not possess the morning papers of latlng tntdium to do tho legltimato busl
thlcago have been solidly arrayed against ness of the country as It has had to be
the majority of the people of Chicago I J011 since the panic of lsit lrlor to that
Abandoning all sense of fairness and dls j llme money could bo raised on almost any
carding for tho tltnc all pretense of publish Mild of security or collateral now cur-
ing the news these papers have condu ted rency can not be bortowed In any large
a campaign which Is a disgrace to Amerisums > even ° government bonds Hanks
lean Journalism eighty per cent of tho J1 an corporations solemnly assure jou
editorial and JO per cent nf the reportorial gey have not the money and we believe
Mans of these papers arc composed ofJhem < wnere then Is the money to come
stanch free sliver writers who will upi 1 with th election of the McKlnley
port Urytin and who arc Individually tho lnrty lodged to the gold standard We
most earnest mid cftiilvc or all his ad < an ot exiect lt lhe lbtrls ° f < <
vocntcs Thc e men ha e been eomplled to Vir > cturt wl quickly mend after
write editorials which their eduction end thiTOJteais of losses and allures
convictions repelled ngalnht to prepare
statements bearing the semblnnce of truth
which were absolute falsehoo Is to manu-
facture favorable news out ot nothing rnd
to suppress the thousands of facts whlcli
point to the overwhelming triumph of
Hryan and the people
This Is not the first tirn this has hap-
pened In Chicago but never before has
tho local press stooped to such despicable
servility at tho command of the banks
They have lost whatever influence they
ever possessed among intelligent and well
pouted people though they may yet sway
the Ignorant few who do not know the in-
fluence which Inspire their policies and
dt < late every column be it editorial ucwa
or advertising matter
The Chicago Chronicle la largely owned
by J It Walsh ptesldent of the Chicago
National bank Mr Walsh also owns a
nmitgagp on the Chicago StnatsZeltuns
and nnmhi i on the hhagn InterOcran
The Chicago Oas Trut is also heavily n
tortited In the Inteluregn and that hy
i > nenatid sheet thetrfore comes logically tc
it recently acquired goldbuglim Being
reguUKd hy its circulation the Influence
of this paper for good or evil Is limited
The Chicago Tribune Is owned by Joseph
Mellll the Mi1nrtllick tsllite II I
IJanii iprslcpnt of the Commercial Na
ticiiul batiki Henry I Lloyd tthe well
ktccjwn h cialct I nrtl several others lv
man J Cikc in said to b a small stock-
holder and Mhlle he has no financial on
trul owr the paper It never does anything
to offc Id him
The eh i ago TlmeBHerald Is owned
Mr II H Kohlsaat whewe strong per
sotidl fiicudhlp and almlratlon for Mr
MchxiMey anHints for the prcaont partisan
attrudi of a paper which claims putronmri
ar 1 i i rt on the groin I of ahttohitc in
d pccc i < i The Chicairn ienlng 1cist i
alo ounce bY Mr Koblsant and in the
of thut eiumIii itrlcmen recent
f ill ci s in i dnor tally dollar
ni that Crawfoid the > Umlls coercion
vai juMKtfd in dlh citing crki who
S re for free uilvcr on thck ground that
ii > n who would vij ih a ticket do not
s sufficient lnf llnsnee to hold a
iNp
Ml o the papi ra ii fnncd their renders
> wMki ami iha thi ofi < ial rctiur
t orn tin VrKansas cli i tmn ihnwcd a loaj
of lsoih as compared widi the vote ot
IsL rhf > did this wih the fiiitci In tlvir
in version shrwlnT an n tual gain In ma
aid total vote ov < t tho dcnvvratlr
I lacl rilo iivures of 1S 2 Thst papers have
j ma in piitill ind thi oficiil li urna from
iiicorgia showing enormous free silver
over 1 3l and imiuiing tu a BWeop
ing victory in Novi > intHr
MeKlnleys name Is a pledge for
tariff agitation Now If there is one po-
litical axiom which the American business-
man has learned more pointedly and sor-
rowfully than another It Is that tariff
meddling of whatever nature Is a dis-
turber of business 1 ar no more certain
than scores of my friends that US to 1 Is
tho proper ratio today or that It will be-
n year hence but 1 am convinced that be-
tween tho two parties we must look to
Hryan and the Chicago platform for re-
lief Wo must elect men to make our laws
who favor bimetallism and propose to get
It at the earliest possible date Tho hope-
ful ri publican ciy Have confidence
Iocs not prove to me that money will or
in be forthcoming when not one of tho
cold standard advocates can find a man
who has motley even for gold loans at high
interest Small gold mortgage loans hay
noon In amount are made In Chicago to-
day generally at 7 per cent Interest Docs
that not prove that money Is scarce and
dear even bearing In mind that these samn
dollars have a piiichaslng power of tho
neieosltlcs of life twice they had three
venis ago The percentage of profit pos-
sible on farm products manufactured
gmids or merchandising has decreased
fullv 2 per cent Taxes rentals and other
lieiecs fixed by custom much more nearly
hold their own The average business man
toiliy i In an even more discouraging po-
sition ilnn the farmer In case ot McKln
ln i election little money and very clear
money uml that great disturber of busi-
ness tarlrt revision throwing Its shadow
of uncertainty over all J C Vaughn
Seedsman
This Is one of the stories that Ceneral
Itii < Mdl A Alger tells He told It in a
lieih last week ienoral Alger Is a
millionaire through piolecind lumber and
in Intimate friend of Mark Ilanna Kvery
cent Iip owns was taken Irom the products
of some man who hunt him a home So
Ilanna and he are friends He was also a
neral In the loje war a matter far more
editable to him than his fortune and Is
one or the hand of generals who are using
hiir high position to stir up a sentioiHl
feng long dead between the States In-
cidentally It may he lemcmocivd that All
geld of Illinois was a common suldier dur-
ing I he war hut not having altniued the
rank of gi rieral he has not dwelt upuu his
icrviees to the Nalinn nor done whit he
could at this late day to revive the memo-
ries every one should bei glad to forget
Hut to Algol s slory i a lntle water
tank la Illinois last 1ridiy he says two
trains bound in opposite directions stopped
eldei by side One of them was made up
of a special vestibule train built espe-
cially by Pullmans Ialace Car company
for occasions of the first Importance It
was a beautiful sight to wateh It from
without but wnhtn It was limity itself
The ears were fitted in leather Ilea Hv
cushioned handsomelv furnished fitted
with every lusuiy Ingenuity and good
taste can devise Hath rooms barber
chairs reading rooms smoking moms a
liuiirg tar In which every dainty In the
maikct could be obtained and a burtet
rum which every wine or liriuor of civili-
zation was to be hud for tho asking
there with the deft hands of trained ser-
vants ami sleeping apartments onlv It ss
luxurious thin those of a palatial home
all these made traveling a Joy and a com-
fort U the rear of tho train was a plat-
form ear on which stood a piece of mod-
em aitlllerv with all the appliances for
loading and filing With It weie fire-
works of the most expensive sort when
iilnht fell on the glorious expedition
Hesides this sumptuous train lay the
other Two dingy yellow carriages nf tho
sort known as tourists cars were Its com-
ponents Within everything was dingy and
dirty Its occupants were travelstained
and begrimed Thev sat upon thin cush-
ions and they looked and were cheap
These two trains my friends lndlcntn
more clearly than any words of mine in
description the dllfoi co lietvvocn tho re-
publican ancl democratic parties On one
train were my distinguished colleagues and
myself In that povertystricken pair of
coaches sat William J Hryan
A PINK VIAY
New Orleans October 30 Iouls James
new romedy My Lord and Some Ladles
mado a tremendous hit tonight The play
and company were enthusiastically to
celved it Is the brightest comedy seen In
New Orleans in years
itwr rinvn cAcniiT
Aransas Pass Texas October 20 Mts
Sallna Barber was pulled from her buggy
near here today and ravished A posse cap-
tured the culprit Ho wus fully identiiud
and gave his name uti Cas Webb
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WHAT HB WOUMJ DO IF HE nKAIAY THOUOIPT THAT WAOE3 COULD B
JUID IN S3CENT DOiirAKS
New York New
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Mens All Wool Chev-
iot Suits sin gl c and
double breasted
S GlllPa
Men s Fine Scotch
Plaid Fancy Mixture
strict 1 y A 11 Wool and
Fast Color Suit worth
o 1200 to 1400 only
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Such in Name Only Cases Wherein
the House Has Acted
NATIONAL liUittlONPOIlIAlv V0I
IIuct rieHiclritt aeiel Vlco rrcslclfent Arc
I I em net I cite recti Injj In for mil
Ilun cir thee Votur
Vow Orleans States
If Is surprising how widespread Is the
Iiuiiiimivc thr
th methods pu
19 a
f Men s Fine Clay Sack
and Cutaway Dress Suits
the peer ol any SJ 500 or
81600 Suit in Houston
J our price
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209 MAIN STREET TWO DOORS TROm
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nig wiih iniiv the present election or other constitutional ills
i l > e lillv since ihcre Is n possibility that
tbc election for president mas bo thrown
li te lb house of leprebenUiivCB and tor
in pn Md nt Inii the scnato
1 lu elciiiiMl eolloRo Is composed of a
nunIn r ot el lors eiiiu to the number
of eoiitiuvsicuial representatives and
lulled Males senators It Is not a col
v
lege In the hense that tbu members gather twntlilids of tho whole number of sen
in convention to chuosci the prcsldcin and ntois and a majority of the whole number
vice pr sldeiil Indeed thn electors do not tievcssiiry to a choice Ircnn theso facts
come together at all llarli State ippolms
In such manner as the legislature may 11
rui a nueilier ot electora equal to the
whole number ot senators and represeiici
tivis to which the Inlate may be entitled
In the miigiiss tlenerally these eleitm
are chosen bv parly convonllons or si
lee ted from each congressional ellstrle t and
two from th sum ut large and the peo
pie of the talc vote at large for them
Thus the di iniuratlc convention wlmh met
In llaion lionise in luno selected sl
electors one from each congressional dis
trlrt and two at huge giving the State
elutit votes in the electoral college He
rent ly at Itaton Inugo fusion wns ar-
ranged between tho populists and the dem-
ocrats and now on the electoral ticket
four nf ihe electors are populists and four
denim ri If the diinorrstspopullsis
have ii iliirilitv or majority of Ihe o < l
vets i ui tbc t > rll election these eight
ole cc 11 t the vote of the Stato for
pre i li it and voe tiresidcnt
Mm ihe netliid of chousing electors
nui inii I alwvc is ihr ustom In neirtv
nil ibi ites it has been held In a Mnh
Igin rase thai the Stale has the right to
provide that elei tors shall be voted for
sepai atolv in oa h of be congressional
dislrh I and thus n divided el of le t
ors mav he hos n rcii repibtl n an 1
part democratic fc r Instance
ability of the president The person hav
ing the greatest number of votes in the
electoral college for vlco president shall
be the vice piesldent but It no pet son has
a majority then the senate proceeds to
choose fiom the two highest candidates oi
the list for vlco
president In such a case
a quorum nf the senate must consist nf
It will readily be seen tint there is ro
such
thing as a deadlock possible In the
electoral college for the eolcgc alios but
n single vote each for president and vlco
president
There have beon Iwo Instances In the
history of the Cnlted Stairs where tho
electoral college did not select Hie presi
dent for the reason that none of tho candi
dates voted for hail i ir majority of
votes The first Instance m c urred in IKe >
In one of the tnosi ec Itnu dee lions ever
known when the federalists ran John
vdams and Charles Cotisvonh Iimktiey
as candidates for prcal lent and vice pros
deir and lie elcmocri u npii im Tims
nfioimm and Aaron Iiurr The nrexidentl1l
lection resulted In a vntorj for the demo
craikrepublicans who obtained scvemj
ihice etc ois and the feli uis uiviive
Hie cocstitcitioa thin made it
for en h presidential clc tm t
two pet cms iihiut t Igo
uecessais
vree fir
I Mir which vns
n be pollcnt nl wlmh
sue pi i silent
The pi rs i ioitln tV llghc t nuinbi r
of oles wis io li < p ec me
b h st cue ppesi ten When the ele toral
votes were cast bv llurrs adroit manage-
ment leffeison and llnrr bad an equal lum
ber and therefore as iclthcr was h > esi
Ih ho a pirsilcii deolvci cipen
he heiie of u niintatufs It in amend-
ment to th con nniiin In < < > the ch i
After the election on November a those Ti are new ttqulred to vote separately
electors who have been chosen by the pc > for president and vice president
Tie meet In their respective States usually I There was intense excitement on Feb
at tba seat of government and vote by bal ruary 11 1501 when the house begin to
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lot for president and vlee president on
nf whom nt leist shall not be an tnh tbltant
of the same Slate with themselves they
name In Ibelr ballots tho person voted for
as president and In distinct ballots tho
piTMin veiled for as vlco president At tho
conclusion ot tho ballot the electors tnalie
distinct lists of all persons voted for as
prisldcnt ancl ot all persons voted lor as
vice piesldcnt and of the number of votes
for each These lists they slun certify nnel
transmit sealed to Washington addressed
to tho piesldent of the senate Thus If the
detnticiutiepoiiulifet fusion shall carry
Louisiana In November the eight electors
chosen four nf whom are democrats and
four of vvliimi populists will meet at
Itaton limine They will proceed to vote
for president and vice president and It
is reasonable to suppose under tho condi
tions that they will east elsht votes for
William J lirynn for president four votes
A correspondent sends tho States tlmifor Arthur SeVnH for vlio president nnil
following letter of Inquiry Many of such 0lr vn for Tom Watson for vice presi-
dent
iiucsttous dally find their way Into the
newspaper of Ikes of tho country Here
It Is
lMltor Dally States
City October 1 am koIiik to east my
first ballot tho coming election and wish
to bo enllghtened on a fovv subjects
As I understand it it candidate for presi
dent may receive a majority of tho whole
One of the electors will be named o
rarry to Washington and deliver to tho
president of the senute the result of tho
ballot and probably none of tho other elec-
tors will en near the enpltol
Congress meets In December and then
In the presence ot the senate and house
of lepiesentatlves the president ot thn
senate will open all certlllcnles and thn
votes will then be counted There will bo
i votes Th person bavins the ureate1
votes cast and still not be elected tinlet > s number of votes for president McKlnley
he reeelves a mn lculty ot the electoral vote i or Urynn In this Instance for It Is a
What Is meant by an electoral vote lcnnvvltdgcd that Palmer nor any of tho
Who are the electoral voters Why Is It nlhor candidates have any show to bo
that one State has morn tlectoral voteh clmien in the electoral college shall be de
tliau another What is the electoral col clnred tho president provided such iinm
IcKi and who composes It
tiy anscveiliiK me tho foregoing you will j
givnMy oblige A Democrat
T SVhat is the difference between
Jolty and plurality A 1 j
bei of votec a all be n majority of tho
vihole number of electors appointed If
when the vote Is counted it Is found that
no one has a majority then the house of
representatives shall choose Immediately
by ballot the president Hut In cliooslng
the president Ihe house must talce thn vote
irousboul tho country as to h > States the representation from each
i Mate having one vole or in other words
pursued in the election of the NVw Vl Pennsylvania ill eTh
proMle nt and vbu president of the Initcd have no gieater voto than roiilsiana or
States Of emiisu tbc lgnorame ot foreign Delaware When the election for president
rs is to a certain eueut censed but no to t X W
undent of history ought to bo iiiilamuiar n member ot nienibeis from twothirds of
with tlnse inei iods In view however of the Stales aiyl a majority of all the Status
the prevailing Ignorance something about is noccsaiy to a choice It the house U
the elei 1 1liege and the manner of not able to choo e n president when the
dec ting be two highest ofllcers In the land elect inn is thrown Into It before tho fourth
mas nut In out uf place and may prove clay of net March following then the vice
ol i iiIi icc to ii my of those who are watch1 president shall act as president as in
of death
Black and Blue Ker-
sey AU Wool Overcoat
deep Velvet Collar a I
SI000 Coat for only
Black and dark Blue
Melton Overcoats hand-
made guaranteed worth
1500 lor only
made Overcoat hand-
somely tnmmd 1600
and 1800 values for
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ballot for prerddent The house was then
composecl of loo members from HiMeen
States and ii riqulicd nine States to elect
The house ballotted in executive session
day and night On the Hist ballot eight
States voted for loncrson and sl for llurr
Two States Vermont and Maryland wero
dlvlilrd and could not voto On thn ITtli
ot February on the thirtysixth ballot Mr
Jeliersou was elected securing tho votes of-
ten Slates There was tremendous excite-
ment throughout the country
Tho second Instance whcicln tbc house
cboso tho president occurred in 1SJI dur-
ing the scrub lace for tho presidency
There wore nt llrst five candidates for pres-
ident William II Crawford of Georgia
the n secretary of the treasury John Qulncy
Adams of Massachusetts then secretary of
state John C Calhoun of South Cnrolina
then secretary of war Henry Clay nf Ken-
tucky then speaker ot the lioutce nt repre-
sentatives aud ticneral Andrew Jackson of
Tennessee then United States senator
Subsequently Calhoun withdrew and threw
his lnfluenco to Jackson When Ihe elec-
toral votes were counted It was found that
Jackson had fell Adsnis SI Crnwfotd II and
Clay 37 On tho fith of February the house
proceeded to iuako a choice from the thteo
candidates having tho highest number of
voles Mr Clay being dropped and giving
his Influence and support to Adams Thir-
teen States votes for Adams icven for
Jackson and four for Crawford and Mr
Adams was declared to bo the president
In 1S7I in the Tlldenllajes election tho
undisputed electoial vote gave Tildcn lft
ls5 being necessary to a choice and Hayes
172 The voto In South Carolina Florida
nnel Louisiana was disputeel ancl ono voto
in Oregon Congress undertook to settlo
the matter and the country trembled with
excitement when It became evident that tbc
icpubllcans weie determined to deal tho
pichlditiey After a long and bitter de
bate congress decided to organize an elec-
toral commission having the powers of the
two houses of congress ancl composed of
five senators five members of Iho house
and five members of the supreme court
There was a republican majority of ono
and the commission by a vote of eight to
seven on all questions proceeded to steal
the votes of South Carolina Louisiana
Florida and Oiegon and to give them to
HayiS Congress affirmed the lets cf the
commission ancl declared Hayes elected
In nil other Instances Iho result of the
presidential elections has been declared
by the vote of tho electoral college
It Is not cllttlcult lo see wherein n can-
didate iii < e ht have a majority of the pop-
ular voto and yet not a majority of tbe
electoral lollege The elector In the
State of lcnnsjlvnnli for Instance might
be cbosii tor McKlnley by a majority of
10010 The majority In Now York for
It > an may be inflO as It was foi Cleve-
land in ISt I If those two States alone
were Included lit tho electoial collect
Ilryan would be named as president be-
cause New York has more electoral votes
than Ieniisvlvanla and yet on tin popular
vote McKlnley would have t majority ot
i MicO lu tho election of ls7f Til Ion iv
ried the country by a largo pupulit ma-
jority over llayrs but was defeated bv nue
Vote in the electoral college
In ivit Cleveland pulled t illulT votes
against lllalnes IMSI II St lubn re-
ceived i imvi and lien llutler 133SCI
ClcMliiul had u plurality over lllalne
but received a minority of the popular
vote vt he had votes lu the electoral
ioIIorc ml lllalne had h In ISsS ticn
eral Harrison polled 140216 Cleveland
iS2 tn Flsk Streeter HMD
Cow dry 2S0S and Curtis 1531 It will thus
be seen that Cleveland polled more than
SfltOn more votes than Harrison and that
Hairlsnn was nearly half a million votes
in the tnlnoilly and yet Harrison had M
cleuoial votes and Cleveland had only
Its In isx Cleveland received a popular
nue nf Mlr33 and Harrison 5 17 77
Weaver populist polled ll2J0tr the pro
hibitionists 27ilH and the socialists 21
IH Clevilnnd had a plurality over Har-
rison or over 300000 bm he was in a
tiiinoilti nf nearly a million on the popu
lar vote and vet he had 277 electoral vote
or I Harrison had only 1 lr
In answer to nor correspondent It ninv
be stated that a majority i where Ihe
Icdi1 candidate has more voles thm the
total of iho votes of all the on osition
candidates plurality moans the ex-
cess that the leading candidate has over
the ne t highest candidate
A candidate may have a large plurality
1
f
Imported Kersey hand
na in tho case of Mr Clerelul
and et be considerably in p <
>
of course r is possible lor m
and mtjontf
both a pluialiiy a
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the solicitors for
that time and there will wilWJ
a postpouomuu It Is ff
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solicitor irnctl in
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