THE NEXT PRESIDENT

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 7

THE NEXT PRESIDENT

CANDIDATES' CHANCES. . WOODROYV NVILbON FAVOURED j By TcloeranU—Press AsEociutlon-Cop'rlehl '. ■< Washington, November 4. Every indication points to thfe election ; ! of Mr. Woodrow Wilson, tho Democrat.. •• 'i Candidate, as President, according to tlie V"}:;.-,-! l)«>toiiformed political opinion. . *:■ j On Wall Street the betting is five to ' -j ono in Mr. Wilson's favour. j Mr. Roosevelt has issued a final appeal,. ' i declaring that the Progressives alone find based their policy upon tho deep lasting..'/£\ needs of the Unital States. I'lie other 1 parties Were boSs-fidden nii.d trust-con- ' " ! trolled, and it was time tho United States ' . .i/ 1 . 'i was free from their influence. • WOMEN'S VOTES A BIG FACTOR. (Rec. Noveiiibef 5, 8.50 p.m.) »"'&} Washington, November 4. ' . Women's votes are expected to play an.- ' : v. ; .j important part iji the Presidential pbn-. , iv ; /' ' test. The California!} women's vote i«' :; \V" ''■] certain to .decide bet.\yeten Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Woodrow Wilson. ■ i " THE ELECT/ON IN PROGRESS. ' HOW THE PRESIDENT IS CHOSEN. , The. American Presidential' election jj-.,' ■ ; now taking place in the United States, , ■ ■'5 : ■:■*' .' . llie President and Vice-President of tho ' United States are chosen by officials term- ' ed "Electors" in each ■.State, who arei'-Ss'-V. Under >xisttng Stilte Uiivs, 'chosen by tho 1 qualified Vfltei'S thereof by ballot on tho I first Tuesday after- the first Monday of • ; Jjoveniber in every fourth year preceding ,■ the year in which the Presidential term i expire;. ■w-. 'V.: Tlie Constitution oi" the United State? . prescribes that each. .State shall "appoint," ■ in such manner as the legislature thereof inny dirfict, a number of eiectors equal ' • ' ; to the wliolo niiniber .of Seiintors, .'iiHl i Representatives to which the State may 3 bo entitled in Congress j but no Senator V/.l: ' or Representative Oi' persoi) holding ..nil. . : office of trust or profit under the United. ' Stales shall be an elector. TheVCoiistitW'. j ; lion I'eq liires tl.iat. the day. when electors are chosen shall be the same throughout ' V;!'M the United States. Ai the beginning. of ' Government' most "of the electors were. i chosen, by the Xe'gislatiires of their re-' '. spective States, the people having iio . direct participation in their choice: one State, Son th. Carolina,. continued, that practice down-to tlie breaking out of die" .' civil war. But ill nil the States now tlie':;.rf;:. V:; electors are, under the. direction of Stato laws, chosen by the people on a general °. Slate ticket. .' '""ti The manner in. which the. chosen elec- : tors meet and ballot for a President and . Vice-Presideivt :'cif the United, States. is . provided for in Article XII of- the Coristitntion, and is as follows: — Y "'■..•■'.'i.j.f.-j . Tlie electors shall meet in their r»spe'ctivo States, and vote bv ballot for' ,' President and Vice-President, _oner. of,j whom;, lit least,, shall not be -an inhabit- ; ;j an't- of the saine .State 'with;.themselvc^i'i'.'j-V-i they Shall name in their ballot? the person voted for as President, .and in (list.iiict ballots tl.ic; person ;yoted for'as. Vice- ■ S' .;' Presiilent;- .and they shall, make disiinot .. . .lists of. all per,-mns voted for/as President,| and of all persons Voted for as Vice-Presi- '■ ',v,-1 dent, and of oiMn>.hbbrof votes for each,-' /.' which listf. they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of goveminent of the United States, directed io the President of the Senate. ' ' The.samp article then prescribes tho ■. mode in which the Congress shall count . v>i the ballots cf the electors, and announce .: the result I thereof., which is a.s The..'President of.the Senate shall,, in- i - • the presence .of the Senate and Hou'se>iof .;. . | Representatives, opeii .all .'the Certificates, ■and the votes shall then bo counted; the ■ ' ■person, having the greatest number of ; votes, for President shall be President, if : suclj inuiib'er be a niajonty of the whols '' luiiiiber of eleCtors appnint(Kl;'.aiid if no persoii have sucli niajo];ity : , tlicU : f ro ni the , : pe.rsons having tho .highest nunjb.ers, not ; exceeding -three, on the list of those voted ' for as ihe v of ■'■Repi^?entafives shall choose, immediately, by ballot, - :■. the president,' Bjit choosing the/Pitsident tlie votes shall be taken by Stales, ■- :■ tho representation from each State havmy one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall , consist ..of: a ft'iem'b'et!; .oriiheniber's from . ■ Iwo-thinis of (he States,'-and a majority of 'all the States shall. : b'e necessary to; a choice. 'Aud..iftlie.H|quse.o.f.Represeiifa-:. lives shall, not choofe ii. President, wlieiitlie .right ;of- blu-nce •• slia.H aleyolvfl upon tlieni. before tho fourth day .of ■< March next following, then the VicePresident shall .act as President, as in the ■ .'. j ea=e of the death or other constitutional . disability of the President. The person ■•. iiavinir the greatest, number of votes as ' . Vice-Pi'esident .shall be f . the. . dent, if such numlxr be a majority pf thp ■■ y ivliole number :of electors anpoihfed.;. and : if no person have a majority, (lien from.. : .tho two hiirhest' ntimbers on the, list th« Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a ..... • quorum for tlie purpose shrill porisist of ;,. -, '• iwo-tiiirds-oif the w.hole ir'iimhor' o.f j tor?, and a majoriiy of the. tt.nqle Hum-, /'./'vf.; bar shall he ivebessivry'. to. a choice. 'ti The prOCfidurb. of thd • two Houses,, { hase tho : returns-' of the fetors frdm ct-ujr>. .-.-..1 Somite arc disputed, is prdv-id:o.d in the. Siectornl Count Abt, pas^ed the Tox}?~ <s iviiith Cbnp.res'i. .The Act directs thftt the { Presidential ofcctors.-.vshall. ; o.iV. the v^ecoiid. ; . Mbiidhy ;i.H. ' .Taniinry next following 'tlieit- clecti.oil. ■ It > fixes tlie time when Congress shall be in;, ~:.-: i session to coiint the ballots as the second J Wednesday in February succeeding tho meeting cf the electors. The. Constitution also defines who ■■rL'..,; eligible for President, of the United Stales, as follows:- ... ■ Xo person exwnt: a natnral-kom citiwr. or a- citizen of the United States at the , ■ ,:;. u tinie of the adoption of Hiis' '~: sli.ill be eligible to the office'of President;.. . i neither shall anv person to elisib'.e to that office .who shnll nOt have attained t; ' the age of thirty-five years. , The qnaliiications for \ ice-President av< .• tiU " ; .- . ■