PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 147, 8 November 1912, Page 5

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

WILSON'S VICTORY ASSURED. LATEST RETURNS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, November 6. The latest electoral vote is: Wilson 293, Roosevelt 74, Taft 5. Idaho, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wyoming are still doubtful. MR. TAFT'S CONGRATULATIONS. Washington, November G. President Taft congratulated Dr. Wilson, wishing him a successful administration. The latest indications are that Dr. Wilson has carried thirty-nine States, Mr. Roosevelt six, Mr. Taft three. The Socialist vote has increased slightly. The New York stock market is cheerful as the result of the elections. Beet sugar is likely to be affected if the tariff changes are approved. ELECTIONS FOR THE SENATE. Washington. November 6. The Democrats claim to have captured the Senate. Only five votes are needed to make the success complete. FINANCIAL MARKET IMPROVING. ' Received 7, 9.10 p.m. New York, November 7. The stock market made substantial advances after Dr. Wilson's statement reassuring the commercial community. ALL-ROUND SUCCESS OF DEMOCRATS. DR. WILSON A FRIEND OF BRITAIN. Received 8, 1 a.m. London, November 7. The Times' American correspondent says that the House of Representatives is strongly Democratic. There are indications of a small Democratic majority in the Senate. Britain has every reason to expect to find in Dr. Wilson a good friend, but the formula of the Democratic external party was hard to find, owing to the lapse since the last Democratic President. HOW THE PRESIDENT IS CHOSEN. The- President and Vice-President of the United States are chosen by officials termed "electors" in each State, who are, under existing State laws, chosen by the qualified voters thereof by ballot. The Constitution of the United States prescribes that each State shall "appoint," in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which .the tSate may be entitled in Congress. In all the States the electors are, under the direction of State laws, chosen by the people on a general State ticket. The manner in which the chosen electors meet and ballot for a President and Vice-President of the United States is provided for in Article XII of the Constitution, and is as follows: The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one 'of whom, at least, {shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The same article then prescribes the mode in which the Congress shall count the ballots of the electors, and announce the result thereof, which is as follows: The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no' person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President the votes shall he taken by States, the representation from each' State having one vote, a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from twothirds of the Stales, and a majority of all the States shall he necessary to a choice.