Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1875 — Presidential Elections—Proposed Constitutional Amendment. [ARTICLE]

Presidential Elections—Proposed Constitutional Amendment.

The following is the full text of Senator Morton’s propose;} amendment to the Constitution providing for a change in the manner of electing the President . and Vice-President of the United Stated: Resolved by the Senate and Mouse of Representatives, in Congress Assembled, Two third* of Each. House Concurring Therein, That the following article is hereby proposed" as an’ amendment to the Constitution of toe United States, and when ratified by toe Legislatures of of the States shall be valid to all intents and purposes an part of, the Constitution, to-wit: Article 1. The President and Vice-Presi-dent shall be elected by direct vote of toe people in toe manner following: Each State shall be divided into districts equal in number to the number 'of Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Congress, to be composed of contiguous territory, and to be as nearly equal in population as may be; and the person having the highest number of votes in each district for President shall receive the vote of that district, which shall be counted one Presidential vote. 2. The person having the highest number •f votes for President in toe State shall receive two Presidential votes from toe State at large. 8. The person having toe highest number of Presidential votes in toe United States ■hall be President. 4. If two persons have toe same number of votes in any State, it being toe highest number, they shall receive each one (Presidential vote from the State at large, and if more than two persons shall have each toe same number of votes in any State, it being toe highest number, no Presidential vote shall be counted from toe State at large. If more persons than one shall have the same number of votes, it being toe highest number in any district, no Presidential vote shall be counted from that district. 5. The foregoing provisions shall apply to the election of Vice-President. 6. The Congress shall have toe power to : provide for holding and conducting the elections of President and Vice-President, and to establish & tribunal for toe decision of suciu elections as may be contested. ! * 7. The States shall be divided into districts by toe Legislatures thereof, but Congress may at anytime by law make or alter toe same. According to Le Monde, weevils may be expelled from a grapary by placing in it a few bundles of -raw hemp.