Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1877 — The Election of Presidents and Vice Presidents. [ARTICLE]

The Election of Presidents and Vice Presidents.

Senator; Morton has publixbed his views upon; the better way for c°’>gress to legislate, in order saw prevent tbeoccnrrence of complies t ion x in the election of presidents ami vice-presidents. His xnmma’rj' <»f what the law ♦«! the subject should be is as 1. The president and vtoe-presi-dent shall be elected by tfip direct vote of the people in the manner following: : {Each state shall be divided into districts, equal m. Dumber to the number of representatives to whiqh the state may be entitled in congress, to be eompoxed of contiguous territory, and to b« aS nearly equal in population as may be; and the person having tlie highest number of votes in each district for president shall receive the dote, of that dieirieW.which shall count one presidential vote. 2. The person harihgthe highest number of votes fOr preeident in » state shgll receive two presidential voted from the btate at large. 8. The person having the highest number of votes in the/United States shall be president. ♦. It two persons have the *»ame number of in any stare, it being' the highest number, they ’shall receive each one presidential vote from the state at large; and if more than two persona sunlit hfeve the satne ntimber et votes in any state, if Deing the highest number, no presidential vote sliW be counted for the statoat large. If more persons than one shall have the same number of votes, It being the highest number in any district, n<» presidential vote ’ball be counted for that district ; x‘. j 6. The foregoing provi<mfiishall apply to the election of vice-presi-dent. 6. The congress shall, hawe tho power to provide fw holding and condiiictng the elections of president and vice president, and to establish tribunals such elections as may be contested. 7. The states shall be divided into districts by the legislatures thereof, bdt the congrefa utny at any lime by law make or alter the same. "•> - **r j.’i 1 Boys are much better than they used to be. We ope yeetwKv out.mi.lhe back piazza “There is rest for the weary,” whitot hia,. mother weeding thc onkm bed.