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Hntei^ed as second-class matter August
28th, 1923, at the Post Office at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Aet oi March
TOKOTNA, ALASKA. OCT. 25, 1924
May Be Neither Cool* *
idge, Davis Nor La Fol
lette; Next President
Fairbanks News-Miner
Fancy a conservative newspaper pub
iishitlg iD its columns a story to the
affect that neitbar Coelidge nor Datfis
nor La Follette will be elected presi
dent "of the United States in November.
At first glance such- a statemOnt might
seem outside of the realm -of possibil
ity, but the political situation is com
plex and the election machinery such
that It does not require much imagina
tion to foresee the possibility, if not
the probability, of suen a situation.
Almost anything may happen in No
vember.
Thera are 531 votes in the electoral
callefea. The elector's! college is com
josedof electors-from each state, equal
in number to the number of senators
and representatives to which tbs slate
:s entitled For example, New York
statd*has 2 senators and 43 representa
lives! Therefore, New York has 45
votes' in the electoral college. The
lotal^membership of the electoral col
lege'equals-the total membership of
Ihe Senate and House—531; In voting
It will be remembered that the people
vote for the electors of their states,
IbesO names appearing on the ballot,
aod hot those of Coolidge or Davis or
La Fbllette;
The constitution provides that a roa
iority of these 531 electoral votes, or
266. "is necessary to the choice of a
president. The person having the
greatest number of votes, of course,
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wins when there are only two candi
dates in the field, but with three the
complexities begid.
Here is the constitutional clause:
The person having the greatest num
ber of votes in the electoral college for
president shall be the president, if such
number be a majority or the whole]
number of electors appointed: and if no
person having fetich majority, than from
the persons 'having the highest nutn
bers. not exceeding three,' on the lifefof
these voted for as president, the Umi-ie
of Representatives shall choose imlne
atelv bv ballot', the president.
Now let us turn to the situation. If
the candidate receiving merely the
largest number of'electora! votesf could
be chosen,’iheD the entry of LaFbllette
into the Held would be unimportant,
according to unbiased and astute polit
ical judges. - But this is not the case,
and there are many political' Observers
who regard it as wholly unlikely that a
majority of the electoral vote will be
won by'any of the candidates.
. The second Monday fbUofeiog Janu
ary the electors in each state chosen at
the November' election meet in their
respective state capitals aud declare
fur their candidates. The votes will
then be sent by messenger to the presi
dent of the Senate in' Washington.
They will be counted on the second
Wednesday in February before the
joint session of Che House and Senate.
Then the result will be announced.
If do candidate has a majority—266
votes—then the House of Representa
tives must immediately convene for the
purpose of choosing a president. The
choice being limited to the three high
est candidattes Would mean that the
House would have Only the option of
choosing one—either Davis', Coolidge
or La Follette.
Here is where the election machinery
takes od a different color. There is no
voting bv individuals in the House
Moreover; each state has only one vote.
Rhode Island’s vote eoual3 that of New
York The vote of each,state is deter
mined by a majority of the Congres
sional representatives in that state.
This point grasped,, let it be remem
bered that the ••blocs” in several dele
gations hold the balance of power.
Tons the La Follette Wheeler candi
dacy becomes something to be reca
oned with.
Anyone familiar with the line up in
the House last year can see how likelv
it is that neither Davis dor Coolidge
would be able to obtain a majority vote
in the House in February. A deadlock
is quite on the cards—a repetition of
the democratic national convention,
perhaps, until March, 1925. -At that
tune the new Housecomes into being,
but the new House has nothing to do
with the choice of a president."
In the event of a deadlock until the
disintegration of the present House the
duty would pass to the Senate, and here
it must be remembered that the Senate
votes only tor the vice president, aud
not for the president. If the country
stands without a president, then tnat
office, beiug vacant, must be filled bv
the man chosen as vice president bv
the Senate.
At this point we read another -elim
ination. The Senate is limited to vote
for the two highest candidates, So the
likelihood is the choice would lie be
tween General Dawes and Governor
Bryan.
Now we com® to the Senate vote.
The Senate does not vote by states like
the House. The senators vote as indi
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viduals, and a majority vote decide*.
The Senate membership bein'* 96. 49
votes would elect a vice president, who
would immediately succeed to the pres
idency, just as Coolidge succeeded
Harding as soon as the vacancy oc
curred.
In the present Senate there are 43
democrats, 51 republicans and 2 farmer
laborites. These rigures would appear
to ensure the election of Dawes. prt>
vided there is no change in the char
actor of the Senate as a result of the
November elections, and providing al
wavs that La B’ollette would not switch
a number of republican senators from
the Coolidge Dawes ticket and procure
votes for Bryan. The margin Is nar
row, and La F( llette might easily be
the deciding factor.
One need only go baek to 191C so see
how delicate is the present situation.
In that year the electoral college stood
277 for Wilson and 254 for Hughes. A
third par tv candidate controlling, for
example, the 13 electoral votes of Cali
fornia, would have thrown the election
into the House. How maDy electoral
votes La Follette will control as a re
sult of the coming election is some
thing for political writers to figure on.
La Follette supporters are claiming
he will carry between eight, and sixteen
states. If he Carries only Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da
kola and Montana, such result would
likely prevent either Coolidge or Davis
from winning the necessary majority
of 266 electoral votes necessary to elect
the president. Even the electoral vote
of any one state might prevent a rna
jority. _ _
It does seem as if some of the funda
mentalists were overdoing it. Here is
a South African church condemning
prohibition because the Bible says
nothing about it.—Tacoma Ledger.
President Emeritus Elliot, of Har
yard, says complete prohibition en
forcement is in sight. So is Mars, but
we haven’t reached it yet.—New York
American.
"Chauffeur” being too professional,
the wordsmiths are looking for a term
to designate a man who drives his own
car. ft is safe to say that terms used
by pedestrians will not be accepted.—
Little flock (Ark ) Gazette.
"What yo’got, niggaiTI”
"I’se got fo’ fives/’
“Well, dey ain’t no good. I’se got
Bye fo’s.”
"Uh, ’tain’t no use fo’ me to play
poker, nohow. I gits a good ban’ an’
I gets it heat.”
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
Territory of Alaska )
Fourth Division
Public notice- is hereby yiven that
by virtue ot a soecial execution and
order of sale, dated October 6th, 1924.
issued out of trie District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, courth division,
ou a judgment rendered in said court
on the 20th day of August, 1924, in
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
lditarod, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in ail Courts.
Leon G. Loomis
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
— Tokotna. Alaska
favor of Patrick Savage, amt against.
Jerome Warren, Julius Shafferik and
Harry Steen, co-partners as Warren &
Company and Golden Horn Idming
Company, a corporation, and ordering
the sate of certain property, to-wit: All
of the right, title, interest and estate of
t he defendants Jerome Warren, Julius
Shafferik and Harry Steen, individu
ally and as co partners. as owned and
claimed by them and each of them on
the 19th day of April, 1923, in and to
the following described lode claims, to
wit: Gold Horn, Muriel, North Star.
Divide. Victor and Comstock, each and
all of said lode claims being contigu
ousiy situated and lying and being be
tween Slate creek and Black creek, on
the left limit of Otter creek, in Otter
precinct. Fourth division, Territory of
Alaska, together with ail mineral bear
ing earth, rock and gravel situated in
and upon said lode claims, and the ma
chinery and equipment owned hv the
said defendants on the said properly,
and which said interests of the said de
fendants were thereafter transferred to
the defendants’ Golden Horn Mining
Company, a corporation; and that I
will, accordingly, idler said real estate
and machinery and equipment for sale
at public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, on the 15th day of November,
1924, at two o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the front door of the
United States Marshal's Office, in Flat,
Alaska
Dated Flat, Alaska, October 6th. 1924.
Gilbert B. Stevens,
United States Marshal.
By W. W. Estes, Deputy.
Blackburn
& Eldridge
McGrath Alaska
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