| Show TWO WEEKS HENCE AND 4 YEARS AGO one week from next tuesday namely Nover abber 2 the people ot of tile the anted states will determine by their ballots who Is to stand at the helm ot of government as president ot of the republic tor for the tour years beginning on the ath of 0 march next also the political complexion ot of the senate and house ot of representatives tor for the two years beginning on that date also in most of the states the personnel ot of the governors and other state officers tor for four years and ot of the state legislatures tor for two this great event is without parallel in importance and impressiveness in the history ot of the world four purposes of 0 information and comparison it may be worth while to bear certain facts in mind in connection with a glance backward to the election of 0 tour four years ago the people in tho the several states do not vote direct tor for the president but for or presidential ident ial electors equal in number la in each state to the total ot of that states representation represent aion in he denae and house thus utah with two senators and two representatives elects tour four presidential electors and new york with two senators and forty three representatives elects forty five presidential electors these electors from all the states constitute the elector lal college whose total membership is corresponding to the sum of 0 the 96 senators and the representatives making up the congress of 0 the united states whoever is elected president must re belve a majority ot of these votes agg at least otherwise the election of oe president is thrown into the house of representatives four years ago mr wilson received elector lal votes and mr huhes hughes the state which gave the former the smallest democratic plurality was now new hampshire 56 votes in a total 0 of nearly while the state that gave the largest plurality was texas of the states carried for mr air hughes the state which gave him the smallest was minnesota in atonal of 0 more than votes while the state that gave him the largest plurality was Illin illinois utah gave the democratic candidate a plurality of in a total ot of nearly votes and wisconsin gave the republican candidate a plurality of 0 about the same size ot of the popular vote in the nation at large mr wilson received and mr air hughes this popular vote will be materially increased on oil november 2 because of the nineteenth amendment which confers the suffrage upon tile the women ot of the nation although in utah and many other states they were already empowered to exercise this right and did exercise this right and did exercise it four years ago and for many years previously sly NEWS |
