Show DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL VOTE P WILL be possible for the presidential a candidate receiving the largest popular vote on November 8 to be defeated for office In the vote of the electoral college It is not likely likely but but it is possible This is because of what Senator Norris asserts Is an archaic system that should be abolished It is Just one more thing that the fiery Nebraskan has discovered he can be against Naturally therefore it excites his lively interest Nevertheless it has been brought into the sunlight many times and andone andone andone one of these days will receive attention Di Direct Di- Di election of United States senators seems seems' to be working out to the satisfaction of everyone and the question very naturally arises why not direct election of ot presidents The question is worthy of thought during this campaign because of unusual happen happen- ings It is particularly noticeable in the RepUblIcan Republican Republican Re Re- publican party where out of the 48 Republican Republican lican members of the senate 10 are openly 1 inactive active in the campaign for their party's standard bearer or are actually opposing him A A. correspondent points out that it is ob obvious obvious obvious ob- ob that any senator sitting in the upper chamber six years wields some influence upon the voters in his state may claim at least p part rt of their allegiance and perhaps could bring to bear some pressure to change the complexion of the electoral college The fact that the constituencies of the theten theten theten ten senators who may be regarded by their party parts as having gone haywire control 90 out of the votes that are cast to determine the presidency is significant at this time If the Wilson Hughes vote in 1916 Is recalled when Wilson received and Hughes votes Notes in the college the importance of a block of 90 votes becomes alarmingly apparent ent ent especially especially to Republicans The matter of switching to a direct vote is not an issue right now but it is something interesting to think about when a voter wants respite from listening to or reading about the animosities that are being dug up by the orators orators' of both the old parties |