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Show I'ltliIlllNTUI. 1.1.110114. In hla last message lo Congren I'rca blent llarrlion apoke very uVHedly on the new law adopted I y Michigan forthu selection of Presidential electors. elec-tors. "Tho n cent Mlrhlgau legislation provides for choalng what are popularly popular-ly known aa the euugresilonal electors for President by raagrisalonal districts i reatej t or that purpose. Tho liglsla-lion liglsla-lion was, of course, accompanied b) a new congriaslonal apiurtlonmmt and the two statute! bring the electoral voto ol tbo Htate uuder the lutluencn of Ihu gerrymander." Threeare the word! of the President, lie fcari the "gerryraauder" aa u robablo development from (he Michigan Michi-gan method, and recommeuda a constitutional con-stitutional anion Imeut requiring Ihu choice of electora ou a general ticket. He went aa far In hla meseagu aaln give a general historical synopsis of the method of electing president! In the past. Previous to 1832 thole was no uuirorui system. In some HUtcs the choice was male by the Legislatures, Legisla-tures, In others by district, but more generally by the votera of the whole Htate upon a general ticket. The last method finally prevailed lu every Htate In the Union except Hotith Carolina, Caro-lina, which did not adopt It until n'ter tho war. Thla method Prealdont Harrison Har-rison drslrn to bo retained by Conall'-tullonal Conall'-tullonal amendment, making It a atrlct-ly atrlct-ly national system, but limiting the territorial districts to the Hlates aa already constituted. h or several years) ait this question of rrialdentlal electora haa been n good deal talked about. Hebatlng dub1, reform societies, aud iollllclaus aru In general more or Itioj Inclined to the aystem of electing a President by direct vote of the people at largu aa the utaresl to thetplrltof pure Democracy. In fact It wai this public at ntlment which impelled Iheprt sent Dcraoctatlc-(Irauger Dcraoctatlc-(Irauger legislature of Michigan to adopt the Congressional district ajs-It ajs-It m. Hi far as the district goes, tho peoi lc, undt r that system have a direct voice In electing that President. Thu elector choaeu may tea IXmocral, n lteputllran, or a Farmers' Alllancn mau, Just nt thu uiojorlly or 1 lurullly ilt tenuities. Hut tho President aces In this system, sys-tem, a probable abusuof It, lu thu lvay of "gerrymandering." If such la likely lo rev nil In the election of a Piesldcnt, why not In iheeltctlon of members of Congress? (fndcr any sjattm, laiodlers and apoll set-ker will do ever) thing lo tielp tbemelvialilo jiowtr, and crha the Michigan mi limit Js uoresuaretlblr locrnobtd I railing (ictireeii Imaeei lliau lliopie-vailing lliopie-vailing Htate gem rat eleetlon iislim A Ihu may he ablo toeoutn I adl-trlct adl-trlct wheu he tauuoti utr I i - ate However tho surie-tluns 1 1 I'm i nt Harrison on this luuo n:u u ) of coutlUoratlou. |