Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-21 | Page 5 | Lemke Predicts He Will Win Presidency on Congress Vote

Lemke LeInke em a Predicts re c s He e Will Win Yn Presidency ress enc on o n Congress on ress Vote o e WASHINGTON July 21 21 UP William UP-William William Lemke thi third d party presidential candidate today forecast he would get to o votes in November in-November November and the election would be thrown into the house of f representatives Lemke was here to map out a campaign invasion of ot every state to be highlighted by mass meetings I in pivotal states at aE which Father Charles E. E Coughlin and Dr Francis Francis FrancisE Fran Fran- cisE cis E. E Townsend will speak Tho dour faced dour faced North Dakotan said ho he expects to get the support of tho the bulk of the rho Townsend old age s. s He addressed the Townsend convention Uon in Cleveland nd Sunday I Z mean it when I I IO Isay say Ill I'll get to 1 votes said Lemke and that will mean Ill I'll carry enough states to throw the election into the house Ill I'll have i more friends in the house than the rho theother theother other two candidates together Under the constitution it if a presidential presidential presidential candidate falls fails to get a clear majority of the electoral votes the next house must choose the new president The balloting is done by states each state congressional congressional congressional delegation having but one one vote