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Show I'lU.-iIDI TIM. iiicrous. A uuoi) way to aoptlre an Idea of the tteajy growth of the Unite I Htatet la to take a retro. iictlre glauoe at l'realJcutlalelectbnt. Tho Electoral College thlt year coutltti of III votes. Tho Couatltutlon provlJea that thti numuirof l'rei'donthl elector! from etch Bull- thall lie C(UtI to -the number num-ber of Keineuntallve! aul Betintora from the Htate In Uongreia, Unler thu mint apportionment tho aggre-gat aggre-gat nuoiUr ufHiniton It S4, and Uepriatiitallvrt AM, whloh will com poao the next Cjiigruti, in aklng a total of It I. In the pilltlcal convention! of bolli the Democrat aud Itrpuhllcau pllttlet tho ll.uil ha.lt of reprtaeuta tlon It two delegate! for cell elector. Though IVrrltorlea uro not rc rrteuted In the 1 Kctoral Collige, jet they nre In thoiuiiventlout. At thu II rat election In USD thH total electoral otowaa71. In 11 DJ It wet ITS, lu 170), 111, and thu tame lu ISO I. It kept ou atendlly Inoroatlng until USt, when It numbered 4ll votet, and Ihoitme In 1391, Thll yeir It haa Increaaed I) 41. Hlx new Htateahavo been uiluilttod tluce 1SS4, which, In tlJItlon to tho Increa.o In cougris. tlotial dlatrlitt, through tho new op lairtlonment, account! for the nug mentation. ltentmln Ilnrrletm In 1SS8 carriid tueuly ritatea, with an oleitoral voto of .'n. 'Hhj Hero at I followa. California, Colors lo, Illluolt, 1 InJhui, Iowa, Kanaat, Maine, Miu chui.lt, Muhlgao, Mlum tt.N-brat k., Nevala, .New Hampahlle, New York, Ohio, Oregon, l'enniylranla. I Itlioilcltltnd, Vermont and Wlacomln. The rote firthi-ae ilalm thli year will ag.rega'eabjUtiD (Irovir I'levelaud raided 14 alnlei with an ehctnral vote of lot Fifteen of tlifiH. ai known nt thu mild iouiIi, while thren olhir, Cinnccllcul, Now Jer.cy and Wea Virginia, am more or Let doubtful. The po uhr voto for Cleveland aggregated aggreg-ated C.o-Jl.S.M, for Ilarlaon r,4ll,0J1, Hi u a thowlug a intj ulty of nearly 100 i) for the beaten candidate. This II uatralei tho auatnoly of the electoral college. . ThecouttltutlontrovllH that each elite aha.ll eolet Its own elector! Ill whateter way It chooirt. ThelSlh amendment totheconatltutlon provldei for tho metho I of casting thla electoral vote, l.hcton have lein cho-en In the put In varloui wayi, butlall.rly theeystemof electing by tho vole of ttia peo lu nt largo from each state hat prevallel. Hence tho po ular majority In a Hta'e decide! the Itiue no niattrr how the Cougreaalona. dlatrhli may go. It la .lblo for rt rilate to elect ft Democratlo ('ongreet. mm nextNovimlier out of a total ol fourteen, anl et that citato may hare fourteen Itapubllcau tlcctort In tho next college, , All litun his Just lean deel loJ Ixfore the Huireme Court of Michigan Michi-gan on Din viry point. Tho legislature legisla-ture of that Htato pa..el a law jrovldlng for tho eUctlun of pro tldenttal clectort by Congressional Ulalrlclt for the Henttorlal .lectors. Tuecon-tllutlonallty of thla law had been queatlouenl by Ilia chiefs of tho Itepubilcin ptrly, auJ tin) ask ed for a decision In the matter. That court atllrmed the contlltutloiiatlty of the law, according to a dltpttch lu last evening'! Niua, |