Show ABOLISH ELECTORAL COLLEGE in advocacy of 0 the proposal to abolish the electoral college and elect our presidents by direct vote ot of the people the sacramento bee remarks it itis is a good time to advocate abolition of the electoral college which always has been a source of danger in this country its original reason tor for existence that tl at of selecting electing tl the 1 8 president and vice vice president long iong since was converted into a purely automatic unction function but peril lies in its continuance tor for the reason that in many instances names of nominees for presidential electors on the ballot are scratched tor for purely personal reasons by foolish or ignorant voters in a close election scratching of the names of a few such candidates OT or even ot of one name might result in reversal of the actual results of thu election as determined by the intent ot of the voters in the respective states moreover the electoral college system provides for an election by states disproportionately to population a plan wrongful in principle which loag since should have been abandoned in favor ot of that c hoice choice by maJu majority rity or plurality vote irl in the nation at lar large ge logan journal |