Show Q r MR n id i L t S ti 1 j L it I 1 r i I 1 i if 74 it r L ailt rot i i I 1 t L I 1 coolidge or chaos Is sole choice of citizens aj aa deadlock menace threatens LITTLE douat T WHO SENATE WOULD NAME analysis of situation shows danger dangar of nebraskan goins going to white house cooledge or chaos that is about ahat the coming olec clec alon resolves itself if into A vote f fo davis Is n vote for br bonn an it Is pen get bell believed eved that davis cinnlt pos sibly muster master the lie necessary majoria of the electoral votes litotes to lie ile buic nui ici president A vote tor for tle I 1 a ote for bryan it Is not lint clail liol 1 it the most enthusiastic of if 1 1 follette that tie he rould could by tiny n ciui chance be elected ait chit lie iro could collid il dl hov holvor ho evor oever Is throw tile the ellilian elL iliin in binn tile the congress the ellau chances ves fabii f iii I ing tile the naming miming of irvan is N ice ident tile the house being unable to lo gik it a majority to illy any une one ut of the candi dates for president as it Is ul at aeh s ent cat organized tile senate under tit tin constitution would elect a vice pres ident and the vice president electro by the senate would become on march 4 that Is why a vote tin fill davis or lafollette is a vote to oi bryan and a vote for coolidge Is vote for coolidge the official counting of the elec electoral torto lotes is not done until february elir uary twelfth amendment amend men to the Con Cons titu tion provides as follows for or thi the cor con duct of tile the con congre grets in case the elec elac toral college malics no choice chaite constitutional provision and if no person have such nm ma bority then front n till lie persons pel sous the highest rs not exceed in on the list of those voted fu fit as president the house of lives shall choose immediately by bu bal lot the president hut but in ebo osin tile president the mes shall be jakell by states the cepres illation front each state having one vote a qu oruill rot for tills purpose shall consist of a 8 mem ber or rol members embers from froin two thirds of the states slates and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice and if tile hoube of representatives representative ik shall not choose a whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them before tile the fourth day of march next following thiro thi ro the vice president shall let act us as Prem lent as in a the lie case of the death or ann m toast fonoti tul tut lonal ional disability of the hie the person having the gi i oites entes number of votes as vice shall be the vice president if auh li it 11 number be it n majority tit nt tho the whole number of elec electors electo torb ib and IT ir no person have it 11 front the two highest number on tho the lil l il the senate shall choe the vies vice foris ident a I 1 quorum for tile the purpose shall consists of two thirds of if the ilia ulinor hill number of sena anti and it 11 ula jorli of if the whole shall be keces sary to a choice meets in february complying with this ni it 1 IM I tin nn of I 1 tin I 1 constitution tin ahme bif i february for tile alie eli et to to report and it Is di i arni ill 11 there is no majority bov io in ident then tile houk hois f ni ila 1 ii tr ae 11 11 begin to ballot but thi alis orli thil r port of the lie electors do blocs not bevill until a month before it Is time tillie fo the next to lo tae tn n of n ae arom eleb election tion aln noi 1 I n lit some solution lutkin en of the lie tangle 1 ls firant 1 and the lie of the anol m not come before I 1 th tl 01 try mill be facing hie lie fi brilty of nf I 1 dp deadlock adlock or till the putting of i mm it ini ill alie highest omee of tile the land hind ilo ii mit not voted for as pre ith nt lit kio it lr wi v not even selected fly by ills his party fur for president it if lafollette collell I 1 f urr 0 i no i i i votes to lo keep Cool ll dv r eru er u 11 lr 1 i g i majority of the elet lorri mil IIII 1111 I 1 i alii ajo i ing the elec election or of thol ili as ii ni it i i the house the houe hou e aud vii rii tr to oil oi act v of aili oil hi r I 1 r their votes thai is 1 tin ilik mtr c v ill aln not awalt await the greult of f alit vil ruin it 0 the house to ill a 1 1 ir I mil ill ill n I 1 hiir L I 1 r proceeding to the 1 of till ilif vi president vote Is by states As each state it i mitt r how lure larg its population rill annj its IN r iri alar nl ar i in tile the house lia hal ali nl one ote it li obvious that tarsi toiv lii libin in I 1 r majority of ailt 61 one po ito lItI cIll fulth faith ati alir tit ars of r thai fur for their party neit A here lire are IS 48 states and si 1 of all of tin P N ne naw cesary sary to the selet selection tion of a pre eilent a 1 I successful al ns spirant must haie tile votes of a least t 25 states it should be emphasized that it II is the present hm 0 t of r ir and the pir nate otil kiil nit miti for f jil and mr liri lri nn in in ilic it event ot i f I 1 iriti it i itin an ahr k n enli III tile the i biti n i 1 1 1 n 1 iii I liel latt h I 1 1 L J 1 11 11 i tu tilt ir it I 1 lives i so AL i likelihood it can laade a choll rh int i make vy up ft ui joray of the lp of 20 stat states while 23 state 1 I tB iHms have lie republican publican majora in 5 other states slates the depre i 1 ithon I 1 Is even evenly divided and those bould have no vote to cast siusi antes are maryland tolon montana taini ill kworka Iw orka new hampshire and new jersey sons some riot regular nc rc gular tile 23 states showing a nominal republican majority might not all ote for or coolidge there are a few where the republicanism of 0 sorie some represents presenta re tives lives is open to question and IT if lq li follette should carry those states it Is not that their votes in the house would go to lafollette Follette Lu despite the republican label borne by such congressmen should any of these states vote for lafollette or if 1 the states should vote as they line up on n paper 20 democratic 23 republican I 1 call and 5 unable to vote no choice could he made as 25 states are needed to elect the Prep president ident attention would then center on oil th the e onate sen atoo gilcre the state rule lines dies not apply each cadi senator of the 00 06 has n separate sep vote for a quorum two thirds of the 06 must be present or 34 and for a choice of vice pr president eIdent 11 burr bare majority miju rity or 19 49 Is necessary lit li libeer ietter keer in the senate only two c for vice president having tit the highest shoil sh otting ng in the electoral college nin be voted for and nd tills this would narrow the choice down bogen to general dawes urd ur d gov governor arnor bryan present si situation important As 9 tile lie arese prese present tit senate would select tile the situation there now Is important the there re tire arc nominally 51 republican sent semi ito tors rs but till this num number ber includes lafollette of wisconsin Wis contin and brookhart of iowa auk and others who of late have seldom voted with the republicans lionly three senators senator tire are listed as democrats and two bladl and frazier are listed as farmer labovites laborites if bryan can hold the 13 43 democratic seila senators tors in line and get the votes of tile the two parmer fanner labor ivna asma tors tills would give him a nucleus of 45 votes by securing four of the so called republicans publIc ans such lucli as brookhart Brook bart and lafollette tills this majority would put into the white house a man tor for the american people had not voted tor for president and who would be a minority choice if bryan could secure only the 43 democratic senators the two farmer labor senators and three such men as lafollette LaFo Ilette the election would be deadlocked and tile the country thrown into a state of chaos never before faced throwing the election into tile the congress would of itself have a terrific effect upon business and industry the country over causing a wave of depression which would affect everyone as a this would cese months of uncertainty before a choke choice by the congress was attempted if on top of this the senate should get into a deadlock as the house is certain to the depression might easily became a panic with terrific and far reaching results other possibilities there is the outside eh chance illace in the event of coolidge falling to receive a majority of the electoral votes that when hen the hie matter came to the senate nh democrats its as glass class of virginia arike rill e of maryland and underwood of oj mallabia Ali Mal bama lania would vote for general cawes the republican nominee rather than pul lint such a main as bryan in the house A large body of thought in the states holds to tile the opinion that ill whole hole purpose of Ln La Folletto Pollette Is to tile the election into the congress where here he and ills his folloN followers evs itro ally al ly would wield the balance of 1 I 1 ower ov or mid and tills small group would ninn nante I 1 tie lie next president of tile the united states latu naturally rally this would put that ll under tinder heavy obligation to tile Lii Follette group anti lie he as its to 1 abc boulli exercise tremendous fotr pot io tr kir even though his followers rep rent r the smallest fraction of the iiii rup of the lie united states senate the summing mining sol up tip of the hie situation it thir voting for In lal ollette Is voting tor for bryan voting for davis by the same analysis Is voting for bryan voting for coolidge Cn Is voting tor for coolidge on lidge |