Tuesday, October .14, 1524
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IREDELL COUNTVTITIfcEN
t DIES IN A SANATORIUM
Was Marshall for Western Dlslrlct Dur
in* Administration pt Grover Clove
land. w
Statesville, Oet. 11. —Thomas J. Alli
son, former sheriff and well known Ire
dell county citizen, died yesterday at
I,on*'s Sanatorium where he had been
a patient for some time, death resulting
from a stroke of paralysis which he suf
fered more than three years ago.
He served as sheriff of Iredell county
from 1884 to 1893, when he was appoint
ed United States marshal for the west
ern district of North Carolina by Presi
dent Grover Cleveland, holding this office
for four years vJ .witb office and headquar
ters in Statesville. He was for some
time a membef of the board of county
commissioners, and waslfor years a mag
istrate in hisi, township. The county
pbrobaly never had q more honest,
thorough and efficient servant, in what
ever capacity .be served.
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I IF THE ELECTION IS DEADLOCKED.!
■ New York World.
The prediction js frequently made that,
the choice of a President, will go to
■ I Congress. To explain what would hap
• pen in that case The World has prepar
-11 ed this summitry of the electoral laws.
I It may be accepted as an accurate sum-1
■ mnry of the legal aspects of the problem, I
since it has been submitted to Louis Mar- i
shall, the eminent New York lawyer, who j
’ is one of the first authorities on the Con
stitution, and to Alton B. Parker, former |
; President of the American and of the
- New York Bar Association, and pronounc- j
ed substantially correct.
' In the first pace, what does a deadlock I
mean?
The Constitution requires that the Pres
dent nSnst have a majority of the Elee
' toral College to be elected.
A deadlock is always possible with
three candidates in the field. Woodrow
Wilson was a minority President in
1912. He secured a total of 6,000,000,
votes, as against a combined 7.000.000 j
for Roosevelt and Taft.
Why wasn't the 1912 election dead
locked?
Taft, however, made so poor a show
ing on the basis of States carried (he
captured only Utah and Vermont) that i
in the Electoral College he had but eight \
votes. Roosevelt had eighty-eight votes, j
Wilson had 435. and in the Electoral Col- 1
lege was an easy winner.
It is on the basis of States as units, |
then, that the election is decided?
Yes. Coolidge and Davis might have |
a total of 240,000 votes in Nebraska, j
as against 130,()00 for LaFoliette: but I
if LflCollette had more votes than either,
Coolidge' nr Davis individually, then all
i of Nebraska’s eight electoral votes, and
not jus* a proportionate share of them, 1
I would go-to the third parfy in the Elec-j
toral College.
What'%ould deadlock the election now?i
There are 531 votes in the Electoral
College. Os these 531. 194 are votes in t
the Solid South and in the border States
•which a Democratic candidate is reas
onably sure of carrying. That leaves a
: remainder of 337.
A majority of the college is 266. Ac
cordingly. this is the situation:
If Davis carries the 194 votes of the
Solid South and the border states, then |
Davis and LaFoliette between them
seventy-two additional votes to block the
election of Coolidge. !
LaFoliette is usually credited, as a
minimum, with chances of carrying the j
five Northwestern States, of Wisconsin. j
Minnesota. Montana and the two Dako- j
tas. That is a block of thirty-nine votes, i
Thirty-three more for either Davis or La- !
Follette anywhere outside of the Solid |
South, would preveut the election of
CoolidgK I
Endless combinations can be suggest
ed which provide those thirty-three. New
York alone, for example, has forty-five!
votes to deliver.
On the other hand, Davis cannot win '
his own election in the Electoral College
unless to his 194 he adds seventy-two
more. And if is given thirty
nine, then, to win in the college, Davis j
must cut the Coolidge total to 226. |
• You can guess the answer any way you
like, bttt it is clear-ttmt with every Stnfe
LaFoliette carries, both of his opponents
have nn increasingly small margin to
play with. IjaFollette's strength is prob
ably not spread very evently throughout
the country, as Taft’s was in 1912, but
massed in separate States. That is why
there is talk about a deadlock.
If no candidate receives u majority in
the Electoral College, what happens next?
The first step is for the House of Rep
resentatives to attempt to choose a Pres
ident from the three high candidates. But
note these facts:
First, the House does not vote as it
ordinarily does, by individuals, but votes
by States.
Second, each State counts one vote and
only one—New \ T ork. for instance, with
its forty-three members, counts no more
than Wyoming with its one.
Third, it is not the new Hous? that
does the voting, but 'the old House—that
is, the existing House, even though the
election may have changed its membership
substantially.
Who wins when the House votes? .
Once more a majority, ami not a mere
plurality, is necessary for the election of
a President. How large a fraction of the
present House LaFoliette could control
in such q, contest is debatable. But for
the sake of illustration, grant him his
five States again. There are fortv-elght
States ip the Union; twenty-five are nec
eesar.v for* majority; each State cou its
one vote; set LaFollette’s five aside, and
all .either Davis or Coolidge has to do to
block the- other's election in the House is
The Release of Doctor Peacock. i
Charlotte Observer. 1
Doctor Peacock has five children and (
these were all arranged dramatically in
. the courtroom in anticipation of the ’
decision of the judge which was to give '
Peacock his freedom. When the word (
was pronouned, the oldest child, a girl j
of 17 years, “rushed to Judge Marsh
and with tears in her eyes thanked him
profusely.” The affair may not have '
been staged, but it looks much that 1 1
way. But what the people of North
Carolina are more intimately Concerned
in is the ground upon which the court
set Peacock at large. This is it: the .
judge held that the insane asylum in
North Carolina from which Peacock es-'
raped is “not a part of the State pris- (.
on.” That being the case, “Peacock
made escape neither from a prison nor |
from the superintendent Os a prison,”,
therefore, he is not guilty of “conspir
• ing to escape.” Thereupon the'charge
was dismissed and the ferocious mur
i derer of the Thomasville policeman was
i free tg return to his ranch in pursuit
i of happiness guarateed him by a Cali
fornia court. Meantime, Governor Mor
rison plainly indicates that tie State is
not disposed to drop the case. Another
, try is to be made and perhaps it may
be attended with better success.
* One consolation is to be drawn from
' the situation. The insanity plea is
destined for harder sledding in the courts
of North Carolina in the future. Pea
cock escaped the penalty for his crime
on the plea that he was crazy, although
up to the very moment of his crime he
was practicing his profession. In fact,
he shot the policeman from a window
of his office, then went down and poured
another load into the body. The peo
ple of Thomasville had all this time been
patronizing, unknown to themselves, a
crazy dentist. So, Peacoek, escaping
on plea of insanity, now secures safety
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to tally nineteen votes. For those nine
teen, with LaFollette's rive, would leave
the otheY pnrtty only twenty-four, arid
twenty-four is one vote shy of a majority.
Assume this happens. What follows
inext ?
j The House has until March 4to weak
I its deadlock if a deadlock should arise,
j The break could come either by LaFol-
I lette surrendering enough ot Ids Plate
j delegations to Coolidge or Davis to fnr
i nish a majority, or by enough Coolidge
j States going over .o Davis, or vice versa
on the theory that a victory for the oth
er side was better than confusion.
! Suppose, however, that party lints,
hold fast. What happens in that ease?
The question goes to the Senate
Docs the Senate choose a President?
No; what the Senate does is not to t
elect n President but to elect a Vice
President from among the two highest
candidates. The twelfth Amendment to
, the Constitution provides: -a quorum *
j * shall consist of two-thirds of the whole
number of Senators, nnd a majority of
the. whole number shall he necessary to a
choice.”
What happens if a Vice President is
elected?
| He proceeds to act as Presiuerif and the
, incident is closed.
| Rut i( is not difficult to believe that if
the deadlock was carried thus far it
; might go one stage farther.
| To he suit, the contest is narrowed
| down by this time; one mail is ruled
J out. and the, choice before the Senate is
i now between the two highest candidates
I for Vice President. But suppose thos
, two highest arc Dawes and Bryan. There
are three Republican votes ( LaFollette's,
Frazier’s and Isold's) which would- al
-1 most certainly go to Bryan: ther> are
I two Farmer-Labor votes (Shlpstend’s end
Mangus Johnston's) which would go in
i the same direction. That would tie the
voting, 48 to 48.
Or, to prevent a majority until party
lines broke, these three Republicans, two \
Farmer-Labor men and perhaps several
of their more insurbent colleabues. mignt
refrain from voting either way. The
Constitution requires a majority of the i
whole membership, and ' not merely a
quorum, for an election.
| For the sake of illustrating all the pos
sibilities which the situation holds, grant
that another deadlock blocked the Sen
| ate's action. What would follow after
that? '
j It would take a fortune-teeler to feel
! certain. For the Twelfth Amendment,
| which lays down all these complicated
j rulings, leaves off here and nothing takes
its place.
! It has been suggested that Mr. Hughes
as Secretary of State would fall heir to
I the Presidency, thanks to the Presiden
| tial Succession Act and the provisions of
Article 11. Section 1, of the Constitution,
i But. if that is true, the same statute also
i requires him to call a special session of
' Congress, and in this case it might be J
the duty of the incoming Congress—the i
statute doesn't specifically affirm or deny 1
it—to elect a New President and Vice ]
' President. i
| It has also been suggested that the Su- 1
preme Court might be asked to pass on (
both the interpretation of the Coimtitu- t
tion and the constitutionality of the stat- j
ute. But he question raised, the method i
of electing a President might be regard- 1
ed by the Supreme Court as a non-justi- |
ciable question over which it would de- i
clinc jurisdiction.
Other theories suggest all manner of \
emergency methods, from the appoint- 1
ment of an Electoral Commission, as in
the Hayes-Tilden controversy to the theo
ry that the present occupant of the White
House simply continues,to hold office un
til his successor is elected.
Why is the law so vague?
Because it was drawn vaguely and we
have never improved on it. The plain
fact is that the Constitution makes no
provision for the election of a President
in the case of a deadlocked Senate and a
deadlocked House. Quite aside from the
year 1924, and as a matter of good gov
ernment, the Twelefth Amendment
needs amending.
It bogs the issue.
It puts extraordinary power in the
hands of a Congress already voted out of
office.
It can work effectively only with two
parties, not always then, and rarely if
the two i>arties subdivide to three.
It invites intrigue inside of Congress,
and if it were invoked would stir up
public anger and distrust.
We have gone muddling from the prob-
Ifem, on each occasion when we faced it,
only because the will to put our house
in better shape has died down when the
emergency is passed.
under cloak of sanity. He could not be
convicted in North Carolina because he
was insane; he cannot be brought back
to the State because he is sane, and,
escaping from the criminal department
of the penitentiary, made no escape from
the penitentiary or from an officer there
of. The Peacock case is destined to be
brought up to confusion of the insanity
plea in future North Carolina court pro
ceedings.
Tract Bought For Fine Morrison Home.
Charlotte, Oct. 12. —One hundred and
eighteen acres of the Ernest Moore
property .just beyond Myers Park and
42 acres, lying between that tract and
the outer rim of the park were purchased
I Thursday by Mrs. Cameron Morrison,
| wife of Governor Morrison, for a total
| price of approximately $150,000. \
I A beautiful home for Governor and
|MrB. Morrison will be erected on the
| property during the coming summer, it
was announced at the Hotel Charlotte,
where they were stopping.
The property purchased by Mrs. Mor
rison has * frontage of about a mile
on Sharon road and extends toward
Myers Park. The tract is about five
miles from the square in Charlotte.
A home will be erected on this prop
erty in preference to another site re
cently acquired in Myers Park, it is
stated.
There was a deep-rooted belief among
the ancient peoples of the East that a
man’s glory was his beard. Compulsory
shaving and the close-cropping of hair
were 4gn ot degradation. This is borne
out by Assyrian sculptures, which al
ways showking with beards and long
hair, and slaves with close-cropped tlalr
and cleaned-shaven faces. (
One man out of every twenty-eight is
still needed to meet the varied trans
portation problems of Japan,
THt CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
W. U JENKINS IS FINED -
FOR GIVING BAD CHECK
President of Defunct Charlotte Bank
Takes Appeal—Dry Law Violators
Fined.
Charlotte. Oct. 11.—W. L. Jenkins,
president of the defunct Security Sav
ings Bank, was fined SIOO and the costs
in city court today on a charge of giv
ing a worthless check. He gave notice
of an appeal and was reeognized with
out bond for his appearance in Superior
Court.
The alleged worthless cheek for 5390
was said to have been given Mrs. Cora
Burgess, prosecuting wit new in tfie ease.
The defense claimed that the check was
given just prior to the time the Secur
ity Savings Bank was closed and that
Mr. Jenkins was a victim of circum
stances and did not give the check in an
effort to defraud , Mrs. Burgees. Jenkins
(is now tinder bond on an indictment
for embezzlement in connection with the
failure of the bank.
J. S. Rust, IV. H. and J. W. La
bouisse, S. B. Tanner. ,Tr., Gordon Watt
and L. 'M. Lesesne, leading young busi
ness men and prominent in the social
life of the city, were fined SSO and the
costs each by Federal Judge E. Yates
Webb today after they had pleaded
suilty on charges of violating the pro
hibition law. The young men were ar
rested at the Bachelors’ Club in Dil
worth in the spring, at which time it
was charged a quantity of liquor was
found in their possession.
< A woman is chairman of the London
Education Committee.
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CABARRUS COUNTY I
Concord, P 1 II) Concord, |
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OCTOBER 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 §
Five A Six Five g
1 1 Big County Big |
Days Fair Nights §
|j| RACE PROGRAM SPECIAL DAYS 8
8 Tuesday, Oct 21st. Tuesday, Oct. 21st. 8
5 n-i i "d Educational Day. ©
o' ™ Trot-Purse Iredell Countv Dav. g
j! 2:17 Trot—Purse SI,OOO Veterans’ Day. " 8
8 Wednesday, October 22 Wednesday, Oct. 22nd 8
8 2:12 Pace-Purse SI,OOO. Mecklenburg County Day. S
I 2:10 Tro. Purse SI,OOO. U "'»"h,2C 23rd |
5 Thursday, Oct. 23rd Cabarrus County Day. g
8 2:17 Pace-P(urse SI,OOO. Stanly County Day. Q
g 2:20 Trot-Purse SI,OOO. Merchants and Manufactur- g
1 tree For All P“rse SSOO. Coming. §
![! Friday, Get. 24th First Annual Dog Show. g
II 2 :09 Pace—Purse SI,OOO. Friday, Oct. 24th 8
>! 2:23 Trot—Purse SI,OOO . Rowan County Day. g
iji Civic Clubs Day. O
| Saturday, Oct. 25th Saturday, October 25th 8
;!| 2:ls. Pace — Purse SSOO. Sales Day. R
J i Consolation Purse SSOO. Fraternal Orders Day. g
iji FREE ACTS EACH AFTERNOON AND NIGHT 8
j!| The Dellameab Troupe Troop F. 10!) Cavalry ©
'j l The Earl Sisters ' Eldridge Elephant g
Iji , C. W. Sells & Co. Costello’s Dogs g
]i| Nightellion Florence & Co. 8
]![ The Ferriswheel Girls Wiscassett Band g
iji Joe Kiljoy & Co. Sterlingworth Fireworks g
|l; Races West & Co. Night 8
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I NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR |
Raleigh, N. C., October 13-17 |
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM |[
ANNOUNCES ! |!
Reduced Round Trip Fares.
Tickets on sale October 12th to 10th. Also on 17th from stntions and
for trains of that date scheduled to arrive Raleigh, N. C., on or before iji
, Final return Limit October 19th, prior to midnight of which date re- ,1,
11 turn trip must be completed.
V Annual Football Game October 16th, University of N. C., vs. N. C. v
ij i State College. i i
1 i See big Agricultural Displays and fine pure-bred stock exhibits. l l l
| | An Educational Opportunity—A Pageant of Progress. / I [
:i i Races Every Day. Fireworks every night’. iji
1 Tickets good on all regular trains in each direction.
! , For further information apply to Southern Railway Ticket Agents.
; ' R. H. GRAHAM, !]
' ' Division Passenger Agent, 1 1
Charlotte, N. C. d|
(SENATORS GET SERIES
CHECKS AND THEN DISBAND
: Each Washington Regular Gets $5,950.64
For Defeating New York Team.
Washington. Oct. 11.—The world’s
, chnmpionN of 1D24, ns a baseball team,
disbanded today, leaving their S-edord
engraven in the permanent history of the
sport and in the memories of its fol
lowers. ,
Prior to leave takings “Bucky" Harris'
appeared with a fist full of checks mark
ing the winners' split of the yvdr’.d series
1 "take." There were twenty-four checks,
each for 50,00f).64, drawn to the twenty
two active members of the Senators, with
t two additional made out to Nick Altrock
) and Mike Martin, the club trainers. j
Although most of the team insisted
they were "fed up" on baseball for months
i to come, several already have started on
; exhibition tours of varying length. Harr'
ris left tonight for New Haven, where i
1 he and "Goose" Goslin are to partiei- j
pate in a game. Harris will return to |
Washington for the winter while Goslin 1
will proceed to Salem, N. J., his home:
town.
Walter Johnson, Joe Judge. George
Mogridge, A1 Schncht and Nick Altrock j
left Friday night to join a team of pro- j
fessionals for an authorized barn-storm-j
ing trip, while Same Price also hiked ;
off right after the title for Canada, where
he will join a European tour with the
members of the Giants and White Sox.
Muddy Ruel will also take this trip.
Standard bell metal contains 78 per
coni copper and 22 per cent tin.
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Twenty-three II C S
Years Ago * , *
. 32-mch
this Company adopted a *rt • i
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only——and never holding des ; and color .
a sale. this policy re- . , ~ ~
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A price once made un- ** ve an< * P°P u^ar - ■
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Selling for cash, money Ginghams. fi VML
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