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was Vice President, and under the law
governing the counting and recording
soiM'coy should be observed. Tin bat
tle lasted for several days, but, like the
modern executive sessions of the Son
ate. there was a leak soiwwhore. and
day, which aroused anew the anger of ; each day the enterprising Mr. Smith
the Speaker. j was able to give an exact account of
That session of 1S01 was a famous j what took place, and the result of each
one, and a very exciting one. For j ballot.
the first time this new-trade Uulon of. Among the Incidents of those ex
ours was In the throes of disruption, citing days was one where Mr. Jef
In those "good old" days the method ferson steadily closed his eyes to a
of selectine a President and Vice Pros- ! very grave Infraction of the law. He
ldent was a very crude political affair.
Electors were chosen by the legislatu
res, and the electors voted for two men. J the Electoral votes It was his duty to
the one having the highest number of j open the envelopes containing the cer
votes to be President, and the one hav- j tlflcates, and after they had been ex
lng the next highest number to be amlned by the tellers to announce the
Vive President. vote. When the envelope for Oeorgla
In 1S00 the Federal party was going was opened It was discovered that It
was' a candidate to succeed himself, did not contain such a certificate as
with Pickering for a running n;.- 1 was required by the law; In fact that
Hamilton, the founder of the Federal no certificate of any kind was enclos
party. who secretly endeavored to ed. The certificate should have record
have Pickering receive more votes pj the actual number of vote') cast for
than Adams, and thus give Pickering Mr. Jefferson and the number for Mr.
the first place while relegating Adams Burr, and should have been signed by
to the position he held under the two each of the four electors casting the
administrations of Washington. By votes. Instead of such a certificate
almost universal acclaim Jefferson was there was nothing but a scrap of pa
the choice of the opponents of Fede- j per stating that "Georgia casts the
rallsm. With him was associated Aa- , votes for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
ron Burr, perhaps the most astute po- i Burr, and It was not signed by any
ltlclan of his day. When the States body. The tellers talked the matter
bad cast their votes It was found that ; over and passed the paper to the Vice
Jefferson and Burr had each received j President, quietly calling his attention
the same number, and that both had j to Its Incomplete character. Without
received more than Adams and Pick- , looking at it, Mr. Jefferson firmly an
erngr. Under the constitution In such j nounced, "Georgia casts four votes for
cases the House was to decide who ! Thomas Jefferson and four votes for
was to be President, and, as the votes j Aaron Burr." The enterprising Mr.
were reported, the choice of the House j Smith caught even this little departure
was confined to Jefferson and Burr, ' from strict politics,
and when It came to counting and re- j It was a crisis in the political fate
cording the votes of the Electors a j of Mr. Jefferson and he closed his eyes
crisis In his political fate confronted ' to the infraction of the law. Had the
Jefferson. , ; vote of Georgia been thrown out for
The constitution required that in i the informality, both he and Burr
case of a tie the choice should be made would still have had more votes than
from the two being tied, unless no one Mr. Adams, but it would have reduced
had received a majority of all the vo- them to sixty nine votes, Just a maj
tes cast. In such a case the choice ority of the Electoral College. If nn
should be made from the Ave receiv- informality should be found in another
lng the highest number of votes cast, state it would reduce th- m to If a than
The law was specific as to how the a majority and that would prmit the
votes should be cast and certified. It House to rhooso from all th'' c;mdl
provided that the Electors should meet dates, voted for, and Mr. .V'.irrw would
on a fixed day, cast their votes, and be chos-n. Mr. Jefferson would t ike
give a certificate showing the number
of votes cast for each person, th cer
tificate to be signed by all the Electors.
Jefferson and Burr had f-ach re
ceived seventy three votes, to sixty
five for Adams and sixty four for
Pickering. In the House each State
was entitled to one vote, and the Fe
deralists controlled a majority of the
States but could not vote for Adams,
as both Jefferson and Burr, on the
face of the returns hafl a majority of
all the Electors. The Federalists had,
therfore to make a choice between
two enemies, and It was readily seen
the cont'-st would be a very S'xcitir.g
one, and might possibly result in a
dissolution of the Union, so It was de
cided that the sessions should be held
behind closed doors, and that absolute
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Natives Praying for an American Pro
tectorate They Need It.
HAVANA, Jan. 1. It is r'-ported
that a petition for an American pro
tectorate is ready to b" s:tit to Wash
ington from Remedies, the wealthiest
district in Cuba, sigr.i-d by i'''0 nativ
Cubans, each of whom Is a man of
wealth. Ai. other petition from Cien
fuegos is soon to follow, signed by
several hundred property owners. In
other parts of th Island, it Is state 1,
similar petitions are in course of prep
aration. A weekly newspaper advo
cating a protectorate, as a means of
settling the Cuban situation, will prob
ably be issued as money for the pro
ject, it is stated, is rapidly being sub
scribed. A banker of Havana has de
clared that he will not advance a dol
lar for sugar raising after June 1,
1907, unless the United States shows
that It intends to guarantee peace In
Cuba.
Congressmen, Without Sand Enough
to Fight for Salary Increase, Use
the Shoulders of Their Clerk
for Grabbing Perquisites.
WASHINGTON. Jan. t. A K""d
many Important questions await the
reconvening of Congress, but none of
them Is of such ubsoiblng Interest to
the national lawmakers as the pro
posed Increase of senators and repre
sentatives. It Is believed, hopefully
believed. In the House that the Sen
ate will restore the extra $'.'.riO0 a year
which the House cut out of the legis
lative, executive and Judicial appro
prlatlon bill.
The matter is of more moment, of
course, to House members than t
senators, because as a rule senators
are men of independent mean, while
a great majority of representatives
have little aside from their salaries.
After years of cloak-room aultatlon,
It was believed the House this year
had gotten its courage up to the point
of voting Its members the desired In
crease, but at the last moment It was
found Impossible to rally a majority
to the standard. An attempt was
made to get a Democratic caucus ac
tion favorable to the Increase, and
when the plan fell through a large
number of Republicans, who wer.- sup
posed to b? solidly for the project,
suddenly discovered that $5.d0ft a year
was adequate compensation.
It Is not believed, however, that any
of these "deserters," as they are called
by the bolder colleagues, would raise
any serious objection should the Sen
ate restore the increase. Certainly. It
Is not believed many of them would
go to the point of refusing to accept
the extra 12,500.
It Is understood senators generally
favor a J7.500 salary for memlers of
Congress, but are strongly opposed to
an indirect Increase which the Hous
voted itself. In the ball as It passed
the House, the allowance for clerk
hire for representatives was Incrensi-d
from $1,200 to $1,500 a year, and In
stead of providing that the money
should be paid actually to clerks It
was given outright as an allowance
to members. It is to this propusltlon
that senators obb'ct. Th-y declnr.-
that it is an attempt on the part i.f
SllllH iil attended the tn'Vll iC of the
Central Validation of Amateur Ath
letic t'nl.m h-ld In Chlciiito and was
ImpresMeil at the activity displayed by
the oltb'ets an. I nienibct'.M, I'lvshlcnt
Walter II. I.lr.ttmci, of C -nil il As
sociation lepoite.l til H MMuailUe. I
to have a municipal athletic an-ocla-tlon
and he hoped thai the itmvr will
accept (he presidency. Within a few
week an effort will be made lo ots;. ni
ls,,, a public school atbb'llc b acne. So
far as tile hkh school of Cblcai;o arc
concot"!ed. they bie been ornanlvied
for some I hue and a bUh school or
Manlat'd Is I'ccog: l.cd tit helm: one of
of tile best In 111- Weil.
IMPORTS INCREASE.
Gees Fir Has Not Changed Import
of San Fran-isco.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Ian. I inIi
ler Osborne, of the Custom House pre
sented a report to Collector HlrattoM
yesterday, showing for the year I'.H'tl.
tiu-l'iiksrd receipt from duties over
those collected in 1905. For the cal
endar year Itttlii, the receipt were $!,
4tS2,tJM, as against $T,:'4..12i collected
In 1905, For the month of December.
1906, the collections wire $1,043,413
for tho same month in 1905. the col
lections wciv $5,75S,35N. and for the
preceding six months the collections
were $3,719,914, thus proving that the
Stent lire bus not decreased the im
ports ut this pott, and that Han Fran
cisco lb mulully Is stronger than ever
In Its history.
SOMEBODY'S SONS.
HACltFM KNTi '. Cat., .land At
Trurkee tills afternoon the coroners
jury brought In a verdict In the matter
uf the death of the the ti.nnps ground
to pieces In a train wreck SKutday
exonerating to tin- railroad company
from blanr. The names ..f the men
killed were not learned.
INITIAL BLAZE.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 1. - The flrt tire
of the New Year took place curly to
day when the entire series of buildings
operated by the Iilamond Distilleries
Company from 417 to 4;5 Fust Pearl
street, was gutted. The fire Is sup
posed to have started from the com
munleatlon of fumes of nplrlts or high
wines with fire In the engine room on
the ground floor. The Iosh I- etlma-
te, $100,000.
KEEPING DOWN EXPENSES.
the House to inere-is.. their own sal
aries by Indirection, while they lack d
the courage directly to vote Mm- In
crease. There is no special objection
to givl-.g the . l-rks an -xtra JVi'i a
y ar, but. senators an- !'( "rmi n 1 :t
shall not go Into the pock'-t of thrifty
representatives.
PARIS. Jan. l. - The appr.ia. hlr.g
trial of Die Viscount Chenay and his
wife who are accused of murdering
their Infant 1 exciting 'he I.emata
district. An anonymous letter ums
the in alis of exposing the crime. The
Viscountess has .-i-sumed responsibil
ity for the criuie. She t.i'.'l that ln-r
husband killed tin- hi! I ! aiise of the
expense it Would :( ill.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infant 3 ar.'l Children.
The Kind Y?a Always Bought
MERRY OLD MARK.
S. A. G1MRE
543 Bond Street, Opposite. Fiacher Broa.
CARRIE NATION
certainly smashed a hole In t'ue bar
rooms of Kansas, but Ballard's Hore
hound Syrup has smashed all records
as a cure for coughs, Bronchitis, In
fluenza and all Pulmonary diseases, T.
C. II, Horton, Kansas, writes: "J
have never found a medicine that
would cure a cough ro quickly as Bal
lard's Ilorehound Syrup. I have used
It for years." Hart's drug store.
WORTHY OF ANY HONOR.
NEW YORK, Jan. I. John W. Ooff.
who has made an enviable record on
the bench as New York's recorder re
signed last night. He was elected to
tho Supreme Court in November and
becomes a Justice of that court today.
Twain, the .Humorist. Engineers, the
Burial of 1906.
NF.W YORK. Jan. !. Mark Twain
pave 1S01 what ho termed a merry
fu.eral at his Fifth A v. nne home.
The gathering that attend -d the ob
sequies was made up of a group of
relatives and about a score of literary
contemporaries. Tie-re was as stage
erected In the dra wlngroom, upon
which Mark Twain appeared. Attired
in grotesque costume, securely tb-d to
a person In Satanic garb, Mark Twain
explained that he and his friends were
Siamese twins and that they repre
sented his double personality. He
said that when he was Mark Twain
his original self, he was proper com
pany for anybody but when the other
part of him got upper hand, there
was no accounting for what might hap
pen. The humorist told of a long list
of resolutions he had decided upon,
but added that he was afraid the little
bad man would upset his calculations.
While Mr. Clemens was talking, a wa
gon was drawn up on tin- stage, in
It sat an old gentleman whom Mirk
immediately recognized as the year
11)00. "Ther. he. comes butting In."
said Twain. "He does r,ot know wle-n
to quit."
Old 1000 was seized and hurriedly
escorted from the stage.
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WhooDtno f , . 1
1 Cough, tic. JT' . J
An esarli ivniM contalBlnc cplte eonrtJ.
tit tbe ToweU. Bee' Liti Honer n
Tax more the bowels and contains no odu tM.
BOOMING ATHLETICS.
Chicago .and Milwaukee .Organizing
for School Games
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. -President J.
E. Sullivan, of th" Amateur Athletic
Union of the Frilled States returned
yesterday from Chicago. President
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