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COL GEORGE HARVEY
ANALYZES CONTEST
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.—Colonel
George Harvey, editor of The North
American Review, has had notable
success as a cold-blooded political
prophet
He alone predicted the nomination
of Taft and Wilson two years ago.
and told correctly the reasons why
each would in the end be nominated
In the September number of his maga
zine Colonel Harvey analyzes the pres
ent political outlook, and The Geor
gian is enabled by his courtesy to
print this synopsis of his view in ad
vance.
The true appellation of the three
leading candidates, he declares, are.
Taft. Conservative. Wilson, Liberal,
Roosevelt. Radical He continues:
The contest has already nar
rowed. as in 1824. to the Democrat
against the held. Now, as then, he
is practically assured a plurality of
votes in the electoral college, and
now, as then, his defeat can be ac
complished only by withholding
from him an actual majority over
all. thus again imposing the elec
tion of a president upon the house
of representatives
If the states should vote in the elec
toral college as they are now repre
sented politically in the house of rep
resentatives elected In 1910 the result
•would be: Wilson. 298; Taft, 167;
Roosevelt. 66. The editor continues
Taft’s Probable Vote.
Without assuming that the voting
tn November will follow closely the
lines indicated, we nevertheless find
In these actual results of 1910 the
best basis obtainable for intelli
gent speculation. Certain deduc
tions tor example, seem fully war
ranted—tc wit.
1. Roosevelt can not be elected.
He may expect with reason to
ojatgln the 66 votes allotted to him
In the above table. Give to him
from the Taft column: Illinois, 29;
Pennsylvania, 38; Wisconsin. 13;
Michigan, 15; Massachusetts, 18,
and Delaware, 3—a total, with the
original 66 of 182. Add from the
Wilson column: Arizona, 3; Colo
rado, 6, New York. 45; North Caro
lina. 12; Oklahoma, 10 —total. 76.
grand total. 268. or 8 less than the
requisite number. The wildest im
agining can not accord Roosevelt a
majority.
2. Taft can not win
Allot to him 167. rs recorded
above. Including the doubtful 64
from Illinois. Minnesota and Wls
consln; from the Roosevelt column
Utah. 4; from Wilson: Maryland, 8;
New York. 45; Ohio. 24; West Vir
ginia, B—total. 256. or 10 less than
a majority. This must be regarded
as the topmost of Mr. Taft’s possi
bilities
In case Wilson should not obtain a
majority pver both Taft and Roosevelt
the house of representatives would be
called upon to elect a president on the
second Wednesday of February. Each
state would have one vote, and the
result would be; For Wilson, 22. oppo
sition. 22. divided. 4 Maine, Nebraska.
New Mexico and Rhode island. Neces
sary to a choice, 25. Only Taft, Roose
velt and Wi|son could be voted for.
Obviously neither Roosevelt nor Taft
would have a chance. Wilson would
have to w in over three non - Democratic
states—a virtual impossibility. The
house of representatives, therefore,
would be unable to elect a president
The editor continues:
Meanwhile the senate, acting un
der the same provision of the con
stitution, would be engaged in
choosing a vice president, since
Marshall necessarily would have
fajled to obtain a majority in the
electoral college, in common with
Wilson. Choice would be restricted
to the two persons who had re
ceived the largest number of elec
toral votes —Marshall surely and
tiherman probably and the sen
ators would vote individually In
stead of by states, as in the house
of representatives. Forty-nine votes
would be required to elect The
senate is now classified political!}
as follows Republicans. 50; Demo
crats, 44: vacancies. 2 The varan
cles will be filled presumably by
the legislatures of Colorado and
Illinois In January. Apparently,
therefore, the Republican’ would
have surely one and possibly three
more than the 49 required for the
election of a vice president, who
would become president on the 4tli
of March. This seems to mean that,
in the event of Wilson falling to
obtain 266 electoral votes, Sher
man would succeed Taft.
Senate Might Then Act.
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The Republican majority in the
senate is not only scant, but also
nominal rather than actual. Prom
ising that both Illinois and Colo
tado return Republicans, the total
Republican vote would be 52.
If for any reason four of these
senators should abstain from vot
ing the senate would be unable to
elect a vice president. Now, it is
quite conceivable that Roosevelt
might consider it advisable to pre
vent the election of Sherman.
If so, it would not be surprising
if four out of the so-called insur
gent senators Dixon, Clapp,
Bourne, Works, Borah Poindexter
and the two new senators from
Colorado and Illinois: —should re
fuse to act In "onformity with his
wishes, especially In view of the
position which Sherman holds in
their estimation as a pronounced
reactionary. Precedent for their
refraining from voting is found In
the abstention of the Vermont and
Maryland Federalist members of
the house, whose refusal to vote
gave the.presidency to Jefferson In
1800.
But the question arises imme
diately: What, aside from their
disapproval of Sherman, could be
the motive of Roosevelt and his
adherents In preventing the elec
tion of a vice president under cir
cumstances wh|ch would constitute
him president for four years? A
possible answer is to be found In
the law of succession (chapter IV
of the Acts of the Forty-ninth Con
gress), which provides that:
Knox Would Be President.
"in case of the removal, death,
resignation or Inability of both the
president and vice president, then
the secretary of state shall act ns
president until the disability of the
president or vice president is re
moved. or until a president is elect
ed. • • • The acting president
must, upon taking office, convene
congress, If not at the time in ses
sion, In extraordinary session, giv
ing twenty days’ notice.”
This statute was enacted by au
thority of article 11, section 6. of
the constitution, which confers
upon congress the power of "de
claring what officer shall then act
as president * • ♦ until the dis
ability be removed or a president
shall be elected.” The plain intent
of both constitution and statute Is
that "such officer”, shall only act as
president until a president can be
elected, and the mandatory provis
ion requiring him to convene con
gress forthwith i- obviously tot the
purpose of enabling congress to call
a special election under authority
conferred by article 11, section 4.
In the event, then, of the house
of representatives falling to elect a
president and the senate failing to
elect a vice president, the proced
ure would he as follows: President
Taft’s fixed term of office would
expire at midnight of March 3. and
the secretary of state, Mr Knox,
whose official life Is indeterminate,
would become acting president. As
such he would be obliged to con
vene congress In extraordinary ses
sion on March 24. and congress
would "determine the time of
choosing electors"—certainly not
later than November of the forth
coming year In this manner Mr.
Roosevelt and his new party would
have a second opportunity to win
the presidency within a twelve
month. greatly, no doubt, to the
satisfaction of both
The contest then resolves to Wil
son against the field, and "there
remains the vital ’ question: Is ft
within the range of possibility that
any combination, tacit or fixed, can
withhold from Wilson and Mar
shall, whose plurality Is virtually
assured, an actual majority of votes
in the electoral college?"
New York and Illinois Pivotal States.
From the Wilson column represent
ing the actual Democratic standing in
the present house of representatives
the editor deducts as doubtful New
York (45). Illinois (24). Ohio (24). Col
orado (6) and West Virginia (8), leav
ing a net secure total of 215 out of the
-66 required, ami adds: "Apparently it
is a fact that the two pivotal states
both, possibly, and one or the other in
any case are New York and Illinois,
if so it is a fact of the first magnitude,"
because in these two states "voting by
groups is a more important factor than
In other common wealths." These groups
are clnssitled roughly us follows Or
ganization mm. railroad men. business
men. anti-prohlbitlonists. Roman Cath
olics factory workers, farmers, foreign
born voters and negroes.
-After analyzing the proclivities of
each aggregation, the editor concludes
that "the merest glance at the tabula
tion suffices to show that the strong
appeal of Governor Wilson to the whole
people, without heed to segregated in
terests and prejudices, while constitut
ing his chief 1 strength as a candidate,
nevertheless contains elements of no
little weakness.”
Roosevelt's Strength.
Assuming. for example, that Roose
velt should draw two-fifths of the Re
publican vote from Taft and one-fifth
of the Democratic vote from Wilson,
Taft would still carry Illinois b> 10.000
and Wilson would have a scant 12.000
in New York Contrary to the gen
eral view, Roosevelt’s candidacy is
regarded as harmful rather than help
ful to Wilson, chiefly because he will
get the far AV. stern states, which oth
erwie. would have gone to Wilson. The
editor continues.
There remain the great bodies of
workingmen in both New York and
Illinois who comprise a large per
* entage of the Democratic parte.
To whom will they turn'; Mr Tuft
offers them the constitution Mr.
Wilson points to his record of offi
cial achievement as evidence of his
eff. ■t re triendship. Neither, it
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1912.
CANAL AROUSES
BRITISH JINGOES
But Cooler Heads Counsel
Peaceful Settlement as They
Shout for War.
LONDON, Sept. 2. British jingoes
are threatening to get busy again. This
time their talk Is directed against the
United States, not against Germany.
The enactment of the Panama canal
administration bill by congress against
which England protested on the ground
that It hurt English trade is giving rise
to the "war talk." Following the publi
cation in The Dally Mail of an article
by onnan Angell, entitled "Why Not
Fight '.'” politicians who seize every op
portunity to embarrass the Liberal gov
ernment are urging that further repre
sentations be made to Washington.
However, in analyzing the possible
result of war between Great Britain
and the United States. Angell comes to
the conclusion that England could not
obtain the desired result by fighting. He
declares that the United States inter
nal trade is so "great that she has no
need for trade relations with other
countries and that even-should the en
tire North American continent be put
under blockade other countries would
suffer more than the United States.
Wouldn’t Menace America.
The point of his article Is that the
United States produces all that she
consumes or could do so, under neces
sity.
Professional jingoes. In communica
tions to the newspapers, declare that
the members of the British government
will show an amazing lack of patriot
ism if they allow the I’nited States
government to carry through its Pan
ama canal program without change.
Cooler heads are counseling a peace
ful settlement by means of The Hague
International court of arbitration. The
program of these advocates of pacific
adjustment Is to allow the tribunal to
Interpret the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
which, England declares, is being vio
lated by the revocation of tolls for
American coasting ships passing
through the waterway.
RESENTS ODOR OF LIQUOR
ON HIS WIFE’S BREATH
DENVER, Sept. 2 —Carl G. Weiss just
can t abide the odor of liquor on his
wife s breath when she comes home late
at night- It has so far gotten on his
olfactory nerves ns to constitute extreme
cruelty, according to his way of think
ing. and with that he charges Mrs. Cor
day Weiss, a leading suffragette. In his
petition for divorce just filed in the Den
ver county court He says site told lAin
that he “might as well get out of the
house, as she never intends to cook an
other meal.” »
must be told in truth, said in his
speech of acceptance one convinc
ing word of sympathy with the toil
ing masses. Roosevelt ‘not only
professes but promises everything.
116 will work to raise their wages,
he will reduce their hours of toil;
he will pension them In old age:
he will Insure their lives; he will
lift the burdens and lighten the
homes of their women; he will pro
tect and safeguard their children.
Do these millions of men believe
he can or will do all of these
things? Probably not. But he says
that he will try. Does any one
else? Where else have they to go?
And why believe that he could not
and would not? If Lloyd-George
can and does, why can not and why
will not Roosevelt? Grant that he
may be a demagogue, a hypocrite,
and a false friend, what of it? He
is at least a concrete image; he
speaks their language; he shakes
their hands; he is neither a theory
of government for which they do
not care nor an abstraction which
they do not wish to comprehend;
he is one of themselves—a live, hu
man. imperfect being whom they
can understand- Such is the Roose
velt appeal.
In conclusion. Mr Harvey summa
rizes the probability and the lesson de
rived from his painstaking analysis in
these significant words:
"Wilson will probably be elected. If
he carries New York, he can not be
beaten."
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Woogliwoo Photographed as It Takes Morning Stroll
CUTE BEAST WEIGHS 50 TONS
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Only honest-to-goodness photograph of the wild sea elephant-alligator which takes daybreak
strolls on the beat.-h at St. Georges island.
Gyascutus Boowoopsus (Scien
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phantus Elegatorium Set.
APALACHICOLA, FLA., Sept 2.
The strangest sea monster ever seen
without one glass or several of tjiem
was discovered on St. George island to
day by G. E. Hoffman, a newspaper
correspondent, who was fishing from
the bar with a corkscrew and a cher
ry. St. George is all agog with ex
citement over the beast.
Mr. Hoffman and his associates, xvho
are on a fishing trip, found the mon
ster, they say, washed ashore on the
beach just at dawn. They knoxv they
were not dreaming, for they had not
been to bed. They described it as hav
ing the head of an alligator, the body of
an elephant, but more attenuated, four
stalwart logs and a long, prehensile
tail similar to those which adorned the
pterodactyl of the Old Red Grindstone
period.
Professor G. Whittaker Knutt. xvho
is pursuing researches here, says the
saurian is a remarkably fine specimen
of the long lost gyascutus boowoopsus.
believed to have become extinct with
the dodo and the wapperjaxved oompus,
though some naturalists class it as an
alliphantus elegatorium. The scientist
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examined it through field glasses, care
fully avoiding closer inspection.
Weighed 50 Tons at Least.
Mr. Hoffman and his associates made
an attempt to capture the creature,
which, they say, was fully 50 feet long,
must have w eighed 50. tons and made
tracks in the sand like a steam shovel
digging a sewer. To this end they re
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order for a mile and a half of barbed
wire fencing, intending to surround the
monster with this. But when they re
turned. with several friends, to the spot
where they had left the saurian lie had
disappeared, leaving behind him only a
strong alcoholic odor. But Mr. Hoff
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water as proof of his assertions, and
one of the party who had taken a cam
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which he had made hurriedly before the
submarine behemoth disappeared. The
picture has relieved the minds of St.
George folk of al] doubt.
Mr. Hoffman xvas very modest about
his discovery and sent the following
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The Atlanta Georgian:
APALACHICOLA. FLA.. Aug. 31.
Strange sea monster washed ashore
The Forsyth is as busy as
ever. Popular vaudeville.
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Is It From?
Could aou tell if you saw this car on the open road? Or would i.
pass you in a cloud of dust and leave you still wondering where its oc
cupants hailed from .’ i Ys a lot c r satisfaction in being" able to iden
tify just where a car comes from, it adds interest to a day’s run or an
extended tour.
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And it is simple—very simple, for every car carries a distinguishing
mark in its license. Each State has a clraracteristic license tag. It
matters not whether the car came from Maine or California, Florida
or Washington, the arrangement of the license number will tell you
which, at a glance.
How to know these number plates is an absorbing study. It is fully
explained, with illustrations of the tags issued by every State of the
Union, in the September MoToR.
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And besides this big article, the September number is a gold mine of
information. “Does it pay to buy over-size tires?” “The annual
output of American versus foreign-built cars.” “New things for the
motorist,” “Helpful Hints” are a few among the many vital problems
discussed by practical men in a practical way. On Sale To-day.
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September Number Just Out—All News-Stands
here at St. George island. About
50 feet long, species of whale, head
like alligator, four legs, skin like
elephant. great story. Suggest
sending staff photographer and
some one to cover. Come to Apa
lachicola; take boat to island.
GEO. WILSON ARRIVES
IN TOWN AND LOOKS
UP MANY OLD FRIENDS
George Wilson, famous in minstrelsy
and one of the greatest artists who ever
used burnt cork, arrived in Atlanta Mon
day morning, ready to stay a week as
the headliner at the Forsyth.
Although Mr. Wilson had not been in
Atlanta for seven or eight years, he had
plenty of friends here, and he spent the
time today before his first appearance on
the Forsyth stage in hunting up these
friends and receiving the glad hand.
Since last appearing in Atlanta. Mr.
Wilson has won more honors than ever
in minstrelsy, musical comedy and vaude
ville. And his latest act in vaudeville is
said to eclipse even h»« ole ver work on
the road with his minstrel work and his
work in musical comedy.
“Initials Only,’’ by Anna
Katharine Green, author of “The
Leavenworth Case,’’ “The Fili
gree Ball,” one of the most en
thralling mystery stories ever
written, will begin in The Geor
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read it.
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