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THE MAUI NEWS
SATURDAY, JULY 25, J 908
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Election of
a President
Provision of Constitution
of United States.
The next Presidential flection
will take place on Tuesday, Novem
ber 3, 1908.
The President iind Vice-President
of the United States a e chosen
hy officials termed "Electors", in
each State, who are, under existing
State laws, chosen by the qualified
voters thereof by ballot, on the
first Tuesday after the first Mon
day of November in every fourth
year preceding the year in which
the Presidential term expires. )
The Constitution of the United
States prescribes that each Slate
shall "appoint," in such manner
as the Legislature thereof may
direct, a number of electors equal
to the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which the
State may be entitled in Congress;
but no Senator or Representative
or person holding an office of trust
or profit under the United States
shall be an elector. The Constitu
tion requires that the day when
electors are chosen shall be the
sa me throughout the United States.
At the beginning of our Govern
ment most of the electors were
chosen by the Legislatures of their
respective States, the people having
no direct participation in their
choice; and one State, South Caro
lina, continued that practice down
to the breaking out of the civil
war. But in all the States now the
electors are under the direction of
State laws, chosen by the people
on a general State ticket
The manner in which the chosen
electors meet and ballot for a Pre
sident and Vice-President of the
United States is provided for in
Article XII. of the Constitution,
and is as follows: , ,
"The electors shall meet in their
respective States, and vote by ba'
Iot for President and Vice-President,
one of whom, at least, shall
not be an inhabitant of the same
state with themselves, they shall
name in their ballpts the person
Voted for as President, and in dis
tinct ballots the person voted for as
Vice-President; and they Bhall
make distinct lists of all persons
voted for as President, and of all
persons voted for as Vice-President,
and of the number of votes for
each, which lists they shall sign
and certify, and transmit, sealed
to thereat of government of the
United States, directed to the Pre
sident of the Senate."
The same article then prescribes
the mode in which the Congress
shall count the ballots of the elect
ors and announce the result there
of, which is as follows:
"The President of the Senate
shall, in the presence of the Senate
and House of Representatives, open
all the certificates, and the votes
ehall then be counted; the person
having the greatest number of votes
for President shall be President, if
such number be a majority of the
whole number of electors appointed;
and if no person have much ma
jority, then from the persons hav
ing the highest numbers, not ex
ceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, the House
of Representatives shall choose im
mediately, by ballot, the President.
"But in choosing the President
the votes shall be taken by States
the representation from each State
having one vote; a quorum for this
purpose snail consist of a member
or members from two-thirds of the
States, and a majority of all the
States shall be necessary to t
choice. And if the House of Re
presentatives shall not choose a
President, whenever the right of
choice shall devolve upon them,
before the fourth day of March
next following, then the Vice-Pre
sident shall act as President, as in
the case of the death or other con
stitutional disability of the Presi
dent. The person having the
greatest number of votes as Vice
President shall b the Vice-President
if such number be a majority
of the whole number of electors
appointed; ami if no eion have a
majority, then from the two highest
numbers on the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice-President; n
quorum for the purpose shall con
sist of two.thirds of the whole num
ber of Senators, .and a majority of
Mm whole number shall be neces
sary to a choice."
The procedure of the two houses,
in case the returns of the election
of electors from any State are dis
puted, is provided in the "Electoral
Count" act, passed by the Forty
ninth Congress. The act directs
that the Presidential electors shall
meet and give their votes on the
Second Monday in January next
following their election. It fixes
the time when Congress shall be
in session to count the ballots ns
the Second Wednesday in February
succeeding the meeting of the elect
ors.
The constitution also defines
who is eligible for President of t,he
United States, as follows:
"No person except a natural
born citizen or a citizen of the
United States at the time of the
adoption of this Constituion shall
he eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible
to that office who shall not have
attained to the age of. thirty-five
years.
The qualifications for Vice-Pr3-
sident are the same.
1 he following will be the elec
toral vote of the States in 1908 as
based upon the Apportionment
Act:
States Electoral Votes
Alabama . .. 11
Arkansas.... 9
California 10
Colorado 5
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Florida 5
Georgia 13
Idaho 3
Illinois 27
Indiana 15
Ioiva 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 9
Maine 6
Maryland 8
Massachusetts 16
Michigan 14
Minnesota 11
MiRsissipi 10
Missouri 18
Montana 3
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
New Hampshire. 4
New Jersey 12
New York 39
Noith Carolina 12
North Dakota 4
Ohio 23
Oklahoma 7
Oregon : 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina '. 9
South Dakota 4
Tennessee , 12
Texas 18
Utah 3
Vermont 4
Virginia 12
Washington 5
West Virginia 7
Wisconsin 13
Wyoming ., 3
Total 483
Electoral votes necessary to a
choice 242.
Centralization Policy
Adopted by School Board.
Honolulu, July, 14: The Board
of Education yesterday took the first
steps in the policy of centralization
of schools, where possible, for the
purpose of better grading and better
efficiency, which was recommended
by Superintendent Babbitt in his
hint annual report to the Governor
It his ivjiort SuiK i intendent Bab
bitt Siiid: The practise of build
ing but and two-room schools should
be discouraged as far as practicable.
The best instruction can be given in
schools where it is possible to segre
gate children by grades. In ninny
parts of the United States t policy
of centralization has been success
fully curried out, a large school ac
commodating children from a con
siderable area, the authorities pro
viding means of conveyance. It
seems entirely practicable for some
such scheme to le adopted here,
whereby several schools could be
merged in one and- the department
provide transportation. In this way
Ix'tter instruction would be afforded
and the expense of upkeep of school
houses and teachers' cottages lc
greatly reduced. E xpense of trans
portation would lo considerably less
than cost of repairs. Such centers
may be roughly mapped out as fol
lows: Kauai Kapaa, to include
Anahola, Kealia and Kapaa; Li
hue, to include Haiiamavlu, Lihue
and Huleia. Maui Lahaina, to
include Olownlu, Lahaina and Kaa
napali; Wailuku, to include Wailu
ku and Waikapu; Paia to include
Hamakuapoko, Paia, Spreckelsville
and Kailua; liana, to include Ha
waii As outlined in Mr. King's re
port. Such a move should be one
of gradual evolution anil attempted
only as old buildings become unfit,
for use. But nlans might well be
laid now for such a change, that ap
propriations for new buildings may
be made with this in view."
The step taken yi'k'rday along
the lines of this proposal are in the
centralization of schools in Kohala.
This will involve the abandonment
of the Ainakea school and the en
largement of the Halawa school.
The same idea will be carried out in
a combined school for Pepockco and
Onomea.
In neither of these cases will dis
tances 1m so great as to require
transportation to Ik; provided. By
means of these combinations the
pupils can be graded and more
efficient instruction given.
Life certificates were yesterday
granted to Miss Helen Rolxrtson
and Mrs. Mary Gunn.
It was decided that certain un
used hauls of the department in Ha-
1 r , i, i i
wan aim maui snouiu no turned
over to the Commissioner of Public
Lands.
John Carden was appointed a
member of the teachers' committee,
and the committee will begin hold
ing its sittings on Wednesday. The
committee now consists of Mrs.
Dowsctt, F. T. P. Waterhouse and
John Carden. Charges have been
made that at the examinations at
Wailuku for teachers' certificates,
"cribbing" was indulged in in much
the same way that it was in Hono
lulu. The charge will lie investi
gated, and if found true those guilty
will be dismissed from the depart
ment. How Nelson Put Oat
Colored Wonder
San Francisco, Calif., July 5.
Joe Gans, the "Old Master," is no
more in poweT in the pugilistic
world which now rings with the
praises of Battling Nelson, the
seemingly invincible Norseman.
The combined effects of exhaus
ton and body bombardment did
for Gans, and he sank as a scuttled
ship sinks, in the seventeenth
round.
The result was a crushing blow
to the smart set of the pugilistic
belt, who made Gans an overwhel
ming favorite and so aw d the
smaller fry of speculators that bet
ting became d mioralized. They
were shouting "10 to 4 Nelson is
defeated" around the ring right up
to the moment the starting gong
sounded, and there was never a
taker. It was the accepted notion
that Nelson would be literally torn
to pieces by the negro's educated
fists and it was only a question of
how long it would take Gans to
encompass the Dane's defeat.
It was a fierce fight, all right. In
the final three-minute spell of bat
tling, Gans went to the floor no
less than three times but at that he
was not sent sprawling. He was
so distressed from the punishment
inflicted by the Battler's persistent
milling that it required very light
trips to send the Baltimorean to his
knees.
The closing scenes of the fight
enured after Nelson had hammer
ed his man to the ropes. (Jans,
who, for a few rounds, had delayed
the inevitable by holding on. gapp
ed and dropped from a left dig in
the stomach. In his eyes there wos
a little pain but not much of in
tellig -nce. Defeat not only stared
him in the face but looked out from
liis face. He arose wearilv as the
count went on and tried to nail the
Dane with a right uppernit. It
rt'as a punch that Joe had employ
ed with signal success all through
the mill, but now the string was
gone from it. The attempt was a
feeble one, and Gans, whose knees
were already saggy, dropped again
from a right crack on the point of
the chin. As he rested on his knee,
Nelson, who has been filled with
bitterness, reviled tunf taunted
him.
"Get up and fight!" sneered the
Dane; but if Nelson thought that
Gans was shamming, he never
made a greater mistake. Joe pull
ed himself to his feet slowly and
painfully, and the waspish Norse
man smashed at him with both
hands. A right-hander grazed
Gans' head and then a fairly solid
blow from the same glove took the
negro in the heart region. His
knees bumped the mat again, his
head bent, and he breathed like a
jaded horse. He made as if to rise,
but the count expired before he
straightened and Referee Welsh
turned to Nelson and said, "You
win!" ,
Although Gans uppercut and
poked Nelson artistically and
effetively, it can hardly be said
that there was one moment during
the fight when Gans looked a win
ner. In the first six rounds he
found the right of way to Nelwon's
chin whenever he wanted, and
while many of the blows were
merely snappy ones there were
times when Gans put all the
strength at his command behind
his uppercuts. .Vhenever he did
so the best he accomplished was to
tilt the Dane's head or send the
Dane reeling a pace or so. The
buttle light was always glinting in
Nelson's eyes and he was always
boring in and flinging his arms at
his dusky opponent. The most
discouraging thing to the Gans
men around the ring was the way
NeNon assimilated Gans'. fiercest
blows and kept piling in for more.
, It can safely be said that Nelson
never fought more determinedly
during' the whole of his career. He
was after the champion from bell
to bell and whatever dull moments
tht-re were in t'te close fighting
were due to Gar.s' holding tactics.
By the time the seventh round
began Nelson's face was puffed and
blood flowed freely at his nose and
mouth. It was in this spell of
fighting that he first began to fill
the hearts of his backers with hope.
He held the negro even and there
were m my severe slugging matches
with which the round abounded,
ond as Gans wen to his chair with
an unsteady stride and eyes uglare,
the uir was vibrant-with the yells
of the Nelson phalanx.
In the following round again
Nelson punished Gans and forced
him to devote a good deal of lime
to clinching and blocking. At the
best of times (Jans looks serious
when in glove conflict, and it isn't
the easiest thing to tell whether lit
is becoming downcast or not. In
yesterday's affair he had us guess
ing as usual, and occasionally
when he saw fit to draw away and
send in tantulizing left and right
uppercuts, we were more at sea as
to Joe's true condition than ever.
He punished Ne&on severely at
such times and the men in Joe's
corner murmured that whenever
he slowed he was simply resting so
as to have something in reserve for
a long-drawn-out fight.
In the ninth round both men
were hammered to the queen's
taste. Gans, by this time, was in
clined to prolong the clinches and
he acted us though every second's
respite lit; struggled for was abso
lutely necessary. It was told after-
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wards in the dressing rooms that
in this particular round Nelson
muttered to Gans: "I don't know
whether you are stalling or not,
but if you are as bad off as you
seem to be, I'll hammer the life
out of you before I'm through.
Possibly the threat acted as a
spur to Gans In any case he
yanked himself away from contract
with Nelsen's arms and began to
ram in lifting punches with hot 11
gloves. Then cheers for Gans were
on the air. Nelson's head wajged
and he stood a few seconds without
fighting back. Jle spread his legs
and weathered the storm. Before
the gong ended the round Nelson
was the aggressor again and Can's
eyes were rolling from the effects of
a couple of solid boily punches.
After seeing the wiiy Nelson bore
himself after the battering Gans
subjected him to, the hopes of the
Gans men were dashed.
The Dane was very jaunty when
he skipped from his chair at the
signal to get together in the
eleventh. He pressed Gans round
and round the ropes and in the
next round the fasttiring and bad
ly pummoled champion was cham
pion was brought to his knees three
times. In no case was he flattened
out.
When the thirteenth round be
gan no one with an atom of sense
would have given a rotten apple for
Gans' chances. He paid particu
lar attention to holding on and
protecting his body. Once in a
while he rammed in uppercuts
which were unerring as to distance
and direction, but which Nelson
cared no more for than he did for
the hills' breeze which blew on his
face.
The Dane had scented victory
now and his arms and fists were as
busy as flails at harvest time. He
leaned neck to neck with Gans and
he tried to tear away the crossed
forearms which acted as a fender
for the negro's ribs. Joe was a
badly used-up champion at this
time and by the use of a little
stratagem the Dane managed to
sneak in hard punches, below the
guard. Then when Joe sank his
forearms still lowever Xchson
changed off to overhand punches,
which made poor Guns' head twitch
and roll.
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There was one brief spell in the
fourteenth round when Nelson was
fought to a standstill. He paused
a moment, took fresh bearings, and
then went at his man pell tnell.
Before the round was over Gans
was crouching, holding and twist
ing his loins in a vain effort to es
cape the short-arm jolts that were
tearing into his ribs.
Through the fifteenth round
again Gans either backed or clinch
ed in seven seconds out of every
ten the men were fighting. Nelson
finally pinned him against the
ropes and hammered at body and
neck until Joe dropped to his
knees. When Gans arose' Nelson
was right after him, punching and
punching, and all the Baltimore
an's thoughts were atune to saving
his hide and lasting out the round.
Soon after the seventeenth round
began and while the men were in
half-clinch, Gans exerted his
strength and pushed Nelson
through the ropes. It almost look
ed as if the negro was inclined to
resort to any old subterfuge to get
rid of his merciless, pestering ad
versary. Welsh Dulled them back
into fighting territory, anJ the
Dane battered his leg and arn
weary opponent clear across the
ring. Then came the end.
On the showing made it would
hardly do to say that Gans lost
because he is old and ring-sore. It
is doubtful if Gans, in his prime,
could have lived through such a
storm of action and buffeting as he
experienced today.
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