Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Nov 1936, p. 29

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they wmould. wonder how such a state-. ment could be made. Surely, they would reason, even the inhabita.nts of Mars. know there was >a Presidential election in the, United .States last Tuesday and know the popular .endorsenment given President Roosevelt. Election lusJauuary But that is exactly the situation.. It is> fot generallyrealized that the ýnext President of the .United States will flot be 'officially .elected until januar y 6, 1937. On 1that dayý the -House af RepresentativeS and thtc United States session and Senate wil 1 meet in joint% open the ballots cast for,.Presidenit and Vice- President by, the so-called. electoral, college. -On ,December 14 the electors of each state, selected bv the peopfle last Tuesday, will meet in their respective states and cast. their ballots. It xvill le those votes~, and inet that of the people last Tu.esday, \vbich will determine who wiIl serve as Presi-. dent and V'ice-President during the ncxt four years. The method of selecting the men to serve in the two highest offices of the governmient is one of the most interesting provisions of our Constitution. Whule Most of us realize that each state bias a given number of e.lectors, many of us are na-t famniliar Thus it ivas intended 'by the elec-, toral college that each elector would exercise complete freedom in the use of, his ballot., While chosen by populIar vote, each elector wasgiven the power to make his own, décision as.:to îvho sliould be made president. :How,ever, democracy bas completely subvertedl the theory, fo r,the electors have become absolute servants -of party. They are mere automnatonis. Not one of them wonld dream of violating bis taciît. pledge to the party, that elected.hirn. Th-fatremains that, technically, udrthe Constitution of the United, States, the next President of the United States is yet ta be elected. That powver, i-,iin the hands of the electors %we selected: last Tuesday. Frýe8h-Ju.icy., ln R4dBag ~ ase-lwas $2A9 U. S. No. no$175 6 GRAPEFRUIT' Freth Piek4 ediy Large Si-e (64) 23, "Judgment Day" Is Phiyers GOuiid Dra~m The Players Guild of Evanston under the direction of Melita Hamilton Skillen, is staging a revival of Elmer Rice's famous melodrama, "Judgment Day." at the Chicago \'Voman's club) November 23, 24 and 25. This play, pùoduced i Evanston last spring, was the outstanding success, of the season. and a repeat per- FLORIDll»A FRUIT'CO., WILMETTE COR., 0F MAIN AND LAKE STREETS at the North Western Tracks NO-MANIS-LAND 1600 SHERIDAN ROÀD Next to the. Boardwalk Dairy EVANSTON Cor. of Oak and Chureh Street& 2 Blocks West of~ Mar.haI Field'a WE DELIVÊR Concession to Smali States The procedure for the selection of the President and Vice-President is set fourth in Article 2 and Amendnment 12 of the Constitution. As. a compromise between the large and the small states, it was provided that the nuniber ofeclectors ta which each state would be entitled is equai to the nIfum)r of representatives each state blas in Congress, plus* the two sena- character roles. "*Judgment Day" is called a contreversial melodrania, combining tragedy, comedy and political intrigue into ail evening of real enjoyment. Scenery, sound effect and costumes for the production are in the capable hands of Mrs. Dorothy Marker, long a leading figure in guild activities. ut our EXPENSI F" you Ithe' are dealers WE DARE YOUn to have oeo listed fil your Icrankease with Vaivoline. nary and vioIAle choice of one Who was hi final object 'of the Public wA the . saine paper, he, stated, oeet ,nthé If the s." In they universitys -annuai hnors ce tien held last, Friday. Miss 7i book selection was, "The Out Art," by Sir William Orpen. 911 L Avenue, Winnetka Winned.tk 566 'Co*

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