AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13723, 14 November 1916, Page 2

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

: — T~ > DL WILSON'S RECORD VOTE. WHOLESALE "• LITIGATION UNLIKELY. (Per Cable—Preai Association—Copyright,) ("pouter's NEW YORK, November 12. The vote cast for Dr. Wilson is a record one, being oyer 8,500,000, an in ; crease of 2,25(1,000. Although . the Republicans ' are anxious to contest the result in' the Election Courts, Mr Hughes does not agree unless. serious discrepancies are revealed by the official counts. ; . There are indications that five Independents will hold the balance of power in the House of Representatives. , JAPANESE SATISFACTION. FURTHERANCE OF FRIENDSHIP. (Australian and N.Z, Gable Association.) i '" TOKIO, November 12. The newspapers state that the continuance of Dr. Wilson in office, means the furtherance of American-Japanese friendship. CHOOSING THJJ PRESIDENT. HOW THE VOTE IS CAST.

The several steps in the election of the President are:. State Electors are chosen -at a.general election held on the Tuesday following the-first Monday of November; the number of .Electors of each State being equal to the number of Senators-and Representatives to which the State is eptitled in Congress. The Electors meet in their respective States on the second Monday in January following their election, and vote by ballot for President and VicePresident, and at the same time make certificates of their vote and transmit the same to the President of the Senate. The Senate and House of Re-

presentative* meet together on the scond Wednesday of February next ensuing, and count the votes of the State Electors, when, if there is an election, the President of the Senate declares who is elected President and' VicePresident, In ease there is no choice by the State Electors, the President is elected by the House of Representatives from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes for President; in which election the vote is taken by States, each State having but one vote, and a majority of all the States being necessary to a choice. The term of office of President is four years. Th e candidate' must be an American-born- citizen/ resident in the United States: of America fourteen years; minimum age.thirty-five years. The salary is fixed by law at £15,000 per year. The powers and duties of the President are as follow:~Com-mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. He communicates with Congress' by message; approves : or disapproves Acts of Congress; makes treaties with the advice and consent- of the Senate. He commissions public: officers of the United States; grants' reprieves and pardons for offeuces -against the laws of the United States of America.