Tyler
and Johnson, represent a faction of the party that is not in entire
agreement with the majority.

The National Committee.--A National committee is also
appointed, made up of one member from each State, who is nominated
by the State delegation. The wishes of the Presidential candidate
are of influence in the choice of the chairman, who need not be a
member of the convention. The committee occupies a position of
great importance, for by it the platform of the party is largely
determined. We have here a body of men not mentioned by the
Constitution, but exerting vastly greater influence upon the
election of President than does the electoral college itself. It
organizes the campaign, secures money, selects speakers, and sends
out party literature. The committee looks after the interests of
the party during the ensuing four years and issues the call for the
next National convention.

Election of Electors.--We are now ready to consider the place of
the electors in the choice of a President. The nominations of candidates
for the office of elector are usually made at the State conventions of
the different parties when State tickets are nominated. These occur,
ordinarily, in August or September preceding the November election.
Each political party nominates as many electors as the State has
senators and representatives in Congress. The names of the electors are
then placed on the general party ticket, on which appear also the names
of the candidates for President and Vice-President; each person then
votes for the entire number of electors to which his State is entitled,
and will naturally vote for all the electors on his party ticket. The
political party, therefore, which receives the majority of votes in a
State secures all the electoral votes of that State.[40]

[Footnote 40: It has sometimes happened, however, when the election in a
State has been close, that one or more of the electors on a minority
ticket have run ahead of the other candidates on that ticket, and have
secured a larger number of votes than candidates on the majority ticket,
thus obtaining an election. California, in 1892, gave one electoral vote
to Mr. Harrison and eight to Mr. Cleveland, and again, in 1896, gave
eight votes to Mr. McKinley and one to Mr. Bryan. Kentucky, in 1896, cast
twelve votes for Mr. McKinley and one for Mr. Bryan.]

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