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The news of the election of George Washington to be the first President of the United States was printed on page three of the newspapers. Close beside it was the word of the arrival of the sloop Julia from foreign ports with an enumeration of her cargo and the further word from a Connecti- cut tradesman that his black boy, an- swering to the name of John, had de- parted for parts unknown, wearing denim breeches. Washington had been elected April 7,1789. The Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer at Hartford got around to printing it April 13. Even then, the correspondent of the Courant had buried the news of the clection down in the third paragraph of his account. He figured that the choice of the various officers of the Electoral College was more important than the mere election of the first President of the United States. Most | other papers took the event in the same casual sort of way. Key to Campaign Given. But, despite the differences in the treatment of news then and now, the matter of fact manner in which the election of Washington was an- nounced furnishes a key to the tenor The States had been torn by the | fight over adoption of the Federal Con- stitution. The cry of State’s rights had been shouted from Salem to Sa- | vannah. It had drawn from Patrick | and caustic word, the query, directed | at the Constitutional Convention: | “My political curiosity, exclusive of welfare, leads me to ask who author- we, the people, instead of we, the | But even as his voice echoed through | the Virginia night, the ratification of Henry, the Virginian of quick phrase | strength of the Federalist party. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, vain, Llwuo!nohlmy certain to ‘make a fuss over ceremonies. Under the system that tnen existed, the electors of each State chose two men. When all of the votes were brought together into the Electoral College and tabulated, the man who received the largest number of votes was President. The man receiving the second largest number was Vice President. The electors voted unani- mously for Washington and split their votes for Vice President. Washing- ton got 69 electoral votes from the 10 States. Adams had 34. The re- mainder were split among 10 men. A few months after the election, Washington went on a tour of the Eastern States. He was recelved with tokens of extravagant affection throughout New England. Despite that the party lines were taking shape during the first four years of Washington’s administra- tion, even the anti-Federalists did not oppose him when the time came around for the electors to rededicate the presidency to him. Even they did not want him to follow his own | desire and retire to Maunt Vernon. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist | leader, now favored Adams, whom he had fought before the opposition, now beginning to take the name of Re- | | publicans, concentrated in an effort | to elect George Clinton of New York | instead of Adams. No record has/ been unearthed of any caucus or meeting at which such a decision was | reached, but the word was pnued\ around. Fifteen States took part in this | election of 1792, Rhode Island and | North Carolina having ratified the Constitution by this time and Ver- | mont and Kentucky having been ad- | mitted. Washington was re-elected | unanimously with 132 electoral votes. | Adams came back with 77 electoral votes, representing, in the main, the} Party Favored Adams. ‘The result drew a distinct line be- tween Washington and Adams. Wash- ington was the choice of the whole fzed them to speak in the language of | POPle, Adams the selection of & party. It was the last time that the country States.” | was ta have a President who was re- sponsible to no party. And so Washington might, perhaps, the Constitution was completed by the necessary nine States. New Hamp- | shire was the ninth on June 21, 1788. Virginia followed five days later. New | York yielded a month afterward. | Now it was the duty of the Mosi- | | bund Congress of the Confederation | of States to fix the time for the new !Govemment to take over. But, fol- | | lowing a congressional prerogative, 5. | it took up something else and waded | through a long debate over where the seat of Government should be lo- | cated. | In the middle of September it | passed a resolution setting the first ‘Wednesdays of January, February and rch as the days for presidential electors to be chosen, for them to meet and for the next Congress to meet. Election Notice Too Short. No preparations had been made in | any of the States for an election. The th. | time was too short in most cases for | the word of Congress’ action to reach | the States and the necessary elec- tion steps to be taken. ‘There was no campaign machinery, no avowed candidates, and so the elec- tors came together for.their Febru- ary meeting unhampered by instruc- tions or pledges. In Connecticut, New Legislature. In New Hampshire they were nominated by the people, but appointed by the Legislature. Massa- chusetts voters chose a double set of electors and the Legislature picked its list from among them. The As- sembly and Senate in New York set the pattern for some of their future rows by disputing so vigorously that | the State lost its electoral vote—not complying in time. Pennsylvania, | Maryland and Virginia held popular | Rhode Island and North Carolina had not ratified the Constitution and could not vote. Generally speaking, Federalists voted. Anti-Federalists scornfully re- fused to have aught to do with the new governmental contrivance. While there was no formal nomina- | | tion or campaign, the eyes of the elec- tors turned to Washington. The Fed- | eralists wanted him as an advocate of the Constitution; the anti-Federalists because they had confidence in him ! despite his advocacy of the new-fan- | gled instrument. More argument arose over the vice | presidency, but the same sectional | deference that rises frequently in mod- ern politics bowed toward John Ad:nu 1f the South was to furnish the Pre RATES by MAIL Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia Evening & .ullh’ Evening Sunday One Month, 85c 50c 40c One Week, 25c¢ 15c 10c Other States and Canada Evening & Bunday Evening Sunday. One Month, $1.00 75¢ 50c One Week, 30c 25¢ .15¢ Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina and | Georgia they were appointed by the | elections, but the voting was light, | — have remained until his death. Many still were hoping that he would accept a third term and retain the presidency | as late as September 1796, when he |issued the first “I-do-not-choose-to- | run” statement in the form of his farewell message. Despite this apparent desire for | Washington to remain in office, how- ever, the course of his administration had whipped up better tagonisms THE CLOCK SHOP 25 years' experience in_ watch and clock making. Expert watch, clock and jewelry repairing GENUINE MATERIALS USED th St. N.W. DIst. 5244 ING THIS AD AND SAVE ON YOUR REPAIRS ATLANTIC .25 CITY ROUND-TRIP EXCURSION SUNDAY, JULY 26 Leave Washington 1:00 A. M. and 7:40 A. M. Ar. Atiantic City 6:30 A. M. and 12:25P. M. 1 Returning, leave 6:30 P. M. seme dey. Enjoy a glorious euting te The World's Playground at low gost. Festtrains,Comfortable coaches. SIMILAR EXCURSIONS August 9 and 23 LTIMORE & OHIO RR. Avoid Intestinal Fatigue Consnpanon do not know w it is to feel good. One or t’:: E-Z Tablets for a day or two are ust what theu peoph need. They h." more “pep” and step livelier than in years. Dizziness, tired feelmg. headaches, when due to constipation, dlsappear Surely makes a ddference See for your- self. You get 60 little E-Z Tablets for 25c. At all good drug stores. Many people suffering £ testinal Fatigue, commenty roinr | M. Lbe base of the Republican plaints was John Jay’s treaty with which Washington had put throulh to Senate ratification, and the insist- ence of the President upon neutrality toward France. Even before the farewell message, popular agreement, without the aid of caucus or convention, was pointe ing the course of the campaign. The Boston Gamette of September, 1793, a Republican paper, said: “It requires no talent at divination to decide who will be the candidates for the chair. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams will be the men.” When the votes were counted in the Electoral College, Adams had been elected by three votes. And Jefferson was the runner-up, thus giving the Federalist President a Republican Vice President. Curiously enough, four of the votes were of questionable legality. And they were the four that decided the presidency. Vermont had not enacted s law specifying how the electors should be chosen. But the Legislature had named four electors and sent them down to vote. ‘They voted for Adams, thus giving him three more votes than Jefferson. Adams, presiding over the Electoral College as President of the Senate, stated the result and then sat down to await s protest against the Vermont vote. Hearing none, he then declared himself elected President of the United States. —— Colored Catholics Picnic. SBeveral thousand colored members of Catholic churches in Washingion and Baltimore held a picnic and oute ing Sunday at Carrs Bearch, Md. It is planned to hold the event again next year. and 18 um-rzn X, or H Luxe service on famo cxmu liners via BBY LR T S Kre. 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