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Page 2 The Lone Tme Reporter 11tmaday, Nov. 17, 1988
ByPta
Chips From
The Wood Pile
By LaVerne Barton
I I a phone call a little while
puts me back into the
lesson business again. Her
was "I know about the
presidential electors, but how are
these electors chosen? Who are
these people in the tirst place and
who di~des who shall be one?" So
I thought perhaps a little back-
ground on our election process
would be in order.
The rule book for our national
elections is our U.S. Constitution
which came out of a now famous
meeting in Philadelphia, held in
1787, and which is now known to
historians a~ the Constitutional
Convention.
I have written on this before
about all the problems faced by our
founding frd ers as they tried to
fashion a suitable set of rules for
our new country, so I won't dwell
on that part very much. Our
question here relates to the
choosing of our chief executive.
namely the president.
These early leaders felt the need
for an executive (law enforcing)
department but there were three
rather divergent ideas as to how he
(or she) should be chosen. Some
the people should choose,
while still others thqught that
choice should be left to the state
legislatures. They soon ruled out
letting the legislative branch do
the choosing because the lawmak-
ers would control both branches
and destroy the "check and
balances". So they voted to create
this "electoral college".
They thought that, in so far as
possible, the people should have
the choice of President, but
because the country was so large,
the people in the back country
wouldn't know enough about the
candidates and the issues. So they
chose to create this "College of
Electors,' to "deliberate freely as
free agents to select the best
qualified for the job", and with
some modification we still use this
plan.
It is rather ironic that now with
modem communication we get a
life history of the candidates
without even knowing who the
electors are and how their names
got there in the first place.
Frankly, I don't have the answer to
the original question. In a few
states the electors' names appear
on the ballot but not on ours.
Each state has a many electors
(electoral votes) as it has U.S.
Senators and Representatives
combined. Five states have the
minimum of 3 and California has
47. Iowa is in between with 8.
So you see, we really haven't
elected Mr. Bush yet. We did
choose our electors, as per the law,
on last Tuesday after the first
Monday in November in years
divisible by 4. These electors then
meet at the state capital on the
second Wednesday in December
to count the votes and send them
on to Washington. There they will
be counted officially in a joint
Lmh.'on of Congress on" January
If there is no majority count
there, then the House of Repre-
sentati'~vs must choose a president
on a one vote per state basis.
simple isn't it? About as simple
as the new simplified tax form.
Woodchopper
Schmitt-Windman
United In Marriage
The former Bernice Sehmitt an-
d Lester Windman were united in
marriage in a private ceremony at 2
p.m., September ~th.
The Rev.Richard Cm'win conduc-
ted the eeremondy at the alter of the
Nic kols Christian Church. Mr. &
Mrs. Kenneth Plum of rural Iowa
City were their attendants.
In celebratkm of their marriage,
the couple will be hosting a dance for
relatives and friends at the
Muscatine Moose Lmtge on Novem-
ber ZSth from 8 to IZ p.m.
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IA.
A week Monday night I to oppose something. About four Thisyear e
attended the Lone Tree City years ago the powers that be to open a convenie e
Council meeting and last Monday wanted a "Dog Track" at the gas station on
evening the School Board meet-
ing.
It's encouraging to see citizen
representatives giving their time
and talents to the cause of making
the Lone Tree community work
better.
In Davenport, my wife's and my
political efforts always seem to be
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, up the street. My
not far from our home. We neighbors got200
property owners opposed the track property
and today the track is in Dubuque- dropped.
not Davenport.
Two years ago a neighborhood
business wanted to greatly in-
crease their industrial operation.
All the neighbors opposed, and
they backed down.
Hopefully,
can help make the
Reporter an
tive progress.
-what's
for The Reporter.
ByC
The Lone Tree Reporter is
ALIVE
& WELL! "Reports of my
funeral are greatly exaggerate"
to borrow a quote from Mark
Twain. Monday, Nov. 14, I was
approached by a local business
person asking me if I heard the
Lone Tree Reporter was extinct?
Jokingly I asked if that referral
insinuated I was a dinosaur? It
seems he heard on a ten o'clock
news station Sunday, Nov. 13, that
the Reporter had dosed their
doors earlier this year and the
Historical Society was microfilm-
ing the nearly 100 years of the
Lone Tree Reporter because we
were extinct. A phone call to a very
reliable source in Iowa City (my
dad), verified he heard this, also.
After calling the HistoricaJ So-
ciety, the Iowa Newspaper Asso-
ciah.'on, the news station and
various other papers and person-
nel, I have yet to track down the
person (or persons) who authoriz-
ed this release. Where is Paul
Drake when I need him?
So, to disintegrate rumors and
the grapevine, I'm happy to report
the I~ne Tree Reporter is alive and
well. Nov. 4th Phil Prichard from
Davenport purchased the Lone
Tree Reporter from Migy Gregg of
West Liberty.
The story line of the
cieteaea is true. They have com-
microfilming all editions.
This process is currently being
done as it has for over 500
newspapers in Iowa. The Lone
Tree Reporter was
several reasons
of publication the
dition of the
geneology,
because we
And in reference
doors~ ~...
housing the Lone
dosed, as I have beeS'
of my home since
defray overhead
seemed the Lone
was going under.
eventually return
downtown Lone
some new ideas
pub mg a good
readers and for
I was in Washinton last Friday.
They had their Christmas decora-
tions up on their street lights
already.
Of course I began noticing
Christmas trees some time last
month. They tended to duster in
the back of the stores at first as
though a bit embarrassed to be
seen out and about so early. But as
soon as the jack-o-lanterns bid
adieu, the Christmas trees sa-
shayed/ down the aisles and
flaunted their finery right out in
the front of the stores.
In years past this might have I've played it three times already.
/
Not to disparage
annoyed me. I used to cringe at the As usual during my first round for its purpose is
sight of Hallmark's keepsake of Christmas shopping I bought and worthy of its due
ornaments descretelydisplayedon mere things for myself than
the shelves in late July. I also anyone else. But I started making stirred within people
nodded my head in agreement as fists of possibilities for the niece giving is
my mother annually laments in and nephews so I'm on my way. Christmas.
November, "They're rushing the I know all of this merchandising I like most
eeason. They can't even wait until propaganda is supposed to make Christmas. I like
Thanksgiving is over." us get into the Christmas spirit and Christmas card list
But as I've watched Christmas therefore, start buying more and cards.
invade store after store and ad more merchandise earlier and decorating it and my
after ad, I've caught the Christmas earlier. But a side benefit is that I making Christmas
spirit. I'm in the Christmas mood. get into the spirit of Christmas all planning my
I can't help it. that much sooner, together.
I started Christmas shopping on It may seem that Thanksgiving ]
Sunday and bought smelly pot- is being left out, but how much holiday shoppers.
pound for the house as well as a preparation is needed
Barbm Streisand ChrisUnas tape. gtu bneus?
Lone Tree
BaH Association
For Uniforms Equipment Grounds Upkeep
No Door to Door Sales
to be
law could be
anyone
digit from
malls, I'd vote for it.
won't be a grinch.
little tykes stay out of 1
dash to another
gain, live and let
(Barbra's singing
mas. I had to be
Christmas allows me
cuses to go shopping
Of course, the
purpose of Christmas
sarily found in a
get really Upset when
an adult for that
about is getting
getting vacation time.
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