. A bird's eye view of our federal government . weeks to get used tothe situation) verbally accepts the honor, but postpones forseveral weeks his formal letter of acceptance. which is inmost cases a prolix review of the platform, giving the personalviews of the writer. The campaign has by this time begun andpublic speakers are on the stump in all parts of the union,urging the people to rally in behalf of the party and state election campaigns are in most casesalso in progress* so that the excitement waxes great, in pro-portion to the interests involved. *It is not nece
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . weeks to get used tothe situation) verbally accepts the honor, but postpones forseveral weeks his formal letter of acceptance. which is inmost cases a prolix review of the platform, giving the personalviews of the writer. The campaign has by this time begun andpublic speakers are on the stump in all parts of the union,urging the people to rally in behalf of the party and state election campaigns are in most casesalso in progress* so that the excitement waxes great, in pro-portion to the interests involved. *It is not necessarv that these elections be held on the same day, andin some of the states another election day is set for the choice or stateofficers and members of congress. 3. Describe the national party convention and political campaign. The plat-form aad letter of acceptance, OUB FEDERAL G0VEEN3IENT, 4. The Presidential Election. The presidential election day is fixed by act of congress (in1845) on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, every. GROVER CLEYEL A XI).President of the United States. [Grover Cleveland was born in Essex, N. J., in 1837. He received liiseducation in the common schools, attending for a short time, the acad-emy atChnton, N. Y. He began his career as a clerk in the employ ofhisnncle in Buffalo, N. Y., studied law and practiced for some years inthe same city. In 1870 he was elected sheritf of the county ; in 1881,mayor of Buffalo ; in 1882, governor of New York state, and in I88i,pre8i-ident of the United States.] OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 5 fourth year. On this day the people—as they understand it —elect their president and vice-president. Legally, however, theyvote, as directed by the constitution, for presidential electors always vote as directed by the party that nom-inates them, but, though in this regard mere automatons, theirinterposition is a bar to the popular will in two ways. Firstly,each state is given as many electoral votes a
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