, 1869-12-28

for two members. could giro shsm 1850
apiece, and 30 the Democrats, On smaller
totsl vote. would get two out Of tho three
members. Tho Republicans, therefore,
q cunlulate" their voie on two members,
clccting them by 1,6s0 votes each, whi1s
The Democrats, being unable to give more
than $40 10 any two candidates, are con-
straited to rotc for one, whom they easily
elect by their whole a,700 votes. This
system does not aim at absttactly perfect
representation, for the Democrat elected by
zoo votes has no mora voting power in
the Legislature than each Of tho Repubi-
cans who received $50 sotea each. Still,
it does secure one representative to
the minority party in each dis
tnct wherein the minority party
has aa many as one-third Of the voters
Lets than one-shirI would still 60 unrcp-
resented, unless the number Of members
sn district we're increse4~l tn four. In
- ,e:a 49,. s:.-.:'-- art. '::-:s =. - As~,sy
najorit,es, az where enc party hns two
tl:.rtls and the other one-third Of tho popu-
lar votc. this system works quite smoothly.
bat in England, where it has been applied
10 some parliamentary districts. whenever
:hc district is evenly divided It places every
PARTY voter under tho despotinm Of
his Central Committee, who must
first CANVASS tho district With
incredible minuteness, 30 As 10 know ex-
.cll, how every voter OF both parties In
going to vote before they can intelligently
itstsuct their own voters how many and
which candidates Of their rarty they can
safely vote for. This has been found to
add enormously to tho labor and expense OF
elections, without which 1t would sometimes
result in the election Of more candidates
by the minority than BY the majority party,
Again. where the majority party has ono
| candidate so much moro popular than his
colleagues, ns to cumulatc on
himself more Of the votes OF
bis party than are necessary to
elect him, the result Is sometimes 10 elect
those OF tbs opposite party, thus injuzing
a Icket by the popularity Of one Of its can
tidates.
Under the personal system, tho county
having 1000 votes, Of which $500 woro
Republican and 200 Democratic, would
elect one Republican member by $500
voses and one Democratic by 200, and the
two members would cast IN the Legislature
the number Of votes by which they were
elected, so that ON every bill passed the
entire county would cast, by proxy, 3,:W1
AePupaean anu ..o' oenoe1a''o so'ea'
,u .ue .o.e. aa' 4s 'stel'1
w 49, as@sda - ~ -, T :. ~ - 49, 80 w.
-, 80, -.s-.:- -,
wv ~ .eu ., .ssa - Ie ~. 1uaea e .nsa
"va ''e@.:as. - >Ae ~. 800 ~ " .S ~ ~ 1922 :. " =.
..ss r ~ 49,. .,,:n - ,s.ss.. ~. -.
~ 1a...1 80. s~;.:. s .na - ~ 80. 80 ] "s,;.;"s
s.1" -, =. - .sN., p
" ~. :. -a.,s nt..o -, a"s ~,
~ a.. noon,o ~, -, .ha o.a., a..+. ;s.,,..
Nov 10th n.rties. knowinc tha. no.b,ns
,.ss ,,,or n n,;oritv has anr ,,o,it,c,1 fo,cs
tope their platforms to secure what The,
l,c1it.e viii be The m,;o,itv vote. Th,
consc;onsnrsa that a s;ncye vote. or fer
hundreds in u,anv thousands. NAV decid,
th. ;ssue. nerves both parties to the kccoes
sao.,;tv nna canton thew are ca,uhle of i,
fren,;rs 4hc;r p,.tfor,ns, and thu Utmost ze,
and logic in defending them. ,Th
result u TINT every popular election
uhere money does not supe.sed
argument, is a magnificent educat'ouz
tournament, in which the few leadin
ISSUES Of national craftsmanship arc dil
cussed until the people cannot help full
understanding them. Such was, in lBG{
the issue 'c'ween slavery and antl-slavary
; IL :.,:s, i,ctweo,, =. 80! :.:..s4;...
isGG, between eqnA rights for blacks and
"white mnu,s government: in le;s. b.
~ j. = nvuor md er-,!.-::i;..-- 1ut, Il De.s
ocra.s md Republicans wero both sure
: the election Of the number of candidates
which their numbers in each district ent
tle3 them, the interest in elections, viii