, 1869-11-03

Hon. CnArlea Francis Adara read = pspes On
this subject before he American soctal Science
Atsoeiatton It y. To1k. On wednesday, Of which
The difficulty u The etns!ng sJstem, that Of
e!eetr1 4 college 1rnsn each siAte a a general
sna q oa u. e
mlLutActured .oses IN Seu YORK city, By con-
trptstnK through bare popular m1icH1ty the thly.
tJ-three Totes Of the StA1et exsct:y onset iaa ~
Vermont, which together threw tue sarue number
Of votes n New fo.t- the preeent syssem,
Therefore, rot OILY rende.s fraua9ent Voting most
uppAtuEallJ edecsasn bot exactly putnts o0t the
,ocAlit.e. 1heEe /, 1. sdeedtd TO produce result,
and airnoEt how many votes Ara required. Fraud
nteIsss tsS1 neseaen saa poa esa.,ons seces TIC
u9der cerfsin csrennftanoea They aFe posdne
Qpknpwu 70 taeh other. nna IN rnde and Axless
conmuni:ea They az lpraErle!u moderately
regulated AID 1elL pe1pe sectlen1 at the country.
1neuce Of the crowded or tswlesi portions Of the
community be Ho&t e1ectnalsf restricted within
ther II ketitnate mbf II tue President vera
Iunolty, It u .lue one ar uAoy legal vutes u one
section couid onlJ os'sct the same number Of legal
rotes III another eeclon: whertaa tn the lsst elec
t1ou 4 .nx1< ballot. Manufactured By one p2IIy In
Cal1forrlt could hart been an+s to Offset 1,1 legal
votes ac:nally cast b. The other Party u
11 .a Il 70 II aevea e sds e. 1Sn sn
1Age. By leouang ~ ro1es. ;eSs hr spurious. 70 =
Level, me elecuon bt dreet popular rose 1o7ld
be n Improvement on sbe prcttut 1rttern soch
7rsb..n<, wou1d be open 70 gr.Te eetecaoos; Z
would he cumosous iable TO fraud, and would
lead to great dangers In case Of e1ose sote ETen
tt6 Iott4 whatever It MAY Be accuAtcGed 10
within its own ltut1A might not see VITA equznm-
1T vasl opposing ms}o.11fes rolling up fron toe
~ilds of TtIas TO testie sone closely coutesred
election Such N objection u cbpcl1k1ve. aads
while TIE ex1Attug 8fktem k&1Hd8 chndennei. no
reDeI il to bt found IN the direction suggested m
Fe0us VIM. Z The next 1ssp Y tae Alseasssen
40 Tesr oDiy 7.saeEy asissed. are nov
matters Of rccnrt- Courts Of A~ have
raAsed upon them: co1ns1ees hare mres-
v0ced IN regard to them, Tor partisan leade1
eseu acknowledge them. ~ Wa secn II the World
Of September & ~ u91a1 noweyef. notMaE k u
being done 70 su&1d Against them N ioturt. Ine
t1ons consested On the ground o! ftsud. oolJ 6y 4
miracle ~ it we're Thl1 good fortune cannot
cputm1e forever. The suhiecs csnnot b too
much discussed TIE solution Of he problem III
ytsed pnoeT which 1ne enoxss of ffsnax sasA 10
Ir3tr1cted within the nArruNtst possible nnlsA.
The existing system &0d the method OF election
hy dtrecs Te1c beng rejected, wc arc brought d.
dts,rtcrS. TIE article referred 10 tn the Tribune
perfectly set forth the Working OF this aystcm-
The t1o neMbefs Of each college. rep.
fcseattn3 the Cntsed States Seuasnts, E1uld
district a. tsi would eiect. a,so, one member Of tne
college,. Any number Of thoasands OF fEsadnlent
votes IN Z Efrsn district coaM .pu1g Acct tntee
electoral votes 1nde1 thu q }stem toAtead of tmr.
result q would 81 me easa under genzeal popu-
lar vota. Al toccnitTe to 41tat h3nn would taus
| b removed 1ne rA7ul1aou Of this subject u -.
pectslq received to ths Bsaoe Legta1Asores bJ A.