, 1870-12-16
cumulative VotfuE-Tne mancheE-
ter Election Under tho Now Ednc4a.
tionAct-Cutio1s and Unexpected
fkExu1tks


Votfug-Tne manches-
ter Election Under tho Now Educsa.
tiou ana Unexpected
Hexu1tzs
or tbs result Of the election fo1 members Of
tho School Board under the new education lsw
in Manchester, yoQ have been informed BY
telegraph. but the matter Is or sufficient
;ntePeet to warrant additional comment 4
nrnyious Ietter has informed you that undar
fhis, law Ill tate-psyers, women ~ Wen ~
men. IRE TotaEs. and that each voter has ~
no1uv votes u thera ne eeats to be Hied, be-
ing It liberty to concentrate au bis votes On
ono candidate. or to daat1ihnte them e 20
n]essas, In Manchester thera we're hftaen
r1s,nbsrs Of the School Bozrd to bs elected,
snd each goter had fifteen vo4es II his eit-
nosI. Porty. four candidates went to tho
nno1fa. xnd pyer S91, 900 vo<es' we're given
Ev 2d.5l9 Jottrs. There IRE In Man-
CHESTER No Less than g., 600 rate-pa5esa
80 that The frat supFtsins t1hfng !. aeSo. et,ut
Something @ lie 81, GOO voters abstained from
cong to Sote. But the other resuits are stsa
more astonishing. Manchester Ia famous Tor
tVo thirxs-f1st, the ferTor of Its Protestant.
Ism; second, tho number, organization, and
strength of its working a1asses- But Al th's
ID II the head Of tne poll. one OF shem recs;v-
inR nearly q, 500 snexe vutea than any Protest.
mi candidate, and no working ches' csnds-
date, Of whom they were eesan, being elected
1t I'll, tho highest vots any Of them received
being 8. s5s44, Hhilo one & them got only 1865.
He.e Il tho list of the suocesstul candidates.
with tha votes giyea to each:
REV. Canon Tooie, Roman Catholic. 20
{is oTxe Richaldsor, Roman C11ho]ic. s93
YIN. Hksch, =" Pn1anthTopsst t"-.-........-.. saMs
IT. szsfss G.iesf4 h'fes: Ke'iEsoge..eaii
Robert Glsdstsae, Eptscopalan-. g.
Thoe. Dsle, Epaseopaiizn. 9.oss
Josspna Lamb Episcog's,5ii1n [s',dion
Iaeha1t HArexth, Nes!eJan.-.;-.
Ker- ". McKeFrpw. Presbytertan. -....... 2,sta
eeSeS ne 9ooa as%Re! %s1sa
Jdhn Cooper, WealeJaI--.. Gos0
Oliver UeJwco Seculartst. 7,so1
The 80, ,683 vpfes given 10 tho TIVE Rounsu
Catholic candidates wers pollei BY about !, 200
voters, who either pumped" for the reret-
end gentleman who hesds the Gstor spit their
votes bstween him and the lAwyez who follows
him. The l31 S62 giTan to the d1e Church Of
England candidates were polled by about
5000 yo.ers-eo that 1t .seaaa tl1kt ii MAI
England and the chntch Of Roms is'sa nias
to seyen. Il Ia quits clear that under tho
old ssstc1n. the foimer could have elected al
the caucidatee, Hhila the 1atter would
have been untepredented; but It is equally
clear that tho1e TWO parties unnet-estim1ted
106lE QNN 6LGUEIu. 2414 l14Ak D3&HtoQ IktGI4
they might hare elected III the candidates but
one. Tho Catholics might h2ve had ai1 IN
stead Of two candidates, and given esch OF
them Il, ,1A votes tho Epsscopalisns might
haye had eight candidates, and given each OF
Them 6.720 Totes; while all that the other
partiea could have done would have been to
elect the remaining candidate. These are tho
mysteries OF tho cunuAtirp vote, now tried
for the first time IN England. but destined, no
doubt, to be used for even moro important
t purposes hereafter.
L Tho complete rout which h4s oEertaken the
| uusecta1ian, the secularfst, aud the working
mems party IN tho election is an eraut giving
rise to many reflections. We hare been told
.sxqtie ad na,&seon., that tha htnasses In Eng
land cared nothing for religions education
and had an ardeut dasiro for ae
cu1iug secular instruction. and sec
uiar Instruction only. for their chi]dren
Bat now, In city where the " unsects1'An,
the secular, and the worEngmm parties wer'
supposed to be struugest, there ID an election
Hhere the religious paTtF meets the eecu1atis
party and drives it from the helai where tn
dogustic party o1etwheims the unhectarian
and where, out OF fifteen candidates
not ons ia = workingman." or eren work
ingmAn's candidate. What does al thi
mean z II ie true thst sc. 900 yoterH- neglected
to vote, while only 26,000 wont to Tho polls
but experience has shown &lst the voters wh
stay At home arc we'll represented by thoe
| Eho yota. Wh1tever else this curious elee
ton may be supposed to shoE, It proves 4
| ieaBt that the new education tct has produce
| results not at all fntonded bY thoaa who wer
most sndous for ita passage. ptccAon1r-