, 1870-07-01
Minority Representation.

from me sdn FJuncisco Chronicle tDen)
,AMoES tae many proyIs1ops of the nav con-
s'1sat'on which is to be submitted to the
people Of Illinois for ratification or rejection.
an,na We nn4 Tue loAow1ng very Important section
Legislature By tho several counties: = :
It viii ba seen at glance that this Is ore of
me principles which will DO urged es q DIauk
N the platform Of the new national party that
u no" II the course Of organization In the
VARIOUS States. 1t secures to the minority q
representation in the councils Of the State
instead of leaving them entirely at tho mercy
OF an over-scrupulous partisan majority. It IL
TO be hoped that before another session Of the
Aeglsiaturo o. our State shall convene, more
catholic and liberal spirit will prevail which
Will result in the adoption of an amendtnent.
TO be snbn!tted to thc people, embodying this
pr1nc1pte Of minority representation. We feel
confident that the people Of Illinois WILL not
f;sr lelss5 80 thst excellent P.oyiaon, and We are
te say aye" or mo" On that question, tha
| "ayes' viii bo largely in the maiority.
! From The GalesbuJy Free Press {EtpubliaGnl
Iho time approaches when our people will bo
summoned % to the polls to vote for ot against the
there can be no possible doubt b1t tha ser.
tons to be voted on separately may not fare
70 well unless their friends are on the alert.
Particularly is this to be feared on tho minor
strenuous opnosition r. 10 40, Iaeees ;.a Mltn
upon the oil 1ogy school OF toiI;es anI 41Ia 1;1,a
nfl other innnraf;oo th,t ha,.a -, auu AAe
destined to produce immense good to the COM
anh''s a1a ,ssnsd at large, showers Of abuse
electoral government NJ, ne,, LII u an
have . voice in any representatiqs ] asis hot,g T.
While the principle in dispute will not alter
least give tho minority chanco - a. ai,Sa W. az
its claims.i., othar Ea-da siaeg T. 70 aasocate
fees SO That oyery man .IaII have aoq,e1,oa o.
to speak for him on al occasions. ''Ans'o'S
That the proposed measure ia me,ito.ioua
has excited outside Of onr sta,a Erat, 20 ~ ~
journals OF England, France and em Gc9osne sne
arc DISCUSSING t6e nronosii;nn anI @ ,,n;aany ;Gsauy
y acknowledge tIlat tfe pian Is i ,aa eood opo
They are now waiting to SEQ whether tbc ns@.
ciate and alopt il. =" "pp1~
From Ne Sae{ty Uaion fE,,ny5,;,,,,
The subject Of minority reprcsentatio, ia
being discnaaed in lively manner in some
poeition to tho new plau comes fro,, A4 4t,oa ~
who arc in tho majority party. aithonai, trs,
are hapry to say that many who are in fITa ma.
jority favor it, on principle. Ia mt 1he
foundation rock Of our system OF government
the people is the supreme law:n And ia ia not ~
tho minority a Dortfon AZ iha ,.an1aa wv wv
E0ther think from the Tay tho q mn Po,,,1;i;
cans Of Shelby County pay tayea thst tIsare W.
portion Of the people and haya ao1na rio,,ts -
oven though in q minority. oo't'' A'e1l7'
Let us illustrate tho wav in xvbi.1, t,,o ,,,,
Of minority representation 1r;,i 1Tort s-Ao t11'o
We will take the two counties nf sho,br ,,,
Fayette. In 1868 Shelby cast 1853 Repnb;can
and 937 Democratic votes, and Fayet,e I.71I
Republican, and 2,Oa9 Observation-Disclosures, : ~
Republican and 5,o1s Democratic votes. n the
next General Assembly, il the new constitn. ,
1ion carries+ Shelby will be entitled to two aud
tayctte 9no.both three. Under the present
system dnn ,ne Democrats will get MI th1ea-that
= " "a ouog voters Will elect three members, aud
law WI elect none. True, this is majority I
rue, Gut the new plan gives representation to
'ae minority and still let's the majority rule
Iai1a e1sEM tms la how it is done. Let
ent;t'sat sns =. ap@ ~. tayette form one district
dnricf d;.arsf .o 1hree members Each voter in this
uieutct may cast three votes-as many asthere ,
s.te s.N .ntesIone vote and half for each Of tho
5Mo candidates, or all three for ono candidate.
uemoerats; .an nelng N majority will nomi
rate @ am9 eaho1aatcs IIe each voter gying one
vote ana haii for each candidate-th,is CIV !
Ing .nel! !f Gandldates 7,52i votes: The Kepub-
asaAs w, WI nominate Que candidate, and each
N coo WI cass tol nun three vutes-GiEing him
,u,ts ,u,tsz o sates-t4as We will have two Demo-
and wl;1o H 1he 3he mfpnpcan fIom tho district
noI.ts ~: WI, W. also nave representation =
r,a ~ mient Mso lake the two counties OF !
ts otes ena !DouS;aa-both a; + Republican. and to-
tnte 1n. caas hepqDican and $50 Demo
saM vo,eTa abnr' =. T. .onS1oasy unfair that the
~ snoula nave three representatives,
nacr 1 tno 'nEu ,yse1S @ saoasa lave none at al
soot 80. ~ notlsy pan the Repuhlicans val
thn nar,,,arht Iii % ~ o91 votes, While
~ W saa H. w. eless one by o,149 votes.
zix nooInhara sas = 'tsse 1out counties vii have
crat;c en4gts M ~ II me assembly, three Demo-
i.AI - aug th1eo hepunican--the same as un- :
aes ne oid plan, only tho members arc scat !,
'etea N over tne atstf.cts IN different manner !
uus readers may clearly zee from the above
the workings Of tho minority | :
plan. Plan! u works no advantage to any party. .
!. me majority Ct the people will as clearly rule
y" demagoguery, or trickery about iii Ji il c
SIMPLY plan by which the people NAV be | I
more 1n'i completely represented. We trust and
oene'e @ = VIII 20 carried: az It ought to be.
,,7,. F!o'a Me th1en9o Post {Republiean.> J
o11 1ne maaollay representation section Of the 5
ntts nSW sons,i.fq9n which Is separately sub
10 it diHcussed by the DrnaI ~ o},ar ctnA,a III q