, 1870-11-04
given TO tho rress or people to perform
their political duties.


,ssVA ~ WV taVHH VI lfSA,ltC \" tNAAV1" I
heir political tlutics.
PLANS OF MINORITY VOTING.
At the meeting Of the American Social
Science Association, at Philadelphia, dur
ing the past week, paper hY Thomas
Hare. Esq., Of London, the author mud iu-
vcntor of the minority representation
principle in several of itH forms, Was road,
in the absence Of the anthor, by Nr.
Ware, 6f Boston. Mr.. Hare defined the
improved modes Of voting under four
htads, via:
l. The election by free iixt, recently
adopted by the Reform Association at
Geneva Switzerland. This, says Mr..
Hare, proposes that every party shali
agree upon list Of members to be nonli-
mated, and TINT each party shan elect SO
many members al shall be proportional to
the number Of its voters, taking them sue
cessively from tho bead of each list" This
statement is somewhat Obscure. and tho |
plan it refers to has not been
much discussed here. It seems 10
mean, however, that, where there are
four political parties, say the Re-
p"'''e"u' r. ooe,A,
-
inate portion Of the candidates proper
ticnate to its number OF voters If there
ate 1VO.O .OtM vote.s, of whom the Republic
cans have 4O,00O, the Democrats $4,000,
'"e "oiAihtnen .''''''' a''u 'u' as.npo1-
n Aki1N $n% S.1nkn1
anee l"''a"' ana lnefe arc ten caou'oa.ss
lur a1oefmea OF tue Aeels@tafe ~ pe
ehosen' Tue nep"','cans VIII non1'na'e >,
tnc Den'ocf"sS d 'ue "ose'nsa.eA - Auu
she temperance men l. Dut ILLS pau s'e's
forth no lndncement winch Will compel
either party u nominate no moro canol
dates than It's numnef OF voters ent'te Is
t". II it IL practicable, the iact does NOT
appear from Mr. Aares explanation.
=. Tko limited vote consists in limiting
the number OF peEsons for which Tie voter
may cast his ballot. II three otnccfs are
to bo chosen, he votes only f"f Two. Ials
has been adopted III tho Parliamentary
1 elections ID Aanchester, birmingham, aao
| other Giles III England, ana ~otSs stesess-
fnlly, to the extent OF always giving the
minority party ono representative out OF
the tnfee- bnt rs undef tue ma)orty
System, nearly all the members elected
| from these towns would be Liberal1 Raai-
! Gals, Or wings. ana as tne limited systcm
| il nat ann1ied to the Iorv bo.ourls. its
one-sidetl aud imperfect application weak.
ens the Lil,er.i marry. and has
A.. 1..,:.-
! .,f r,L,, Rr;,ht md h;u.: f1ap3c
A
,,o5. in 4ba lav+ soSSi,,D IN r~,anJ tba i'm,
;.a,, 80. ~. af7,,,, t1,,r,,,,, H., l., Glad
s,ono h;,,san x;,,, Ill h;s forco ~ orcn.
-: .,.. r.:,..,t, p,
'"'H' "0t :" ~ - WV ~A 1o~
against to ohly - fvr the repeal
l. ;. 1rb, t},,rd ,,1so 10 that of crn,n}otiva
-. Lug su"o l'sa" =" %aas oi e"u4'"&''o
or free voting fecentlY Aduptcd by the new
| |r,;...:e 1,,:..;~ :. J,..; -
| oenstlIntlon o4 AA'ao's, ia 'ue eAec't"n vi
all Boards oi Dirertors Of corporations
;p,a,n,c II hm1 hecn nr.vious,v nr,nose,]
| 0 o-"A &A~ 'o!
by 3lr. Buckalew for adoption in tho choice
- ,,h. ~ f.,,,,po.. ,na Y-o.;a,.,;,1
Elections. As to neluLers of Congress, il
.,,1s -. l.. o,,,,,,,,.o3 r,,,.ee thxa. -,
oo"'o nos oe e"p'oSeo' a'l'es" 'ntee o'
Ao'o " t"1"A ~" ''es'e" " So11
mon ticket This plnn would sac
:s. s,.o .,,,.o oe hn,-,,o nal
llnee tue HJh%e" Va A4a>'nk e"ee
| district chu1we it's own Represen
| ,,, - .
tat1se. ana Houo, therefore. DO opon u
| ~, ;rv,,,rnt,1o o1;action IN fba rhnira nj
~ '"S"l'eta'io ouIec.on !" 1no cno'ee u
! COpEreshlnen. But in the choice OF PresI
,+n,t;,l EIertors all of whom nre nov
oenstai 1ee'os7' AL " "Aotn hno NV
chuseu on one common ticket, it would b,
! .oe f. ;re..,.o vale. ~,
bteat te1oAIi' epl Atstanee, "Aue1 VA
| nrtsent .xsft1n the fEirty.fiya electslra
-,
FotcS OF new 1ork muSt De tnfoWn so1lt
| Hor xzhutev..r c,rdilatc pr Marty rece;rc
~
The 1nHlor1ty OF tho popular vote III til
| .r3,n1a E,n,a TIpdar The fraa ,.oia f1,ar
"Ao,s 'oe'
| would he eighteen electors of tho lalor1t
! | n.,4,, ora .o,..,,.ot., ,f +ho ,,;r,.;+v rh
| 'A.ts "i4st @c'eo'eeu - stAo a'4aoi"J' -
iuduce1nent to fraudulent voting would h
: | almost wholly remored. md we should
. ! probably. seldom hear OF wards castin