The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-04

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man. and hs bowed slightly 4 to MBGrgo B
f--~ my prisonef, Mtbo1gE his is not prs
tPsissiy 6e spotiin1wkieH 4 expected 10 I'm
7 him. ri feel Ato b. spsinfhl duty. ir,
ne said, nov dirsstlys sddr@sing MA|eslm
1a7"T am sEaEs cf iii, re replied III the lat
ter, "snd am obliged by the consideration
EhioAinduees you to ssy g m unpleasan
4 toyou: \ have no dossA It ia.d I am read!
TO attend you, SIR, ,s.-.r.. :; .p,-t E
The officer bowed, and now turning h
Terence, "fYou viii please, also, sir, con
sider yourself a. ny prisoner. Your rash
rpess and folly have placed you in yer.
preearious prsdicament Ssrjeant." b
added, addressing q noncommissionet
ofhcef, remain here, keeping ak men will
you, with these gentlemen, I'LL 1 return
and ses tEst yoa guard against escape"
r. SyiAg this, As again bowed, and LETT tb'
apartment 10 a, minnie after he wal
mounted, and off with his troop, in pas,ui
Of some object iof similar kind With. thai
d~hick had btsughfhim 70 Duhtruskinl.ir9
=. Tis aeadevil Sf busiAess, Mkc, ,
said iTeseness shan. he ofsees, had Len q
apartment then sinking his voice., 90 ss t.
be heard only by Ma1colm-" but I think
we three might clear the room Of these fel.
lows, Hwe set 10 1t wft6a right good. win.
Wbat1saJ you to tryf Pll begia:'isIiag
=. Hush. y said MGngor, uudsr his
breath" madness. Terence, madness. We
are fairly N for It, and must Just abide the
Consequences. Our ndo6uf is sealed. In
hpsaiRII Eaghsh I'VE mast hang for it,
pereHos.'IIf ruo I9 proij9pf54G shl oi
/" Faith, and that We xos't # be can
help il, Mac and we'll try whether it can
be helped or not, I" said Terence. " We'll
get the fellows drunk, r. We can, and that
will be always Dne stsP gsinsd. f. say,
seEjeant" be added. ppy speakisg sas, and
confronting the person be-, addressed, W :. .
think you're counryman Of my own.
's / don't know; sir, |" replied tie sefjeant,
in brssps tbss - once showed Tefence's
soajssturs xas Eght--T Lam, ,ho@ Iselaod. y
81 thought q" !" rsjoiaed the latter. 4" I
saw potatoes and bptter.nilk written on yeur
sweet countepance as plain as pike-stsf.
RkbApS, now you wouldn't have any obiec-
don sUtaks Q small matter of feffeshment
yosusslf. nor to allow year neR to par4aks
oft. flour fieRa, 45- Cameron here. would
be kind enough tooffer it. - ., .
''No, certainly not, SIR replied the
sefieant. H@r ni11" III Noh.I@s = A'D-
hDtMr Gamerun,n Continued Tsrenee.
andinoR turning 10 the person he named,
would be good enough TO order . little
whisky for the lads here for we'll ,bsye a
long march Of Il BY and By, and the1l be
the bester Of something to befp them over
the stones" EDmI4a TTE-rlF'T "a 4ft
'a'-im a (ro Bs eosukUED.) D.).a2rrs1
az. swrssen Er the ADsoears.
The Ballot and It's Use,
When new party comes into power, q
new policy is expected, or as the old adage
has it, "new men, new measures"
When woman shsh take her riebtfnl
place as power in the governnent Of the
nation, you may be sure that Ee shall have
ass tBSss 81 ss, 2ssssss Sssy asze9s s
differs from man.
/ bave dxsys Thought and often said, that
woman under The ballot would never run or
clamor for Office like men. | say 90 still.
Not that / think women win not hold office.
But I do think there Is something very de-
grading and Aeworalising in the present
style Of running the gauntlst Of the ballot
between two 6srcely opposing parties, to be
put in the scales Of public opinion and
weighed by the false estimates Of people,
who know very little about you, and whose
votes have very little to do with yeur real
merits, but are controlled by . partisan
press, that constantly misrepresents you in
some way. W T'i.ifC" .'-i ''-i'li'' '-'i
The party who runs you extols yos inor-
diDately aud denies aud eonceals yonr
faults, while tbel party who, opposes you
abuses you shamefally and denies yeur yir-
tues.
: It is especial demor<izing for men
to esecsisSesy for ths1ssekes, and perhaps it
would he no. less 20 to- WonAn< 1t might
be worse as some contend, for - geod 10
made better in the hands Of woman, 50 an
evil is sometimes worse.
/; CertaiHly, no enc ear deny the. great
abuses Of the present method sf voting for
officers, and it seems to me that, many of
them are Anseparable from the method. l
en- thoroughly convinced from the abuses
asd frhuds that are committed under the
name of the elective franchise. that there is
q great wrong somewhere in the present sys-
tenn. Of using the ballot -.,
nI Nevertheless I am very sure that the
elective or representative principle is cor
rect, and nnoreovr, believe that its abuses
can be avoided by = modification Of the
method Of using it. Instead Of using it a.
now almost wholly for the election Of off,
GERS, let Us use the elective franchise more
for the sdoptioa Of great principles and
measures for the public good, just rs Hlineis
is going to vote for the adoption or rejection
Of the new constitution. .f o-..
For instance, il The people want free
trade, or modification Of the tariff, lei
them vote for free trade or for new tariff.
Orrif they want q change in the rate d
interest upon capital, Let them decide by
the ballot what shall be the lawful rate o.
interest or If they want a change IN Tbs
currency, let them vote for or against an ex
elusive paper currency. And then let Oh
cers be appeinted, by authorized perscns, Il
devise ways and means to carry out thes
principles aud measures.
This method would do away with the dis
gusting personalities Of the elective fran
chise. and besides il would introduce q mi
yersal discussion Of the measures and prin
ciples Of government among the people,
course, which Of itself, would produce al
educational qualification for tho ballot. Il j
very easy for man, who can neither read no
write to vote for this or that candidate, bu
If be were called upon 10 vote for princi