, 1870-12-20
CUMULATIVE VOTING,


IEe ele:tion ct . School Boasi for tho ma.
9fupoita las been an experiment, and yet, un,
aes ,sEeIy point Of vies. great, # NOT an un-
an edas.tieEs; sns5 4 o9eet @ Of
with the Erctleu Of providing primary. edu.
cation 1os the capital has been clesrly nst.1re5
n1me or two mag have aiipped IN tLat wa
Rsala 6iadly have found waning, especially
M1en We remember who bare bean excluded
70 nake Tay fo1 them; but i few ipcompatent
ncmbers will be harmless in themtelyes in
tue presence ct IN overwhelming and ennr-
geuc majority knowing what they have to iio
ano sincerely desoting themselves to the itEor
| 1eIo1e them; Seven Or eight members .of
lnais' an6 Coumoaats who manage 10
have anything to eay President of thoa
1tsuen Asaotadon; eight ciergymeu, iuclud-
| !ng & among others the principal of Rings CO..
gers, Of the Charterhou.e Schools. and tha
wear OF Greenwich large employers ct labor.
hho nave already proved by deeds theIr
earnest deeire fer tho education Of the chil-
d.en or thelr workmen Roman Catholics,
trcm the Catholic voters Of London cons;sta
~ senethtng more than identity OF creed :
ten CT a dozen Nnnconfo1uiata, selected b.
Their co-Iellgiouissa A. their be.t repraaonts-
ase III. Hen aEd, not the teaat important, two
ont Of the tlEce women who came foryari AZ
candidates, oue Of whom received by far tho
iafgess number Of rotes given to Any caudi-
date. will form board OF such power AMI
AciiIty that it may be doubtful whether Nin-
istes Of Education could tave nominated
oetter one had the metropolis consented to
sa1idce the securities Of municipal free.
DON and REIGN the responsibility
TO him. The single element in which the NJ
tropoatan Board may be accused Of being de-
ncat ut II an adequate representation Of work.
1rngnen. rag 1his 9esence IL strangely significant.
nnHHjh1a "a Ia Ak At
pesemptosily closed at o'clock, even agaiust
thoso who had found their Wy into tha Totirr
places. may have caused ! loss OF yoten
enough to turn the scale IN one or two IN
ttancis; yet when 1t is remembered that ia
sere;l districts where workingmeu vere ia.
feated the combination Of tbouasnd to
twelve hundred voters would have secured thn
return OF ! candidate 1t is t1npossibla to avoid
Tue conclusion that the wofkingmen them
selves Te,e either ignorant Of the power thsy
lad IN their hands or Indifferent a1out The a.
ese1se OF t. The latter neeuas the more pro~
nao!a exrlaIation: but. whatever the cause,
the Metropolitan School Board viii not h.Ta
s1uocg t's Numbers more than ono or tro
mtn 10 c1aftas the educational dee:ses of the
working classes. whoas children will form tas
its management.
Lsndon viii ccrtainl5 hayo &. arce,,sn+
school Eoard, and this being confessed. Il ha.
comes matter OF interest to know hnv tha
teeait mas been achieved. The mxchinnrr ~
the ballot has leea employed, aad thera ia
s.sesuE dlsFosl'ion to attribute 10 this sseu-
cy 1ho sesceEs that Las boen atta1ue,j, Il j.
quite evident that the disorders Vhteh aro:a
N eome cases-the cEowd1ng OF The polling
pscfs, the insufficient veti6cAtion Of un,i,f's
eaticne, tho tcramelrg for rspars, aud the
92i9Snase i:;1S ,hs, exclusion o. voters Who vera
Ito lal!o!. AL might have ha2pened ni,hont ih NJ
It "a With It. On tie other hind, 1t Is eausljy
plain that the order which on the vhoio nrs.
yatled Wss II no degree the merit Of lie bsI- |
lot: Let us follow the pl1n Of ac.ion pursued.
clamans appeared as tho pol'iEg-plsce,
: paper. retired 10 = compartment to tiIi n5
the votes be or ehe might give. Thsnca
not hayiug kigned the Paper, ha hrnn~htt
y sae9. 1o!cod to the .DeEasy Returning Gf1-
SeT, 1ao deposited II in the u1n. Tho whole |
dlAefeEte bstTeen ballot and no-ballot l,v in
the fact that the paper vas returned un.icn,d
aro the highest consideration ahowe thst tha
good order that prevailed would hxYo hae-
ptcc:tely the tane hAd the voter Mcne<i III
pspe5 before foldtrg It and returning il. Somc
were subsequently disailowed in canseousnrr.
2! nat these Eetes we're apparently given Nith
the rarae calnness and regularity a. The yoies
Eec7rded IN obedlence to tho rules OF 'ths
taucataou Department. The order OF the
Of written for oral votisg-a chsnss en-.
duc1Te to speed, regularity, md aocurzcy az
voting, Aod In itself recognition Of tha
Progress Of education. The isst liz: ~
papt1s !,' xefe unsigned haa no i1aasnce on
1ae olee{ % 7oting, but it mar have Ind
Ies SSme Idos1ss ~ aS On ths disposition ot the
aIohocauoo that they would bs open to pablo
Inspection week or ten da5s hopcs. son,e
Sotera night, through fear or fsyor. h.vs
|eted oths wise than they did, and in this cou-
:asss ~ ne h tse1sesf1 gain oi secsees. oa tho
Subsequent publicity destroys Tho SOLE prscsi-
~ cheek aSainst person1tion, and in this. and
q the loss Ct the seusa In tie voter himsaT
nat he ts dieeha:Eing public duty, uss the
\ aeae "a Ea1tase q secrecy. Ne have no heaita-
relizet, but it il only necesssrv now to lusist
9poo the truth that the successful cquduct 81
he elections OF Taaeday can In no degTee b
I:t.1intea to the fact that voting papers ware
mt signed bJ Eutern before dai,yerr to the
9sputy Returning 06ren.
~. Forster IL reported to havs eaid, 1t the {
ttfsbeca Institution last week, that the elec-
!ons OF School Boards hid been complicated | I
, the totrodurtlon Of the cumulative vote. ! {
te *qn!d have been better advised had he J
AID thst they Ind been siuplided and made c
By it. LJIhad not been for th,s nor 4
~ De election Of prop.T Metropolitan b
card seou!d Aape btsn hopeless. Sesariaa .
nersy nos bee1 prominent, a. Il stsqht to haze I
te1s, t<t &ht cssnuls..re ro:e has "a oea i from c
eg<nerafing ia&o sec9orian passion. Esoh s
ect Ee1 shat Il could seeurs ta shsrs Of The o
sr!ese Natives on the toard, and looked out P
,r its best ma1 or men, md where secis com- II
lEed to form > compete "1icket" Was, I
sppi!y. found impossible to n,aintain e
= effective combination. and the s'ti:t-
. =" were put aside By the indepep6- b
:ce the poweF Of accumulation Of n
oteA gave to the voterz. It was due =
} the cumulative yota, ani to it slone, that b
re Roman c1tholic members obtained their Il
Ats- To the came cause must bs refetred | y
u EIccess Of the lady candidater, and the in
position OF Mr Rogers, Of Bish- 1t
eg1te, Who coming fnfKar lkst. E1s yet 1t
e head Of the poll II the City. Not thar tne | 81
sehinszy Of the cumulative vote is By anv in
cans perfect. II i an ixmense isaproee- ?,
tnt on TIE netho d. notc abandoned; i il a Ii
tie true principle Of rrp4esenta- 81
e gocs1'nnse1a, aud, a Gtse elections xao,a, T,
most pottuJtl for good but the elections Vi
70 abow whexs Il is defective and how II til
u b. improved. TAke the election for Nary- 4
,one. Miss Garrett heads tho poll .Vith al
0Tly AZ 900 yote4, the second candidate hAY NJ
: Is. 500. No one vii b dlsposad to re- IL
ot The 2ppaEeuGy uunsoeasaxy w44ta OF n
tsa upon Mis- Garrett; yak tnauv uhn r.,
smped for bar; looking down ths lit OF Ct,
occtaful and rejected candidates: muot Il,
eh they hid Giyen soEne Of shsir 7ptes 10 n m