Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-28
Minority Representation.

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Minority Representations.
The Charleston Ncrs thinks, that there is
no likelihood of obtaining an amendment OF
the State Constitution, SO as to require OF
votes an educational or proper qualification,
but believes it to be practicable to adopt the
F., principle OF minority representation, which
has been engrafcd upon the Republican
Constitution of Illinois, and has been carried
into operation under Democratic auspcies in
Pennsylvania. Itadortion will secure to the
$4,000 white votes Of the State, representa-
tion in proportion to their voting strength,
| and furnish needed check upon au irrespon.
sIblc ma jority. 1t has received the approval
of the most thoughtful statesmen, of the lead
ing Republican paper, and OF the most promi
nent members of the Radical party.
''The plan, says the Nr,r$, is Us simple as
the al phabet. Where, as in Illinois. cumula
tive voting, us it is called, is feature of the
public law, each voter at all elections is cnt.
tied to MS many votes us there are persons to lie
voted for. Thcsc'votes the voter may divide
among the candidates, or cast them all for
any one candidate. Take Charleston County,
| as an example of the operation of this cumu
lntve voting in South Carolina There arc
eighteen members of the house of Rcprescn
! tativcs to be elected, and there are 1900
Radical voters and 5000 Conservative voters
1t is evident that the Conservatives by cast
ing their votes, ia, 900 in number for scccn
candidates would give those candidates ma
jority and would elect them, while the Radi
cal voters, by concentrating their vote upon
cievcn candidates, could, in the same way
elect those eleven. Both Conservative and
Radicals would be represented in the General
Assembly in the ratio of 10000 to S0OO.--
And. under this system, the Radicals would
obtain their fair share Of representation in the
counties where they, instead of the Conser.
vatives, arc largely in the minority The
general effect would be that the two parties
would stand in the General Assembly as
100000 to 60,G00. Putting down the mum
Der OF member of the lower House at one hun.
dred and twenty, the plan of cumulative vot.
ing should give tho Radicals ~ members,
and the Conservatives 48 members"
WHAT REAL LOVE Many women sup
pose they love their husbands, when, unfor
tunately, they have not the beginning of an
idea what love is Loving to be admired by
a man, loving to be pcttcd by him, and Low.
ing to be praised by him, is not loving him.
All these may oc, when woman has no pow.
er of loving at all they may be, simply be-
cause she loves herself, and loves to be fiat
tered, praised caressed and coaxed as cat
likes to be coaxed and stroked and fed with
cream, and have warm corner.
But all this is not love. 1t may exist, to
be sure, where there is love; it generally
does. But it may also exist where thero is
no love- Love is self sacrifice it is life
out of self and in another. It's very essence
is the prefcrring of the comfort the ease, the
wishes of another to ones own, for the love
we bear them Love is giving and not rccciv-
ing Lovo is not sheet of blotting paper
or sponge sucking in everything to itself.
Loves motto has been dropped in this world
us chance gem of great price, by the love-
liest, and fairicst, the purest, the strongest
of Lovers that ever trod this mortal earth,
of whom it is recorded that lie said, at is
more blessed to give than to receive"
Bay a raw Irishman, just over, went into
restaurant and was asked by the waiter
what he would have. "Why, wittles to ato,
av coarse" was the reply A plate of bash
was placed before him. "Fot's dat ?" de.
manded Mickey. "That's wittles" was the
answer. Mickey eyed the compound suspi.
cioasly for some time, and finally exclaimed
"Be jabers, the man that chewed that can ate
it
GY- The lately deceased Prince Puckor
Muskan, of Prussia, ordered in his will that
his mortal remains be buried or destroyed by
some chemical process. His physicians adop
ted tho latter mode.
"What Is the best way" asked young
preacher ofan older one, "to got the attention
OF congregation 2" "Givc EN- something
to attend to-" was the gruff reply.
nen4. A sick man was told that his wife
would probably marry again. "All right"
said no "for thcro will be ono man that will