New-York tribune., 1872-06-04

collective cOmmouns aud tendencies OF humanity be bnt
humanity In the son e of the evolution OF Gods unyor
sal thought Of good, must 1tnot De IN some huDci
more complicated way tan that Of the vague aNIonh h
You aid not mean TO say IN this hut you came 10 be ga1
you did For thcu Mdzzni broke out ana ne gIaPp gP o
Tgor OF reasoning aud aUuieness OF ANALYSIS @ Wcn
YOU hardly prepared TO expect rom you Wv 2
experience Of him One such occasion
membcr which Tor two hours there was @ us' D,
Of this kind 50 ntim1'c aud 80 eager tnau, Win sene
away unconynced on te MAIN POM ~ a, s"cb an vercse
that had never before been engaged ID scn a
OF give and take OF Ma my niha SU do mems
by the encounter. Few SuCn COnN ~ A. -, -,
bebts of intercourse now allow and more Is the ply!
W. Vos SlvTas or OF n so severe matter. Varied
and interesting chat. with only the que os OF the WY
erosly Mzznian WIS the generalTule; and you might
hght secoha or fh r,re occasions when ne was not
10 remain after You were gone YOU might have ms com
pan. "i W., D1reG then mi the corner OF some narrower
street chan usual be going his way, and you yours"
The death of Mazzai, which took place on the 10th
of March. was sudden and without pain. few days
before he had complained Of a difficulty in breath
ing but not sufficient, as he thought TO send for
physician. He grew rapidly however; on the
evening OF the 9th he became unable to speak; but
remained in full possession of his mental faculties
and With an unclouded serenity of spirit After he
had brcathed his last he did not appear as if dead
but ike a profound thinker who had fallen asleep
afterexcessive intellectual fatigue.
NiNoRirY. OR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. BJ SALEM
iVrcHER. Syo. ID. los. Uniel States Publishing Co.
The principle of minority or proportional
representation as stated by the author of this voume
Is that every party should be represented in proportion
70 its strength II the party has half the vote it should
have half the representation, If third, third and so
on in the same ratio Under the present electoral ar
rangements If representatives,, for example are 10
be cacted in constituency of seven thousand NoVerS'
four thousand of whom belong to the IN party,
and three thousand to the out party, the Ihs VIII
rfo ~1,,1a Of no
(uts will have none. The minority system demands
that since tho voters stand four is to three the repre-
senyes should stand in the same proportion, or IN the
case supposed the Ins should have four representatives,
and the Outs three In the present work an account Is
given of the origin aud nature of the processes that nave
been suggested for the accomplishment OF TINS opJect
together with a brief history Of the progress OF the
movement. The writer is neither partisan hor
an opponent Of the system. He does not
undertake to argue the cause on either side Dut 10 pre-
sent Of the facts which may serve Tor us euc"
ton The idea which has attracted good dea OF alte
ton OF late years is by means novel one III lo''
Mirobe,u described model legislature as being TO the
nation what chnrt is to its physical confguraVon pre-
senting picture OF the people on reduced SCALE ana
bearug the same proportion to the original thal map
ssaius the mountains and lakes, forests ana piaS
cities md towns, which it represents The plan Oh
,,ioor,ty represeutation was embodied in the form
NJ law bv Norway in 1914. The first book on
sbe subject was by Mr.. Thomas Gnpn OF Fhla-
dclpiua aud published by him in 1874 1t had ohS
very limited circulation and is now completely out VI
print The only copy known TO be in existence is IL 'he
library of Harvard College This work anticipated the
,,,,n. nv Mr. Thomas Hare, published in England in
1859 and which generally enjoys the credit OF being the
Hrs book the subject that has been lssued from tne
press Mr. Hare succeeded by MI Johh
,stuart MI whose Considerations on repre-
septal.yo Government" in 1865 called public at
fenton TO the speculations Of the former writer
frtust lao IN
par of the civilized world Since that time the ques
ton has awakened increasing interest and called forth
legislative greater or less extent IN bhgahu'
Switzerland and in Of the States OF the American
Union Even where It has not become part OF the Ia"
OF the and the principle has received great atentonas
~ Froce BADEN Australia the British colony OF Vic
tors md IN several Of the United Sates-The reader
who desires TO gain clear and impartial VleW
OF the question, in all its bearings ana
relations viii find abundant materials for the study IN
this alu exhaustive volume. 1t exhibits DOM tne
srenc, the weakness OF the case in just proper
tious ost significant fact in the volume is, per-
b,ps mai rever the principle OF minority representa-
ton has been led experiment 1t has been adopted
"a re In hmark. its was ordered, In the hrst
place by a royal decree, but in few years 1t was
established by the Legislature from a conviction
OF itS excellence. In England, the limited vote
was applied 10 Parliamentary elections in 1861
and in 1871. after it had been tested by practice
motion to do away with it in future was negalVed
without a division. In the State Of New-York 1t was
applied TO the election Of delegates at large TO the Con-
sttutona Convention of 1867 and Of all the amendments
proposed by that Convention, the only one ratified by
the people that applying the same method OF cleo
ton to the choice of Court OF Appeals Several other
examples might be adduced showing that the system
OF minority representation has been confirmed by prac
tcaI experience and that it is the tendency OF the
times 70 give it a still moro extended trial
sshould the final verdict be favorable" the
author forcby remarks, the second great step In the
history Of popular government will have been taken
The gt was the substitution of sedate council Of ten
representatives for a awdebating mob OF thousand
czens gathered haphaz ard in the marketplace; and
the second is that behind every OF the ten COUNCIL
men shal stand Onetenth Of the people"
The Immigrant Builder, by c. P. DwYER
(Claxton Remsen) is expressly intended as guide TO
the now settler proposing to trough it in the bush
showing him how TO plan and construct cheap dwell