The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-03-21

drawing, and after notice to its members, |
and proceed, retired by itself like jury, to
chose its representative elector. Let this
establishment Of constituencies and choice
of representative electors be repeated every
two years, or as often as may be Judged ex-
pedient. Let citizens be forbidden to de-
cline the Office Of elector.
THE REGULATIONS or THESE PRIMARY CON
! srITuENcIEs.
This constituency should not be limited
in ts choice to its own members, but should
have the range OF the town or ward Of
which it might form part In voting the
roll should be called and voting should be
by ballot or oica rOce, as each vote might
prefer. 1t might be well to provide that in
case Of insuperable disagreement in a con
stituencyit should be represented, in due
proportion, by the two who had received the
largest number OF votes. 1t is believed,
however, that under this system party feel
ing and other dstracting and ilegitimate
influence would after little time, 80 disap
pear from the public mind that unison OF
sentiment would not be difficult to obtain.
Undoubtedly this plan will work better and
better with tho progress Of time and expert
ence.
Let the body of representatives so chosen
in any ward Or town constitute college Of
electors for the offices of such ward or town,
and appoint 10 public session and ricd roce
its supervisor, its Justice Of the peace, its
town agent, its alderman, and all its other
functionares.
THE HIGHER COLLEGES OF ELECTORS
Let them also appoint one or more cleo
tors of higher class to represent them,
and the people for whom they act, in a high
er college for the section Of country officers,
members Of assembly, and State senators
The electors so chosen in an assembly dis
trict should appointits member Of assembly,
those chosen in q senatorial district, its sena.
tor and so on.
In like MINER, this secondary college in
every country should choose still higher
grade Of electors to represent it in a higher
electoral college in the appointment of the
executive functionaries of the State and the
high Judiciary.
The vote of an elector in any grade
should have weight in his college according
to the number Of registered voters that he
might represent.
This gradation could not fail to secure in
the higher colleges of electors men picked
out not only FIR their high and established
character, but also for their understanding
Cf the exigencies Of the public service and
, for their acquaintance with the men best
, fitted to meet them. The mere nomination
for member OF congress or presidential
elector by body Of such mon, speaking
for their congressional district, could not
fail to prevail against any combination Of
politicians or any devices of.party Thus
any State adopting this system would re.
cove its full advantages even while it had
4 not yet been introduced into the federal
: constitution.
We have not space to- enlarge upon the
scheme at this time, but its possibilities
: will readily suggest themselves to redecting
minds. The more it is considered the more
d favor is it likely to receive from the many
d dsinterested citizens who have long beer
y sick at heart over the present condition o.
II affairs and well-nigh hopeless Of any relief
n This unknown Iycurgus has elaborated I
e simple device which is really full Of proms,
d lone which will bear the severest examina
I. tion, and which, however critically inspec
ted betrays no loophole through which thl
/ chicanery, corruption and impudence o
u politicians could seek an entrance. 1t mus
effect, we verify believe, wherever PIT il
y operation, an immediate and bloodless revo
J. lutiou, dispacing our present oIiparchy 0
= the worst elements Of society for q genuin
- one.
. The fact that legislatures entrusted witt
70 the important representative duty of elect
3 ing United States Senators frequently SCI
y themselves to the highest bidder, and confe
u this exalted honor upon notoriously inca
'e pable and unworthy men is no argumen
:" against the proposed system, for the origi
70 Of all the mischief is in the primary conver
=, ton and in the popular election, manpr
10 ulated and controlled by political trickster
e. through fraud and cunning. The peopI
have no real voice in electng members {
to the Legislature, especially in the cities on
lis larger towns, and that body, therefore, snd,
the present order ofthings, in no mannt
We represents them. A few hundred wir,
or pulera and ballot.box suffers in each part
or manage everything, elect themselves to tb
be Legislature, as well as to other olici'
as positions, and when there, naturally legi
n -. -. l--aoninna trihn na {.