Mohave County miner., 1885-01-11
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Ssoond. .hsndsd tsssinoay should never 10
taksn in any ease. Ths ssidsuss should
Son.s from the ticket, end Any vsrAeat,sa
II the tiskst should b BY ths man Who In
Sorsed OF voted II.
OF III tbs yishts that fresnsn hold thsdr
fSnj6t1 iSof ~ 1sN iapaSSne. sAfsss
S&sfamsss Sthx ffuisc an ~iAdspss1sat
Dsopls, and In order 70 kss, the government
fsss thsre must b IN opsu, individual In
SsysnAsaos. Tss light Of that indspsos0ss
should b given to oil the psopas IN ofdsr
to prodsos tbs proper sRsota- Ny plan
would be to have every voter indosss bis
ticket. and in Iisu Of the tsfsst Register ]
would have frsshoidsr oi tbs precinct In
dorss thssieket With The voter - gssran.
tss, and placing ssipulAtd Ans On both
parties ~ penalty for ilhxai voting. The
ticket should then b nunIbsrsd with the
npmbsr Of the votsss nams ON The poll list.
A. they are voted tbs tisksts are TO BE-
plsosd on string sttsshsa 70 tho bottom
Of the bailot-box and supplied With =
needle, and ~ they are counted placed on .
second string and Placed In safe keeping
for future references. The objection TO this
ruis would 30 that Il takes away . mans
privacy, and would place tbs yotsr 10 .
position that would Be very dissgressbls
10 II would 10 certain class of men, but
not to . free and indspndsnt voter. Il
would be very disaRrssatds 70 the pssudo-
pslitieians and nswspspns, those pssado-
stsilas who always mako thsir Appearance
In the political horizon On the eve Of an
sIsstiou. Thsy make thsir appearance %
all metsors do, they Aiclsr in their dsosp-
tion, then fall TO take ttsir places in tbs
dust. There 10 another elass Of men Who
would kiok iiks bronoho mules. II 10 thoss
Who mako an individual financial business
out Of their VOTES. They measure the can
didsts or party by tS length Of thsir
pursss, then train in The opposite party IN
ordsr 10 get good price for their votes.
believe that all set, vhish AFFECT tho
nsuagssasnt Of this government, either In
dividuai OF corporate, shouid be made pob-
lie. The secFst tiskst leaves . DARK and
secret ohasm, small but dangerous, bat IL II
thsrs the evil one iurhs TO DO his work
This dark. lantern profess Of voting is the
lever that gives the svil one power 10 vork.
A man that 10 ashamed Of his vote ID not .
eompstsnt man TO hslT gside the destiny Of
this govsrnmsnt. Thars would be an OBJ
jsction on the ground that 1t would give the
employer power over the cmploys. Thsy
have that power nndsr tbs present. lag, and
the sserst ballot assisAs he snp,oysr to
eosros ths employs >frm ths fsct that the
latter acts in secret. All thinking men will
admit that men are more careful Of their
sots in public than tb,y are in seeret, there
fors it would be hardsr 10 ooeres voter In
public than In ssorst. when ths Evil One
soved the tsres in tbs 1hsat ths ssrvsnts
asked their Lord II t,sy shSsid pissk thsn
from tbs wheat; the Lord said Lost - al.
~ pluck up ths wheat and they both perish,
Iss them grow together until ths hssvsst,
sto.s Th,s parable ~ fair iiiusssstion Of
tAs ysSistry lav ~ 4 sov d. ths sssvaats
Of the Law in pluokiIpg out the Illegal votes
also poll up sons Of the legal onss. Tbs
present Law lacks tho machinery 70 separate
the good from the bad after the harvest of
An election. The votes are thrown into o
heterogeneous mass OF osnfusion, making
itaa inposdbiiisy 10 81 The correct vose.
Here Is the turnins point. Tbs Law should
b % arranged that all svidsnos shoold
soms from the fountain instead Of coming
from the political slams vhsre al Of the
sediments Of the political frauds sfs a.
ready collected. The present mode Of IN.
vsstieation u only . Continuation Of the
political siums. This mode Of Altering
through tks same material that psopaeatsd
IL Alth b prepntsSous. ths s6ssts NJ
which may b liksosd unto the GOV that -
tarnsd To ths vallsv. ia lat stxts Il ssvsm
times sorss than Tie 6sst.
II there ever vS, Bessher that gave nn
original idss thst va true, u vas I'd.
BeesAer. vhsn he said that with advanced
thinkers whore there In reasonable excuse
perjury il no sin. In former times when
an oath was kept sacred, the witness looked
upon his own tssfimony With rsiigious asss,
bat with these alvasesd- thinkers Of the
present day, who have an oath coupled with
with every frivoltus thing, IL loses It's virtue.
Just think Of the bearing thst IN oath has
where sksptios administer it to inhdsls,
stbeists, deists, and, in fact TO all unbelisr-
srs. They administer the oath IN the name
Of God. a. .bsina shsm thsy look upon ~.
imaginary. Lawyers take this class Of wit.
nssses in chambers for the purposs of
training them ~ suit their cases. The svi-
dsaoe 10 mapped out 70 them, and al they
have to do Is 10 commit IL 10 memory snd
rehsarSe it in omrt. Where evidence ~
tsksn In chambers, all tissy have N do in
many caass IN u afRx their signature TO q
writ ton afSdavif. thus making business
transAction ous Of IN oath; and With this
testimony, the fruits of latent acts, the
lawyers est up, look wise, tslk littIs hog
Latin and thsif caso 10 won. Ths franchise
Of the poopls should never 70 into pt,liti-
cal sourt. Where there 10 an error In the
euunt, It shooh revert TO the signatuns Of
the voters foe eosrsatioa. The Law have
proposed would have that eject.
The great o,jsGtion TO the proposed Law
would Be that I. intsrferes with the privacy
Of the people, who, by all Of natures Laws.
are inciinsd i, sot in secret, and In order TO
sptsia tss sselsoy Of their own acts thsy
sre xiiIinS "a stbsss 10 likswiss. This
| secret rule tie devil loves. II assists him
70 rule the vngabondish. thisyina. idle nnd