The Worthington advance., 1888-08-02

senate. and II every village can 10
y eop'. SSv.tn..s; t@: s''"s
think, could b. governed By Cabinet
Or Council. OF course = chairman. or
President OF the Conncil would be
but he could DO elected BY
the members themselves. ~ tho
dpoaker Of the House Is, aud might b
made subject 20 removal or displaee-
mont at any time.
2. Tho "tyranny Of thu majority"
and the other evil tendencies of major.
ity rule, may be met In part BY
''minority representation.
Under the present system tho minosi-
u hsve No representation In many In.
stances although tho majority may be
very little greater than tho minority.
have known instAnces where there
weIo. but two Con9resemen Of one
p1xty to nineteen at the other party,
1Od yet tho state Was y close one and
WeAt fos one party - Often - for the
ottaf.. Under tho plan of minority
! lnge0entat3o0. rich 10Q31 bo
J. lB1s11ented in -CbnKI(S6 and IN -tho
stasoae1isl1es1es IN peepostioa to The
number of votss cast.
8. But how shah 10 check tho iniq-
tous class legislation and the law mad
tendency of our peoplep Iwould sug.
eest that all laws Of . general nature,
and especially those criminal laws
which affect ones persona! liberty. be
voted upon by the people, ~ We now
vote upon the Adoption Of const tuition:
vi amendments. This would prevent
hasty legislation. bribery Of legislators,
che smuggling Of evil laws through ut the
last hours of the session, and would cut
off much Of the corruption OF which
We hear 80. much under the present
system. This certainly should 10 done
in case Of all laws which affect personal
and religious liberty, as we'll ~ liberty
Of speech and of press.
4. To check tho evils Of our system
OF ball0ting, such 10 ballot box stuffing,
unfair count, intimidation Of voters,
etc., thero should be . thorough
change in our method Of voting. Sys-
TENS have been devised. understand,
which 0bviate the greater evils of our
system. Tho Australian system, !
believe, is one. Some method which
would enable both men and women ia
cast not only secre* ballot,
but to cast It secretly. and without
crowding, rs they sometimes do.
through crowds Of jeering, drunken,
bowling. riotous men, such Y system
10 imperativsly demanded.
4. As to the evils of the caucus
system, or the present system OF the
primaries. I would suggest a. cure
the primary election system. Under
this system. the people vote for thei,
party nominee just as they do now for
their choice for an Office at . regular
election. This would pnt the primaries
back with the people where they belong,
and give III! Il voice aid Il choice in
making the nominations.
These, my friends. arc only q few
crude SuggestiO as to remedies. The
ono great remedy lies in free speech
and free press. Error is not dangerous
when truth is left free to combat it. The
tendency now is to tie up our tongues
and pens by foolish and wicked laws.
T" correct all the evils referred to
above, We must educate. educate, ed.
ucnte. rs Horace Mann declared. and
agitate. agit*te, "gitnte. rs Wendall
Phillips advised. Educate the people
up to the new systeins and they will
be adopted.
Aud now in conclusion. I feel that
in xll I have said, l have shot below
the mark. My thoughts are not up to
the high water mark ot this day or of
tho needs of the race. If I shonld
speak my mind, and lay before you
what believe to be the one and only
true system of society and government,
I shonld address you IN advocacy Of In:
teRral Cooperation. Brotherhood and
Affiliation. All the problems Of Labo,
and Capital. Of Finance, Of Land. ct
Crime. OF Pxuperism, are to bs SOLVED
under some system different from \
Monarchical or a arpuhlica" system
of government. That system will b'
some form of Brotherhood, Affiliation
and Co. operation in which all will bs
equal in ownership and in profit". tt
some such system, 1 hope to give my
thought, nv voice, my pm and n!
work honcefOrth and forever.