Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Sunday. October -, 1851.
ANOTHER ~TE,TIMuNiNL.

STnrcrly do we get tO The end ~ the
favorable reports row Montana CON
,erninp IN. prao'i vi 'p'ratior of tie
Au.tralIsn ballot law before the re-
turns from Cunrer cut b. gin tn rcms
! in some respects more nr'shlp and
cnuv uring For Connecticut doe. MT
hove thenks 10 her g~'v"rnor's vo'",
tn full Australian sy.tem, bat only a
modification, embracing srm" of ~
rrirrirsl features. The hNllo's iherc
we not provided hv ~" stat, which y
rr"at and singular defect But tNe
voter il r. qrired 10 rrelera hi bn'lot
IN aecret, end T." pn'r th'r' IN ~ co.
vel pc furnished nv the -'ote. whi b
suvslarc he s,a's and doN0a &. I'm ih-
ht'l,f hIX. Thus the r1nHi'iOT ~ So
cr.cy Is G'f led, and that f. an ina
Iurrran hing. And srarvhad" in the
s aie j. enthu.iestir over The .urress Of
eve mi inc0mu'ctn =, stem 81 reform.
Prof. bly, Co nc"'icnt needs something
~ q e sort ~ badly as INV state N the
~ ~. Ii has lpau lhorou hiv d.
mrwl'z,d u t. f c0mppr Z " N
.upll area. ard ia Ge'h ally wrrE"t
pr ordlng 20 he svsfsrl-ttc m''h,d
Cf'he modern p0l t'cian. T. hu. had
he misfortune on Srve'al orcas'n's. "a
H. IL. it'd u,atVa.H ...nl. .tt.V ~. -,
dates for cfh'n. men ~ great waalih,
great determination 10 win, md prac-
tics'lv no scruplas as IN the measures
that should he employed. l. i. nat f.
b. wondered al, therefore, thst IN"
standard Of political morality among
the voters OF the state is pretty low
snd that reforms find anything bat d
sm"nth road ahead ofthem.
The new secret dallut showed IL in.
Il renee at once by The defpat ot un-
worthy local ticket Ia Ia several notable
instan %. S7melimrs the candidat,s
who sufi. red were IT u party aud
matimes Of another; hut tie new
ballot worked in the intere.t az better
g V rumrrt in towns whtch. under
the old plan. were perfectly -urs 10 he
carr -. by the usual methods, for tn"
ring that was well fprn'sh-d with
money, This is no slight thing t.
have accnmrlish.d with an instrument
On aFn,rl. Il l., - .,vlt TO-, tha. 49,.
secret ballot accounts for tn unexpect-
ed heavy vote ~ hree u q against
prohibition. II l. well Known that
there are, in ali commun'i ie a gooi
many { m d sous who, while they DO
rot believe In prohibition, IN policy or
IN practice, think thai IL looks respect
a le to "vote aVains' the s1'0'n,n a.
they call u, and who are In deadly Tor.
T0r nf the anathCmas ~ The prOl,lhi-
'iopista, of which our readers lHv
l1tsly bad a specimen. Such perp'a
vote for prohibition jnder II m"rai
1omPulsiou, vile believing 1t IN tn ir
hearts 10 be unwise and Intellectual.
Left free n follow their own Judgment
they rolled up the huge majority tha'
surprised everybody in Connecticut.
We are less concerned, in this case.
with particular results than with the
general. The point il not that certain
men were elected in certain places, ~
that prohibition suffered, hut that the
counting Of the votes shows, on the
whole, a diminutiou OF corrupt inhu-
ence, a development OF individual free.
dom on the part of the voter and a rails
ing Of the political tone which are to be
set down on the side Of the new law
for a secret ballot. THIS II 30 much
evidence confirmatory OF all the good
ia ngs that have been said of The Aus
ITALIAN system. Most Of the specifies
for political reform which are purely
artificial, dealing with the machinery
Of government and not with its hu.
nan material, are fiat failures. The
Australian method OF voting seems Ia
he a conspicuous exception, snd to be
destined to play an important part in
our future political d. velopment.-Pio.
ueer Press.