Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-14
Wilmington, THURSDAY, Feb. "A, 1899.
rhe Australian RalIor Law.

A0No AN1tAh w ~ uuh4A0A0A huAVbk A4N9
enlightened ones Of its age, and its insti-
sations to be pre-. eminent among those OF
civilized mankind az types Of liberty and
progress, II relRxes ut may bs) the CON.
slant strain of high endsayor; IN easy
complaeency settles upon il and ii
awskes one day to realize that COM
nunity having no prs.satioas to as con.
apicuo1s rank amcng nations has
grasped tina torch of progress,
and now leads tho way with
intelligent and advanced methods,
pointing the path for its more emil
nent fellows TO pussus." These are
the apt words with which John a Wig.
more, Esq, OF the Boston bar opens the
Introduction TO his most valuable book
on the Australian ballot system, which
has j1st been published by CHARLES o.
Soule Of Boston. The main historical
points Of this introduction ara condensed
and precede the Massachusetts, law which
ia Published on our second page to-day.
Every voter or anybody elss VINO wishes
~ w AlAhAAiAIA NkBA NAAAt Az bAOSfASAJ
the most important political reform OF the
last half of this century, II not Of the
century itself, should not BE- not satisfied
with reading only what the GAZETTE
publishes today, but should got hold OF
the book and read every vcTtkos the in
Production, which takes up tho FIRST
thirty-gi= pages, tho remainder OF the l55
pages being devoted to the laws or ex-
tracts therefrom, OF ths seventeen civ
ilizsd countries whose legislatures have
adopted the Australian ballot Law. Giro
nologicaiy these range tsom that Of Vic
torla in 1855 10 that Of Massachusetts last
May, including Great Bsitain and Ire
land, Belgium md Canada.
Nothing is more interesting in the his-
tory of the progress o; this law than the
EAct chat those who were Its strongelt
opponents at first, became ita varmesa
aahererts. Bourbons in this country
whether Republicans or Democrats, with
their usual aversion TO anything they
aAve not always Snoyn or that requires
aay EFFORT from their tired brsius, will
hear the ngyne, Australian ballot law, "
pronounce It some Lew.f1ugled idaa, and
without looking into its merits will con-
denim it. Sons without studying
how effective sha Law ia in
those countries whera eigh!y.fi7s
millions OF pspplo are now delighted
with its results, will oppose it on the
ground that nothing good eau come out
of Nazareth. But tins wias portion OF
every community viii reoosaizs TIE
truth OF what Mr.. Bryce has said ia that
eti7 r5ga Ta1 awlfss- .--
a - 4li ha EonHs g 7pd
Aa5;ap feuua s.ea 10 %; .stu ,iI 8
gud kssp taen thers, is tbs great prob.
lom Of American politics." Aud William
Il. IYins in his "Machins Politics and
Money IN Elections III New York City
Gays: "Oas elections are not election
10 any true eapss of ths wsgt,
and when We vote We simply register on
choice as between two or three men wh,
have already been elected by uacniuer,
unknown 10 the Law, machinery whici
Is really the personal properly o. h
few, aud in which tho many have n
right which they can enforce" AS III
Wigmcre says TO compress the issu
roughly into pArRsa-what we meet
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nominations also-not IasEsiy SINGER
and accurate expression OF opinion, hu
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