The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

4 Revolutionary scheDe 1hee Wn
Pissgs chs Cousssy late Anarchy

Revolutionary .chsns 9hse WIN
Plunrs che Cousssy Inse Anarchy.
Let Us test Speaker Reeds Federal
election system BY sober, indispn:Abie
facts. A Federal election law that ~
sumed the entire control Of Cong session-
II and Presidential elections indc-
pendent Of the State would require :
com pletc double election machinerys
double registration; double lists Of vot-
ers: double election boards Of hve each
| In ali OF the 1000 election precincts o.
| Pennsylvania; double elections Tor
each voter 70 vote for the President and
Congressman under the Federal Law
and 10 vote for State. district and coun-
| ~ officers under the State law; double
computation and certifcation o. the
votes. under different laws and by en-
tirclv different officials, and conflicting
jurisdiction or State and Federal
officers at the same polls 70 maintain
the peace. What hope could b
cherished Of tranquility at elections
under such dual and self-antagonizing
election system, with Federal officers
chosen solely for the purpose Of forcing
q party victory? How long could busi-
ness tranquility and business safety be
assured under such revolutionary cleo
ton methods?
To execute Speaker Reeds Federal
election system. BY which he proposes
70 ..cut loose from the State elections,
. do our own registration. our own count
ing and our own ccrtifcation," IL would
REQUIRE in Pennsylvania one State 80
turning board TO compute and certify
. | the vote for President; twenty-eigh'
! returning boards 70 compute and certify
, the returns in each Congressional
!. district; 10000 election officers
nejudge. two inspectors and two clerks
to each OF our 1000 election precincts
: | in the State--to hold the election; 500
! | registers Of voters. il two are requires
: for each precinct. or $4,000, II three arr
= required. TO register voters, pass upo'
= the Quail fcations Of electors and revis'
\ and publish the list Of voters, to b
= employed not less than thirty day
!, each: and to estimate moderately. II
! view OF the temptation 20 employ Unit
4 ed States marshals to do party work
! fully 200 deputy marshals would
= wanted az any Pennsylvania election
: The cost OF this extra and entirely need
i less Federal election machinery woul
y be about as follows:
! 500 registers thirty DAYS each, 1t y
y 49, sav -....-.-....-...-.-t 11O o
u s0unO elect ion oficers. nye for each pre-
~ cinct. two days each. ~ - per DAY isvss
= Congressional returning boards Of nre
each three days. ~ - per uAy-----. 81
epp United States marehals. I'VE days
each, IL g. per day p
IUfEl... -<FFtt =
q In short. Speaker Reeds propositio
u 10 .-cut loose from the State election
Y do our own registration. our own coun
ing and our own certifcation.- woul
. cost the public treasury not less ths
n 500. OoO for each Congressional or Pres
- !" Dental election held in Pennsylvani
and the cost in all the States could n
n hc less than SIS. 600. 600. and for wha
y Simply to employ hundredsof thousan
y Of Federal officers, appointed solely 4
- partisan service. 70 mock popular 60
eminent By violence and fraud und
color OF law, and disrupt the tranquil
OF the whole country. II Speaker Re
We insists upon such an experiment In p
m tics. let him move on and make IT; .
let him first write in flaming letters ov
ny his Speakers chair--After me the o.
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