Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1890-10-30
TnE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.

capital Of Mississippi. h In favor %
The reform. hut the correspondent
thinks The Australian system would
have 10 be modified. Politicians favor
4 ior the whole south.
The leg stature II Missouri adopted
the Australian system Of voting la.t
spring u applies only 10 cltiss having
DE Thousand Inhabitants OF ever. The
hrst elcctioa under the law will take
place Ia November. is9o The mcA.-
ure meets With the approval Of the cad.
ing men II the two dominant parties,
bat prohibitiOaisis thlnk ID diseTini.
oates against laird party
Iowa Will adopt the reform this win
ter The Democrats platform de-
eiared Tor IL and 80 DID Goy Boic.'
better Of acceptance. The defeated Re
FahliCan candidate Cor Governor Op.
posed a This Lost him much Of the
labor vote The State Master Work.
man Of the Knights came out 10 strong
opposition 70 him. and the issue eul
quite a figure an the campaign Siaoe
The election. however. not even the Re
publicans oppose the movement Gov.
l.arrateo has expressed himself In
strongest terms In favor u the PROPOSE
ion.
Gov. .. p Eagle. Of Arkansas. favor.
the Australian ballot systets. and
.hinks that ts adoption by nearly all
hiaiss Is only question OF a fsw years
at most The Hsraid representative
has also talked with the State olhcers
aRd Supreme Judges. and found then.
practically = nnit In favor q the sys-
lem. A bill embody ing some of hs feat
ares developed strength in the last
Legislature and much popularity
throughout the sac. u Is believed
that there would be no opposition 10
such measure IN the next Leg stature.
Leading State papers are friendly.
Minnesota has the Australian law.
ba, u applies only 70 cities q "a. 90 or
more inhabitsnts II has becn tested
IN Minneapolis and Daluth with a..
panse from managers Of both parties
: The " Allacs Law Is working satlsfao-
torily. Though there are some teehRi.
cal defect. Which will have 20 he
remediod By the next Legislature. vet
IL virtues 50 FAR outweigh these thai
there Is no comparison. The Australian
system a bAlloiing Is being gradually
introduced into al the States. aud la
this lhe country owes q dcBt q grail.
tude n Henry George. 10 whom. more
than any other man. the credit Cor The
god work Is due --Loassri is (KyD
I,nes.
G0y. Taylor. Of Tennessee, believes
hat the Australian system % voting Is
sxeellsut and one that will result in
securing = more accurate expression q
the will a the people than any other
system that has ever beea adopted and
tired when stripped a rs defecta II
has 10, yet had fair trial In the state.
0aly one or tvo elections having been
held under is provisions; bot u has
been sufficiently demonstrated that ID
was a good law. and woald eventually
BE adopted In every State u the Union
II ought 30 be universal IN is appliea.
ton. and he had no doabt Il would b..
as u would purify ,hs ssllot-box and
make fraad almost 4 not altogether.
impossible The disfranehislag clause
will doubtless be repealed n the pro-
posed extraordinary session Of the
Legislature. and u is not probable that
the Massachusetts Law viii be sabs,itn-
I'D therefor. Other state officers spoke
In Ike fashioa
since the above was written = mum
.ipal election has bsea held In Mem
phis under the Dor,eh bal. which u
similar 10 the Australian system; "a has
given universal satisfaction. Never was
an slection more quiet. II the Law In
Is pgesunt form should be declared un-
constitutional. u h expected thai
simssr bill. free from constitutional de-
feed. will be adopted by the Legislature
q Tennessee n its next session