The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
HISTORY OF VOTING.
A Secret Ballot Used by the An
cienG Greeks.
Usual Form tor tho Election Of - Pope
EIectinE "A BoGc-Thc Isun-
g:.rian system OF Thirty
Years Ago.


Where did the ballot come rom
Like TopSy and most other human H.
stitutions, II ''growcd -i-ld IN IT.
growth il has taken such v-ried forms
it viii make an interesting study. OF
course, in the good % times, "hyn all
clFlhzed countries "ere loFeF-l,i. py
kings, Ilere was no u7s I"T . -'-'i'l, y
primitive sel--'.9VeFIi-hS t.I''' ike
nose OL the ancient '-I.l--''-i.,- ''i-9 '''l-
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DC was ch'5il-e" LOT i'elt "r,'''@E
""ccL Le" % 'A'NS III "SSH
louA" IN modern I'Lile' ''su on on.
siue win Ine words o-llIiai p.'l-ol'
ana on Ihe olher WIN Lh1 AHLhper OF
the judicial district
In clccting officers the Greeks voted
by show OF hands. Often officers were
appointed 10y lot White and black
beans were used for lots, and those
who We're understood To be hungry for
Office received the suggestive name Of
bcan-caters The idea here was that
every citizen was good enough 10 hold
Office, and this was the most impartial
way Of dividing the spoils- They
never used a secret ballot to vote for
candidates IN the modern fashion, but
only TO vote aga'nst ihcia.
If party spirit was running HIGH and
the power Of a boss was growing dan
Pcrous 4 vote Of exile was ordered
Each citizen wrote q ua-lc oa a1 o-at,r
shell or a piece Of lsrgfzel cl-s,fscr.v and
put this vote accr.ilv into the box.
Any boss c-aia.t whom there was
sufficient Ia iority must leave the coun-
try Tor ten years.
This peculiar Institution, called os-
tracisn, is really the nearest .-y-roach
III" Greeks made u e modern ballot
sy1tcn ca'racisHa wont ont Of u5e
bScau1e o2 q 2cert-!n ia .'o-ta;;1t occasion
the tHnade'o'iS Talla.i Z" 81 eiih 'r nt
the proill-e.lt leaders 'uo struck com
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nc "S1i - '-'I - fu''S cI."r' II
mas CSch "IEESr'-s'' 40 e'-'. '.t'-t tn
great b"ss-s made . 'nal oy which
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