The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1892-06-07

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part taken in the management of i
government leads to egotism, to nm
settled restless citizens, and TO riot.
One branch being elected BY the peo-
Die, the election Of the other should
be SO modified as to secure more per-
fectly i just preference.
Many claim that the sense Of each
State is more accurately obtained IN
an election BIZ the people than By
any other method. The confedera
-tion of the States is what forms the
general government and the true
sense of the States Is just what IS
wanted, but surely the State legislas
lures are far more able than the peo-
pie to- Judge Of the needs Of the State
as related to the general government.
The opinion Of the State as an indi-
vidualsWill come far more distinctly
expressed from the State legislatures
than from ANY other source
The first branch represents more
truly the wishes, desires and inellna4
tions Of the people than the second,
fol, in the first branch, each repre-
sentative is taken from b compare
lively small district, and can come
nearer presenting its interests with
one voice than ii he represented Il
larger district. In the lstter case,
while: working il faYpr or ona indus
try he would Be compelled 70 dS
something detrimental 10 the inter
eStS Qf another. It is I'M established
fact that the second branch cannot
exnediently be composed Of large
Rdblhers, and therefore, the humber
being small each would have to rep
resent SO many different industries
thai his efforts would become confus
ed and tberefOra seIfsaestrnctive.
Again, it is claimed that represen.
tatives should svmpathize with their
constituents, and that, therefore, they
should be directly elected BY the
people. But this would place the
entire power ia the hauds Of the PEG.
pie and place before them the temp
tation Of carrying things to the ex-
treme. II would remove entirely the
check which the present system
places upon their proceedings. There
should be a method Of refining which
cannot be obtained ii an election by
the people.
Against the proposed system many
arguments maybe offered. The great
est effect it would have would be to
change entirely our present system
of government. IF it were in view to
abolish the State governments, the
elections ought to be by the people.
If the State governments are to be
preserved, it is necessary, in order to
preserve harmony between them, to
allow the elections Of the national to
besmade, atleast in part, by the State
governments. The final result would
be to make the national government
like, in the main essentials, the pres
entSState governments. This would
be a desperate step. 1t would lower
our standard of nationality to such
an extent as would surely not be de-
sirable. It is true that it would sim
plify our system, but it would make
lit too simple. For the government
of a nation like ours we need a per-
feet and, TO q certain extent, elabor-
ate system.
The people, although not wanting
in virtue, lack information, and are
constantly liable to be misled. They
are 50 often made the dupes of pre-
tended patriots that they are very
uncertain in their actions. It is i'm
possible for them to know all the
available and suitable material for
United States Senators, and they are,
therefore, very incompetent to per
form the duties Of electors. AS for
their ability in this line, they are far
surpassed by the members Of the
State legislatures, for, in a great ma
iority Of cases, these will not only
know of the abilities, but will be per.
sonally acquainted with all candi-
dates. III
In an election by the people local
Partially would influence the vote in
large counties against better men in
smaller ones. The elections would.
be subject to the influence Of ever
changing public opinion to far
greater extent than at present.
The endeayors Eof bad men tosin.
trigue themselves into office cannot
be as successfully opposed in an cleo
ton by the people as in one by the
State legislatures. Not being able
to know a candidate, the people may
be led to vote for some man who has
been brought forward by some eau
Gus, and who is before the people,
asking for their support, not by any
merit Of his own, but by his intrigu-
ing and scheming, The people are
unable to get at the true facts of the
case, and very often unintentionally
vote for men whom, if they knew
their true character, they would de-
.spise.
AS is thescase at the present time,
tfrc ianstrd puputatfon, thinking that
other trades and interests are oppos-
ed to them, would work to the dis
advantage Of the manufacturing in
tefests. Here the check is again
needed, In all cases where the ma
jority are united by common in
terest or passion, the Irightof the
minority are id danger. The rich
will oppress the poor and the poor
will in turn combat the rich. The
landed population will Cypress the
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