The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-25
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
Judge Judd's Able Lecture on Ballot
Reform.
Elements That Go to Make Up Good
GoEernment-safeguard ana Dan
gers That Threaten.

evening.
After brief statement by Acting
President Kingsbury as to the object
OF this course of lectures and a song
by Miss Eva Winberg, Judge Judd was
introduced. and throughout his lecture
held the closest attention of the large
audience.
ballot Reform" was the subject, and
it was handled in a most interesting
and instructive manner Govern
ment." said the speaker, sis the high
est form of civilization The struge
from the beginning has been for gov
eminent, one which would tend to the
highest interests Of mankind. and &C
conplish the greatest good to the great
est number.
Public men in speeches and articles
have discussed the subject of ballot
reform entirely as to the mode and
manner of voting. It occurs TO me
that there is a deeper point TO be
touched upon than these.
I'm our government, back or the
manner. lies the method of voting"
The sneaker then rehearsed the his
tory of the framing of our constitu-
ton, and said that the government OF
the United States was the invention OF
our own people
The effort Of the people of the thir-
teen original states has been to pre-
serve their constitution as first adopt
ed and every act of the legislatures
that oppose these is carefully meas
ured
The ideas in framing the government
OF the United States was to make the
general government government
framed after the laws OF the individ-
ual states. Hence the endeavor to cling
as closely to the original individual
governments as possible.
The king of England controlled the
parliament and the courts, and the con-
stitutiOn Of England is traditona1y.
The prime feature of our system OF
government is that it is invested in a
Judicial, an executive and a legislative
power, and that neither may exercise
the power of the other, and all are
governed by a constitution, not tra-
dictionary, but written, which cannot
be set aside.
The Supreme court of the UNITED
States, the Supreme court of the ter
TitoIy OF Utah, the district court of
Salt Lake city, the justice of the
peace are all bound to uphold the con-
stitution of the United States in its
every phase. Every attempt to get
around 1t is an offense against the
government.
OF all matters of government the
consideration of commerce and trade
are all important. An attempt was
made to hold a commercial oonven-
ton at Annapolis, Md, in 1885, but as
only five of the thirteen states were
represented it fell through. The next
year the continental congress advised
the different states to send delegates
TO another commercial convention at
Philadelphia This convention was
held On May 90, 1887.
The speaker next quoted from the
letter to France on the government of
the United States. I'VE have" he
continued, in keeping with these
views of Mr.. Jefferson, forty-four
states, each of which has its own gov
eminent Independent of the other and
intact, yet all continuing to keep up
the national government. Every judi
cial officer, every legislative officer,
every executive officer, every military
officer in the United States takes an
oath before God to support this dual
form of government which moves
along with a harmony and precision
that cannot be surpassed.
The highest aim of human happiness
that has ever been reached so far as
we know, in civilization Is in our gov
eminent. Still there have no doubt
been civilizations reached by some
forms of governments, that we have
not attained TO.
What I have said proves, if any
thing. that the direct effects of any
government rests with the people If
the people Of each state say they will
not send delegate to Washington
and took no part in the national gov
eminent this government would soon
fail to pieces. All just powers of gov
eminent are derived from the consent
Of the governed. This government
constructs beautiful building on a
perfect base and that base is the peo-
pie.
No official from the president to the
most insignificant municipal officer
can have a place IN this government
without the voice of the people
Reuse to vote and this government
will so 10 pieces utterly
Without good government what
would this land of ours beg
The people would be at unrest and
would feel that they were rot being
governed.
ANY government is better than no
government" is an old saying. but
give the people a good government and
you VIII have a happy, contented.
thriving nation
In studying government do not be-
gin at government and go down. but
look TO the sources. Every govern
ment is reflex and is built up on a
social system If social system is
abandoned, if social system is a lazy.
criminal, vicious one so will be the
government
There can be no government with
out the consent of the governed. How
trivial the manner of voting if we
have this in mind.
The ballot system in Virginia is
quite primitive. Here they simply 90
to the polls and calling out their
names, state for whom they wish to
vote. In some places no registration
is required, l. others the Australian
ballot in the simple pure form or in
a modified form, is used. All this is
manner, not object
Ballot reform has come to mean the
casting Of an intelligent ballot. In
the history of civilization there has
never been a method invented. nor
viii there be, that will subserve igno-
rance.
When q man casts his. he should
cast it with a view ahead. The gov
eminent must represent the people.
Every law, every great question, must
find its contamination or defeat through
political parties. We must have poIit-
ical parties. hence the great demand
for more knowledge OF the govern
ment.
IT is a shocking thing to estimate
the number of men who sell their
votes. These are conclusions 1 have
come to by careful consideration 1t
has been brought to my attention as
a government officer that hundreds
of men who have never been natural
lied vote in this territory 1t is the
effect of our defective in1migra-
ton laws that allows men to vote, in
this country, who know no more about
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