The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-07

| progress and strength of the cause
| The conference on proportional, repre-
| sentation will constitute section OF
the Congress on suffrage in republic,
kingdom and empire.
| In all countries in which representa-
tive government obtains, there is a
growing conviction in theminds of the
| more intelligent citizens that the
present method of efccting representa-
tives must he changed. They are como
ing to see that a system by which a
political unit, whether it be IA city,
state or nation, is divided into a num-
Der OF arbitrary districts, from each Of
which one representative is chosen by .
majority or plurality of votes, though
seemingly fair upon its face is really
destructive of the very end sought
government by the people. The suc.,
ccssful candidates necessarily repre-
sent only the citizens who voted for
them. and. as a majority of the menu
bcrs of Legislative bodies control their
action. laws may be passed by the repre- q
sentativcs of small minority of the
people. A careful analysis of city
councils, state legislatures and tho
United States congress, shows that a
but from one-fifth TO one-fourth of the
voters who participated in the election.
For n government by the representa-
tivcs of majority of the people there
has been substituted government bya
majority of the representatives of
minority of the people.
Such state of affairs necessarily be-
gets multitude of evils. The mem-
bers of party which has DECIDED
majority in a district, conscious Of their
power. become intolcrant and tyran-
nical: while those of the minority par
ties in their hopelessness become
apathetic and take little interest in
political affairs, The withdrawal of
the better classes of citizens from active
participation in practical politics leaves
public affairs in the hands of profess
sional politicians, to the scandal OF
popular government.
In place of this unnatural and unjust
system the proportional representa-
tionists are prepared to present q
method based upon the principle of
perfect equality of the voters, method
which secures the rule of the real ma
jority, and at the same time gives the
minority the full representation to
which its numbers cntitle it, Il method
which is simple, just and exact
BY abolishing the districts and ap-
portioning the representatives among
the various parties or bodies OF
voters according . to their voting
strength representative government
will be in fact what it is now in theory
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