The evening world., 1894-07-31
TO COMPEL MEN TO VOTE.
PURPOSE Of an Amendment Pro-
posed BY Mr.. Hollis
Constitutional Convention to Hear
from Woman Suffrage Thursday.

ALBANY. Iaiy a-P-tor TO II. open
.-r Q. ~. Constitutional Coayfrt -oa to-
az Nj Ge.3ei TIE Chairman Of tie
S--E-- Committee. SAL thaI the re-
p, = - Coinrl,'iee o. Woman SUI
rage Ec-.1 -ot t+ resay before Thurs
11y Th=-e vii bs TWO minority reports
TIE rolls. S,.9 are = atier lance a.
.4c5 sess.oa looked disappointed and
c.-t4-te5 Themselves s1th presenting
es--ss = SLOW TIA, women n Albany
,sy taxes On sl5.Gy. 60 q properly AID
. IL Troy o. tS-.7-n.
When the Convention met. there we're
-es1 COMM cnications from the various
co1rties II the STATE IN response 10
resolution OF Mr Lincoln, asking how
man people were ns,Eralize5 in lS@.
TIE total Of "a counties isix not report
ing, shows a total Of lsssl. O: these.
s,ie7 we're German, 6.7g1 British. LE1
Russian, LIS Italian and l-sss Austrian.
The balance is divided among mino!
Iatioaalt!es The counties reporting
large numbers were: Enc, ia: Kings,
E,ss. Monroe 81; New FORK; ,s-Zs: On
ollaga, IL. keasse 42er, rs. Albany. 81
TIE Convention went INTO Committee
J. ne Whole On NJ. Eoi.s's amendment
:. co-nl%. cJnp4-s2ry voting.
Amendment detailing at great length
the systems Of voting from viva voce
% system OF registry, and advocated
the compelling OF ali persons 20 vote or
else lose ,he!r night Of franchise for a
certain ;+-!oi, 70 pe prescribed by the
Legislature.
Il had t-een he'd that suffrage IS q
persona. r.sht and mat man shol. %
sect, t-cau.= he voted not for Others. bat
. Tor himself. That was ridiculous.
E"erytAins ,ende3 y shoS that voter
Otherwise. as John Stuart Mill said, II
. { vote y as Z personal iaNgr man had
Irghs = ~ IT,, ., g..
would tend TO 3lrfy politics IN great
measure. and WOMB compel The tax
citizen. S1o non .'ays a. home. to 10
/ hs- duty. MIR. Hollis quotes senator HI!
ss III favor .! ne amendment ana rs
F! hav!ng favored compulsory voting i'll sew.
era messages
. Mt. Ho'i. wen, OF to give figures
shoHing that very often from 70 20 L
State dii not vote frequently! He
thought that n man accepted the rig lt
Of franchise. Il should b. the duty o!
such a man - We, ana re Sat. +.
Nouli not be al in.ractior OF liberty any
more than the draHins Of jur-rs l;,"ss
20; surrep,2--y cessation NJ Hes
spoken f-r an hour AMI ten minutes.
Ny. Mcclure rather ri1lculed TIE idea
as being merely d phantom con!Urei W
by that body that hal swampe0 tbs
Convention with proposed amendment,
the Good Government club. H.
thought that IL was an infringement
upon personal rights great infringe
ment, 10 Try to compel a man TO vot.
when his Conscience and his whole be
ing was opposed to the candidates anc
, mayhap the principles Of the party.
He knew Of insts noes where men o.
intelligence could not md d candidate
that they thought NJ 10 elect VIVA
, better way could the voter emphasis
his views than by refusing 70 vote fo
unfit candidates II would be as muci
0: an outrage 10 force q man 10 In
polls as 10 br7be voter.
De Lancey Siccl. q sew YORK, argue
FOR the Amendment l. was intended. b
said 10 rea n he AZ .lCrrariscs whc in
. Tested New YOrk and ne shores .. LcLi
Island. ana would rather play pc.c q
election 6sys than 10 20 the polls
against the "hoiier han thou peop.e
, v; pse stgrz'ic-Isl wprk mad them r@g
. lect TIE ba..Ct, aTa!as, the fEr-er. nh
rad 70 - persuaded and persr add :
r vote al al
], was true mat the party 10 which b.
aiS not t'e!p-R Was awakening from 4,
thai NE" vera counting their chicken
tI.elr candida rs rE'Cr= -rEy Tsr. nom.
mated. bIt TINS srn@ncren, wound al
: them
: The Committee finally arose, reporte
Z prog -sss and got leave 70 Sit again.