Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-22


vice on this subject.
1t is claimed on good authority that
many a poor Norwegian farmer is
bound to keep a dog to protect himself
| and his property from the gypsies and
! their dogs.
SWEDEN.
1t is proposed to incorporate the foi~
| lowing suburbs into the city of Stock
holm Selma, Sundbyberg, Brann-
kyrka, Lidingo and Bromna. These
places have a combined population OF
$1,000.
King Oscar intended to veto the cleo
| ton of Prof. Schuck to seat in the
! Swedish academy because the pro-
fessor had written something unfavor-
able about the very king which estab-
lished the academy. But the press
| turned such a shower of criticism upon
| the intended veto that it seems as if
the king has changed his mind.
The duke and duchess of Skane have
gone to England, where they propose
to stay until the latter: part Of Sep
| tember
! A wooden dwelling house was torn
| down the other day in Nyland village,
Ramsele, and the date 1893 was found
carved on the gable close to the ridge.
! The hazel bushes are loaded with
nuts in southern Sweden.
! More peat for fuel as we'll as for
| litter has been cured in southern
Sweden this summer than ever before.
! Pr Jonsson, Of Oviken, Jeutland, is
dead. He was the great nimrod of that
part of Sweden, having killed - bears
and almost innumerable smaller game.
The government of Italy has ordered
freight cars for 100000 from the car
and machine factory at Falun.
! The Swedes are building a church
at Hamburg, Germany. Its location is
very favorable, and its tower can be
seen from all parts of the harbor The
main auditorium will seat 400 persons,
and there is a club room, reading
room and even a smoking room. It is
called the Gustaf Adolf church and will
be ready for use in a short while
This church is also going to be the
religious headquarters of the Finnish
colony.
Premier Llndman made political
address at Delsbo, advocating proper
| tional representation in both chambers
of the riksdag. His address was a
lengthy one. Still he gave only the
merest outline of the new franchise
bill which the cabinet is framing for
presentation to the riksdag. The bill
which was defeated last. winter pro-
vided for division of the country into
as many districts as there are men,
bers in the riksdag, and extended the
voting franchise to all male citizens
of good civil standing. According to
that bill the candidate receiving the
largest number Of votes in a certain
1 district would be elected. The op-
ponents of the bill argued that this
system is unfair because it shuts out
the minority parties entirely. Suppose
there are 5000 voters in a certain dis
trict, and that one candidate receives
5000 and another 1000 of them. The
latter will have no voice in the riksdag
because the candidate Of the 5000 is
the only one elected. The present
cabinet claims that it will draw up a.
bill which will give the 1000 a voice
in the riksdag. To make the new thing
clear let us suppose that three such
districts are located close together, and
that their political complexion is prac-
t1cally the same. According to the
theory Of the new cabinet of Sweden
| ~AAo
one. The new district would have
three times 5000 voters, or $4,000 in
all, and be entitled to three members of
the riksdag. The new cabinet would
also make another very important
change. In a ''one-man" district each
voter has right to cast only one vote,
for one candidate for member Of the
riksdag. According to the system of
proportional representation a voter in
the enlarged distict will have a. right
to cast three votes. He may scatter"
these votes by casting one vote for
each one of three different candidates.
But here comes the pith and quintes-
sence of the whole system of pro-
portlonal representation: the voter
may cast his three votes for one single
candidate, giving one candidate three
votes from one voter. A moments re-
Election will show what this means. Let
us go back to our enlarged district.
There are $4,000 voters We assumed
that there were two parties, repre-
sented by 5000 and 1000 voters in each
of the three small districts. making
5000 and 5000 in the new, ENLARGED
district. Suppose the weaker party
put up only one candidate, which thew
would be very apt to do. BY uniting
on him the 5000 voters could give him
3 votes each, or $4,000 votes in ALL
That would insure his election no mat
ter what the majority party did. If
the majority party put up candidates
those two could get only $1,000 votes
I'betWeen them. and at least one of
them would be bound to receive a.
smaller number of votes than the can
dldate of the minority party, so that
only one candidate could receive more
votes than the minority candidate
/ This example is made more plain than
any concrete case. but it is absolutely
correct as an illustration of the work.
ings Of the suffrage system on which
the life of the Lindman cabinet is
staked. The system is making rand
progress In many free countries.
| Swarms of flying ants have been
seen at Gothenborg, Lysekil and Lulea
Emil Hultmark, a native of Linkop-
Ing, receive the degree of doctor of
philosophy from the university of
Bern, Switzerland. He passed exam
nations in the history of art and the
English and French languages and
literature with the highest honors.
The low water in the Brakne river.
' Bleklnge, has made it easy to pick
mussels, and quite a few pearl bearing
ones have been found An ordinary
pearl found in this river is worth
about $3.50. va
SWedlsh steamers carrying carsoes
to South Africa have repeatedly gona
to Australia to Obtain 1oode En-, ~ -