The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-06

ed this all along and it was the only
way for protection in the future.
The second affirmative Miss Gladys
Baird said that by the present system
of electing the president the people
In general really had no voice in the
matter. 1t had been shown that in
recent elections the people IN diff
ferent states had by a majority OF
popular sentiment approved a certain
candidate while their electors had
chosen an opposing man. This was
not the will of the people and the
only way to get it was to have a di-
rect popular vote.
Miss Louise Berry the second mega
tive advanced the argument that it
would be an awful blot on our coun-
try IL the masses be given the cleo
ton of the nations chief executive
in their own hands. They were radi-
cal and as a whole would be incapable
of choosing an able man. On the
other hand the electors were capable
men. represented their party, were
educated to their needs and had
shown all along that they were the
best people in whose power the de
termining of the president should be
vested. If the direct vote system
was instituted it would cause great
corruption, factional hatred and
finally civil rebellion and to avoid
such unpleasantness we should main
tain the present system.
In defending the affirmative Miss
Elizabeth Lewis the third speaker on
that side said the best way to prove
THAT we needed popular election for
president was to quote the familiar
quotation of the constitution "of the
people, by the people, for the peo-
| pie" BY the present method this
original idea is not in force and the
| only way to make 1t so effective Is
| to do away with the electoral college
and institute the popular vote plan
and then we WOULD have government
"by the people"
The third negative, John Hofheinz
thought if the electoral college was
and 1t would have a most demoraliz
ling effect upon the country. The
solidity of the electoral college was
a safeguard against this.
Russell Reed came back in rebuttal
| and after short discussion the
judges rendered a unanimous af-
| frmative decision.
The question was deep one and
was especially hard for the negatives
because of the popular approval of
the opposite side.
| The last of these debates will be
/ held this afternoon and patrons and
friends are invited to be out and
hear it.
Fridays Debate.
| The judges of the debate next Fri
]day night between C. n. S. and Ma
| ron high school will all be out OF
town gentlemen. There will be three
of them and they Principal Harry
Taylor of the Harrisburg, ILL.,, town
ship high school, Prof. Fred McClus-
/ ky OF Union Academy at Anna, and
Supt. Simpson of the Charleston,
Mo, schools. This will insure fair
and impartial treatment to both sides
and an unquestionable decision. The
contest will take place in the AS
smbly Hall of c. II. S. and will begin
promptly at o'clock. 1t will occa-
sion quite an expense to bring the
visiting debaters here and also the
| Judges and for that reason an adj
mission of Is cents will be charged.
Marion is equally as confident of win
ming as G, H. s. and they expect to
bring quite a following Of "rooters"
along to help them clinch the vic
tory.
| Meanwhile C. H. s. is preparing for
1 the event in an equally significant
way. About a dozen OF the most
prominent loyalists are practicing a
new sort of yell wherein the names
of the two c. II. s. debaters,
Schoembs and Bumpus, are loudly
brought out and nicely rhymed.
Entertainment Today.
| The Athenian Literary Society will
hold it's regular fortnightly meeting
this afternoon after school. The
girls have arranged a good program
as follows:
| Piano solo--Edith Langan.
Paper Of Smith College-Catherine
Cushman.
| Athenian Gazette-Ruth Pettis.
Vocal solo-Lila Rogers.
| School Talk-Miss Wilson.
| Recitation-Ruth yesterday.
Extemporaneous Speech-Mr. Mid
kiff.
Piano solo--Roberta Roberts.
! Another Debate Tomorrow.
The C. Fl. S. Debating Society will
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