Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-16
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they defeated the Massachusetts ballot. they
clung TO the old system and the politician
and they went to the people and thousands
and thousands of honest voters of this
state went into their booths last September
and looked at this monstrous ballot with an
idea that they wanted TO cut certain per-
sons upon that ballot. that they wanted to
vote independently for certain men and for
certain principles and they found themselves
with this ballot of the politicians staring
them in the face. and they did just what
they had right To 90 and what | believe
they ought TO have done. they rebuked that
party by voting the straight ticket and not
for that party.
Now ! am standing Mr.. Speaker. in the
minority, and ask the minority party to
man TO vote TO adopt the ballot that they
repudiated two years ago. Two years ago
the Democratic party favored this ballot.
Today understand that they have been
caucussng--I may be mistaken, and
hope | am-and have agreed that there
should be no ballot reform in this Lcgis-
lature, that the Massachusetts, ballot should
not be adopted but they will adopt the bal
lot OF the politicians and place themselves
in the position which the Republican party
was in two years ago and adopt their tao
tics. If the Democratic party has not learned
anything from the Republicans. then l say
to you that it will.
| want for moment to discuss this
ballot 1t has been in operation in
Massachusetts for u great many years.
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success of the Massachusetts Law has
created so general a demand for sip,i-
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