The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-11

nxed at twenty-one years 4 :
both men and women bava :, aa
frage, and the age quaIifyin. =
vote Is eighteen years. nv. "
figure that there would ne az
for every two In population M
no question about the discrlmI"s N.Y.
against the poor peasant ana y ~
voring Of the city voter. Il
q question of how much.
| Machine Politics
Lenine may be the ldeallst ann. .
pie say ne Is, but this section Il
constitution proves him to ba I
tical machine politician in bls NJ Y
DDS. The provision was wrIt,s,
meet a situation. 1t has nr,,.
Lenine has frequently written \
spoken about the poor peasants. M
can be forgiven for overworkin, i
phrase. The poor peasantsp g.
up the great bulk of the populsHos II
Russia. 1t is not bad politics
though 1t smacks of demagogy
speak often and sympathetlcalIy III
the suffering poor" particulars vss
the poor peasants" make up The NH
jority Of ones constituency. NJ,
successful politicians owe n
offices to this appeal. In RusB
over 80 per cent Of the people Iva {
the land--over four-tifths Of all NJ
Russians are peasants. Less than a.
fifth of the population live In NJ
towns and cities. Measured b, NJ
words, Lenine is the friend Of IL
poor PEASANTS" by the consttutn 4
their enemy.
As we have seen, the constitute y
specifically declares that the supreu. 4
power Of the government is vested 4
the All-Russian congress. OF Cours
this is true only in theory, for we han \
read how the All-Russian conges \
turns the supreme power over to Ii \
central executive committee, which d 4
turn surrenders the power to the Il Z
peoples commissars.
The discrimination against the "os
peasant" runs all through the cOnst
tuition; the bolsheviks are at least con \
sistent. Paragraph "B" of section ! +
of the constitution furnishes addition \
al evidence of the conspiracy agals
the peasants. 1t reads:
"The provincial soviets are con
posed of representative of the ely
soyiets and the rural soviets, one rep
resentative for 10000 inhabitants
the rural districts, and one represaE
alive for 1000 voters in the city,
In the regional congresses 1t Is h
same, one representative for 2M
inhabitants of the country, and one rep
resentative for 5000 voters of the city,
Aim at DISTINGUISHING Peasants
The governments of the nation,
the regions, of the provinces, are basa
on the disfranchisement of the 'p@
peasants" / am wondering II then
is any significance in the fact that o
people of the city have one represeHf
alive for a certain number of EOla
and the people of the country naF
one representative for just five nns
the number. You will note the sD
is always the same: For congreSSna
it is $4,000 in the city, as agaAS
125,000 in the country; in the reslOua
congress 1t is 5000 voters OF tne uq
as against $4,000 inhabitants Oh
country, In the provincial congress-
is one representative for 1000 Y0s0
in the city, one Representative ~
10000 inhabitants from the rurai y
tricts. Why this five to onei li
wondering how Lenine hit upon
ratio of FIVE to one; Is there any :. J.
nection between this tiVe-to-one '.
elimination against the poor w.
ants" and the ratio Of populalOu
Russia between city jewellers = :.
''poor peasants" which is ABDUL =.
| to one? 1t is not difficult to guess 9
reason for this action. ANY Amel' :
ward politician could furnish 'us M, !
PLANTATION In a minute. All pOn. :.
experience proves that a politiea. = !.
chine is best controlled, easieS' I.
ganized in the cities. Poilllcal 4,
chimes have never been popular I 4
country districts. The soviet lOiT IN.
| government is a political machius k
control of the machine is insuls ~
DISTINGUISHING the poor peasa s.rs
The men who designed the pOi'a NAM
constitution knew one tnhs ons
practical politics, and knew ' asot N
thing thoroughly, and that IS tn sa,td
les are accessible to political cOI ,Ssd
amenable to political influence
for the political machine. =.
The soldiers and sailors ~ lie.
orally stationed in cities. ! ~. They
them the power of city voters. me-
are not discriminating against .. N
are favored. Soldiers and sal,O' elrt
not free agents in the sense w nave
ians usually are. Civilians tDs
freedom Of thought and ac',U pns u
the military do not enjoy. 1,rst b
dier's occupation prevents It. aver
is an employee OF inc !. dIsd
ment. second. he is unue' .,ssss