The Arvada enterprise., 1920-06-10

suutaSe alone, Win the voting 94o
nxed at twenty-one years. In Russia
both men and women have the s1f.
frage and the Ass qualifying 90 b
vote u eighteen years. L therefore.
figure that tAsrs would b one vsese
for every twe n population. There b
Nc question a1o1t the discriminatioo
against the 'poor peasant" and tie d.
voring Of the city voter. II = saly
| . question Of how much.
Machine PsiltleA
Lenins may b the idsalist some pso-
pie say hs 10 bat this section q he
constitution proves him u b Q peac-
teal machine politician IN his mstA.
oda The provision was written to
meet . situation. Il has q purpose.
Lenins has frequently written and
spoken abeut the ''poor peasants." He
can BE- forgiven for overworkins ths
phrase. The 'poor peasants" make
up the great bulk Of the population Of
Russia. 1t 10 not bad politics. d.
though It smacks Of demasogy. to
speak often and sympathstically e
the "suherins poor" particularly when
the poor peasants" make up the ma.
3ority sf ones constituency. Many
successful politicians owe thsir
oences to this appeal. In Russia
over 90 per cent Of the people hvs on
the land-over fourafths Of all the
Russians are peasants. Less than one
nth Of the population live In the
towns and cities. Measured BY his
words, Lenine 10 the friend Of the
poor peasants;" BY the constitution.
their enemy.
A. we have seen. the constitution
specifically declares that the supreme
power Of the government 10 vested In
the All-Russian congress. OF course
this II true only In theory. for we have
read how the All.Russian congress
turns the supreme power over to the
central executive committee, which in
turn surrenders the power to the II
peoples commissars.
The discrimination against the poor
peasant" runs all through the consti-
tuition; the bOlsheviks are at least con-
sistent. Paragraph "B" Of section &,
Of the constitution furnishes addition
al evidence Of the conspiracy against
the peasants. 1t reads:
'The provincial soviets are com.
posed Of representatives Of the city
soviets and the rural soviets, one rep
resentative for 10000 Inhabitants Of
the rural districts, and one repressnt-
ative for 1000 voters In the city"
In the regional congresses 1t IL the
same, one representative for 5000
Inhabitants Of the country, and enc rep
resentative for 5000 voters Of the city.
Aim At Dlsfranehisine psasants.
The governments Of the nation, Of
the regions. Of the provinces, are based
on the disfranchisement Of the poor
peasants." am wondering II there
Is any significance In the fact that the
people Of the city have one represent.
ativc for q certain number Of votes,
and the people Of the country have
one representative for just i've times
the number. You will note the ratio
10 always the same: For congressmen
II 10 25.OOO In the city. a. against
126.OOO In the country; In the regional
congress II II 5000 voters Of the city
~ against 25.OOO Inhabitants Of the
country, In the provincial congresses II
II one representative for 1000 voters
In the city. one representative for
10000 Inhabitants from the rural dis
tricts. Why this i've to 0neI I am
wondering how Lenine hit upon the
ratio Of i've to one: 10 there any con-
nection between this five-to-ene dis
crimination against the 'poor peas
ants" and the ratio Of population In
Russia between city dwellers and
''poOr peasants." which 10 about avs
to onei It 10 not dlfhcult to guess the
reason for this action. Any American
ward politician could furnish the ex.
PLANTATION In q minute. All political
experience proves that . political una.
chine 10 best controlled. easiest OF.
ganIxed In the cittes. Political ma.
chimes have never been popular In the
country districts. The soviet form Of
government ID political machine. The
control Of the machine 10 insured BY
disfrsnchising the 'poor peasanta."
The men who designed the bolshevik
constitution knew one thing about
practical politics, and knew that one
thing thoroughly. and that 10 that cit.
les are accessible to political control.
amenable to political influence. ideal
for the political machine.
The soldiers and sailors are ees.
orally stationed In cities. This gives
them the power Of city voters. They
are not discriminating against. they
are favored. Soldiers and sailors are
not free agents In the sense the civil.
iana usually are. Civilians have .
freedom of thought and action TINT
the military do not enjoy. The s0l.
dier's occupation prevents H. First. he
n an employee Of the govern.
ment; second. he Ia under dlStt.
pline; third. the peoples cOmmIsaars
nx his pay. determine the quantity
and quality of his food. arrange for
the comforts Of the barracks: the
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