Show A V Word Vord ord To The Legisla Legislature tIlle By L. L A. A Hollenbeck The code has been adopted Now the legislature is getting down to new business good business good or I bad Some of it may be good but the inclination is to make malte bad laws The with all the sob stuff is generally bad Such things disguised as they will be usually have an objective to reach into the public treasury The people people people peo peo- should be represented in such matters and their representatives II are there to represent them but usually their representatives fall for that sort of a thing that the I people get the worst of it I But there is one thing that should be done this session and that should be done at once We Ve have a very unjust election law which prohibits any party from nominating a man who is already a nominee on some Borne other ticket This deprives the people from voting voting voting vot vot- ing for a man that they would like to vote for and such a law is the weapon of an unfair man to tob b become come elected to an office that I Ithe the people do not want him to fill It is a law favoring political man- man and to thwart the will of the people and to perpetuate perpetuate perpetuate per per- the tenure of office holders holders holders hold hold- ers and gangsters Let the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature change that law It was put in the platform of the democrats democrats democrats dem dem- and it ought to be changed Also we should have a headless election ballot so that a man can cast an intelligent vote regardless regard regard- less of a party name And another another another an an- other thing we want and that is isto isto to have am amans aman's ans an's intention govern I in counting votes instead of a strict rule for if a man votes a straight vote and skips over and votes for a name on the opposite ticket without scratching scratching scratching scratch scratch- ing the name on his own ticket the supreme court rules that he has voted for two men for the one office and the vote cannot be counted But however any man with a thimble full of brains knows vs right well what t the e voters voter's intention is when he skips over and votes for a man on another ticket It would seem that such a construction construction construction con con- by a supreme court is I denial of a a mans man's constitutional rights Anyway it should be changed so that in counting ballots ballots ballots bal bal- lots the primal and all Important test should be that the intention should govern and if a man votes specifically fo for a man a on another ante I ticket without scratching out the name opposite on his own ticket the intention should always follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low that mans man's markings for tor that thatis is undoubtedly his intention Let the legislature get busy and fix up the election law while it is In session |