| Show FRENCH WATCHED BELGIUM ElECTION Novel Reform in Full Operation Produces Some Unusual Results PLURAL VOTING UNDER BAN EXPERTS FROM PROM PARIS OBJECT OB TO THE PRACTICE Patin Par 5 In III Franca where el reform J la Is a stew w U the tame move e of ot th the bow Itow tie the 8 relent t in Uel gum were here wat wa hd with Inter e et eat because t aue their pro m ile or n ft P PM as It In k familiarly c r ed d here in b a In IR full fall operation R P F IK is an elaborately system u to give all ail 11 p mi iU at parties r rep rell i accord according Inn to the number of vote voice polled in la I other ether 0 wank the of th the absolute demma t n m of majority ru rue now In la rogue ogle in IR and anel most moet other tr continental countries In le trance France n especially th the system of ot electing members mes to te the tho chamber of deputies la lu lath panda bands th political putter power of o U ua the e state Mate la Is J con I to severely not Rot only enl on OR th tM the gr wads majorities in local legal make ke local eon con ld Idt 11 the tb national In bat but on ell th tM iho broader ground that minorities only enly a a tow few vote t behind bob Ute tIM majorities have hare no at alt all aILor For or Tn remedy propound proposed is la for or larger elect from eight to fifteen upon a general geral platform with Itt proportional representation for forti fort ti t tP whon wha they the are of sufficient cI n nix IH to cost cast cae vOtee vot of r respectable The ne electoral experts sent seat to te Bel nel Belgium glum gium generally gen commend COllI the system HI ther but t take tako exception x to the plural voting Tf enjoyed by br larger taxpayers taxpayer s aria anI af persona u with wit advanced educational A sample ef et how hew th the e works In lit Belgium 14 disregarding dl g to the question of plural voting yoUng can eRn be b e gathered from the r results at Ant tnt Antwerp whore where thirteen seats oat iII were to te bo b bf f The Catholic ticket polled vote Ote the Liberate and an d tt 1671 t the tho system of ot majority rule ruleth ruleth th the Catholic would have haye captured th the e 13 seats seat Vader fader 1 tho the R n P aye system tem welt earn of the tho total votes vote received bv br 1 a ticket was waa divided by 1 S 2 J a 4 up u p t 1 13 and the tile quotient of oC these the di dl divisions dIvisions visions became b e In I the order of numer Humer numerical teal ical pre pree det ee the order of dividing g t th seats between the parties In J thU this particular case It resulted In fn rising pitin the tb first seat Mat t to 0 the Catholics the t to tn a Liberal the third to a arati arat af rat rati f lie lic I fourth Literal fifth l sixth seventh Catholic eighth l ninth Socialist t rth eleventh Catholic Liberal and I thirteenth Catholic In other words word tho the Catholics upon their total vote voto secured seven seats the Liberals five fire and Socialists one which works out almost mathematical mathematically ly I 1 according to the proportion of the votes cast |
