Salt Lake Herald | 1891-01-29 | Page 5 | Universal Suffrage in the French Republic

Universal Suffrage in tho French Republic i The election deputies is by popular universal I uni-versal suffrage Every citizen 21 years of age who has not been deprived of his civil rights deposits hisvote in the ballot box This is simply justice The deputy who is commissioned to vote a tax should be chosen by all the taxable the maker of the law should be elected by all who come under I un-der its jurisdiction This system besides is equalizing and democratic The property prop-erty test regime which it has succeeded makes political rights depend on wealth I It is therefore contrary at once t the principle prin-ciple equality and t the dogma of the I sovereignty of the people No government even a reactionary one would dare to reestablish I rees-tablish the property test Thepresent moment mo-ment besides when capital is attacked I from every side would be badly chosen lor conferring g upon I the monopoly of political politic-al power Jules Simon in Forum I M