Show australian BALLOT oates of alabama like it for illiterates montgomery ala NOV ll 11 IL giov gov oates in ills his message to the state legislature convened today delares declares r against the australian ballot system lie sas this law lias has been pretty thoroughly ehly tried in ili two state clec sections Lions this system may be a good one in states let a there are arc many intelligent voters who aro are employed by great corporations and mant some nome protection against the hie dictation of their employers but in alabama wo a are differently situated s A cly small ge ot our eting population Is thus employed and there is moie mass illiteracy among them anti and hence a more open and simple syb tern tem ot of voting would be more acceptable to the voters at laire laige the old law which the present one superseded with a few amendments would be pieter i able to the present one |