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Show Debaters. Selected to Represent Utah Parke and Alexander Will Try for Championship in Interstate Debating Contest. At the conclusion of a spirited preliminary prelimi-nary debating contest held at tho University Univer-sity yesterday afternoon tho judges of tho contest selected Dan Alexander and Dale Parko to represent the University of Utah In tho Interstate debate with Idaho. Thomas Reese was designated as first alternate. al-ternate. The debate with Idaho is scheduled sched-uled for the second week In March and will bo hold at Moscow, Ida. The question discussed rends: "Resolved, That it would bo unwise to make provision pro-vision in our laws for compulsory voting." vot-ing." The affirmative speakers claimed that condition did not warrant a change By statistics they proved, that the abstention ab-stention from voting was small, that compulsory com-pulsory voting would glvo a fresh Impetus Im-petus to bribery and would destroy tho great Indepandcnt vote which Is the only protection of the American city from io-litical io-litical "rings" and "cliques." In closing, the affirmative contonded that the negative nega-tive must prove that conditions demand a change: that compulsory voting will produce the results claimed and overcome over-come tho evils of the present system without with-out giving rise to'others of a more dangerous dan-gerous character. Tho negative speakers claimed that a large proportion of citizens refrain from voting, and tli.it this" number Is constantly lr creaslng. Tho general Ignoranco on political matters was deplored and the present system was characterized as being be-ing subject to many evils, such as bribery brib-ery and fraud. By adopting the proposed pro-posed change tho negative claimed that the educated vote would bo polled In full; that the political knowledge of tho people peo-ple would be greatly Increased; that bribery brib-ery In the rural districts would be brought to an end, and that a sense of duty to the State would be Inculcated. In rebuttal, tho affirmatlvo speakers c'almed that tho proposed system was Impracticable, Im-practicable, and that, as the right to vote was only a privilege, a person could not be lined or arrested for inking advantage of it. Then it was pointed out that tho new system would necessitate doing away with the Australian ballot and that the enforcement of penalties would bo Impracticable. Im-practicable. Tho Judges of the contest were Rev. D. I. Goshen and Profs. Gcorgo A Eaton, Byron Cummings, Fred Reynolds and N T. Porter. |