Show burih the N ew york adjer Zd jer in discuss in the question of bow politics m rue united i pon fid re furred the ballot limox djs i m as the s fesi way to sh this the fotss which new york und iu cities I 1 are not inept ruble from 1 suffrage ani they arc rab e from the s and rul nn der which thet effrage is exercised m urge urban s you ci n never keep rb cats oat of office while you allow rascals to il ceato nomica tiong and manibu tte ahn ballot box h capital of victoria in Aas is a arfat city po sebring a esart neely bi milar in ts comboni nt ein puts to that of york yet in melbourne although its cit izna oda oy universal gp ihlae is absolutely no trace of municipal corruption why became its electoral machinery noi only tho perfect erreca er recy and safety of the ballott freedom to the in acho matter of nominations tha af voters is ns follows no lielet lie let privately tely printed can be put tin ballot bobo the names of all persons for all the offic s to be filled at a given election are printed by tb state on one long strip of paper every vor by applying at tho polls can obtain such a strip of paper but he must take it immediately private room whither no oue is allowed to accompany him there he indicates ho persona for whom ho desires to vote by underscoring under scoring or betting marks opposite gaeir names if a boer voer is unable to read and is nevertheless th eless constitutionally entitled to be can havo the names read to him in the private room by a public officer the ballot is then folded and deposited by the voter anlo the ballot box there are unimportant variations of the batem in ome tome t of the united state who have adopted ballot reform but such are the main outlines of the australian plan so far as the precautions for insuring secrecy of voting is concerned A no less capital merit of the system is the fact that it readers primaries and local conventions superfluous any small body of citizens the minimum number varies in different states mav by signing a petition cause the name of a candidate for any office to be placed on the tickets primed and distributed at the cost ef the state there is no room under this schema for personal expenditure on the part of candidates and no oc for the service of the professional politician ican finding that there is no money in politics the rascals keep out of it the political machinery which haa had this desirable result is known as the australian ballot system it has already been adopted in ten of our states and notwithstanding the opposition which it elci cites in certain quarters is certain to be intimately applied in all the states of the union |