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Show nnitiMi iituiir MMim TntiiK ll nmroil u HLiUi In thu Union that does not In-1 the nit-1 of a reform In Its sjitrm of baUolitig, livery elmtlun closes luvurlabl with ihargisj and counter-charges if our tuition, fraud aud brlUry, Boviral sjlatra have ailoptisl the Australlin iMllol system with the hopo of securing secur-ing honest ileellons. I ii Mtno vase P trntmltei miccTM, lu others llniigurt dl polntmnil 11 iwever, It Is Rtu -ritlr ooocolel tint where utlllral lonetly Is not entirely wanllng this -ystetn ghes t-itls'aetlnn Illinois has au tleitlon la' which overt I IT piget of tfits tttlut book, rhero it ali n speltl lw for city flncllons whl. h invert m SW get, iiul It Ii fir fr mi M-reel. I'eniltlea ato irvlll lot all the political lttn-irirtimstup)Oseil lttn-irirtimstup)Oseil to buattenJint on rlecilotit; yet, it Is ilslnw.1 Hint the will of Uie l-etipli II deretted loth lU theHute an I lutlie towns of tlllnnlt. Judge Tuley, one of tha best known liwyrrsln Illinois, alvoMtet tho adoption adop-tion of tho Auttrilltn tytttm. Itvrels what liesiytt "Tlie. nardliul f-tslnrea of thlt system ani eftriintiltory sx ret vTttlog tinman of. ft. Isl bellot. The feltureuf lenrtit lining mat nm do awsv Willi tirllnry, but It wHlliHrohict-adniibtasto whether tha iwntraet is enrrlod out, and this w III lend In diminish, ir It doet not enllrcly crail-ontc, crail-ontc, tUe evil nf brlbtt. tly hiving llm ballot fiirnlthil by Hit I'Mr or other of. H-U; inaerll will entirely do awa) with the etptnea IneHent to printing Iw'lnta, and Ihla will onal.lt a inlnorlly loplxsi mn In tbo rltkl asliist au aulnerttlo mijnrlty anl an Inarested ntimuer nf randlUoi. Ilat the ehlrf future In tho Australian billot system It Itisl It will do asrtv wlih unnpnitarr aod 1st lib ex-pen ex-pen lltilM of inony. hen Ih i xpendl-turo xpendl-turo of mmty It laken away fnnii the inirliltie the machine It itesiroyed aif I tbeprsitlcalmlllli-lan tttrtetlo ilwilh " Uillfornla Is also sorely troubled nlout a ballot system that wouU glut purity of elections. There are two ballot bills uow before thu Leglilsliira of Hut BUtc. One It cslloj tha Dlbblo bill. Tliojiwiayfn'oiiMjioflll "Acmrdlnif to ttilt ntw mentiirttho ballots, hat Ing a perforstod line anl a stub, are to bs print,! by Ihe plltical parties, soultilat or eanjlda'es, aod lline days prior to election, by Ibetn, are to lit. lurni-levcr lo tho Clerk or lltilsirnr, who, in turn, delivers them to tht eleu-tkiii eleu-tkiii bssrdi. If a parly or Indepcn lent I C411JI Isuiciilsifii psr rent uf the ng-Itlercd ng-Itlercd vote he itan require the huts or roomy to y the eutt of printing the thkels to w likh he hat Usm piiu' The other Is called the Magulre bill. In many of lit feature It rrsembliatbe Uibblo bill, while both aro but weak liultitlona of thu Australian aystrm. The Unltn furthertayt: Ttie bill nf Mr. Dibble provides, at docs the olL.t, fr tnu ballot clerks, and for two ballot-boxes at each (nil, an 1 for biiotha Into which the voter retires hi secretly se-cretly tirepuio his ballot- Hut lu the Dlbblo Mil tho voter mntt tsko from tho clerks each of tha sovcral tickets lulu the booth, oral lnut three. On the the elcrks In lorscs lhi Inltlsli-Mii the back of llm stulH-tttid the vodng number of the eleetor. In tho booth hB Is to ireparo his ticket, fold all ballots be lias received, and rait the ono he hat prepared after the number hat been llsuttned and the Ktttb detaohtd, which Is also cast Into the box, Tha other tickets he delivers to the clerks." Inasmuch at thu Australian system demands but one bilbt for nil parlies Itwouldliavttilmpllclty at least In lu favor. However It It only by study and experlnieut that a perfect system can be arrived at. And In thlt ar-tlculsr ar-tlculsr Ihertt It In our country n flno field for cxptrlmeut. Una thlug Is certain, that without tho exlslenca of eomo ilcgrea of political honesty no ballot tyitini that can be devised by the Ingenuity of man will uccittl. |
