Show r PUN Ii r BE mG llY Injustices lilies and League Is IsIt Crated Rea Read Read- a L It Seeking tIR R b j f oN Sf G 10 JUt ho hoW unGTO un un- a Fb 11 out our tuft II hot tIO tho supt sup sup- In t VOT or ot the old od 4 In Is r on l a myth t III bI just maile In L' L n ot or the ther G. G secretary 1 C. C r e rr on 1 R pres td tn t J. J guo o. o In states tates d vote returns have t 4 O 1 result I It some some- C. C The to the vot votes nineteen states tes I cad in theU for fot In- In II tic elected a toW totAl O of f t HI d matter matterer men f a a. t ys- ys er ur r fr Eh ilon they secured 3 In these h to JI r.-n r. S. S Instead of t e dl dId dIdt as 88 they ther io t system should have ha t The Tho t- t ra two tra a H Ir FIUr- J n t t s. s I ra Is th they hould houd have haveThe t The failed AlIu to elect 1 ct e. e nineteen cn In the O on the on The They Thet are b entitled to three mem- mem t I return rn l states would 1 r ot of t tie the e nineteen 1 under a t uce bt been I the Uc same amI III representation as I ItI all an the theM system In i I present I tt tI of elcer eke elce- I I M the r sent system o I V r p O one OS O or more scats tos to partIes part cs entitled to 10 them th thereby de- de tu parties ranIe In tho the EUto tat of their I several re In tt it error Is so ro great a as to show sho t system m of ot election to b w ut- ut ble as R a basis bals of or democracy jOlt j I rie Olt of or lawo for Instance the I IJ paned J l vote fotel otea 40 44 per r cent number numbu polled In the state late 1215 e votee ot s secured turc d for tho DemET Dem- Dem DemI I ET one of the eleven members to low L The Republicans of ot I I II I 1 li fot votes 52 2 per cent ent of ot S-ie S s get t ten This is Js f 7 Jt r call 11 representative govern govern- I lIoa points point out the Inter Inter- fit fo i that i if it the Democratic ote voters 4 d b a 1 dead and burl burled the Re- Re haw have EO o fewer ewer seats t. c. c did d with the Democrats e I a them li In Iowa the ten ten d districts of or Iowa which I ns won ears eaTs b he the thep p tc tic voters otes ba bad all aU drowned themi them- them i their Lher entire families t foro m 1 of UIO was taken lAken Iowa's of or representatIves pre would have ct 1 down n on account of decreased JO S i to eight or possibly to seven soven If It the thc number had been eight would have hac got ot only i tt Irem n In Iowa Jowa Instead of or fB I Uhf they and th their thIr lr families had all aU hd and buried 1 the Republican LU II 5 whose principles they hey arc are op- op 7 M have 0 o a had three scats fewer i 1 i th than n that party parL secured with II I voters ote In question alive and rH 14 the polls poll as a becomes good cod citi- citi to to the glorious gorious right of if In other Word words the existence In 4 voters with their the families et Republican policies and oc- oc r 1 rot rots rote a them not t only d does s TU W tau tho the number of Democratic j Jn In eon congress ts t's but has a as i r effect ett on that body the Increase f of or Republican members b by JQ the Uie Republican n though h n cut bt 51 per c. c cent nt of tho the vote 1 elected all nil five tl of the states ato s representatives theE tives Tho The total Republican n vote voto was making ono representative for each liSO 1780 votes cast The Thc Democrats of or the state te cast east votes voles for representatives without sc securing a single seaL Real seaLOn On the other hand In Kaneas tho the thin went the other 1 way 11 1 There the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- elected six representatives cI thc the Republicans Re Re- publicans two and the thc Progressives cs one B. Bated Based ed on tho o vote actually vast nat however the party part division ought to have been boen as follows follows- Democrats 4 4 Republicans Republicans' 3 Progressives I es 1 There Is pending In the Iho hou house o of ot representatives representative rep rep- Co 11 a bl bill f Introduced January 0 i iby by Representative Warren arren Worth orth Bailey Baney of or Pennsylvania Pennsy which would rould enable any state to which cares to to correct this absurd ab absurd ab- ab surd system tem Under Poder the Balle Bailey bill Introduced In Introduced In- In also In the thc f senate b by Senator Ow Owen O n of ot Oklahoma any state having ln three or more representatives could elect them by what Is Js known as the list s system aye aye- tern tem of proportional representation The underlying Principle principle of ot this system Is la IseT eT very simple I It consists ts In arran arranging n the candidates on the ballot In lists either party part lI Hats ts or nonpartisan lists The ot r casts a single ballot either ballot either I Ifor for the party list JIt as a whole or nn fm in individual In- In dl candidate candidate- on oct his party list It works this way a If It a 3 state h Is entitled to ten representatives and the total number numb r of or votes cast is 15 for all th the thc number necessary to elect electa a a. in single h candidate Is votes otes If H ono one party parl casts votes it Is 18 entitled to five congressmen n andt nd t ho hn five five- on th that i t party list who are preferred by bv the tho voters vot vot- oters ers era arc are declared elect elected d The Ibo other 1 f parties j get t in proportion to their strength It Is as IS simple as ns A n B. B C. C Th The I league SU h headquarters Qu at nt Haverford Ha Pa I Is VI working orkin on tho the remaining states tP and will complete complets the analysis tho the 5 special s session of or the tho new congress conS con con- S ones venes c |