Show THE TIM bunn lunn TIO THE vun chief ehler corner stone of modern politicians itie itic fans ians seems to be based the tho pa passage 0 bage sage 6 of laws ensuring to the masses passes of the people the right 0 of f the t he suffrage universal suffrage is the watchword of I 1 the liberal party in this country and jn lin great britain this thib s the most potent agent short of ot havIng recourse to arms that the masses of the people can use to effect the accomplishment of their desires because be causer lc logies gives thema them a direct voice in the legislation for thel their own government and if intelligently Int 1 ellig e 11 tri and quo wisely used would never fali fall au tp wipe hayr but abuses arnd arid to ensure anuk good govern ment quent but if unwisely or conferred cone eone ferr e id d T pa a people who are aro ard too igno ran V fab ta comprehend omar hend its ita vex ver its certain to prove a detriment to tb them in this coUntry the great point at issue e between the two great political poll parties arties artles is universal suffrage the republicans be evidently ing determined not to stop sop until the right of suffrage is secured tp tO every male malo of the nation irrespective of race or color who hlay inay have halve reached the agai 6 of ot twenty on inq arnd arid Wree froia r 4 te Ts asal As at misti certain to bf econe t th 0 law pr fhe the nation although alth aith bugh the t 61 of ibe lwe j he democratic party ap 6 01 fath th so finif a d 0 ad adt f r fa leery bry anida jq ano ao and oe W R toll voil bician af the dl A of ra 16 lant larn has b universal merrey h I 1 adest bf lyna isna liti friia I 1 IL lwiws el in 44 tile ih eila ells TV the 19 1 9 p t thy d io lk J elhat suffrage waud aid rae a vm 0 yvo swo ra evl evi iea yea lorf lori r magina na v laor hien bien orl ori 0 ct 0 sibly sibl filla fall within t chiji the t e scope ebi eui of 1 1 A it ha has long iong been persistently 0 tit I 1 ireae esq ed by thoo 1460 who have it ah ir bli 1 I ness nebs to pUl cal caI principles among the emsa claass of great reat britain that if the mhd working men blen of that nation wished to haye their thele inte restal attended to in the house of commons th they ey must return avii men of their thein own class tia it was a foll folly glass class to est esi pett peet the aristocracy or middle middie class elass men vho icho are unacquainted qua qun quain ted with the thee wants and wishes W of the working classes and who have but little sympathy with them to legislate with an eye single to their welfare during the recent parliamentary paril elec cleo tion the tight of suffrage was enjoyed by a far greater number of the people of that co country u nt ry than on any A former normer occasion sion f and L n d having ta ahe e ati their own b bands t t toa to wate a mate greater r ever 1 before it might have been almost reasonable to expect that those free and in dependant electors as they aro are styled there would have used ased that power to thel their rown advantage or for tha the return of their own candidates candidate 4 but bup what does the result af pf 9 the election show that what not mot one wor working k ing mans mano candidate was elected but instead jhen jhon thereof goo men who as us usual represent the up donled interests of the country itis true truo that a pi greater g rea t er prop proportion of liberals as they are bave have been boen elected and that that ahat parti parly now a majority in the house 0 of commons still they ibey are members nem bers bera or oss off shoots of tle tio the tho upper clas cias ses of the now this th failure on the part pirt purt of the electors of oi that country to jefter elect men of own class was eai vai not gwng to the thel haci that 10 hsuch candidate were ht lel the lierd ilerd fi either neither to the fa that they han had not the power todo to do sott boat least eastmo to a very eelk creati extent le x gna 14 14 to a very different chtiej causo cause na fw disclosures vez vel ifa made a since ainee 0 the he haf hay proven taa lajure failure 7 was as gwng to the fact that tuat ruda ruas of these men u upon pon hom bom the grent great rent reat prerogative t of heen been bestowed were NF willing Illing to boand band annd oid did actually neil sell their thell el apte twan toan Y candidate pho who ho was wa rich enough eglip ug lip ilg ft pay for ibm at is said sald that a traffic was CA cairies aleu fleu on in ili this in rne instance it ia 19 known tha a bandl gale pate date aale gained bl his seab seaton seal w the tho house of CO commons m mons wons because be he was ayas able abie to 16 and did AV phy par ten shillings each for fon several thousand votes there abere is little doubt that uba ii numerous rotis instances of th the same and n accrued ring rang nning the election tha the h possession of the power conferred loy toy y th bumm buff suffrage rage rago when abused in this anner manner will III ill be he productive and more ore e evil V I 1 the more moro widely ap i is li sp spread because it t would result tidily n placing pin the legislation for the whole nation in the hands of the few who were able t to pay the highest price for the of the electors in the various boroughs and constituencies I 1 to be productive of the goodat good it is capable d of f the 6 eun euf u ff frage r a ge nee needs ds to b be e u sed used intelligently and the mori more widely it is diffused among the masses the less likely is it to be eo so used this is 13 especially true of britain where whore the masses of the people are con constantly tautly deprived of the 0 opportunities P fortuni ties 0 of becom becoming ln aduca educated ted and in intelligent t elligant ell eil igent in this country the tho same evils are to be feared if it not jot rot to the extent the issue of thousands of fraudulent naturalization papers during the recent becent contest shower that the same influences were operating and if universal suffrage shall bhail become the law ah xh an every state who can hope hopp that even fhe the ma of bf those by whom the privilege p lege will ivill be enjoyed win Wil wilease iube lase use it wisely edu station and intelligence should prece precede de the bu suffrage 0 othea otherwise viso the latter iatter would be 1 l iab A abor in the ibe boba beba 1 hands n d 0 of f a chi id more likely V to provo dif deh destructive bhan lhnn than than thau otherwise j for foi in polica and ana d legislation I 1 fa isla isia a as in every otheir other human afra alra irs irv 1 it may way be safely asserted that inor lnor infranca bip ralley anca is i of ail all evil T |