The Sioux County Journal,
Published every Thursday.
Subscrij.tioft Pri-. f-W
V. E. Pitron Editor and Prof-
Eirr! at th postotfke at Ilaniso
a swoud class matter.
Autralian Votiusr Syta.
Tli Australian system of voting,
wherein tlie tate. furnishes the tickets,
which are retly prepared by the
voters for the Uillot boxes will ( x-ten-iivelv
te-ted io tlie United States
within the next two year. Six states
have ulr-ady emu ted election laws liased
up.m this ystem and .)U.te a numb. r of
otliers will follow suit within the next
year or two. if the practical test at the
"polls carries out ihe expe-tiiti.ms of its
friends, it will sdily liecome national
in its operations. In view of the wide
spread belief in the system, the workinjrs
of the plan in Australia are of interest.
Mr. E. Lamb of Sidney, New South
Wales, is now in the United States on a
visit, and gives the following interesting
details;
"We find the system to be most satis
factory in its results. Briliery and polit
ical corruption are practically unknown
with us. The opportunity is lacking.
In the first place, tlie system which pre
vails in Queensland for placing candi
dates in nomination is not conducive to
the purchasing plan. The man who as
pires to Ije a candidate for an elective
offioe must first put up a forfeit, or sure
ty, of 40 -1200 -as an evidence of his
faith in his hold ii.ii the stiU'rap-s of
the people and liis fitness for public pre
ferment. There are no caucuses. Tlie candidate
is allowed to harangue the people at
stated times and places in a decent and
orderly manner, but there is no malign
ing or mud flinging. When the votes
are counted, in case the candidate failed
to receive a reasonable proportion of the
same say 100 out of 500 his $200 is
forfeited and his candidacy classed as a
political mistake. If he makes a reason
able showing or is elected his monev is
returned to him. The virtue of this
plan is to keep out men who are wholly
unfitted for office and who would not
care to risk the loss of that amount of
money.
Tampering with the ticket is an utter
impossibility. The ticket all of them
being numbered is obtained from a
gworn officer after entering the room.
Everything in connection with the mat
ter is conducted in a straight-forward,
business-like manner. The system lias
been thoroughly satisfactory in Aus
tralia." The matter of requiring a deposit of a
forfeit is a mere detail, not necessary to
the successful working of the system
' and has been discarded in the new legis
lation in this country, save one state,
we believe. Against the essential feat-
ures of the plan there can be no valid ob
. jeotion brought. Every honest, free
. minded citizen desires an absolute free
and honest ballot, without the possibil
ity of charge of bribery, intimidation or
fraud. This the Australian system se
cures. The only persons who are hos
tile to tlie plan are either those who do
not understand it clearly, or else those
who are interested in buying or intimi
dating votes. Toledo blade.
The Newspaper in school.
It is a trite assertion that the Ameri
cans are essentially a newspaper reading
people. From the shop girl to the mil
Jionare the daily paper is almost as
much of a necessity as food and drink,
and as a lever for wielding the minds of
the people it is unsurpassed in force and
power. It is an element for good or evil,
whichever way it may be directed, and
those who guide the policy of a great
paper, assume a responsibility almost as
potent as that which is accorded to the
lawmakers more potent, perhaps, for
it wields the will of the people, their
hojies, their passions and their ambitions.
It aids the pulpit in the suppression of
vice, and thoughtful minds lead men to
better endeavors.
But it has been left for once despised
Kansas to introduce the newspaper as a
" practical factor in school education. At
a school at Heston, in that state, a copy
of the Kansas City News, so the editor
of that paper informs its readers, is kept
constantly on file for the use of teachers
and scholars. It is quite evident that
tlie young idea of Ileston will be taught
to shoot in the right direction. The boy
wlio is abreast with the newg of the day
bas won half the battle toward fame and
fortune. To be up with the times you
. rauirt be one of them. There is a good
deal of rude buffeting in this world, and
to be out of the swim is to receive more
bullets than justly belong to you. The
successful merchant is not the one who
understands the routine of business only,
but he who is conversant with the affairs
of the world and regulates his interest
according to them. In the new towns of
the west houses are built first, then "a
church, then a newspaper office, home,
religion and intelligence going hand in
hand to build up a sturdy and enterpris
ing manhood. There is, a level-headed
common sense in these Kansas teachers
who have introduced the newspaper into
the school room. It is a whole curricu
lum of study in itself, and this w.tm
custom might be transplanted here
w.Ui advantage to future caunet minis
ters and, mayhap, preaiUeut. iew
Vvrk Graphic,
.m S: -
I ,J.ii f,.r :u tiliil ai
oiiJ in a uut-i 3"-'
! . ' irl-r.nww lii.-, in June, 1"""
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' It , h;le he s an editor and fc.iu,
bef-lameajuJgv.but.l was a
5 mouth alter tl Tennessee L-gisUure
1 passed a bill d,-lrring forvvtr inn "b
' lie ottice anv citizen "f rtat h
should part,, lutein a duel or aid or
1 taM tlie The pn.f of the jmVe s
i guilt is estal.lid.ed by the account of
the dud pul li-.lL.-d in his own paper. It
Ulidit never Uive been rei,in)-red
a-am-t him that lie committed this of
fense in his youth, had he not quarreled
witli l,il-roeciit!iig attorney and lined
him for co.,ten,i t a few J:.ys .,w
i . r. . -
I ), must t'O. 11 irate lawyer is 'i
him. State Journal.
Eight states of tlie union have adopt'
il,e 4 n-tralian ballot system, and tile
is some hoi that Illinois will be the
novt to fall in line. The lower house
the Illinois legislature has made the b
., ial order for Thursday and there
a vtronir feelinir in its favor. Massuch
KPtts. Indiana. Montana. Khode Mun
Wisconsin, Telinesee, Minnesota and
Missouri have concluded to try the
scheme. Nebraska didn't join the pro
cession w hen she had the ciiame and by
the time another opportunity occurs she
will probably lie near the foot of the
line. SUite Journal.
It is generally Iflieved tint Governor
Hill destroyed his future litiial pr.,
iects by vetoing the reform ekaion
bill. It is safe to predict that he will
not lead the l Jemoi ratio hosts in the
next national election.
Job work of all kinds promptly and
neatly executed at the JiX'RN.u. office.
Nebraska's Legal History.
COMPLETE LAM'S OF THE TEHKI
TORY AM) STATE IN THUF.E
LAIHJE 10LOES.
For thirty-five years has Nebraska's
Territorial and State legislatures been
enacting, amending and repealing laws
ejecting the jiersonal and projierty
rights of tlie citizens of the State, and
it is safe to say that until recently not
more than a half dozen lawyers of the
State ossessed copies of one-tenth of
these numerous enactments, and not one
iossessed full and complete copies, for
the reason that in the earlier period but
few copies were printed, and many innc
curacies occurred, and from the further
fact that the session laws of 173 were
never publi.shed.at all.
The Statu Journal Co., of Lincoln,
realiziug the necessity of an accurate
and full compilation of the laws of the
Territory and State of rvebraska, liegan
several years ago the work of preparing
such a publication. Experts were emp
loyed, and four years were given to cop
ying and comparing every enactment,
including general, local and private laws,
joint and concurrent resolutions, and
memorials to Congress, which were then
arranged by sections and published in
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oceured in the original biennial publiia
tions, and these are all noted in this pub
lication. The work is brought down to and in
cluding the session of 1W,
A most complete index accompanies
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It consists of an index of the laws cited
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