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DECEMBER 23, 1904
The Commoner.
to bo an argument in favor of voting
directly for candidates for president
instead of for members of an electoral
college. Thoro is no reason why part
of the state's electors should go to
a republican candidate for president
and part to the democratic candidate.
The majority of the voters must be
either for one candidate or the other,
unless the 'possibility of a tie is admitted.
If a majority of the voters of a
etate favor a republican presidential
candidate, it would be but fair that
he should get the entire electoral vote
of that state. If they favor the demo
cratic candidate the entire vote should
go to him.
There is no sense in voting the
members of an electoral college, so
that local conditions and the popular
ity or unpopularity of local candi
dates mtay lead to results that mis
represent the- popular sentiment on
the selection of a president.
Under the present system of voting
for members of ah electoral college
instead of directly for presidental
candidates, the popularity of a candi
date for the electoral' college might
elect a president whose election was
not sought or desired by the voters.
S'o an unpopular candidate for elector
might defeat a popular presidential
candidate.
While the landslide this fall made
the result so unanimous that only one
state got mixed, and one or two elec
toral votes were neither here nor there
as far as the. result was concerned,
that one state was one too many for
safety in the future.
There is some agitation in favor
of voting directly for presidential can
didates. If that were done no state
would be found on the fence when the
votes are counted, and the candidate
who received the greatest number of
votes in tne nation would be elected.
This is not necessarily the case now.
In a country where one -of the basic
principles of jovernment is majority
rule, it is not surprising that some
voters grow restive under a system
that permits the election of a presi
dent by a popular vote half a million
or more below that of his unsuccessful
adversary. Lincoln, (Neb.) Evening
News.
ovii, aoui ana Body." His work is
SwTof LiaS'''A Fag rm th CCUlt
"A BrowniLg Calendar" a hand
somely printed little book bearing this
title and euited by Constance M. Spend
er has just been issued by Thos Y
Crowell & Co.. of Now York: It con
tains an extract from Browning for
vaiu uuy in me year.
ut. waynard Holmes of Chicago
has issued through D. Appleton & Co.,
a book entitled: "AnnendinlHc, nn,i
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New Books
S. W. Partridge & Company, Pater
noster Row, London, have issued an
interesting book entitled: "Doctor
Barnardo, The Foster Father of No
body's Children," by Rev. Herridge
Batt. It contains an account of the
work done by Dr. Bernardo in behalf
of the homeless children of London,
and the outcome of his plans.
"The Bible and. Land," is the name
of a valuable volume written by Rev.
Jas. B. Converse (and published by
Himself,) Morristown, Tenn. It dis
cusses:
The Creator's Title to Land.
The Land Problem. i
The Causes of Poverty.
Land Values.
Grounds of OwnershiD.
The Terms of the Original Grant
Biblical Land Grants.
The Law of the Title.
The Prophets and Land.
The Bible and Liberty.
God's Goyernment and God's Land.
The Future of Earth.
Dr. Oliver of Philadelphia has issued
through Geo.'F. Lasher, of that city,
a book entitled: "The Science of the
Other Diseases about the Appendix.
it is me nrst or a series of books n
abdominal surgery. The sublontR
treated are illustrated and the work
is valuable to ordinary readers as well
as to tne physician.
"The Face of the Master," by Doc
tor J. R. Miller, has just been pub
lished by Thcs. Y. Crowell & Co., of
New York. It is beautifully Illus
trated.
The Salfield Publishing Co., of Ak
ron, t)hio has just put unon the mar
ket an instructive volume entitled:
"Careers for the Coming Man.' It is
made up of articles by prominent men
on the various subjects treated.
Colonel Albert L. Mills discusses
"The Army."
Dr. Rush Rheese, president of the
University of Rochester, discusses
"Teaching."
"The Navy" is presonted by En
gineer in chief, George W. Mellville.
"Commercial Life," by Chas. Stewart
Smith.
"The Church," by Dr. George B.
Stewart.
"Medicine," by Doctor John Roosa,
of Now York.
"Railroading," by Hon; George H.
Daniels.
"Architecture," by Thomas Hastings.
"Electricity," by Thos. Commerford
Martin.
"Law," by John DoWitt Warner.
"Mechanical Engineering," by Rob
ert H Thurston of Cornell Univer
sity. "Mining Engineering," by T. A.
Rickard.
"Civil Engineering," by George F.
Swain.
"Real Estate," by William Chese-
brough.
"Life Insurance," by John F. Dry-den.
"Public Service," by' Charles N.
Fowler.
"Advertising," by M. M. Gillam.
"Farming," by L. H. Bailes, of Cor
nell University.
"Journalism," by Whitelaw Reid,
editor of New York Tribune.
"The Stage," by James K. Hackett.
"Publishing," by F. N. Doubleday.
I "Banking," by Bradford Rhodes.
"Authorshin." by Cyrus Townsend
Brady. '
C. V. Waite of Chicago, has Issued
through A. C. McClurg & Co., a
"Homophonic Vocabulary," containing
more than two thousand words having
a like sound and significance in ten
language. It is interesting as show
ing the number of links that-connect
the various languages togetner,
ing with young delinquents as if they
woro old and hardened criminals. No
moro herding of children 10 and 12
years old In tho common jail. Juvonilo
courts and probation officers, asylums
and reformatories, an intAiiii?pnr nn.i
systematic effort to reclaim tho young
. uiuio it iias iaucn into hopeless
uondago to crimo- thin i thn ani.i
of civilized legislation today. In 1902
uu iuuh man ten states of tho Amor
,t? iCB enacted spocJal statutes
with this end in viow."
to provent accidents and to rcduco
dangerous .occupations. Tho employer
who Is not willing to protect his work
men, for kindness sake, will do It to
CHcapo hcavior taxes. And tho com
munity which silently compels him
to do this, tho community which aaya
to tho laboring man: "If you will per
form your duty, you shall not atarvo
whon you aro sick and old," la cer
tainly gro- ing moro kind sb well as
moro Just Everybody's Magazine
Protection for the Toller
QnJ!lsI(ler, .th? tt(lvanco tho general
spirit of kindness which Is Indicated
by such a fact as the founding n,i
successful operation of tho system of
Workingmen's Insurance In Germany.
A certain sum of monoy is set aside
for each workman every week (tho
employer and the rmminvn r.M, .,
tributing half), and tho government
"uua a supplement of $12 on each
. . uuiuuu wontmen aro
uua "isureu against sickness; seven
mi "J1111UU Buinst accident; ten
uHiiioii against liability from old ago.
blx hundred and seventy thousand
persons receive tho imnofif nr tut.
fund in yearly pensions. Incidentally
-"uiu ima uuen an lmmonnn imnnnt :
tho increase of care and precautions
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The Rights of Children
"Wo must interpret the laws
for
tho protection of the young against
cruelty, oppression and injustice,
says Henry Van Dyke in Everybody's
Magazine for December, "as evidence
of. the world's crowlnj? sense of justice.
Beeinninff with the factory act of 1833
nnr tho miTiRfl and colleries act of
1019 in THncriftTid. thfiro has been a
steadily increasing effort to diminish
and prevent the degradation of the
race by the enslavement of childhood
to labor. Even the parent's right of
control, says the modern world, must
for jour real estate er buslnrM
anywhere. I can tell It. Bead de
scription and lowest eaah pilee. A.
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