Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Prof. J. A. HORNBERGER, Superintendent of City Schools. Norfolk.

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The Australian Ballot System. Fred Teal. Many attempts have been made to advance a new system of balloting. The demand for this had been growing for a good many years, and honor yet remained for the country that should bring forth a perfect ballot system. It seems strange, that of all countries, Australia should have produced this. To Francis Dunton, a member of the Australian legislature, do we owe praise and honor for originating this plan. There are two great evils against which the ballot box must contend. The first is the intimidation of the voter. Under the old system, men who were dependent upon a candidate for their daily bread, were sometimes compelled to vote for him under penalty of being discharged, the candidate in many cases standing over him while he deposited his ballot. The second evil is the buying and selling of votes. Some unprincipled men demand pay for their votes from their own party candidates. And. in turn, there are some unprincipled candidates who influence votes by means of bribes. These things the Australian Ballot System lessens some-