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By Sterling Helllg.
Specia Correspondence of The Journal.
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ARIS, April 14.Two of the pret
tiest brides of Paris cannot tell
their husbands apartexcept by
a password.
Two of the keenest newly married
men of Paris, artists by profession, can
not tell their young wives apartex
cept by a ribbon.
To makedt more complicated, the two
brides are sisters, the two bridegrooms
are brothers, they all four live in the
same Paris flat and eat at the same
table. As they are young folks in good
society, the complications of their new
estate have interested and delighted the
entire Paris population. It is possible
that their ca.sewith all its, unique de
tailsis the first of its kind in the
history of the world.
It was extraordina'ry enough already
the case of the twin brothers Chan
teau, born together at Nantes in 18/4
and reared side, by side a well-to-do
shipping agency family.
As in all French bourgeois families,
the babes had each a plenteous and
decorative nurse but the father, old
Jules Chanteau, well-known on the
Place of Nantes as a "warm trader and
admired by all the countryside for his
originality and wilfulness, already had
the twin idea. He sought two twin
nurses thru all Brittany and finally he
found them.
Nurses Mixed, too.
To say that these two nurses had
extraordinary difficulty not to mix the
babie3 up would be putting it too
-mildly. The babies themselves, when
they'began to take notice, mixed the
twin nurses up!
Extraordinary Situation of the Famous
'Trench Twins" and the Twins
They Married.
The following address was delivered
by W. D. Washburn at the recent meet
ing of the National Civic Federation
in New York.
It is a valuable discussion of the pri
mary and election laws, which subject
was under consideration by the fed
eration. Mr. Washburn said:
The Minnesota primary law involves
the return to the first principles of
democratic government.
Its object is to permit the free citi
zen to vote for whom he pleases with
out restraint.
This he is permitted to do without
the interference of other fellow-citi
zens who have hitherto dictated nom
inees amongst whom the average citi
zen could select one as a, choice be
tween evils.
The primary law gives a citizen the
substance of his electoral rights and
not the shadow. It gives him bread
and not a stone.
It makes him a real* factor in the
actual government of his own country
and gives him an actual voice in the
management of the state for which he
puts up the expenses in the form of
taxes.
The fact that he may actually vote
for the man that he really wants
arouses his political interest that has
long remained dormant under the va
rious forms of misrepresentation that
have been saddled onto him by party
bosses and party machines.
This makes him a better man,
a more patriotic citizen, a^ more
alert and progressive unit in
the fabric of political, social and
commercial life. In short, it gives to
the citizen his proper and fitting place
as a component part of the democratic
structure.
The primary law spells Democracy
and, not Oligarchy.
Under these conditions- the primary
law requires neither excuse nor apolo
gy. The marvel is that argument should
ne necessary to induce citizens to adopt
a system tbat restores to them the real
right to ffontrol their own governments.
The Sqope of the Law.
The existing law includes the follow-
r. ing features:
FirstIt applies to all candidates foT
,1 all elective, district, county and city of
fiees, and elective members of school
boards, *park boards and library boards,
p^! SecondThe primary election is held
"Seven weeks before the regular election,
and includes the safeguard of the Aus
tralian ballot system under the general
|V law.
fp- Political parties must have had at
least 10 je cent, of the .vote cast in the
& preceding election or such party may.
appear on the ballot by filing a petition
with 10 per cent of
theupon
New. parties may:
prophesied: "Unhappy woman who
shall love them grown men!"
Women!'' corrected old Jules
chuckling.
Their mother prided herself on tell
ing them apart but as the boys grew
up they played tricks on her like the
rest.
Gabriel would find her alone and beg
a cake. He would go out eating it and
in a moment return lamenting: "Little
mother, you gave Gabriel a cake. Give
me one quickly!"
"Dear Alphonse, surely," she would
answer, handing down the bunand
Gabriel would swallow it rapidly as
the true^ Alphonse entered, truly com
plaining this time: "Little mothe^,
you have given Gabriel a cake!''
"Two cakes" Gabriel would grin:
and Alphonse would get his second
also.
As to Whippings.
At school one would learn the geog
raphy lesson and the other the arith
metic and each would recite for the
other. "When they got caught, one
would get away while the other was
being punished. When his turn came,
he would then claim to have been al
ready whipped. "All right, tell your
brother to appear with you before me
tomorrow," the schoolmaster would r_-
Ead.
N
You see, the twin nurses resembled
each other very possiblyto the delight
of old Jules Chanteau and his wife
being a delicate, weak-willed lady, he
worked his wish on their costumes.
They dressed absolutely alike, down
to the broad ribbon streamers, floating
from their lace caps almost to their
heels. Little Gabriel snuggled up to
Annette just as willingly as to Marie
and little Alphonse contentedly mum
bled what was left.
But was it Alphonse ?~Or was it
Gabriel One of the two, it was soon
noticed, nacl innerited something of nis
father's initiative. It was he who al
ways snuggled first. Butwas it Al
phonse or Gabriel?Perhaps it was
both perhaps one infant had as much
initiative as the otherin which case
they were displaying it alternately, or
even irregularly.
It was the same when they were
weaned. One took to spoonfood cour
ageously, one clung to the fount. "Was
it Gabriel or Alphonse- Or both, alter
natively? The nurses quitted, them,
confessing a strange double pain see
ing whicn, an old crone in the kitchen
ly When the fatal hour arrived, they
their course of action ready,
"Which of you was whipped?" the
schoolmaster would ask.
The twins would stand mute and
the schoolmaster himself would feel un
easy in demanding that one save him
self by giving away the other.
I shall punish you both!-" he would
exclaim at last. But in his heart he
hesitated to punish one of the twins
twice for the same offense.
The Twins Grow Up.
In course of time the twins grew up
and had to choose professions.
"Now they will differentiate!" their
friends said, grown tired of so much
mixup. But the twin idea was part and
parcel of themhad they not been nour
ished by twin wet nurses? They came
up. to Paris. Alphonse discovered ap
artistic vocation.-Or was it GabrieL?
Together they entered the government
school of the Beaux-Arts, -where they
settled down to study painting in the
atelier of Luc-Olivier Mersonwho was
astonished at their equal aptitudes.
They sketched and painted exactly
alike. No one could tell the work of
one from the work of the other!
But their reputation in the Latin
quarter spread froin other causes.
From the beginning they took care
never to be seen together. Newcomers
to the studio were their particular vic
tims. Alphonse would be chatting with
one such. Another student would come
and say: "Let's have a drink at
distinctly1
actual vote.
also go the bal
lot by a petition provided under the
general election'law.
ThifdAll candidates must file their
intention to run, with the county au
ditor at least twenty days before the
election.- The fee for filing is $10 in
one county and $20 for an office cover
ing two counties.
Two weeks before election the county
auditor must prepare a separate balldt
for each party for public inspection
WHERE THE POLITICA BOSS GET S OEE-
AND THE PLAI N CITIZE N GET S
Discussion of the Minnesota Primary Law and Kindred (Questions Before the
National Civic Federation by W. D. Washburn, Jr., and Incidental
Consideration of Other Live Issues.
full in a legal paper of the county. Bo- votes cast at the primary than at the
tation in place upon the ballot is also
provided, so that each candidate ap
pears first upon the ticket an equal
number of times.
The city clerk must also give public
notice of the time and place of election,
and must post the names of all candi
dates at each precinct voting place.
Judges and clerks are appointed un
der the general election law and each"
judge appoints two clerks.
FourthOn the day of election all
saloons must be closed from 5 o'clock
in the morning till 8 o'clock at night.
Lf the mayor fails to close the same, he
is fined $1,000.
No election may be held in any sa:
loon or a barroom, but must be Held
in a front robm on the ground floor,
facing a highway, forty feet wide.
FifthBooths for the use of voters
are provided, with a curtain to conceal
,the occupant these must be at least six
feet from the ballot boxes and sep
arated from the same by a raii each
judge may appoint a special constable
to preserve order, and to prevent any
person from approaching within six
feet of the ballot box all disorderly
persons may be at once arrested with
out warrant and no policeman may re
p.ain. in a polling .booth without the
order of the judge.
Ballot boxes are provided' for
each party, and one box for such wom
en as wish to vote for the school board.
Polls remain open from. 6 to 9, and
a reasonable time thereafter to allow
all voters to vote who are then standing
in. line.
SixthNo voter may receive a ballot
until he has registered, and he is re
quired to cast a ballot of his own
party, which must be the party for
which he voted at the last election.
This machinery thus provides that
the voter be permitted to cast his vote
entirely without any restraint. While
it may possess certain defects these
are inherent ratherin the character of
the voter, and not in the system which
he provided for the free registration, of
his vote.
Results of the Primary Lawf\!!4F
There can be no
questionofasthe'^prie
ib th
beneficial results
mary law in Minnesota. While many
strong party men regard it as a nui
sance, and would be glad td" see it abol
ished, the people stand 'so strongly in
its favor that a man could hardly be
elected' in Minneapolis who favored the
abolition of the law.
While there are still some defects in
the' law, its enforcement has led to a
distinct regeneration of political mor
also. It Jias increased the interest 4n
good -government on the part of the
citizens it has led to the election of
a higher average of officeholders.
Formerly few. citizens attended the
old-time caucus. Nominations were
made largely by political machinery, and
the citizen" did not vote at all, or he
voted for the party ticket that was
presented to ..him upon election^ day.
With the present system, he carefully
scratches the- ticket in his effort-to pick
out men whom he knows to be fit for
each office. With the opportunity to
real election.
With 100 candidates on the ticket at
the presidential election, few voters
escaped the polls. Some one of these
candidates was bound to find each voter
in the city, and once at the polls the
voters made a careful choice of candi
dates.
Stripped of the machinery of the
caucus and the convention, each candi
date now has to get before the voter
and show raasonable cause why he
should be elected to office.
It is no longer possible to nominate^
notoriously bad men and then foreo
them into office under the. whip of
party discipline.
Men may be taken to polls and in
structed hoV to vote. No one,
however, may come within fifty
feet of the polling place and no
one knows how the voter marks his bal
lot after he has disappeared behind the
curtain.
Under these conditions, neither cash
nor coercion lead to their former re
sults in controlling the vote.
Dishonest and irresponsible voters
may still be influenced by graft or the
promise "of political spoils. This is a
fault, however, of the voter and not of
the system. The large.maiority of the
voters, once given the right to a free
vote, will generally vote in support of
good government. When they do not,
it is because they are ignorant and ill
informed upon the issues.
A~ stream cannot rise above its source,
and public servants are not liable to
be superior to the- people who elect
them,
If the people who are to bene
fit by good legislation neglect their
public duties, if they refuse to vote
pioperly when they have the chance,
neither law nor argument can compel
good government.
A primary law may only give the
citizen his opportunity. It cannot
compel, good morals or force good citi
zenship. s"
Objections to,the Primary Law.
Objections to the primary law should
be carefully considerednot alone to
meet arguments that will be advanced
where the primary law ,is not yet in
force, but also to improve the law
where it is possible.
There are two classes of .citizens op
posed ,to the Minnesota law:
First, party men, who are naturally
opposed to the destruction of. the old
system.
Second, citizens of high character
.who really think the primary law un-,
desirable.
Party men, accustomed to the old
order, complain that the primary sys
tem destroys party discipline.
This does not mean that it prevents
desirable legislation by the use- of
party machinery, but that it prevents
their controlling the offices orHthenr
selves and their friends. %^pl
They also complain that men are lia
ble to remain a Jong time in office, and
that there is not a iair division of offi
ces among the workers. They do not
claim that the office holders under the
new system have not been more effi
cient, but they claim that this is hot
a fain ^ir^dbt ivp J&ftfYtla..
CANT TELL^THEI WIVE S lAPART EXEPT ^BY^ A RIBBON
DONT KNO W _T4E_ I lOSBANDS, EXCEP A PASSWORD
ALPHONSE. 8UZANNE. GENEVIEVE. GABRIEL.
Mother Lupin ?s. Come along, you new
man. Come along Chanteau."
"But Chanteau is not coming!" the
new student would observe as they shut
the studio door and crossed the street.
"Isn't coming?" the other would ex
plain, "are you getting^ the berlue?
Chanteau is walking beside- you!"
"But, I beg pardon, he isn't!" the
new man would insist as they entered
the famous wineshop.
"What do you think of that, Chan
teau? Here's a man who-says you are
not with us!" the confederate would
say confidentially to Gabrielwho was,
naturally, there waiting.
"Of course I'm with you!" Gabriel
would say. Then, turning to the new
comer kindly, he would explain: "It
is the Latin quarter air, at first
troubling to the senses!"
When he had finished his drink, he
would continue: "Now I am coming
across the street.from the studio again.
Pull yourself together: say: I know
myself, therefore I am!' Look intently
at the studio door from this window,
and you will see me coming."
While still explaining so calmly and
kindly, Gabriel would quit the wine
shop, pulling the door shut after him.
At that instant the newcomer, looking
intently thru the window, would per
ceive Alphonse really quitting the
studio and coming toward them across
the street.
"There! You saw me come that
time, didn't you?" he would ask as he
entered the wineshop. One newcomer
wrote an account of the experience to
the society for psychical research. An
othera Scotchmanquit the Latin*
quarter the next day.
It ww at this period that they took
a trip to the' St. Louis exposition
You must have heard of them at the
time. Over eight hundred newspaper
articles were written about them in
America, they now affirm. Ton ..will
therefore surely be glad to hear the
extra.OT.-clii3.axy story of thteir _a.lli_e in.
love and marrying when .they came back
to France.
Time had passed, but the French
twins had not changed. They were
full-fledged artists, exhibiting in,. the
salon of the National society. They
had fine studios, side by side, in the
same studio building. They continued
to look exactly alike, dress exactly
alike, speak exactly alike and think
exactly alikebut no...
There came a change. A change was
coming over Alphonse. Gabriel saw
it-and mildly wondered. Little by
ALPHONSE BROUGHT GABRIEL TO TAKE TEA WITH THE GIRLS.
little he became ..vaguely troubled.
Alphonse used to slip away of after
noons. He absented himself more and
more as' time went on. He grew
moody.
"Alphonse, something is eating you
like the canker in the bud!" Gabriel
at last accused him. "Tell me, Al
phonse, can it be -a woman?"
But Alphonse stood mute. He re
fused to confide in his twin brother.
In reality, Alphonse had .cause to stand
mute. He was in a truly painful posi
tion, but not a marker to the painful
ness that might ensue "should he con
fess it to the twin. brother who re
sembled him so perfectly.
Loved Two Girls.
Alphonse loved. Worse, Alphonse
loved two girls, -,0s, worse still, he
could not tell which" of them he loved.
A most extraordinary thing had hap
pened to him. One day, crossing the
Place de la Concorde, he saw a delicious
young blonde with her mother standing
spellbound in the crush of vehicles. He
saved* them, ledtijem to the sidewalk
and while they w,$re 'still thanking tfifti,
he fell in love wit the delicious
blonde.
As a matter of fact, men who have
made excellent records in office are al
most invariably re-elected. First-class
business men have been induced to
accept responsible offices, such as that
of county treasurer, and no one has
beAable to dislodge them.
lW is some times complained that
the candidate who represents special in
terests that are considered hostile to
the people is now with great difficulty
elected to office.
Under the old convention system, the
convention could be manipulated so as
to nominate men whom the people ab
horred, and party discipline did the
rest.
There is no fruit.on Ijheplum tree,
when really popular candidates are
nominated by the ^people. With the
disappearance of the old party boss,
who stood behind a candidate with his
roll, the whole structure of machine,
politics opens at tbte seams and threat
ens to go down with a crash.
Under the new system the voter has
become fractious, independent and de
moralized. He not only votes as he
pleases at the primary election, but he
is liable to knife the bad man on his
own ticket when it comes to the gen
eral election.
Independence in voting not only pre
vails in the primary election, but' the
people will no longer follow a party
ticket against their will. Having once
tasted the sweets of independent choice,
they will no longer batten on the dry
husks of the party convention system.
Honest Objections to the System.
The objections of the real friends
of good government are many of
them well Jbased and should be given
careful consideration. These claim that
the primary law is subject to the fol
lowing defects:
FirstMultiplicity of candidates.
SecondMinority representation, and
the failure of the party to unite in the
support of the platform.
ThirdLowering of the standard of
the bench in judicial elections.
When the first primary law was
passed there was a host of candidates.
It cost only $10 to go on the. ticket.
Many candidates ran for the pur
pose of advertising, and others ran
to secure what they termed a hold
on the party:"
As good candidates are now very lia
ble to be re-elected, the nmber of
candidates has very largely decreased.
J^ii*,, Minority Representation, l.'*^-"
/The greatest evil in connection with
the law is the opportunity that it gives
for minority representation. A candi
date who is realjy the choice of the
majority, mav often be beaten by in
troducing fake candidates to destroy
his strength. There were five candi
dates for congress 'last year and ten
candidates in one legislative district.
Forty per cent of. the votes' may win
the primary election,and the support
of the party at the polls.
This, evil grows smaller with practice,
however, as the people have come to
recognize the 'fake candidate as d.
ruse, and now largely confine them
selves to voting_ fo_r men_ of known
Alphonse felt as if the world were
sinking under him. Immanent justice
had overtaken the thousand farces of
his childhood, youth and early man
hood. Was it imaginable that, while
he and his brother were promenading
theirf silly resemblance from ITantes to
the, Latin quarter and from Paris to
St. Louis, there existed quietly, daintily,
right here in Paris, two other beings
who.
.The mother told:
I have twin daughters, Genevieve
and Suzanne, so alike that no onenot
-This also compels candidates to dis
cuss real issues to secure the attention
of tho voters.,
-While the resultB of the judicial elec
tion have been no worse than under
the convention system, it is certainly
an ignoble spectacle to observe district
judges making a house-to-house can
vass and setting up the cigars for the
beys.
This could be avoided by hav
ing, separate judicial elections and to
have delegates selected under the con
vention system. This would give the
bar sqme weight in the election' of
judges, which is almost absent' under
the present syBtem.
Philosophical Objections to the Law.
There are other" objections advanced
against the primary system which are
largely philosophical and due largely
to.^thg temperament of the objector.
Many men of high character and espe
cially those in professional life,, are
devotedly democratic in theory, but
personally they dislike the contact
the people.
While they hope for the best
under democratic governmeitt, they
really think that the people should be
carefully led and that they should do
the leading.
These dislike the fierce personal can
vasses necessary under the primary
system. They are no mixers. They do
not know now to give the "glad
hand." They want to lead the workers
on to better things, .but kt a safe per
sonal distance from the worker.
This is quite impossible under the
primary system, which places retiring
and genteel people at a great disad
vantage.
Candidates must now talk and ex
plain their policies. They .must attend
numberless smoke socials, address the
bo.ys at the mills and in the railroad
yards and give the welcome hand to
any voter who wishes to grasp the
same. The degree to which the people
demanM the absolute personal presence
of the candidate may be noted from
the fact that the present mayor of
Minneapolis attended 100 meetings in
four weeks and had already attended
almost as many in the primary elec
tion which preceded.
While this is a distinct departure
from the dignified and elegant type
of the old campaign, it is certainly a
great advance on the packed conven
tion where the majority of the voters
hardly knew the name of the candidate,
and most of them* had never seen him.
If a man expects to represent the
people, he must meet the people whom
he represents.
If he expficts their vote, they have a
right to know his position upon the top
ics of public interest.
It is only thus that the mass of the
Eeople
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who are working for their daily
read may become informed so that
tbey may cast an intelligent ballot.
This is undoubtedly ^distasteful to
many high-class and patriotic men.
Rather than engage in these close per
sonal campaigns, they are liable to re
tire from politics. If an English lord
can make a house-to-house canvass
without demeaning himself, it would
seem that an American democrat might
do likewise* without losing caste.
It is the opinion of the speaker that
the majority of the voters are gen
erally right when they are properly
informed on the object of the day.
The voice of the* people may not' be
the vofce of God, but it is a great deal
nearer the voice of God than is the
voice of the partizan who is hunting
office to" secure th spoils.
Education of the
Voter."%:4j.
If it is a fact that the average voter
is ignorant and not fit to vote, this
carries with it the conclusion that it
is the duty of those of larger parts to
instruct him how to vote.
One observes the^ United States sen
ate today filled with the so-called rep
resentatives of the people, fighting
tooth and nail against everything that
the people really want.
To sucEa perilous point has the con
tinuous delegation of'the authority of
the people carried the downward' cur-
.jr
even Ican tell them apart except
when they wish it. Yourself, monsieur,
have been deceived by the fatal re
semblance. Twice yon have talked with
Genevieve, twice witn Suzanne!"
I love the one whom I met first
the one I rescued from the press of
vehicles!" exclaimed the unhappy
Alphonse.
I will send her to you," said the
mother and in a moment the fair young
creature entered, Alphonse conld
swear he saw love shining in her eyes.
"Dear Genevieve!" he murmured...
I am Suzanne!" she faltered...
"You are the one I love!" he
affirmed stoutly.
I am the one you rescued."
Which Did He Love?
The voice came from the doorway.
Alphonse looked up startled. There she
The girl's mother saw he was' a
French gentleman. She, did not dis
courage him when he strolled beside
them chatting. He asked and obtained
permission to call.
Alphonse called on his blonde three
times. Mutual love had begun shining
in their eyes. And then the terrible
thing happened. After his fourth
visit,- Alphonse spoke to the mother
alone:
"Madame," he said, I love your
daughter.'..'."
"Wh,ich.?" she asked him simply.
Why He was Tricked.
Then, as she confessed the prodigy, thteh loveliglit in thei!r fouer blue eyes,
#which
Many Amusing Incidents That JHave
Resulted from the Remarkable 11
Resemblances.
stoodthe vision
Concorde. But she also stood beside
him. All the practical jokes of mixing
up identities he had played with his
brothel helped him nothing now. His
astonishment was complete. And dis
may mixed with it becauseWhich
did he love? His position was
frightful.
When the girls had meekly with
drawn, he hotly blamed their mother.
Why had she done this thing? Why
had. he.not been warned? The nfother,
weeping, declared certain principles.
The girls had always been treated alike,,
When one had a new hat, the other 'had
a new hat, and both hats aliketo
render exact justice. So it had been
thru all their lives.
"For fifteen years past, Monsieur,"
she declared,'' my unique care has been
to' favor neither at the other's cost!
Was it Suzanne that yo.u rescued in
the. Place dc la Concorde? OT was it
Genevieve? It always might have
been the other. Why should one have
what the other has not? I sought to
correct -chance and when you called I
alternated them to meet you!"
I Naturally, He was Flattered.
As Alphonse slowly wended his way
home, his native modesty could not
conceal from him the predicament.
Bo girls loved him had seen
Anor, sapristi! those four blue eyes had
seen the lovelight in his two brown
eyes! Yes, he, Alphonse, loved .both I
At least he had loved both!
He meditated long. Some day he
would discover which he truly loved,
Suzanne or Genevieve. Then what
would happen to the other? Suddenly
the prophecy of the old kitchen crone
when he was a babe wl his brother
flashed upon him: "Un Jippy woman
who shall love them grown men!" He
remembered that his father had
chuckled:" "The women!" And' he
the people might do under $he primary
system could equal the present coridi
tion of misrepresentation.
The existence of republican govern
ment must depend upon the intelligence
of the citizen, and, upon his^ direct in
terest in the government-which he sup
ports.
If he is ignorant in. economic lines,
there is no better wayjto enlighten him
than under the primary system where
candidates may explain to him in per
son the questions of the day.
If he now lacks interest, he will
shortly regain it under a primary sys
tem, where he can vote-as he pleases
and is not compelled to''vote for men
that the interests havO.ptaced upon the
ticket in order to betray the eause of
popular erovernmeht..
Patriotic men of intelligence should
hesitate before they abandon politics
because they thinkt it gets too, demo
cratic under the primary- law.
Among.an Anglo-Saxon people, the
people wilbrule in the final analysis.
Ig_ it not the manifest duty of the
real patriot to perforni his political
duties, to educate the people, and if
need be, to lead them to reform, rather
than to permit public ...discontent to
crystallize into forms of .discontent op
posed to our own type of government?
The Threatening Political Atmosphere.
Today the .air is filled with portents
of coming changes in the political and
economic life of the land.
^he repeated delegation of their au
thority has taken the government so
far from the people that they are to
day powerless to secure any' real legis
lation that they really want.
They observe the wealth or the land
rapidly accumulating in the hands of
the few.
They observe many of those whom
they have elected to high office to pro
tect the commonweal sitting at the beck
and call of other interests.
They see their representatives turn
ing a deaf ear to every appeal that the
law be enforced or that the people's
mandates be made the law.
In the west today, the United States
Senate is regarded by a great majority
of people as the very enemy of the peo
ple and not as the guardians of their
welfare.
Under its present rules, the house of
representatives is regarded with con
tempt. Grown men do not care to be
voted in blocks and often for legisla
tion to which their constituents are
really opposed.
The President stands in the public,
eye as the one source from which may
arise, relief from existing ev^ils.
Unquestionably a large majority of
the voters of the United States today
want a fair reduction of the tariff.
They want more stringent -laws to
control the rapacity of the trusts and
corporations.
They want real power given to the
interstate commerce commission so as
to secure fair rates for the people.
They want reforms in the insurance
laws ajjd a general reform all along
the fine where the wild greed for quick
ly gotten wealth has overridden the
law in all portions of the land.
These demands of the people are law
ful^ fair and legitimate.
They have been repeatedly affirmed
in the platforms of both parties.
Nevertheless, there is apparently lit
tle chance of the people securing these
things they really want, and if
they do it will only be after a bitter
struggle with the supposed servants
they have selected to make their laws.
The people have largely lost faith in
both parties because their representa
tives refuse to obey the mandates of
the. people or to enforce .the provisions
of party platforms, upon which they
have been elected to office.
Self-Seekers Thwart the People's WuL
Traced to its source, this paradox in
popular government appears to be due
to the constant delegation of the peo
ple's will, so-that a compact body of.
office holders and self-seeke- *ow
stands between the people and the law.
Under these conditions, the people cents, or if hasn't it, jend
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't'j^M
shuddered for the peace of bis futuit
bride.
Then another word of the prophecy
flashed on him"them!" Yes, then
was his brother. Eureka! His brotheii
might console the other!
But wait! He shuddered as hq
reflected. If Gabriel should pacif
Genevieve, all right. But sop
he should take a fancy to Suzanne
Still worse, suppose his own Suzann
should come to require Gabriel i
pacify her?
This was the dark period of inwarc
stress and outward gloom in Alphons*
that so troubled Gabriel. Alphonse hac
grown so gloomy that his brot&er a"
last made a grave decision. He fol
lowed Alphonseto the house of thi
girl twfcs. He waited outside duri_
some two hours. Then something provf
dential happened. Upstairs, in tin
of the"Place de la! salpn Alphonse talked, with the gir
twins. Now and then Genevieve glance
idly out the window, pensile.Or wai
it Suzanne?In any case she suddenb
let out a eream. J,
The Twin Appears. I
"There is Alphonse! Down there
No, you are here! Oh. mama! mama!'
Alphonse and the other girl. looker i
put the. window. They, too, saw
Gabriel
I must explain," said Alphons*
desperately." "I, too* am a twin,
have a twin brother who resembles mc
as much as you, Suzanne, resembli
Genevieve!" j,
"Go bring him up!" lanphed Gene
vieve.Or was it Suzanne?They wen
both brave little creatures.
Alphonse went down and had."a hastj
explanation with his brother. Gabrie
was willing. On the spot Althons
brought him up to take tea with th
unhappy girls.
"It is the curse of our life to looij
so exactly like each other!'' he sai
gloomily, as Suzanne seemed to lool
on Gabriel with a too kindly curiosity,
"Oh, no, we think it fine to be
much alike," said Genevieve. "Jmr
think! I got the dressmakers' to tnf
on'for my sister she goes to the Louvr*
and Bon Marche to pick .up all kinds o:
ready-made bargains for us both w
can wear each others' things Tr
often when we want a pasBing novelty
we just take oneit does for both!"
Evidently I am not^a passing nov
elty" thought Alphonse. as he re
marked the animation with which botl.
girls received his double. The though'1-
gave him a pang. Then a pleasure.Ii.g
you think it out, it is a highly com
plicated" thought.
And so they married. Alphonse
espoused Suzanne. And Gabriel es
pousetl tGenevieve. That is to say
Alphonse's. wife wears a niak ribboi
and"Gabriel's a blue,
name? i
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.What's in
listen to the siren voices of any im
practical"thing that promises "relief,
from the "present conditions.
The people want a democracy and not
an oligarchy.
They want the rule, of the people, nolj
the rule of the trusts, and special in*.
tcrests concealed under the name of ail
republic.
Give the people a primary law
they may select their candidates.
Give them a real election where thei^
votes will be really counted, for th^
oeople that they really want to make *r
their laws. i
If this were once done, the mephitie _. tlJi
atmosphere which now pervades thej Ijij
landscape would soon be dissipated. ISUS
It is a common cry in these dayi
that republican government is liabU
to prove a failure. I I
Are not our existing evils due rathe*
to the fact that, the people are not real!
ly allowed to vote direct and thaf|
they neglect the plain political duties
guaranteed them by the constitution!
If the majority of the people votedj
and voted right, in a short time theref
would neither be corrupt office-holders
nor jgraft, nor special privilege in any.
portion of the United States.
A republic is-not mere multitude un
der a constitution.
A republic is an association of citizen
who make their own laws and change
these laws when they see fit.
It is not a place'where the majority
of the people toil to produce the general
wealth and bad laws afterwards divide
the larger portion of that wealth
amongst the ftw
Were it not well to return to the peo
ple the real right of free suffrage lesl
worse things follow
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