tor has,
therefore, given two-thirds of his voting power to the Ministerial
party, and one-third to the Opposition, and has thus directly influenced
both policies. A further advantage of the proposal is the ease with
which such a paper can be read by the returning officer.

BALLOT PAPER

* * * * *

Ministerialists. Oppositionists.

+---------------+ +---------------+
| | | | | |
| o o | ADAMS | | o o | BELL |
| | | | | |
+---------------+ +---------------+
| | | | | |
| x x | BROWN | | o o | BLACK |
| | | | | |
+-----+---------+ +---------------+
| | | | | |
| o o | COX | | o o | HUME |
| | | | | |
+-----+---------+ +---------------+
| | | | | |
| o x | GREY | | x x | JONES |
| | | | | |
+-----+---------+ +---------------+
| | | | | |
| o o | PEEL | | o o | YOUNG |
| | | | | |
+-----+---------+ +---------------+
| | |
| o o | RYAN |
| | |
+-----+---------+
| | |
| x o | SWIFT |
| | |
+-----+---------+
| | |
| o o | WHITE |
| | |
+-----+---------+

1. You are allowed Six votes, and can give either one or two votes to
any candidate on either list.

2. Stamp out one of the white spots if you wish to give a candidate one
vote.

3. Stamp out the two white spots if you wish to give a candidate two
votes.

4. Your ballot paper will be invalid if you stamp out more or less than
Six white spots.

+Character of Parties.+--We must now prove that the methods proposed
will actually organize the people into two coherent parties. Let us
suppose either party to be composed of three sections. The problem is to
induce these three sections to work together, and to sink their petty
differences in the general interest, in short to unite as a party,
aiming at the control of administration with a definite policy on public
questions. Let us further suppose the party entitled to three
representatives. Now, it is quite conceivable that exactly the same
three candidates would be elected if each elector had any number of
votes from one to three, and this would actually tend to be the case the
more united the party is. But herein lies the differ