Excerpt from Proportional Representation: Or the Representation of Successive Majorities in Federal, State, Municipal, Corporate and Primary ElectionsWithin the last few years the public mind has been awakened to many questions relating to government, but to no one more important than that discussed in the vol ume now presented to the render. The editor believes it to be a necessity of the times, in View of current discus sions of electoral reform, that the papers now collated and arranged should be put into a permanent and accessible form. For not only in Pennsylvania, but in many other states of the Union, the great evils of the present system of voting and of deficient representation, are being earn mtly discussed. Therefore, whatever can assist in bringing about just conclusions either as to the necessity of some fundamental changes in electoral action, or, that being con ceded, as to the best method of adapting the changes agreed upon to the needs of the people, may be accepted as fit, timely and useful.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.