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Excerpt from The Way to Democracy, to World Peace: Volunteer Drawn Democracy
It is proposed to employ the method in securing legislatures, as in a representative democracy they should be representative of the whole people, and the use of the method for such purpose is particularly in har mony with the theory of democracy and the reason for representative government. The immediate use of the method for determining who shall be executive and judicial offi cers is not here proposed, as those officers are servants and agents of the people, rather than representa tives, in the true sense. And if the people can secure a truly representa tive legislature by using the method proposed, agents and servants will be relegated to their proper place in the government. Evils in our execut ive and judicial departments are now traceable largely to the use of the elective method for securing representation in our. Legislative depart ments. The underlying principle, selection at random from the'whole number admitted to be qualified, can be applied to all departments if deemed advisable.
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