2 MARCH 1872, Page 2

Mr. T. Hare writes to the Times to state that

his scheme of pro- portional election has been adopted in the State of Wisconsin, and in the cities of Pennsylvania, and is supported by the Committee of Seventy for New York, where, however, the Legislature is still discussing it. That is interesting, but the public wants also to know something else, and that is how the scheme works when it has been adopted. Does it secure better men? Will Mr. Tweed, for example, have a better or a worse chance of being swamped in the Senate? Elected he clearly must be, as all the scoundrels in the State are sure to unite upon their favourite, and the corporation for the abolition of the Eighth Commandment is at least as strong as any other recognized "interest."