I believe that the people can choose three men who will discharge their duties faithfully according to the provisions of the bill. If as the gentleman from Onondaga (Thomas G. Alvord) says they cannot be trusted to do this, then our experiment of a government by the people is a failure and we should return quickly to a monachial system, where the ruler appoints every officer from the prime minister down to a justice of the peace, and be governed again as Russia and Ireland are governed to-day...