Europe and elsewhere, by Mark Twain [pseud.] [with an appreciation by Brander Matthews and an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine]

PROPOSED CASTING VOTE PARTY
their ranks. Good and clean government will follow,
let its party complexion be what it may; and the
country will be quite content.
THE LODGES
The primal lodge-call it A-should consist of
o1 men only. It is enough and can meet in a dwelling house or a shop, and get well acquainted at
once. It has before it the names of the nominees
of the two Great Parties-Jones (Republican), Smith
(Democrat). It fails of unanimity-both candidates
perchance being good men and about equally acceptable-and casts seven votes, say, for Jones and three
for Smith.
It elects one of its ten to meet similar delegates
from any number of local A lodges and hand in its
vote. This body-call it a B lodge-examines the
aggregate vote; this time the majority may be with
Smith. The members carry the result to the A
lodges; and these, by the conditions of their membership, must vote for Smith.
In the case of a state election, bodies each consisting of a number of B lodges would elect a delegate
to a state council, and the state council would
examine the aggregate vote and give its decision in
favor of the Republican or Democratic candidate
receiving the majority of the Casting Vote's suffrages.
In the case of a presidential contest, the state
council would appoint delegates to a national convention, and these would examine the aggregate
Ca'sing Vote vote and determine and announce the
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