THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR

As shortly as I had knowing to speak the language a little, I became greatly
interested in the folk and the system of government.

I found that the nation had at 1st tried universal right to vote pure and
simple, but had thrown that form aside because the result was not
satisfactory. It had seemed to deliver all power into the hands of the
ignorant and non-tax-paying classes; and of a necessity the responsible
offices were filled from these classes also.

A remedy was sought. The folk believed they had found it; not in the
destruction of universal suffrage, but in the enlargement of it. It was
an odd idea, and ingenious. You must understand, the constitution gave
every man a vote; therefore that vote was a unconditional right