"The Curious Republic of Gondour"

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Title"The Curious Republic of Gondour"
Year for Search1875
Authors[Clemens], [Samuel Langhorne](1835-1910)
Tertiary AuthorsTwain, Mark [pseud.]
Secondary TitleAtlantic Monthly (Boston, MA)
Volume / Edition36.216
Pagination461-63
Date PublishedOctober 1875
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satire (?) proposing additional votes based on education and wealth because universal suffrage resulted in giving power and office to "the ignorant and non-tax-paying classes". Every person has one vote, but extra votes are given for each level of education up to nine for a university education and for different amounts of property. Property votes could be lost if the property is lost; education votes are permanent, except in the case of insanity. Education is free. Women could vote and be elected to office.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in America Utopias: Selected Short Fiction. Ed. Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. All items separately paged.
Pseudonym

Mark Twain [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1835-1910)
Full Text

1875 [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne] (1835-1910). “The Curious Republic of Gondour.” By Mark Twain [pseud.]. Atlantic Monthly (Boston, MA) 36.216 (October 1875): 461-63. Rpt. in America Utopias: Selected Short Fiction. Ed. Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. All items separately paged. PSt

Satire (?) proposing additional votes based on education and wealth because universal suffrage resulted in giving power and office to “the ignorant and non-tax-paying classes”. Every person has one vote, but extra votes are given for each level of education up to nine for a university education and for different amounts of property. Property votes could be lost if the property is lost; education votes are permanent, except in the case of insanity. Education is free. Women could vote and be elected to office.