Politically active , Dembitz was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention , assistant city attorney of Louisville , 1884 – 1888 , and was a commissioner for Kentucky to the Conference for the Uniformity of State Laws . In 1888 , Dembitz drafted the first Australian ballot law ever adopted in the United States , to govern elections in Louisville . His legal works include : '' Kentucky Jurisprudence '' , 1890 ; '' Law Language for Shorthand Writers '' , 1892 ; and '' Land Titles in the United States '' , 2 vols. , 1895 . He is the author of " The Question of Silver Coinage , " in the '' Present Problem Series '' , 1896 , No. 1 ; and has written a number of book-reviews for '' The Nation '' , 1888 – 97 , besides articles in other magazines and in newspapers
1860 Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
Lewis Naphtali Dembitz