The Kanzas news., 1859-07-16
The Primar Election.


Elsewhere will Be found the plan adopt
ed by the Republicans Central COMMITTEES
of this county for ,tbe nosasaaiisn Of Rep
resentative 70 the Legislature, and the vafs-
GUS eounty officers 70 Be elected this faIl.--
This plan Ne bslisvsis praeticed tosome ex-
tent in portions of the east, where parties are
thoroughly organized and everything in
working order But Il strikes us that it
viii not work very well in this country at
presEnt, uriiEznCnexand- -unorganized
community. Lis rather TOO complicated a
piece of mschinery-too much york and
no pay. Il is entirely irregular and with
out the authority of law. People had rath-
er go to their respective voting places some
fine afternoon and elect delegates 10 coun-
ty eeayention to nominate these officers and
be done With it. By the plan proposed there
viii have TO be two elections for the same
set of oficers-that Is. they will have to be
elected By ballot at special election ap-
pointed by the Central Committee. in Oc-'
tober next. aud then again at the general
election in November, before they are real
Is entitled to Office thus making double
work. We have talked with some dozen or
more voters from this and other town
ships. and have yet the first man to find
who prefers this plan to the delegate sys-,
tenn, and We believe the wishes of the yo-
ters have not been expressed in its adoption.
Itseensto US that it opens the read to endless
fraud. Nobody is responsible for any illegal
voting that may be done, The Judges aud
Clerks do not take sny oath for the faithful
performance of their respective duties, and
in fact the whole thing is left at loose ends.
aud the ballot box is placed at the mercy of
any person who may feel inclined to cast IL
legal votes. The system, If carried out.
will create endless trouble and strife. Eve
ry locality has its local interests TO main
tai n. and is it not fair 10 suppose there are
men who will resort to foul means to insure
the success of their favorits ticket? Sup
pose this or any other locality having GER
tain number of voters-say two hundred
certain ticket, and Fifty more votes than
there we're voters should be cast for that
ticket. The fifty fraudulent votes could not
be thrown out, but would have to be coun-
ted by the Central Committee. when they
come to declare the result. A ticket might
thus be nominated against the wishes of a
large majority of the voters of the county
By the delegate system We think a
ticket could be agreed upon that would
harmonic the different sections of the
county. and instead of local chickering's
and dissensions, We should have general
good feeling and. The certain success. of a
good Republican ticket, for We feel sure that
Breckenridge county is Republican to the
back bone, and Republicans can be elected
to fill the Offices if the people are not split
up by local issues. We might urge other
objections to the primary system. but will
not do SO at present. The Central Commit
tee have agreed upon that plan of nomina
ting the officers. and if the people are in-fa-
vor of it let it be done that way. What we
feel most anxious about is the election to
the various Offices in the gift of the people
of the county. of good, honest, and compe-
tent men.
1t is to be ''free fight" and if man
wants Office all he has got to do is to bring
his name before the people, and go TO work
at eiectioneering. and keep at it from this
time until the November election.