The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-17

The alleged 6rime Of cutting GiE the
weaker candidates by the primary system Is
not near so outrageous as the slayinaof the
strongest candidates beforesa convection by
bringing in dark horse The urinary
election suffers no one to sslie low" until the
candidates have cut each Others .thrpats. =.
Any one'wishipg to succeed must Ihtshis
best foot foremost from the beginningS FER.
der to be one of the highest twos bafHeen
whom the people are to choose. II
The objection to the novelty of tn kSlan.
gerous innovation is urged by thostswho
are unaware that the primary systeH has
been adopted in many States asthe fis
resort for preserving che purity ofibrty.
In Fairfield, a number Of the best 8sxsns
whe refused previously toAentsr d \ Gldbs:
dsQlases that y pjas afs adasd;
kky akiGsss tsu,.-.-
They are willing to trust the Judgment Of
majority Of the Democrats, but they would
not tie to the action of convention. rs
AS to the objection to the pledge, snSor-
ganization is not worth having unlcss il can
WELD its members in solid body. Othar-
wise no one would waste tune in ,seeRingsa
nomination from it. e.ss.'. ,e-.-..
Walhalla Courier: Witkns primary cleo
tions have Observation-Disclosures have cured
the evils complained of under the delegate
system of making nominations. The plan
by delegates is Objectionable. 1t is not
democratic. The nominees are almost al
ways the choice Of few leading minds, or
of combination formed by the friends of
two or three candidates, who manipulate
the local clubs and SECURE delegates favor
spe0pis sid % De Scminased would have
been 10 be defeatsd: It had about como.
ID this pass, and we cannot say without,
reason. In the then and in the now
existing state of things nominations were
essential to the highest interests of the
people, aud hence the primary plan was sug-
gested and finally adopted The plan is
simple and fair to all. 1t meets fully the
idea of a scrub race without danger to sue
cess, and then of nomination of Demo
crat with success.
t The election under our regulations must
afford as fair an expression of the choice of
the Democracy as could be had ut the reg
ular election conducted by law, and without,
danger to the good Of the country : We
encourage the formation of as many clubs
as possible, thus putting voting precinct
within easy reach aofs ssssy- citjzenf and Sc
curing the fullest expression of opinion.-
This we regard important a voting pre-
cinct in each township will not answ&, as
it is often too remote for many voters,swho
have to walk to attend. In tho eigB&tt ttwn-
ships of this county we now have twenty
eight clubs, and at our last primary nearly
two thousand votes were cast, our full Dem.
ocratic strength.
Who can object to this plan? Itik4aere-
ly trial of the strength Of the candidates
in the Democratic party. All thia aky
arc permitted to vote. None but Radicals
are excluded from the polls, for all nemo>
Gratis can join the clubs and vote. TIe re-
suit among the Democratic candidak Is is
what it would have been at the gejeral
election. They stand relatively Is hey
would have then stood, for the priharE is
held only short time before the regular
election, that the canvass may be.Skotaugh
and the vote regarded as fixed. Tb6sbens3
flt is this, that without the primary tffe
Democrats at the regular election ght
have been defeated, while the primary pits
the strongest against the Radical candidate
and prevents division of the Demo
cratic vote. Have the candidates defeated
at the primary cause to complain? They
ought rather to rejoice, for the result shbws
they would have been defeated ANYWAY,
and perhaps also worked the defeat of tth-
or good Democrats. The plan is good bne
and should be generally adopted.
"A green sportsman, after fruiless
tramp, met boy with tears in his eyed 81
say, yonngster, is there anything to shoot
around here p The boy answered, "&oth-
in just bout here, but there's the school
master t'other side the hill, l wish you'd
| shoot him 7" IF