Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-22
OPEN ron DIsCUSslON.

AT the meeting Of the Republican
County Central Committee held at Wiz
sinia day before yesterday to arrange for
the election Of delegates to the coming
State Convention. the usual plans were
discussed. and one especially. In the
shape Of an amendment to q motion to
hold primary elections on the 9th OF
next month. This amendment proposes
tina. . mass meeting Of the good Rspub.
lican voters Of the county DO held at
Pipsr's Opera House. and that the cia-
zsps Of each precinct select three men to
constitute Q committee to appoint the
thirty.ons delegates for Storey county
the a-pportionment to DO the same a. at
the last State Convention. Pending
discussion Of the amendment. the COM
mi.tss adjourned to July "a at 2 P. N.
The reason for this adjournment With
on. taking action on the proposition
was simply in order that the public and
press might discuss the matter, And in
fact advise with the committee as to the
best and wissst course to pursue. The
pla, sometimes adopted Of . county
committee appointing the delegates has
only been satisfactory in sparssly set
tied localities, where primaries were not
feasible, and in ~populous communities
like Storey county. even primaries have
objective features. in the way OF unnsces-
sary expense and trouble. and the TACT
that they are not always free from
shrswd political manipulation and de-
signing control.
The plan now presented for discus
sion-ths mass meeting proposition-is
new here, therefore at FIRST sight. with
out due explanation may not strike pso-
pie favorably who have always believed
in primaries as the best and most salts
factory plan Of all. Although new here,
IL has been quite extensively adopted in
the East. and is said TO give excellent
satisfaction IL Is simply this: The
mass meeting in question will DO held
under the direction Of the Central Com
mittee, aud the wide-awake Republican
voters Of each election precinct are sup
posed to DO present. As each ward OF
precinct shall be called BY the Chairman,
the voters belonging to such precinc,
will announce three good men Tor more
II required) from among themselves as q
committee to represent their precinct.
When all the precinct committees are
thus chosen. o recess will DO taken.
During this recess each precinct com
mittse will hold q caucus consultation
with tho voters present from their
respective wards or precincts and agree
upon their delegates to the State Convsn'
ton. Whom the meeting is again called
to order. each precinct will be again
called. n after the other. by the Chair
man Of the meeting. and As each ID
called the Chairman Of its respective
Committee will arise and give the names
Of the delegates chosen by his precinct.
according to apportionmsnt. These
names will be taken down by the Sscre.
tary Of the meeting. and will be declared
- constituting the thirty-one delegates
from Storey county to the State Con-
v~ention.
Briefly and in other words this plan is
merely carrying the idea Of State and
County Central Committees q little far
Their by creating precinct committees. It
does not in reality do away with the pri-
msries but in effect condsnsss them into
one mass convention. 80 to speak, and
at vastly less expense and trouble. The
plan is feasible enough. and might prove
to be the most satisfactory Of all. 1t
certainly 10 well worthy OF discussion.