Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-02-18
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Then abolish the present system Of
electlng states Of delegates that Jorm
combinations 10 county conventions
and result In dividing political parties
into factions.
You cannot destroy bosslstn and re-
store the representative principle NJ
vi YOU take away from the b, IS his
c)ntrul over nominations.
So long as the boss or the machine
makes The slate At the primary Tho
will make the slate at tho county con.
yentlon. and the people at the polls
Will only ratlry the will Of the toss
and carry out the edIcts Of machine
politics.
WHAT ~ THE REMEDY?
There Is no remedy that does not 90
TO the root of the evil. The power Ia
nominate candidates for Office must be
exercised by the people direct. When
they delegate that power they deed
away In fee simple all control over
their government. The people must
nominate Ms we'll as elect II they
would have government responsible
20 them. II the boss nominates gov
ernment Is responsible 10 the boss.
II the machine dictates nominations
the machine viii be supreme. This
is not peoples government unless
the power OF the boss and the domipa-
tion OF the machine can be broken,
What is the remedyS Take from
the boss the power TO make
nominations. How can that be done ?
simply by placing the power TO make
all nominations directly 10 the hands
of the people, on the Australian plan.
We print below a sample ballot
used at the primary elections IN one
county In this state. The plan Is thls'
Nominations are made by petition OF
voters nem.ng candidate. This is
filed with the county central commit
tee OF the party.
The county central committee pre-
pares ballot according 10 the form
below and on a day fixed for holding
the primary election vote Is taken
in each precinct In the county or
city. The candidates having the
highest vote are the candidates OF
the party. "
Can you beat that for simplicity
No county convention is held The
county central committee canyasses
the returns from each precinct aud
announces the result. The voter OF
the party votes direct his choice OF
nomlnees, just as he does at the cleo
tlon his choice Of candidates |
In the perfect dominating primary
every member Of every party should
have a direct vote In the choice Of
ever candidate whose name appears
on the ticket Of his party.
Whence comes the great source Of
fraud aud political corTuptloHy FrOm
the packed primaries, ana manipnla-
tlons Of political machines rendered
possible thereby al ever our country.
The erlmlnal politics OF our cities,
that contain nearly one-third of the
population " ouE eepntry, extends
lnto aud eqFropss qsr slate and ma
tIonal sossFnmsnl. 4bs prlnary is
the sopFrewhsnce spFlpss an political
powsr II ths seasse n vltiated, bow
eau the stream " ear aa,Ional life b
otherwise lh4n lpPare, oorruPtins
aud naally destructive 70 our govern,
a,snts The AhspsF 10 this inquiry Ia
The epggup1sd pFlmAEy Is NC political
eTinle n llassntup, I
PuHasatson q the pFlwAFy uult Of
our politics Is absolutely aeOcssAFy n
We ~opld nel ~ ppr pppesIg 50 dOwe
inlo TIE wassi Qaezpalre 81 eorrup,,oa
that eses swallowed rspablle. An
the reaedles of fragmehtAry slatsS
manship will b applied Ia sala -
long a. ue allo~ the seFY soancs " al
pur palltlcai activity 10 b. poisoned a.
lbs primaries - n ls now done all