The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-05
THE PRIMARY FL CTON

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H. & THE PRIMARY E y CToN. !!
On the 10th Of the present month
the electors of Mobiles county will
exercise a right they have never
exercised before the right to nom
mate their representatives in con-
grsss and in the state Legislature,
and also their county officer, by q
direct vote If the people. Hereto
fore few men, often . mere hand:
full have managed ~ the whole
business, and the complaint has been
made that our government is run by
a few political bosses whose chef
object is. to secure the spoils. If
this has been so in the past it need
not be SO in the future, and will not
be if the people are true TO them
selves. As has been well said, 1.-The
new law is clearly in tho interest of
the people as against ring rule; it is
now on trial; and it is for the people
to say whether it shall stand. We
do not expect that the present law
will be found to be perfect in every
point but it is nevertheless move
in tho right direction, and exper-
fence will show us wherein it is
lacking and wherein it may be i'm
proved~ . !:
Some are afraid thattthe farmers
will not come out to the primary
election, and that it will be left to
the towns and villages to make the
nominations. Even il this should
largely the case, / think the new
system would still be an improve.
.ment On the old one But there is
surely no good reason why the farm
|ers should not be as mach interested
in good government as the people
in town, and it is a d uty as we'll as
Ia privilege which they cannot
neglect without being the losers
in social standing and in selfrespect.
Most people seem 70 think that
the provision::in the INV requiring
the polls to be open from six in the
morning until nine in the evening,
though we'll suited to cities and
towns, is not suited to country
townships. BIZ that IS it may the
long election days wall hurt nobody
except perhaps the judges and
clerks of elections who may find it
rather tiresome to be confined so
long. A man can vote at any time
| through the day OF evening which
will perhaps be a. convenience to
some farmers after all Especially
| " ill this he so to those living not
too far from the place we're the
election is held. as they will have
the opportunity to drop ia and vote
at any time as suits their conven-
fence from. breakfast till bedtime.
look upon the primary elections
as being quite as important if not
more 80 than the election in Nov.
At the primary election the nom
nations are made by direct vote
of the people and if the voter will
turn out the nominations are almost
sure to be good ones. We can trust
to the honesty and good sense of
the people to select the best men.
Sometimes at county convention
such as we have had heretofore it
was possible for the party managers
to us manipulate matters that
UNIV orthy men would be placed on
tie ticket, men whose names never
would have been put there if the
people at large had made the NOM
nations. If we do not see to it
! that good ticket is nominaed in
Sept, we cannot rectify the mistake
in Now Is there among the can
didates man that you particularly
wish to see elected? Then be sure
and vote for him at the primary
election for otherwise he may fail
to get the nomination and then
you will not have a chance to vote
for him in Nov, his name will not
he on the ticket. If you don't help
your friend by your vote in Sept,
your may not be able to help him in
! Nov. One good thing that will
come of the primary election
system will be that in the section of
men to fill our county Offices we
shall more and more come to regard
the man rather than the party to