The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-07-11

it with the state convention. 1t cannot
be abolished, and the reason it cannot
be abolished is because it is in the
nature of political necessity. If the
primary election system We're intro
duced it would be but adding a few
more cogs to the wheel. 1t would not
abolish state conventions, at least not
longer than for single campaign.
The state convention would still be
held and the primary election would
become little more than ratification
by the party at the polls of the con-
vention nominations. This extra cog
in our political system would practically
double the expense to the taxpayers of
the election, and substantially the only
good coming from it would be the right
of defeated candidates for place on the
ticket to appeal from the decision of the
convention to the party itself.
The state convention is a necessity,
and it serves purpose exceedingly use
full to the state as well as to the party.
1t is the occasion for party leaders from
all parts of the state TO gather in con-
sultation and conference. They take
stock of present conditions, they con-
slider the past and the future, and out
line policies and enunciate principles
Through the platforms adopted the
people are informed as to what the
different parties stand for, and are en-
abled to vote intelligently, with issues
before them as well as candidates.
Without the state convention and with
out the platform the voting would be
on the candidates alone, and personal
popularity, not party principles, would
be the question. The candidates elected
would each represent his own ideas,
and there would be no club of promises
made to hold over the heads of the
legislature.
The state convention serves still an
other good purpose. 1t brings repre-
sentatives together from all parts of the
state, and in the exchange of ideas and
views the welfare of the entire state is
promoted. Provincialism is rubbed off,
the local sense of Importance is reduced
and sectional prejudices are removed.
This consideration alone makes the state
convention worthy of existence.
The state convention cannot be
abolished, and those who are advocat-
ing it will find their time and energies
more proftably employed in devising
means to throw additional safeguards
over the existing convention system.
1T is the little rift within the lutte
which ever widening, makes the music
mute" 1t is just little rift in the
health of a woman often, which gradu-
ally takes the spring from her step, the
light from her eyes, the rose from her
cheek and the music from her voice.
Perhaps the bug-bear which has fright
ened the women from the timely help
needed at the beginning has been the
dreaded questions, the obnoxious ex-
animation, the local treatments, of the
home physician. There is no need for
these. Nor is there need for continued
suffering DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription can be relied upon on by every
woman, suffering from what are called
female troubles, to renew the health
and cure the disease. Women are
astonished at the results of the use of
this medicine. 1t not only makes the
weak women robust and rosy checked"
but it gives them back the vigor and
vitality of youth. Free. DR.. Pierce's
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, zoos pages, is sent free on receipt
of p one-cent stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Address DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.