Charlevoix county herald., 1905-04-15
The Z State Legislature.
Lansing, April 10, 1905.

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attention OF the members and OF out
siders as well. Some Of the bills diffel
20 little from Others that they do no
seem TO hays been greatly needed, and
some have 90 little relationship p to the
primary method OF nominations that
they seem TO have small claim TO that
classi siticatiOn. But among them al
not less than ten general bills now in
both houses, besides as many local bills
they cover about every feature OF the
subject that has been discussed or pro-
pose in this state, and out Of them III
will undoubtedly come an act that
shall satisfy ali views as well as iG Is
possible for any act 10 do, and which
We may reasonably hope will approve
itself upon trial.
The Double Ivory bill, which most
closely conforms to the platform prop
ositiOns and is satisfactory to the ad-
ministration, is now before the house
and has been made special order for
Wednesday afternoon OF this week.
1t provides for ii patty enrol lment To
be made at the April election. Upon
that enrolment general primary
election for delegates To the county
con> entions is directed 10 be held on
the second Tuesday OF June. each
party voting It's own tickets on dis
TIM lively col, red ballots in its own
box .. At the same election any
party may, upon petition previously
filed OF twenty percent OF its voters in
any county or political district, vote
upon the adoption OF the primary MT
hod of nominations for its candidates
in such county or district. Ii adopt
cd. such primary for direct n0minat-
ions is to be held on the frs Tuesday
i'm September, names TO go Oh the pri-
mary ballot upon petition OF two per
county or district. County convent
ions follow the primaries within one
week and state conventions one week
later. the couuty conversions cho0s-
ing state delegates. aud nominating
county candidates aud c"oOSing dele
gates to nominate district candi' aJes
where such county or district candid
ates are not named by tie primaries.
Senator Baird's bill WAS introduced
in the stnate Wednesday. and is sub
StantialIy the same 1.-The Double
Ivory bill Senator Glasgow'S bill has
been also introduced. by Senator Crop
spy In tue absence Of its au hnr who
was detained by illness but has since
returned to his duties. This bill does
net contemplate the nomination OF
any candidates by primary vote.
Party caucuses would nominate town
and ward uiliceri and appoint city and
county delegates for spring elections.
and suggest nam-s for county dele
gates for fall elections. delegates SC
suggested to he voted for at Il primary
election in Nay. County. district aud
state conventions would perform the
same functions as at present.. but yot
ing in conventions would be by Aus
tralian ballot with bonths and gate.
men, and printed ballots for the pre-.
paration Of which the conventions
must AXE recess, as only names may
be put upon the ballot that have been
proposed in the open convention.
Another bill now before the houS
elections committee is Dickinson bill
No. =. distinct from Mr.. Dickinson
earlier bill, which was the first on
offered IN this legislature. This on
Ipplies u the nomination OF goverHo
and lieutenant governor and member
of the legislature, and provides part
primaries at party option. After al
these aud Others heretofore noticed,
brand new feature ma le its appearance
last Thursday, fa'hered by Represent
ative Thomas T. Higgins, OF Cassopo
IS. 1t Is really an extension and pracI
ical application TO nominations. of
suggestion in the G lasgow bill. thOug
that was probably not the source q
the Higgins idea. The Glasgow bi
proposes the suggestion by party cat
cuses OF names OF county delegates
be voted upon at primary election
The Higgins idea Is the same thin
applied 10 state nominations, and pei
haps also TO county and district non
inations. 1t proposes that the stat
convention shall name candidates
be placed upon the primary ballot all
30 submitted To direct vate OF th
party electors. 1t 10 proposed to
first applied experimeotally to gove
nor and lieutenant COVE, nor, the sta
, convention nominating the balance
the ticket outright. A vote OF M
less than twenty-five percent of /
convention is proposed TO entitle
+. name TO go upon the primary balIO