Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-14

ALL SHOULD Be NAMED ON THE SAME D
CFrom a star correspondentl

(From a Staff Correspondent)
DES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 13.-(Special)-
In his address Saturday at the Chautauqua
at Ames Governor Cummns outlined for
the first time what he proposed to recon-
mend TO the next legislature in the way
of a primary election law. Early this
spring Governor Cummins informed his
friends that he would bend every energy
through the entire year toward securing
primary election law, and during the hot
summer months has been lecturing on the
subject at the Chautauquas of the state.
The governor has refused to give out
the manuscript of his address The Reign
of the Common People" on the plea that
he would deliver the address at a large
number of places during the summer. II
became known through the delivery of the
address al Ames that II is a plea for the
adoption of the primary election law and
is an outline of his desire as to the pro-
visions OF the law. After discussing the
evils of the present day in politics Governor
Cumins suggests that the remedy is In the
primary election law.
On this he says This system of eau
cuses and conventions has another objec-
! tiOn. II makes the county OF the con-
gressional district the political unit, and
the majority usually takes the whole
county or congressional district even
though the preponderance is almost in
appreciable. In our country the voter
should be the unit and his will should
count from the beginning to the end. The
greater number of these units in the party
organization in the territory in which the
| officer is TO be nominated, should con-
troll and nothing should be permitted 10
either prevent or obstruct this decision" "
Ia he 81.
then the governor says: by a primary
election law / do not mean those weak
and Intellectual experiments which apply
to but a single party and which are
| limited to a county. l mean a primary
election law prevailing throughout the state
which will require all political organiza-
tions to nominate their candidates on the
same day by direct vote OF the men who
live within the territory covered by the
office. / mean a system so broad and COM
prehensive that when the sun goes down
on the primary election day, when the
voters have deposited their ballots the
nominations and all the nominations will
have been made and nothing will remain
but to declare the result I mean a sys-
TEN that will shut the door in the faces
of the corporations or persons who at
tempt 10 influence or prevert the public
will through conscious or unconscious
bribery OF delegates 10 conventions I
mean a system that will after the citi-
zen has deposited his primary ballot and
thus expressed his purpose, give expression
10 that purpose and will make that ballot
as powerful In determining the result as
the ballot Of any other man whatever diff
ference there may be In station. in skill,
in the art OF manipulation. in the capac-
ity 10 organize and the, ability 10 per-
suade. / mean a system that will require
the candidates to be approved by the
voters themselves. I mean system that
leaves but one door open 10 the cor
ruptionist. namely the door that leads 70
the individual voter. That door We can