Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-20
PROPOSED PRIMARY ELECTION
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PRODUCTION Of this primary bill in 1853
resulted in the disabling Of the
senator from I.aMoare an Primary
Jim and the andfcSing OF an ode.
hunopozs ia the extreme, reefting
tbs strings Of reform to which Sena-
tor Sharpe had been subjected. The
legislature Of 1895 finally passed a
primary BIN, but its provisions we're
NOT sEsepfng enough. Public ssnd-
msat has strengthened the advocates
Of the measure and following the
edset Of the republican state ccnvea-
ton, a more drastic measure must be
enacted at the forthcoming session of
the legislature There eth remains
the same division Of sentiment as TO
the real merit of the primary system
and the experience In other states
adds 10 the confusion. However.
there La no division OF sentiment on
one point and that is the people Of
North Dakota want the Iaw-they
rant to try IL II it doss not work
we'll they VIII repeal If or amend IT.
Senator Sharpe is and aIways has
been q believer I'm the primary system.
He is q republican and believes In
republican supremacy. and the meas-
ure he proposes is one that viii
maintain as far as possible party
divisions and that will overcome some
Of the objections the primary system
meets with in sEznnesota II g -
The last issue Of the Kuhn sfessen-
ger gives a synopsis OF Senator
Shapes proposed primary election
bill as follows. " u,
Senator James 3. Sharpe. of this
ssftyt. IS st work on a bin which he viii
introduce I'm the senate at the coming
session which takes In all OF the main.
points s5r which the people hare been
elamGrfng fer rears. Under the pro-
visions of the proposed law all county,
state and municipal officers fin cities
having a population OF oYer 5000 will
be nominated. under the primary sys-
tenn THIS includes United States
senators, district and supreme Judges.
congressman and even precinct and
county party eommftteenaen. There
are a large number OF changes In the
proposed law over those OF the present.
Law But the Messenger will only cali
attention TO the most important of
them
Mr.. Shapes bill provides that every
candidate for any state Office wflatso-
ever shall, not more than sixty days
nor less than thirty days, present to
the secretary of state q petition Civ
ing his name, postoffice address, the
title OF the Office TO which he aspires
and the party which he represents.
In the case of a candidate for United
States senator, member of congress. l
state Office, Judge Of the supreme and
district courts and presidential cleo
tors, the candidates petition naust be
signed by the names OF three per cent
Of the total vote cast for the candi-
date OF the party 3 with which he
ahiliatss for the same position at the
last general election; provided, how
eyer, that In no case shall more than
three hundred names be required
Each name On the petition shall be
that Of legal voter and must be
subscribed under certified party
heading Every candidate for c0un-
~ Or district Office shall, not more
than forty nor less than twenty daysI
prior ~ any primary election. present
~ the county auditor a petition the
same as 10 required OF candidate for
II state office, excepting that his peHr
ton shall ccntaIn Fl We per cent of the
total vote cast ait the last general
election for the same position, or not
in any case IS more than two hundred
names required. The fees To be paid
AT the time a pet ftion II flied are sub
atantia5Iy the sanle as under the pres
ent law, except iii the case OF United
States senator. for which nomination
no fee Is required
There shall he separate primary
election ballots for each party or prin-
cipIe, and they shall be of the same
size color and texture. Blank lines
VIII be- Iefs On the ballots FIR the |