The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-29
WOULD ABOLISH
THE PRIMARY
EilOrt Made at State Cons
mlttee Meeting.
BUT TnE sCmEHE DIBN'T WORK
IIsi shsI FIRED Frsn AZ QuaTiers.
RrSSIaiieH NiihdrsHa.


,ratlc Exe,utiv, Committee held in
Jac ks0nyille last ffidsy, an riioIt Sas
made to abolish the primary by cali
ng state ,0n,cutipn iOf twO years
uence Tue Ir-Uiutton plu, iding Tor
his change 49, tntIu.uoed 10y Mr..
| tlO,kCT, E,utI,uan iI'm ooaia.
hsrlir nuuEu,itt, "i Jd,E-"nVIilr,
= uu nad -uuI, u.si, r. pIuNy, 90 t,pUItsd
80 have made strong aIgutIth 10 Tor
ne adoption Ui tut rC-u.uiIuu. thaT-
uv pIutabN tlIuk- ,,Su 81. Of the
pT mary than ever siu,, 'uI, ONn pre-
,luct, POTt pTaug,, gave "a ma JOTity
against his pet candidate al Tue May
primary. The tOI.osiug account OF
the discussion j. taken from the
TImc-. mon:
u~cU>siuN ~ Ek-JLUTIuSs.
Ma. HOc xgT spoke at some length
in support Of this resolution, pointing
out the necessity tor tile changes pro-
yIdrd "a u, anu be thea invited dis.
,u--iuu OF the sdmc.
J. ". pvTkIns, OF NuIusia county,
vas the hr-G 10 oppose u. lie ca.
pressed the idea that Il sOuld tx dan.
geTou. tO ,dlI "A convection aud Gu
deavoT 10 limit IT. IUWCT- To a specific
ob iert. OF Objects, a set forth ga the
resolution. Tie a. OF the opinion
that the convention, once a~-tnbiCd,
could not be ne Id StthIn tue -,Opy OF
Nurk outlined Iu lhC resolution. Tie
Na- oppuscd 10 takinE aWay from the
p.opIe their rights To select their
Icandtdatr- for various offices, ne mat
ter Nhat that OihCe mtgut -. lie
hs iltVrd. uUWVNcT, that q would bc
letter Tor the party 10 meet la COn-
.eutiun exceptionally ana decide upon
| a platform and du,tftnc. uut the COn.
yrntion should not taEc aSay from
the people the right 10 Nominate Its
candidates ia primaries.
uTqs,~ED HY sru,krON.
] John y &. stu, ktou 80. uppu-cd To
3 the resolution duu -aId tuat the com
mIttrr sh0uid hesitate tsCiurC a. should
do ANYTHING that luok. a. though IL
| wished 10 do asay slth the primary
.y-tem. Tie believed that the state
| Legislature should enact laws that
| Nuuld throw around the primary sy--
ten safeguards against bribery, and
| fraud of all kinds. tie aid that be
Wuud IT, alWaN- oppJ-cd 10 COnvcn.
tions that would ur attended Uy dele
gates travelling on free pas-c-, tor he
considered such a convention DANGER
uus foT the NCltaTr al the people.
Then came ". j. Bryan. at Jack
.unt liIv, WuU di-u strongly uppu-Cd
the resolution dnd gave numvrOus
rca-un- ally the pTC-vut primary las
.huuId not tst changed anal ShJ the
committee -huuld not agree To- call a
,uus eutI Uu. lie IsuIutcu cat that the
people. bs large ana IIfIty, bad de-
,Iafcd ~ favor oi the primary system.
lly ~aid be- Wouid idyOT having the
question settled at every election
sheth,r oT not the people wantcd a
,uuNCniIuu uT -tiil favored primary,
tic held that the committee DAD not
have the IspWeT cot authority to call a
convent Iun ana that 10 uo - suuld lsc
entirely Wruug MT. Bryan argued
81 length aHd iurCriully against the
resolution.
COMMITTEE nCTArFS.
Nc uo, ser again spoxc n support
IS hi. rC~u.utI0n. tie pointed Out
that a. things are nov conducted the
committee rally dictate, and all the
%, msCTa1- ut the state can do IL to
fuIluW the committees lrad. Tie
painted uut various things that the
cummittrc ha- done that Netc not
originally placed endcr the Jurisdic-
tlun 81 the committee. lie cOntendcd
mat his resolution uas not intended
o. do dwsy SIth the primary system
but stated iu u very Opening para
graph hat the committee j. heartily
ga favor Of the primary system. IL
So the intrutiun Of the resolution To
merely change the method of MONT
mating certain oiiiccT- and committee
mcn. Hv pointed out that a. a b. at
pTrstut. the committee itself Oils va
,an,Irs on the committee aud the
pcoplr Sho oIig inaily elcctci a mem-
beT ui the ,ommittcr To represent
them have nothing To LAY. tie urged
the adoptiuu oi hi- resolution and
gave many gOpd ana -trong reasons
Shy the resolution should m adopted.
Hon Charles nsagherty. ot NOlusia,
made a strong argument lee iaVoT Of
the resolution aud declared that be
intended to vote for j.. Tie sai III that
the adoption of this resolution would
do much to prevent the COMMITTEES
from doing uhat had been attempscd