The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-04-16
WlLLACY TALKS
ON THE PRIMARY
PRESENT ADOPTION or BLANKET ppl-
NARY Would Be llNWTsr.
GOVERNOR IS PRAISED
Administration of Present Executive
VII! Compare Favorabiy with
that of Former Officials.

Austin April 1G.-Senator John
Willacy of Portland. who is here,
said
Independent of the scope of the
authority of the legislature under
| the call of the governor, ii would
| have been unwise to have enacted
the blanket primary provision until
/ the people OF the state could have
had time to study the problem and
arrive at some reasonable under
standing OF its purpose as well as
its possible effect
1t is not enough to say chat the
! blanket primary system viii develop
the choice of the people either with
or without the plurality feature, for
| that would largely depend on the
test or qualification to participate
In the party primary A uniform
| test could no more be enforced than
our statute requiring taxation to be
equal and for the same reason: that
4 is, the county board or committee
would be an independent tribunal
after all and conditions fixing the
! right of participation enforced in
| one county could not be made to APP
ply IN another, hence the test in each
political subdivision would under
the pressure of popular preference or
the manipulation Of those interested
in controlling the vote, shape itself
to meet the issue locally and not
! operate as a fixed rule.
AS TO the plurality feature, there
can be no reasonable argument in its
favor as party rule. Inevitably it
would mean minority election over
the protests of the majority and
would finally disrupt the party
For instance, there are five can
didates now in the race for governor
and approximately 500, 900 qualified
voters in Texas. True all are no
lqulified Democratic voters, but fol
the purpose of illustration let us as
sumo that all participate in the Sc
lection of candidates. Then let us
further assume that No. / receives
100000 votes No. 2 receives 1907
600 votes. No. 3 receives 100000
votes: No. 4 receives 90.0 900 votes;
/ No. receives 10000 votes. The
/ 10000 votes, being d plurality will
nominate against the $4,000 votes
east in opposition to the nominee Sc
selected and it would be an easy
matter for clique adverse to the
true interests of the state TO control
the selection of nominees and,
through them our public policy.
And what party could live under
such a policy Surely not the Demo
cratic party. for we believe in the
democracy OF the many as opposed
to- the aristocracy of the few.
/ There are many good features in
1.-THE Terrell election Jaw. and some
that should Dee eliminated In my
/ Judgment the rules governing the
rights 10 exercise the highest privil-
ege of citizenship should be very
'cacmlly though simply drawn, SO
as TO be readily understood. { am
thoroughly in accord with the penal
ties for violation, however. we can
not so 700 far iu safeguarding thc
purity OF the ballot
What about tae present admins
fu3don
tn reply To that question = win
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twin have more conscientious gov
leruor than SAMUEL ~ T Lauham
and uo more faithful or patriotic
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