Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-20

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n the printing q Ets haESoss the
names Of Eas candidates shall as
hanged Is ws1y sEZss ID there are
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saoShAr 5v reason Of aEs raar1s aypasr-
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Candidates for nomination ID the
sane oee- OGIy poEfszcaI psrEies
which ssss al Least five peg eszz Of the
EoEaB vote cast Eor goEsrro- al she
ssE preceding gszeraE election can
9Eaee Candidates before tie primaries
aoE GosDl2zss0r- Eseh voter shall rsu
so~ ballot rsprese9E5Eg tie 1zrTy
EEra whEs2 ks ,a&EEzsss. and shall re-
e@Ts S1sA ballot and nn1s oshE.
Al eanIzzsss for nomination Of
@aca political party UlE resolve hME
per cent OF the vozes cast for soTsrno-
q IT, parity ae o. they represent Al
tie Las Es2srzE election II there Z
Eoge tn oos candiaz1e for romfrs-
E8dE ED EAs sane 0@ee the one re-
osSFlg the hig5st garher Of votes
] sS~ SAs respective nomination shall
BE- the eaGee of such political orzsu-
sEzrs11
0-e especially worthy feature Of
the 5EM Is Eas fat that the eegnty
ss5aE-Gss Of any parry organisation
eS1 o2EF iii nominations by appoint
-ea1 1Sor the death OF RESIGNATION
q Z candidate regularly nominated at
Ia primary election EoEeEeg,
should : vacancy occzr I'm q sesSsls-
EaFs once IN z county COMPOSED Of
DoEs zhzE oae district o. In z cou-
ZgzssoasTs district. thea the eouufy
central committee Of the party in
which such vacancy oecurs shall mserI
S1o Iii sasch vacancy. This section
eliminates the practice Of the county
e0- 1sstEses selecting candidates in
eases where no candidate vas
nominated At the primary e7 acr5on.
which MAS done In z number Of cases
during tie resent campaign where Z
defeated candidate had Al axe to-
Grind and desired By some means
sometimes NOT exactly hoaorabIe-to
deselt the successful party nominee
In the selection of party commit
tsenen, NJ Sharpe oatlines a scheme
which cannot he anything but sstis-
factory 10 the voters of all organ
zatsons, generally At the primary
election each voter may write In the
space left On his ticket for that pur-
pose the names OF not to exceed three
qualified electors OF the precinct for
members OF his party precinct eom-
mfttse. The three having the highest
number Of votes shall constitute such
committee. and the one having the
largest shall be chairman. The chair
man Of each precinct committee con
stisutes the county central committee
OF the party. This committee viii
meet at the county seat and organize
by the election OF chairman, score
tary and treasurer 1t shall also be
the duty of the county committee to
select one qualified eIectog TO aceI
np0n and be a member OF the state
central committee Of the party
These are the most important
features Of Mr. Shapes proposed Law,
and should Il paxs the coming sessfon,
The Messenger. believes that there
would be no cause for complaint from
hssvoters In general r. 2" -
While the present primary law is
incomplete and failed to answer the
demands Of the voters Of the state, 1t
has served at least one good purpose,
and that fs waking the people up to
the fact that nothing short of CON-
5DIete primary law will be tolerated
from any political party whatever.
Should either faction of the republi-
San party or the democratic members
of the legislature oppose the enact /
rnent OF a law Of this character, that
party Or faction OF party viii be as
certain to go down to defeat in the
next campaign as the sun is to rise in |
the morning This matter has reached |
"a point in this state where no half |
way business will be tolerated by the
people, and The Messenger believes |
that in the face Of these sndisputabIe |
facts the coming legislature will CT
act law covering all the points out |
lined in Mr.. Shapes proposed, law
II liz not thought that, any Of the !
political factions viii dare TO do other |
wise. as the official actions OF the |
members of the coming legislature viii |
be watched along these lines more |
closely than ever before +$,$E A
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