The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-02-08

Entered at the pStoffice In Tabor, S.
d.. ms second-class matter.


turned down by the Legislators ov-
CT a year ago. correspondent, TO
the Sioux City Tribune in an in
tsrview with G ,v.Folk of Missouri
ri obtained the following notcwor-
thy CONNIE
Il can add nothing 10 the recon-
mendation made IN my inaugural
address FOR the adoption ~ the prlma
rs system. can add nothing To that
bcr atIsc | made that iudutscmant AZ
stIung ms | could"
Governor FuIk said ~ the primary
In his inaugural address:
The nearer government can be
brought To the people, the purer and
letter that government " !. bc. To.
that end, a state primary law hould
be enacted, whereby all nominations
for state, equity aud municipal Ollie
es will be made by primary held Un
the same day all over the state ty all
political parties, with the same num-
Der or voting places IA la the general
election and the expenses paid in the
same manner This would do away
with the political boss, fur the people
would then be the bUSs. The profess
siOnal bUSS delights In a multiplicity
OF primaries aud conventions. The
ordinary citizen, after attending one
or two conventions aud primaries, be-
comes weary aud gives his attention
to other matters, leaving the n,ld to
those who are Ia politics for revenue
only. The result II, unless the people
are intensely aroused, nominations
are made, not 10y the people, but 10y
those who havca selfish interest to
be served. A state primary would, a.
rule, nominate the best men and
the nominees would represent the PEG
PIE With a state primary law, there
wUvld be Just two days that the citi-
Ken would have tu dcvOtc-unc To 20
/ 10 the polls for tho nomination ana
the timer to go Ia the polls and vote
~ the general election. The benefits
OF this system are ut once apparent
aud commend themselves 10 al. except
Those who have Il selfish motive In re-.
tanning prcScat cUnlitiJus."
In these few lines the problem
OF the primary law is solved and
will bear no dlSputltion. II a pr
mary election vas adopted in this
state on this plan, which is propo
SGD Tor the state OF Iowa. il is evi.
q, mt tina, the political boss would
figure about as much, or less. a. a
cipher before another cipher
Without the boss. who would pass
into oblivion. the political mdchi-
mes woull pass into mythology.
Every honest and popular citizen
could aspire tor an Office, without
fearing or being IN suspense as TO
the decision Il few delegates
who previous TO convention
have been run thru the machine
wringer and thus deprived OF their
consclcntlousness and IL 4 vidu |
Judgement. HIS popularity
would nominate him and finally
elect him to his office.
II has been said by some machl.
ne sheets that under this law no
poor man could obtain a high OF.
flee such as governor. state or u
y. Senator, tina, making him eli
known IN his state would HIM
much money. A clumsy al'usion
this. Anyone who knows how
politics are conducted, especially
machine politics. has that much
knowledge for himself that il costs
money TO Get a nomination for
such an office. aud even then he
may not be elected.
Granting that under the prime
ry system candidate lor a high
office would DC put to ,nsiLcrLb
lie expense. II Is but natural TO ask :
can acquaintance and popularity
among a constituency be obtained
otherwise Besides this IL would
not necessarily require the riches
OF J. ID. Rockefeller or the kind TO
obtain a state office. Ii would
take the middle man probably.