The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-10

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expense The primary law should he Toll
lowed bNHa law restricting the eXpendi-
ture OF money Tor campaign purposes be-
Iofe.pTlfaafle rs Well asabefora general
elections, 50 as to prevent the e~ssrravagant
and corrups use of money in such CAM
paigls. In this way all reasonable obs
Jeetlons asato expense can BE obviateds
AS 10 minority nominations and num-
per OF candtdate: i
Under the provisions OF the primary laws
Of Pennsylvania Oregon and Wisconsin.
before q candidate is entitled to have his
name printed upon d primary election hal
lot. he shall. at least thirty DAYS. Tor some
other specified Deriodl, before the primary
is HGlG. lieH Wi(fE some OGSl01l1 tad mimic
officer a nominating petition duly sianed
by a specified number OF voters az his bar
ty, (the number being sufficient TO show
that he has n followinpe larsa enn,,.rh IA
| make him a rlateriai farfar il, the con-
test1. This&provision tends 10 rreyeDr fhe
~encurnbering of the ticket with the names
of candidates. vino heva M nnnyanjaI1
following. A further provision rnitht Is
added fixing a fee to be maid pv the ran
didale tn&tlle county or state Ak tie time
OF filing his NOMINATING paperss 10 be used
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airy. ranging from $50 for candidate for
congress, United States senator ana cover.
nor, down TO 81 for county justices Of the
amount OF salary connected win tie Or
fee. The payment Of such q fee wo,lld not
be at all burdensome or unfair "a any
candidate strong enough TO be considercis
and would, to d. considerable extent, re-
lieve the county and state Of the expense
of holding the primary.
Where only two candidates are contest
ing for a nomination the eandidata re-
~ceiving the highest humber of unfas will
of course, receive a majority and be nom
inated; where three or more. t%af,1ifia las
are contesting for a ominatio the law
should provide that the Candidate receiv.
ing the highest number of votes ana not
less than one-third of the total Vote cast
for all the candidates shol1ld No stha 1,orni.
nee. Delegates to a county and STARE CON
vention should be selected at the urinary
by direct vote and such conventions should
he given tbe newer 10 mako nartv ,siat
forms in connection with tha ~ ndid afaa
and Committeeman chosen by dirent Wnta
and the power TO make nonninations froT,
among the candidates whose Nance we've
Submitted Il, the urinary in casee where
tho candidate receiving Tho hirhest r,,u,-
Der of votes did not receive 10 ner cant
of the total vote cast for ali the candi-
dates.
To REQUIRE a candidate to receive a ma
iority of ali the votes "a at for q II tbs ran
didates would defeat the object Of The
primary. beca,lse it would enable the ma
chine Discrimination TO bring orr ano,,rh
"favorite sons" as local candidates to IRE
vent a strong candidate before the people
from receiving a majority over ali AMI
to defeat him by having the matter
thrown into a convention Where the 90 Ids
| could be more easily manipulated.
portant thing but II 10 no more ca tban
the casting Of a ballot. In ali oilr eler.
tions the candidate receiving the hiehast
numbe of votes is elected and installed
into the Office. This is true even tha,1eh
he receives only a minority of less than
one-third of the total vote cast. A rule
which for years has SUCCESSFULLY prevailed
in elections will NOT be Unfair If annliad
to nominations by primary election. Af
anv rate. in cases where there are three
! or more candidates, one should be sue
| cessfnl If ha RECEIVES the HIGHEST number
| of votes cast for any one candsdate. and
| not less than one-third of the total vote
cast for all the candidates. for the same
| office in the primary of his party. A care
fully drawn law covering the above points
! win answer the objection that there will
be too many candidates and that the sue
cessful candidate may not have a suffi-
| Gent Endorsement TO entitle him to the
| nomination and a provision therein pro-
| viding for a convention to take part in
| making the party platform and to make
| nominations in cases where no candidate
has received a third Of the total vote,
will prevent Instrumentation and decrease
| in party interest.
AS to voters of an opposition PARTY as
sisting in making nominations and after
wards voting against the nominees:
Each party should have its separate
| primary ballot. and when a. voter asks
for a ballot. he should be reouired to
name in a distinct and audible tone OF
voice. the political party of which he is
a member. Each party should be reauir-
ed to furnish official ch~allengers. and in
case of q. challenge, the voter should be
required to make oath that since prior tc
| the last general election he has, in good
| faith. been a member of such a party and
a believer in its principles. and that he
intend in good faith to support the
candidates nominated by it at the prim-
aries in which he is participating. Severe
penalties should be imposed for the pun
| ishment of members Of one political party
who vote or attempt to vote the primary
! ticket of another. With proper safeguards
of this kind. there will be less voting OF
this character at the direct primaries than
there is now at party calcuses.
AS to the objection that in making noui.
nations for county offices, the country viii
be denied fair representation
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