Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-23
SOLVES PROBLEM |
The Legislative Subcommittee
Finds May to Allow Support
of Nonpartisan Tickets
IN REVISING PRIMARY BILL
Will Not Affect Right of Voter to Join
With Party on State or Ma
tionaI Issues.

IL Springfield. ILL.,, Nov. 23.-The men,
bers of the subcommittee of the SEN
ate and house which yesterday reach
ed, an agreement on the Oglesby prim-
/ airy bill to submit to the conference
when it reconvenes believe they have
solved the question of satisfying both
the large and small municipalities by,
providing a way for the elector to sup
port nonpartisan ticket in the city or
vii age elections without sacrificing his
right to participate in the primaries of
! his own political party. To the sec
| tion which prohibits voter from par
ticipating in the party primary if he
has voted the ticket of another politi-
1 cal party within two years is added
the following proviso:
Provided, that the participation by
! the primary elector in the primaries
of any political party which, under the
1 provisions of section of this act, is
political party in the city, town, or
village only, and entitled hereunder to
make nominations of candidates for
city, town or village offices only, and
for no other offices, shall not deprive
the primary elector from the right of
participating in other primaries of his
party when. at such city, village, or
town primary, no candidate or candi-
dates of the political party with which
4 the primary elector declares himself
affiliated had their name or names
printed ON the primary ballots of their
party.
Plurality to- Make Machines.
The bill provides for the nomination
of all state, county, city, ands township
candidates by direct plurality vote.
Provision also is made for the selet-
: tion of party machinerS>by primary
vote and for system of conventions
lof which the precinct committeeman is
1.-THE basis
A precinct committeeman, senator
ial committeeman, and state commit
teeman are TO be selected by direct
plurality vote. ~ Precinct COMMITTEES
mon will constitute the county commit
tee. The chairman of each county CEN
trail committee is made an ex-officio
member of the congressional commit
tee for the district in which that coun-
ty is located. In Cook county the pre-
lcinct committeeman within the boun.
Idaries of the congressional districts
constitute the congressional commit
tee
Three Senatorial Committeeman.
) At least three senatorial committee
men are to be elected in each district.
Where one county constitutes the dis
trict three senatorial committeeman are
to be chosen If the district consists
of two counties the county casting the
largest vote for that polltiacal party in
the latest preceding election is per
mitted to name two of the three com.
mitteemen. Where three or. more coun
ties constitute a district one commit
teeman is to be elected in each coun
lty.
:, A state Committeeman is to be elect
led from each congressional district
ALI committees must select a chairman
II from their own number, but the other
officers of the committee are to be Sc
lected from outside its membership
No committeeman at large are permit
ted to be. added to the state central
committee. One committeeman instead
a of two is to be elected from each pre-
, cinct. Names of the candidates fol
committeeman may be either writer
or attached to the ballot.
City committees are to be composed
lof the precinct committeeman of pre-
cincts lying withins the corporate linn
Tits.
Cumulative Voting Barred.
Cumulative voting for the candidate.
for the legislature is not permitted
under the act.
The date of the primaries is changed
|, from the last Saturday to the secon,
Tuesday of April.
- Respective conventions are to b,
.. held as follows: County, second Wed
:. lnesday after primaries; senatorial
, third Wednesday; congressional, fourtl
4 Wednesday; and state, fifth Wednes
q day after primaries. The state cen
@ ltral committee of each party must NEE
in Springfield within 80 daysfafter TIL
primaries to issue a call for the stat
A lconvention.
Provides for Withdrawals.
vi The election. officials are given a