Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17
coE /. CRAWFORD.
Governor Of South Dakota.

or moro candidates. one should be sue
~cos~fnl if he receive: the highest number
of votes east for amy one candidate. and
not less than one-third OF the total vote
east for all the candidates Tor the same
office in tho primary OF his party. a care
fuily drawn law covering the above points
viii answer the objection that there viii
he too many candidates and that tho sue
cossful candidate may not have Il sunl-
'ient Endorsement TO ontitl2 him TO the
nomination and Il provision therein pro
Niding for \ convention to lake part iii
making the party platform and 20 make
nominations in cas "har' no candldaie
Wiz proven; characterization and decrease
in rarity interest.
As 30 voters of an opposition party as
%sistins in making nominations and after
wards voting against tn. nominees:
Each party should have It's separate
! primary ballot. ard when IL voter asks
for a ballot. he should he required TO
mtirc IN a distinct and audible tone of
voice. IN" political party OF which he is
Il member. Each party should 10" r,qulr-
ed to furnish official challengers. and in
case of a challenge. the voter should he
required to make oath that since prior to
the last general election he has. IN good
faith, been Il member of such a party and
.. believer in it's principles. and that ne
intend in good faith to support the
candidates nominated by it 1t the iriin-
aries in which h" is participating. Severe
penalties should he imposed for the pun
ishment of member 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
his character at the direct primaries than
there is How at party caucuscs.
As to the objection that in making noni-
nations for county Offices. the country VIII
hc denied fair representation:
County nominations by direct primary
uiiil the caucus law of two years < was
enacted had been voluntarily adortcd by
the dominant party and maintained in
Hughes. Hyde. Readle and Codingtor
,AA ~, f.- .A- t-.1, ra. .x-nr. in, aS no ,1I.g
ton was submitted to the voters in one
or more Of these counties whether they
should 40, abolish the primary and re
turn to N. convention. In every such
ease. / deci.lcd majority was in favor OF
retaining tn" primary. The law, however,
can easily contain A provision giving to
each county TIL" option to decide by a pop
ular vote whether candidates for county
offices should be- nominated in such coun-
~. where The large towns are disposed II
take moro than their share of the Offices
under the direct primary. should that ever
be the case. the option to suspend the ap-
plication OF the law in that county as u
county nominations and to make sucl
nominations by convention the delegates
to the same being elected by vote at thu
primary election. All of these objections
60 to some matter of detail which legis-
fundamental principle involved in TIN
primary will stand for a single moment
The duty is upon you. gentlemen. with Al
the light ANA assistance you can get. I,
formulate and enact II practical and com
prchensivc primary election law. i
should he made effective by an emergency
clause. because it's enactment has bee,
demanded from authoritative sources with
out conditions. Nearly ".U0 of your con
sfituent peti!ioned for its enactment ant
Submission two years ago. It's .nemi.:
Were opposed TO submission then. Thi:
Year. every political organization in tn,
stay by Overwhelming majorities In par
ty conventions have emphatically declare,
in favor not OF tn. enactment and sub
mission nj Fha. nv lNt i'm ia Enr of the ON
actment of tt.~ law. Its enemies who two
years ago opposed its Submission may nov
attempt to defeat It's enactment with Al
emergency clause OIL the plausible CLAIM
that the right to invoke the referendum
should not II" barred by sch "A clause.
Enemies Of the r~efeHenduni two year,
ago may now-if they receive o%ncouras"
mcnt-pose as its most Jealous defenders
Under the cloak of pretense. however. vii
be found enmity on their part to the pro
posed law and n desire to defeat the de
mands made in party platforms by della.
and covert opposition. You were commits
stoned not TO enact a primary and ALLOW
It's enemies to suspend it's effect for tw'
years. bu- 10 enact a primary and max
it at once a live and effective statute.
IT time shall prove that 1t is defective
ii can lac amended: or il experience witt
both satisfies the people that the conven
be repealed. Our duty Is plain. We mus
in good faith execute our commission
which is clear and unequtvocal
Public Accounting for Campaign Fund.
The corrupt use of money to influenc
voters and to carry elections .s "A DANCE
which attacks the very foundation of reT
ments are MADE and money collected fo
the purpose of carrying on political cam
paigns. the public welfare is involved i
its expenditure.
Ii It is used to buy votes. make bets upo
results, pay for whisky and Treats. and ID