The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-25
NEW PRIMARY LAW.
Lansing, January 18th. 1908.

AobStbkS AVset ADDO-
The new primary goes into effect
on the 25lh OF this month aud. Ys
many Inquiries have been received
regarding its operation, / have
deemed IL advisable to call the at.
teni,on OF the people 10 some OF its
provisions Any further informa-
lion will be promptly furnished.
Those who desire TO take part in
primary elections under the law
will be required TO enroll il they
have not already done So. Under
the provisions of the new law, the
first Tuesday IN September will
hereafter b. the day upon which all
primary elections for county, irgis-
latiyr and congressional nomina
t,ons will be made. rs well as for
Governor and Llrutenant Governor.
Two enroll l,nent days are provided
for by the new law; one on the reg
istration day previons to the spring
election aud one On the Saturday
previous to the September primary.
the first Tuesday Of the month, &C
curing this year on September lst.
There lis no new enrolment required
under the new law except for those
who have changed their residruc,
Or party affiliations.
All congressional districts, colnt
les and representative districts
which adopted the direct nutninat
iny system under the law of 1905 re-
main so under the new law This
Is also true oi those sena' orial dis
tr,cts. The pnun daries OF winch were
not changed unGer the senatorial APP
portlonmrnt of The k>i regular srs-
sion. A resuDmlsSion OF the qur>
tion is necessary in all senatorial
districts where changes were made
Unless this is done. nominations
will be made under lhr old couvrh
tion system The senatorial dls-
tricts ia which Il is necessary tnI
submit the question of direct noml
nations are q, follows:
Sxth-Kalamuzop. St. Joseph.
SeveOih-Brrrirn Ca>S
Elghth-Ailegan. Vhr Buren.
Nlnth-CalnOun, b amen.
Trnth-Ja'ksoD. HIli,dale.
Eleventh-Sr. Clair Macomb..
Twelfth-Oakland -Wd,hIrndw. !
Fifteenth Barry E,ron. Clinton
Twenty frsI-Tuscola Lapper.
Twenty-srcond -Saginaw
Twenty third-Muskegoh, Qua I
wa
Twenty fourth Midland. Bay
Twenty-fifth-- Mrcosta, Isabella.
Gratiot.
Twenty. sixth Man Slee, Mason,
Lake, Oceana, Newaygo.
Observation-Disclosures, Kalkas
ka, Missaukee. Wexford, Grand
Traverse. L-elenau, Benzie.
Twenly-pighlh--Acona Oscodd
Crawford Io>co. Ogrmaw, Roscon-
mon, Arenoc, Gladwin, Clare, O,cr-
ola.
Twen ty.D in h &C heb boygan
Presqne Isle. Alpena, Emmet. Char
levoix, Otsego Montmorency
Thirtieth--M e n ON inee, Delta
Schoolcraft, Luce, Matkinac, CHIP
pewa
Thirty -first-Gogehic, Iron, Mar
quette, Dickinson. Alyer
Thirty second = Ontanagon, Ke |
weenaw, Houyhton, Baraga.
The districts named above are
those whose bound les were
changed by the reapportionment or
which did not adopt the system un-
der the 1876 law. In either even
1t will be necessary to have th-
question submitted before nomina
tions can be made by direct vote
There Is no doubt that there is u
very general desire to extend this
system to other districts and count
les, and before this can be done u
will be necessary to file with the
county clerk or Secreta' y of State.
as the law provides, petl ions signed
by twenty per cent OF the enrolled
voters OF the party under the lid en-
rollment. These petitions must b-
circulated, signed and fil.d, as above
stated. between the date the law
goes into effect. January %. 1903
and the 5th OF March. 1908, which H.
the hast day upon which petitions
can be filed under the law stating
that that must be done thirty days
previous to the election. This will
bring the matter before the voters
at the regular spring election Mon
day, April 8, 1908, and allow them
to decide what they want 10 this
matter.
At present we have nearly fifty
counties in which at least one OF the
political parties nominates candi-
dates for county Offices by direct
vote, large majority OF the mem-
bers OF legislature, and nine out Of
twelve congressional districts also
make nominations by direct vote. Iuj
every instance whererit has trer
submitted the people have decided
in favor OF II, and it Is equally GER
tain that the system has come '"
stay and that IL will be extended In
time into every portion OF the stale
II will necessarily require some ef-
fort and work during the next six