Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-22

Labor Leader Gompers has to say
about the situation at Adamsville.
State Primary Points for Voters.
In the state primary of August
+ many ballots will he only partly
effective unless voters apply the
pencil intelligent!y. In all cases
where Il party has more than one
candidate for the same Office the
voter must mark ont the names Of
all the candidates for this Office ex-
cept the one he prefers. To allow
all the names to stand is equivalent
10 not voting fer any of them. But
this is not all that depends upon
the pencil, for there is blank
place to be filled. Under the pro
visions of the law a new method is
introduced FOR selecting members
Of the county. senatorial. judicial
aud congressional committees, anq
also members OF the State Com
mittee. Upon these committees
rest the party organization. They
are of vital Importance in carrying
forward party work and their
choice should be correspondingly
careful. State Chairman pickeV
calls the attention Of all Missouri
Republicans to this feature of the
primary vote. In order to make
a vigorous campaign it is necessary
to elect for the county committees
the right sort of men, capahle and
energetic. in each township and
ward. Committeeman should be
suited to the labors and of untiring
industry. 1t rests with voters to
filI the blank on the ballot with
good judgement and thus promote
the sqceeSs Of tAe party:
Names Of candidates for the
positions of township or ward com
mitteemen will not be printed on
the ballots. A blank space is pro-
vided and the voter fills the blank
by writing therein the name Of the
psrson he prefers for committee
man. One member Of the County
Committee is selected from each
township in a county, or each ward
in a city. Three days after the
primary is held the county COM
mitteenen thus elected meet and
organize as congressional dis
trict committee and elect one of
their number as chairman of the
congressional district committee,
which proceeds to name two quail
fed electors of the district rs neni
bers Of the party State Committee.
There are sixteen congressional
districts in Missouri. Consequent
ly, the State Committee will be
composed of thirty-two members,
who are required by the law to
meet at Jefferson City, September
8, to select chairman. secretary
and treasurer, who may or may
not be members of the committee.
The State Committee will meet at
Jefferson City with the party
nominees for state officers, con-
aressmen, state sanators and repro
scnta:ives, to formulate party
state platform, to be made public
On the date named, September 8.
All this party work depends
upon the blank place in the pri-
mary ballot which the voter fills
ior his own township or ward.
Another matter requiring attention
and Immediately. is the new sec
lion "f the law relating to the ap-
pointment of judges of election.
These are to be selected by the
County Court from a list Of per-
sons furnished by the Central
Committee, tie list to lie double
the number required for election
judges. From these lists the
county courts designate the judges
of election, aud this is to be done
at least ten days before the state
primary on August 4. 1t shouI.I
be attended to ut once. The new
primary low is easily mastered
with u little study, aud the time
for this examination is now. At