The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-05
LEAGUE FIGHTS
LAWS REPEAL
THE PRIMARY LEAGUE ACTS
Calls on Voters to insist on the
Restoration of Right to Nom
mate Supreme Court Judges.

mate Supreme Court Judges.
The Direct Primary League of
! Washington protests against the
, J action of the legislature at the re-
! cent special session in repeating
that part of the direct primary law
which applies to the election of the
supreme court justices. Circulars
have been sent out by the league,
calling upon the voters of the state
to fight for restoration of their
right to nominate the judges rather
than 70 have the nominations made
in conventions, which the circular
states very truthfully can be east
" controlled by special interests. "
The appeal circular sent out
reads as follows:
SEATTLE, July IS, 1909.
To the People of the State of Wash
ington:
At the special session of our state
legislature Senators Cameron, Da-
Wis, Eastman, Fishback, Graves,
Kline, Knicherbocker, McGregor,
MCGOWAN, Myers, Minkler, Mich
OILS, Potts, Presby, Roberts, Rosen-
haupt, Ruth Rydstrom, Smithson,
Smith, Stevenson, Stewart and
Whitney, voted against restoring
to the people the nominations of
Judges of the supreme court taken
away from the people at the last
regular session. All party plat
forms declared for direct primaries
and nine-tenths of the voters of the
state demanded it.
What induced these senator's,
who are public servants, to repeal
vital and most important part of
the direct primary law which took
away from the people the supreme
court nominations and placed the
same in the hands of conventions
where they can be easily controlled
by special interests
Will you quietly submit to such
an outrage on your political rights
Are we not capable of self gov
eminent?
Shall we have political oligar-
chy as Dictator
The great fight is now on for
the control of the supreme court of
this state. Five are to be nomin-
ated and elected next year. shall
the supreme court be controlled by
special interests or by the people,
The above named senators who
say the people shall not nominate
the judges of the supreme court
have insulted every intelligent
voter of this state.
Arrange at once for Joint dis
Cussion with those who voted
against rule by the people; demand
that members of the legislature
who refuse to restore nominations
of Judges of the supreme court to
the people give their reasons in
public for so doing; get up petitions
to senate and house of representa-
tives of the Washington state legis-
lature and send to Olympia for the
special session which will assemble
August 18th: demand in said peti-
tons that supreme court nomina-
tons be restored to the people
The question is--Shall the peo-
pie rule? Now is the time to work
and make a vigouors fight, and to
show that you are worthy of the
name of American citizens. Let
us see to it that no man is elected
again to any office in this state who
refuses to assist in restoring the
nomination of supreme court judges
to the people.
DIRECT PRIMARY LEAGUE,
of the State of Washington.
Per Christopher W. Horr, Pres.
c. B. KEGLKY,
Master Wash State Grange.
JAS. r. HARRIS,
Sec Cen. Labor Council.
ORANGE JACOBS,
Pres. King County Bar Asso.