The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
PRIMARY LAW is
FAILURE, SAYS
Jim" POUND
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ing Of party principles. In Nyandotte
there was but one Democratic meeting
lheld-the Saturday evening before
election.
Mayor Maybury Ii was who Initial
cd the style OF playing n lone hard
by every man on the ticket and the
permitting OF every candidates friends
to trade tie balance of the ticket for
the friend running. This system
breeds only sedition. 1t is not so long
ago that Republican majority IN
;he city was overcome by a Demo
cratic majority in the townships. but
the townships have been neglected,
the Democratic gospel has not been
preached TO the new voters and, as a
result, we have but one Democratic
township in the county"
LikeninS the Democracy, with 70 at
tempt TO spread its principles except
at election time, 10 a church or lodge
closed for long time. Mr.. Pound dc
clares that IL is no wonder thar the
faithful nave scattered.
There has come TO the front. he
says. a school OF statesmen whose
motto IS: IF you have not enough
votes, boldly buy them-for the whole
ticket ii you can, but If not, buy or
trade foc n Lart." Pound deplores the
lack OF facility for voters with so
many matters to vote on. 10 form a ma
tioEal judgment except by the guiG-
Gnce OF paid newspaper advertising or
the personal oratory OF candidates.
"As suggesting something to help
L.,
without any desire TO shut out any
person from running, that In the fu~
ture campaigns Il conference OF men
Of weight H. the Democracy from every
part OF the county be called, the rep
resentat,on being based upon the Dem
ocratic vote polled, and a ticket
launched bv petition OF those deemed
the strongest men, clean men OF ce-
pacity. distributed throughout the
county and city and whose names will
add weight to the ticket, and no longer
permit one man to nominate a ticket
or dictate who is to run.
1.-The Democracy as party stands
for the unbiased choice OF the people
OF the Iarty. This is Democracy.
whereas the system in vogue Is neither
Democratic or Republican. 1t is abso-
lutte tyranny. One man says i will
run for particular Office and then
he and his friends try TO knock every
other aspirant off the course. This is
what the so-called popular candidates
often do. and then, after grabbing
what they themselves want, they FIJI
the tickes with wooden men who do
not stand n show on earth.
This is something very distasteful
TO the average Democrat, whose in
stincts n0innally are not extraordnar-
lily cohesive and who either gives that
kind OF I ticket very perfunctory sup
port. or, perchance, having been
taught hy these INSCRIPTIONS Demo
cratic leaders TO vote the Republican
ticket in the primaries TO nominate a
so-called ana supposedly weak Repub
Lean candidate. this so-called popular
Democratic leader being at heart 4 Pc
publican himself. takes his bribe aud
votes the straight Republican ticket,
which nc helped to nominate. on cleo
tlon day.
II insist that the Democracy owes Il
to itself to 40 back to its ancient
practices which always produced bet.
Ter results and then. even II defeated,
we will at least have the consolation
of knowing that as citizehs believing In
our faith We have done at least the
duty OF free men
These conditions, as SIR. Pound sees
them. are not the result OF any indi-
yidual action, but rather OF the pres
Ont nominating conditions produced ~
the primary law. Even for the news.
rapers. he believes the primary sys.
fem will prove failure, since the Dfi
mary election ruins many men while
only few succeed. The men who
fail will not be able to run again and
others will become wasy of attempt
ing the task of fully CONDUCTING
campaign.
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