The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-27

is this. have thought about Il. as you
have ] have thought that is the only
representation, have seen how. in every
district In which have been. a few OF
us have dominated the party; and. boys,
we are here by virtue OF our own genius
UsugbterD In one OF the primaries but
two men attended. Mr.. Chairman. Think
of II! In my own district-a layge one
| diligent In getting them out, because we
| thought we might be beaten, II / hadn't
worked would have got less than that.
because In political deal you can give
me cards and spades and beat me as
most of the delegates TO this convention
| could.
No Attack on Machine.
Mr. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentlemen
| or the conventon-Ths is no new fact
This isn't an attack upon machine poll
| tics. j have been a part OF it. ] like
IT, IL wins victory, but you cannot use
| II with my consent 10 make and unmakc
candidates. You cannot use 1t In your
primaries II the people control, Gentle
men. the only proper way is the direct
dates from your primaries When you
say 1t is expensive. you lie TO yourselves
and you lie 10 your constituents. II is
not expensive. 1t Is the cheapest system
| by which YOU can work
| voice-Will the gentleman permit
| question?
| Mr.. Chrsiensen-Ah delighted.
QLunder that system the Republican
| task TO perform OF sending back to tho
| senate a Democrats senator. as was
| done in Oregon.
Mr.. Christensen-Ah, We have, we
| have. friend. IT Is the old cry. you might
have the unpleasant task of electing
| DEMOCRATIC senator. You don't need TO
| II as you please, and Mr.. Chairman. the
| boss. the criticism Of the primary law.
| If it should be enacted, that the men
| opposed 10 it have enacted 1t. and they
hltHE trI u,
IL subject TO criticism, subject TO con-
| stitutional objection. Wisconsin fought
| IL out for years. Oregon is just begin
ming to realize what 1t is and ought 10
be. and Senator Smoot's colleague Sem
ator Voorhees, OF Washington. viii tell you
that II is the only system, but, ladies
and gentlemen. by some form or other,
either the Oregon system. the Iowa eys-
tenn. the Minnesota system. or some 9TH
er system OF nominating primaries should
be adopted. Let us get in the vanguard:
let us get in the vanguard for the prl
mary system. (Applause)
At the conclusion of Mr.. Christen-
sens talk, S. L. Chapman moved that
all speakers be limited to FIVE minutes
and that all seconding speeches be lin
lted TO three minutes. This motion was
carried unanimously.
Harry s. Joseph, another erstwhile
candidate for congress, was next recog
nized, MIR. Joseph declared that direct
primaries wherever attempted han al
ways proved failures. The direct pri
maries, he said, placed premium on
perjury. The Democrats. he declared,
would take oath that they were Repub-
hcans and would vote for men for Re
publican nomination, in order to make
more easy Democratic victories, and
vice versa
George Halverson, c. L. Hollings
worth and A, B. Irvine then talked at
or offf In I,NT Tpr Of Tnaf r
les Mr.. Irvine Said that two years
ago he had introduced resolution ia
voring direct primaries, but at the earn
est solicitation of Republican leaders. he
had withdrawn the resolution because of
the representation made that it might
be taken as an attack on the senior SEN
ator Of Utah who was at that time
candidate for reelection. These same
Republican leaders, he said, had pledged
themselves to support a direct primary
law at this convention. Support for this
measure. he declared was also pledged
by great many delegates to that con
yentlon who also were delegates to the
present convention. He called upon
them to fulfill their pledges and to vote
for the amendment at this time.
Others Are Heard.
Dan Harrington of Salt Lake, Her
bert Smyth of Sanpete, Judge Cmdes-
leT ol 'NGElcT anu Gpn TlDneT OIL uLdu
spoke against the enactment of a pri
mary law. Senator Sutherland dis
cussed tho primary law at some length.
He said that the primary election law,
operative in Kansas, had practically
worked out the Democratic party OF
that state The Minnesota law, he
SAID, did not give a true representa-
tion of the party vote Of that state. He
said that in the recent primary election
IN rx,bp N
James Tawncy was a candidate for re-
nomination, his defeat was accom-
pished by 1000 Democratic voters, who
cast ballots for Mr.. Tawneys IS Repub
lican opponent for the nomination.
Amendment Is Lost.
The nomination Of Mr.. Poindexter
in Washington, he said was accom-
plished in similar manner. Mr., Suth
crland said that he had nothing to say
one way or the other concerning Mr., |
Tawney or Mr.. Poindextcr. but he said
that their defeat or nomination should
have been accomplished by Republi |
can voters, and not Democrats. OF
you have primary election in Salt |
Lake county, said Mr. Sutherland, |
'your Republican nominees for Office
will be named by Democrats and Amer
leans. and not by Republicans -
The previous question was then
amendment The convention declared |
by large majority on n viva voce
vote against the enactment of pri |
mary election law. More than two
hours had been used up III the debate
on the question.
George Startup of Utah county then
submitted an amendment TO the pc
culiar liquor plank IN the platform. Mr. |
Startup asked that the entire liquor
plank he stricken from the platform
and that as a substitute plank be |
embodied in the platform submitting
the prohibition question to the people |
at a special election to be held within
ninety days after the adjournment of
the 1911 session Of the state leglsla |
turc If tho majority of the people of |
the state should vote for prohibitions |
then there should be state wldo proli |
bition.
If majority of the people should de.
clare for saloons then saloons should be |
permitted only in the towns and coun.
ties where there has been n "wctn
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