Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-02
THE PRIMARY LAW

The vote was light, not only will
the republicans, but with the DENT
Gratis. II shows that the Wanted ad
vantagcs of the primary election sys
TEN of nominating candidates are not
held in such high estimation by the
public as have been claimed by the
parties responsible for the passage OF
the primary election law.
An examination OF many ballots
marked by the ''itnelligcnt voter
shows very little consistency or party
adherence. The voting Is done for
some favOrite name, and to reward or
punish some candidate, or for some
other reason. combination or deal.
In the contest for congressional
and senatorial honors the two fac
tons Of the republican party seem
to have split about even, each claim
ing they have secured candidate
for the senate and the house. In
the nomination for governor, Mr..
buchanan appears to have been placed
in a position where he was pitted
against the field and lost many votes
! by this arrangement. The other can
didates on the state ticket will un-
doubleday represent both factions and
thus will make a strong ticket to
present to the common enemy at
election next fall.
The democratic vote is also very
light, and it is claimed that there
may be some difficulty in the no:ni-
nees being entitled to place on the
official ballot, all of which emphasizes
the lack Of interest taken in the cleo
ton. This may have been increased
by the climatic conditions, the hot,
windy. dry weather not being pleas
ant for voters to ride a number of
miles in many cases to the voting
precincts: which again shows how
small and tritling ali event can be,
to interfere with the exercise of the
right of nominating candidates by
the voters themselves under our pri-
mary election system.
Editor Hager of the Walsh County
Record strikes what should be the
keynote of the fall campaign of the
rep blicans when he says in this
weeks issue of the Walsh County
Record:
Now that the preliminary skir.nish
is over, this paper will give it's hear
test support to the men who have
been selected in the primary. We
have stood for the nomination Of in
surgents, believing that this faction
of the party best represented the
policies of progress and reform. but
from now on until the polls close in
| November we will know no faction,
but will support the republican ticket.
AS soon as it is known what men
have been nominated, the ticket will
be placed at the head of our edi-
torial columns. We will need a solid
front in order to redeem the state
from democratic domination in the
governors chair. John Burke has
sat in the governors chair for two
terms and has appointed to office
many democrats. His past elections
have been due to fractional strife and
party discOrd. but we have learned
| this strife and discord results in
nothing but net loss to the repub-
lican party. Let's get together and
all pull for the election of the re-
publican ticket nominated at the polls
today.
Mr.. Roy C. Battey of Minot, who
has been assistant manager of the
International Harvester company at
that place, has been promoted to the
head of the Bismarck branch of the
company, to succeed the late H. J.
.Geiermann. Mr.. Battey is we'll known
in the western part of the state,
through his association with the
Minot Office, and he understands the
conditions that prevail in this Sec
ton, and may be said to be thor
oughly in touch with the spirit of
the western part of the state and
qualified to administer the affairs of
the position to which he has been