The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-20

The devoees of the old convention system nomination.
which, the Recorder and other supporters Of the direct
believe the short and easy the
politics against the popular rule feeling for advs
DRY convention to make out slate for the republican party
to ratlfy at the August primaries.
For all its devotion the direct primary the Recorder
can see where IN there good enough to
forward for the office the nomination will the undeservng
But this was SO true under the old SYSTEM that there loss
under the new And hen the people by what has been large
~ pleasantly OF law, the real rulers If they to
rule WELL they can and WILL but well or otherwise it is still
their right Under the convention SYSTEM the
times what they demand the second Good
g the endorsement OF Boa the endorsement of Hepburn
are few OF the where they said what they wanted and
got it. But rule the offices filled by geographical
ae dark horses were so easy to enter and wn
that 1t can truly be said that the people did not know what they
were going to get other than geographical proposition
IL IS not enough that the party hold each particular locality
sponsor Tor the 1t puts up, and
elected what guarantee good for if the himself
bad? 1t dosen't practices the ideal svs
e at ALL even though it has the sanction Of genera
tons OF good Americans who also sanction travelling by
and communication by messengers before the railroad and
the telephone and the The Recorder believes that
something better has been proposed and the Idaho
statutes book this new law should not be untitled or tam
pered WITH IN the interest Of any hundred men,
GIVE thus new law chance. Perhaps it won't work out
hat led to the passage OF the direct primary law popular
not politicians unrest 1t to betray the people bv
suberiuge IN taking the direct popular power nom
natlons Ii the law detective will more ready TO
make 1t right than its friends Just the doctrine of love
necessarily to take den of frozen rattesnakes
e so the supporter OF the direct primary
mean to stand for bad law. But if dosen't have fair
cnihce' there VIII be some political trouble.
lhe main effect OF the law is to demand enough pubictv
from candidates. that the whole people can know somethng
u Ihen Ior whom they vote 1t political appren
ceshp man must have made kind of record before
the people Will give him their suffrage That isn't bad
g IL may be, that admirable candidates will start
nto politics without much warming and will find themselves
ess known than the mouneban the caretan who has be
ID the pubic eye Tor longer time But in the main an an
premiership III public life good thing; man can't be Il
her knave or fool for the years that would give him the
opua Voe without being found the elimination of
lie dark horse the geographical candidate and the man who
las merlted favor by his political contributions is not had
hing for the state " Nv " va" u
dnere Will doubtless in every campaign be men aspiring
VI once Who we don't want to elected men who NAV gef
oa OIL The pubic eye and firmly that they win out &c.
e our oDJectlons Ii could head these men off, by pre-
nnary convention, gentemen's agreement we woud
- IT, Dut suppose that it their friends instead of Won
WHO LOOK part IN this preliminary and the bad man was
olceu on us against will? What then of the istce r
esaoIy OF tins preliminary convention? The republican
@ OIL ldaho IS not Dozen any hundred or anv ten
men VINO are IN politics. is the whole voting bodv
nd % each man as good in the eye of the party
~ Ine law as any other Who shall make ND his adj L
nce conventions In justice it be the entire narv or
I nere should be no such gathering This latter is the To-
H Inc right course It must be followed the renuh;can
drty is TO keep It's faith with the people, ~ 4