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placed on a salary basis and required
to pay all fees, after retaining suific.
lent to pay an adequate salary, into.
1.-THE Treasury. A step in this direc.
ton was taken at the extraordinary;
session Of the legislature of 1908, but.
I've did not go far enough. Our Dem.
Eocratic friends were in control Of
every department Of the state gov.
lernment for almost a quarter Of a.
century, and we invite you to exam
fine the laws enacted during all that
time and point to the ones that even
had a tendency to reform any Of the
evils Of which we complain today.
"If there is one thing more impor.
tant to the people of the State at
his time than another 1t is he en-.
tactment Of a good primary election,
law. The system Of making nomina.
tons employed by both parties is
vicious and has created much dis.
satisfaction and discord. Under our.
system Of government the majority
should rule but ofttimes minority
by corrupt practices dictates to the
majority and robs them Of the rights.
and privileges guaranteed by the con.
stitution and laws of our State. i
believe in party regularity but the
party should be right in order that
It may be regular. In our platform
adopted in Charleston, July s, 1908,
we said:
y We favor what is known as the
direct primary election method Of
making nominations us. substantially
incorporated in Senate Bill ia intro.
1uced at the regular session Of the
Legislature, whereby all candidates
for all political parties for all cleo.
tive Offices shall be nominated. But
as this Will be a radical departure in,
this State, it may be wise to leave
the nomination OF county tickets ops
tonal, as to whether by primary or
other method, as the proper party
committee in the county may deter.
mine. But in no event shout any
primary be held except under State
or county officers and under the State
laws governing elections, and all reg.
ular primaries Or all parties should
be held itoh thes same date, flxed By
statute 9'slsa ST
1t IS our duty. to elect members
Of the legislature who lyiIlseveery hon.
est effoftlto redeem that pledge.
II regret to see that factionaI DIFF.
eerences fl some counties Of the State
have resulted -ih-twos Republican tic.
\, kets This should snotibe so, because
neither side has taken Issue with the
party on material question of policy,
and 1t is largely fight for local su.
premacy, and the success OF the party
is jeopardized because Of petty jcal.
ousies and personal anomosities. We
should always be willing to submit
2ur political matters to the arbitra.
ment OF our fellowmen and when once
m award has been honestly made ii
should be entered upon as the judg.
ment OF all who have submitted to the
arbitration.
Inc coming session OF the legls,
lature will re.district the State into
Congressional, Senatorial, Judicial and
Legislative districts, and in addition
TO that have before 1t for considera.
ton some Of the most important ques.
tons that have confronted our people
since the formation OF the State as
well as the election Of "a United States
Senator. Are your local troubles, my
fellow Republicans. superior 10 Or
more important than all of these
matters? Would you rather see your
Republican brethren with whom vol
have made SO many successful fights.
so down in defeat and humiliation.
than to win a glorious victory by
their side? And more important still,
do you want to turn this State over
to the Democrats for the next decade
In order that you may get even with
men who believe in the same princi.
pies to which you stand committed?
The Democrats cannot defeat us, but
we can defeat ourselves. WIN YOU gu
assist in our downfall, and for no
other reason than a desire TO cbas.
tie your fellow Republicans? when
you seriously reflect on the condition |
that that confronts us / have an abiding
faith that your patriotism and. party.
loyalty will dictate to you the proper I |
course to pursue. In 1908 we had a |
divided divided party but loyal Republicans
sacrificed lsl their personal desires and
to the public good and the
party's welfare and in the end We
won n p1ny@inue ,,ta4a,,,a ~, ~. - u