Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-04
Caucus VS.. DIRECT PRIMARY
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F'rom the peerfleld Valley T,mcs)
The Rutland Evening News pnswerp
the primary election editorial In our issue
of the fifteenth. which answer we print
IN another column. In answer TO the Que+-
ton, when did forty per cent. or oven
twenty per cent of the voters of the
State eyer attend tho cnMcuSos." the
News says, Very frequently In Rutland
ut least. do moro than forty per cent. Of
tho voters attend tho caucuses." OF
course 1t Is true In isolated cases moro
than forty per cent. occasionally attend
the eau uscs. but that Docs not answer
our question. There nre exceptions to
every rule The News IN its former edi-
torial stated that less than forty per
cont of the voters Of Indiana attended
the recent direct primaries. meaning the
whole State and In our editorial we nsk-
ed tho News to state when forty per cent
Of the voters Of Vermont ever attended
the caucusos, and that question we here
repeat AS n matter Of fact, the primary
law In Indiana applies only to four coun-
ties. For the sake OF fair comparison
we will amend our question, II the News
wishes. and ask, when did forty per
cent. Of the voters Of any four counties
Of the State Of Vermont ever attend the
pr1mar1ea2 How about your recent eau
Gus for tho nomination of the candidate
for representative from Rutland city,
when only about 50 out OF over ECO
v,,ors or lace than fo,,, nov cow, o.
,.r1.do W. no,a tho. ,,or a,a ,,. ,,a,
tim that f,ct IN your edttor,o, THO ru,a
Is well established by the experience Of
ev.rv stoto whore tho direct nri,norv
has be.n tr,od ,b,, q r.,,,,ar,,, hrir,s "a
the noI,s a ,,r yre.ater nor cont y, tho
voters than under tina ceucus svst.,r
For the Information of tina Ns,vs let us
call att p,ion 10 the s1nsr,ance of som.
~ those other a,,t.s In Missouri, o,,t os
7ncn vo,cs cast nj the panaral election
40 C.O recorded their will at tho nrtmar-
les. in WISCONSIN. 10 S,4 renublican votes
were cast at the primary as AGAINST Isl
526 AT the general election or o, nor cen,
Of the total penerol .,action vote. In
Kansas. 1924 or voted Mt tho nr1,naries an
apainst 49, Ola MT tho aeneral .,ect,on mr.
e. mar cent in orcoon ahout tom ,ar
cent of the voters cast their votes under
the Caucus system while under the di
rac+ urinary From, IN IN N nor cont ~ tha
vote Is cast. In New Jersey from five 70
t.n Nor cent If the voters attended, tha
caucuses while from e. TO 100 per cent of
m. vo,ers attend tho nr,maries. IN Min
nesota the vote IN the rer,blioan nr,m-
ories throupbout the s,at. has ortan hea,
over * ner cent. or the republican vote
IN tho e,ect,ors ,rhich fnI,o,v Tn tho citv
NJ N,nns,rous II has reached o. nor
cent In tho ci,y ~ CT Pan, oaa nor
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