The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-08-31

The above schedule, based upon the
feweSt number of candidates, will
bring in the sum Of $l1.75 per vot-
ing place. and will be entirely suffi-
Client for all needs, while the amount
actually realized will be much larger
for there will be more than one can
dldate for many Of the offices to be
filled
How it Could BE Worked.
Let the Republican State Commit
tee meet early in the year and select
Il date within the time now allowed
by law for holding conventions and
primaries, and prepare such rcgula-
ions as seems necessary, and also
decide upon the amount per voting
place each candidate shall pay, who
| desires 10 have his name on the pri-
mary ticket, then soon after let the
several county executive committees
meet and decide upon the number of
voting places at which the primary
Will be held open in the several cOun-
ties, and arrange all matters con-
nected with holding the primary such
CLERKS,
etc.
Let the local committees certify to
the state committee the number Of
places at which the election is to be
held in each county, so that the state
committee can then collect from all
candidates other than for county and
magisterial district offices the exact
amount due from each based upon
the voting place unit, which commit
tee can then apportion the amounts
SO collected to the various counties
as certified to them.
10 cover the expense Of the State
Committee for its work in the mat
ter small sum, say ten cents Der
each voting place for each candidate
Tor a State office, can be retained by
the committee, and this will produce
d sum not to be deSpiSed.
Cnder the present laws Of the stateI
primaries, convention, etc.
a tolerably fair test can be given to
the statewide primary plan, and i'll
the state committee will start this
movement in good faith and give the
people chance, the rank and file of
the republican party will be found
on hand next year ready and anxious
10 redeem themselves and set aside
the defaulted verdict of 1910.
But talk will not avail. Action.
not wind, is what the people want |
and if the signs point right or mean
anything, action is what they propose
to have along some lines in the near |
future.
once fairly tried, We believe thel
people will be so we'll pleased with
the result that nothing short Of a |
5oou, equitable primary law will sat
Sty them; and SO inSistent will they
be IN their demands for Such a law
that the next legislature. regardless
u us polltlcal makeup, will hasten to |
put such law upon the books.
AS TO the selection of delegates to |
me national convention to nominate
a republican candidate for president:
and as to the selection Of state, coun-l
~ and district committeeman, it mat
lerS but little to the general voter at |
THIS time, for while he may have his |
own personal choice for president, Vet
1890" nv ~ SSSiiI llcouS dI mana lot
making that choice count when it'll
comes to the actual work of nominal |
ing candidate.
AS to the question Of having a |
state platform Of principles, many |
nave come to believe that a good |
honorable candidate is better than |
some of the platforms which have |
been adopted in recent years, espe-
;lally when it comes to carrying them |
out after the election.
Let the people have a statewide |
and YOU will almost read
The platform in the personnel of the
ticket named.
Here is suggestion as to plat
form. Let the Republican nomi- |
hees Tor the state Offices, together
with the candidates for the State |
senate and the house Of delegates, af-
ter the primary is over, meet at |
charleston or some other convenient
point, and prepare a platform upon
"hlch they can stand, and then if the
state officers are elected and the
legislature is republican, what should
We expect?
Very truly,
w. B. NUTTER.
Buckhannon, w. Va.
22&191I.