The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-03-07

there can be but two. On going to the
booth, if you are Republican, you
will take the official Republican pri-
mary ticket and on 1t designate with
a mark to the right of each name,
your choice for tie Republican nom,-
nations for the United States senate:
your choice for the Republican nomi-
nations for congress: your choice for
the Republican nomination for COVER
nor and other state offices; yonr
choice for the Republican nominal
tions for district judges and district
attorney; and your choice for the Re-
publican nominations for the various
county, precinct and district officers.
If you vote the Republican primary
ticket. the primary law will not per-
NIT you to designate upon 1t a Demo-
crat as your choice for Republican
nomination. Neither can you for in
stance vote your choice for the Demo-
cratic nomination for sheriff and the
Republican nomination for governor.
whichever primary ticket you con-
clude to vote, you can only vote for
nominees on that ticket; that is. you
can vote for nominees for but one
ticket -. 'sef s-~--s- -s~'~ -
You then deposit the ticket you
have voted in the regular ballot box
and the ticket or tickets you have not
voted in a blank ballot box" This
system enables voter to express his
choice for all nominations of his par
ty for Office without disclosing. even
to the election judges. his political
affiliation or belief The candidate at
the primary election for the nominal
ton for any particular office receiv-
ing the most votes, though not a ma
jority. is declared the party nominee
fer that office
1t win be noticed that this new pri-
mary law pro<ides system by which
the political parties" nominate their
tickets. Under that law but two or
CARNATIONS In the state come up TO
the definition of the political party.
the Republican and the Democratic
organizations. No other organization
polled for its candidates for governor
10 per cent OF the total vote cast a.
the last election: and. therefore. does
not come within the definition OF
political party; hence have no separ-
ate primary ticket at the primary
election. Nominations by other organ
izations. as for example. the Probi-
bitionists. Socialists. Independents.
etc. can be made by petition much in
the same manner in which such nomi-
nations have been made heretofore.
Writers on government define a
pure democracy as being a govern
ment where the people rule directly;
and republic as being government
where the people rule through repre-
sentatiyes. The government of the
United States is republic The state
governments also are republics. The
primary law does not tend to change
the form of government from a re-
public to pure democracy. It pre-
serves intact the principle OF a re-
public; namely. the people ruling
through representatives; but aims to
give the people more direct voice In
the selection of the representatives
through whom they shall rule. II
makes the legislators. executives and
judges. through whom the people In :,
, republican form of government rule,
, more directly responsible TO the peo-
pie This is the first year OF Its opera
ton In this state 1t should be taken
, advantage of to the fullest extent th 4
!, the people may in fact. through their
representatives. rule.
and selling plan. From the start they