The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-16
NORTH DAKOTA TO
} Be N L|MEL|GHT
Northwestern State to Mo-
nopolize Center of At
tention Tuesday.
tNatjonal News Associatson)

day when q Statewide primary will be
held to give the voters OF both the
leading parties an opportunity to ex.
press their preference for candidates
for the presidential nomination. The
primary will be the first of its kind
ever held in any of the States and will
mark an important innovation in
American politics.
The idea Of presidential preference
primaries 10 an outgrowth Of the d..
rect election plan which originated in
Oregon several years ago. The pri-
maries in this State next week will az
ford the first demonstration Of how
the idea works out in practice. The
theory on which the scheme is based
10 generally conceded to be sound by
the politicians OF all parties. 1t is the
theory that delegates who place in
nomination men for the highest Off,
Ces In the land should represent the
,people.directly. and not merely the pol
jiticians. The direct elections will do
away with the conventions. which
heretofore have been held for the Sc
lection OF delegates to the national
conventions. and. 1t is believed, will
insure the carrying out OF the popular
will. with no miscarriages due to po-
iitical manipulation.
othsr Primary States.
{. In addition to North Dakota, the
states that will try out the primary
plan this year in the selection of the
whole or part Of their delegations to
the national conventions include New
York. Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska.
Michigan, California, Oregon, Ohio,
New Jersey and South Dakota. II the
results Of the plan work out as its sup
porters anticipate. and there are
found to be no counterbalancing bad
effects from the new law. 1t is safe to
say that by 1916 the direct primary
system will be adopted by practically
all Of the States.
The North Dakota primaries, howev-
ef. possess an interest that Is OF more
direct importance to the politicians for
t9e time being than anything that con.
Germs the theoretical aspect of the new
law. Upon the results of the popular
votc to be cast here next Tuesday is
believed to depend in no small meas
ure the chances for success of two as
pirants for the Republican presidential
Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt and
Robert M. La Toilette. OF the two, the
chances Of La Toilette are most vitality
concerned. II La Toilette should sweep
the State. the result would be a tenn.
rorary setback for the Roosevelt
boom. On the other hand. 1t 10 conced,
ed on all, sides that a pronounced
Roosevelt victory would sound the
death knell Of the La Toilette candi.
dacy. for 1t has been claimed all along
that the La Toilette brand OF progress
siyeism has taken deeper root in North
Dakota than In any other state and
that the Wisconsin senator has had
proportionately a larger number of
supporters among the Republicans of
North Dakota than were to be found in
his home state.
Strenuous Campaign.
The campaign which practically
closed today has been strenuously con-
! Quoted on both sides. Many Of the best
speakers In the Roosevelt and La Fol-
lStte camps have been stamping the
state from end to end the past two
/. weeks. The end of the Aght finds the
Roosevelt managers brimful Of conf
dence In the result. They undoubtedly
believe that the former President will
sweep the State. One of the principal
grounds for their belief il found in the
fact that Colonel Roosevelt il known
In North Dakota better than he Ia in
!. most states, for he lived on a ranch
mere for years.
The La Toilette managers are anx-
i0us for Anc weather on primary day,
No much depends upon 1t in the rural
districts. The La Toilette forces con-
tend that the rural vote will be strong
for the Wisconsin senator. The Roose-
welt boosters. on the other hand, say
they have nothing to fear on that
. score.
Taft's name will appear ON the pri-
mary ballot. but the friends of the
President long ago decided to make no
active night here. 1t il the only State
they are willing to concede to the "in-
surgents" without = struggle. The
President has many friends here, but
there are many Republicans who are
against him, some Of whom are against
him because they are for Roosevelt or
La Toilette and others whose opposi.
ton 10 based upon the Presidents es-
pousal Of Canadian reciprocity, which
was considered inimical to the agricul-
tural interests OF North Dakota.
In the Democratic party there will
be no contest for the delegation to the
Baltimore convention as a result of
an agreement between the Wilson and
Harmon forces to let 1t go to Governor
Burke. The Harmon and Wilson people
Of course, are hopeful Of placing some
OF their men on the delegation, so that
in the event Governor Burke has NO
chance for the. presidential nomina-
ton, they will b able to support, eth
or tho Ohio or the New Jersey COVER.
nor.
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