The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
| 8 CuMM|NS, Iowa

ex-presNe nt. These speeches will give
the thou\ nds in the galleries their op-
portunityFor participation in the big
show. demonstrations of shouts.
flag wavint and the like, in which the
enthusiasnAts gaugea by the number
Of minutesthe din continues, have
become famAa in recAt years. Aft
erward comd the nom nation of the
candidate forRice president. which is
greeted with d dified enthusiasm, for.
although threeR epublicA vice presi-
dents have beeAelevated % the chief
magistracy by Il death oApresidents,
comparatively lite popula.interest is
awakened in thu choice Oh the man
who has second ace on TIA ticket.
"And so home hd to bedt as Mr..
Pepys would say. any rate,hfter his
strenuous days I'M Chicago. tat Will
be the best place the averaie dele
gate.
The "Three P's" This CAM isn.
Most important the unusual fea-
lures Of the earlytages of the presi-
Dental campaign 1912 has been the
preferential presidf ial primary. Agi-
tation for direct n pares as a means
of foiling the mad mai lions of bosses
has been acute foteveral years, but
this is the first PRUDENTIAL contest in
which this device 4 ascertaining the
popular will has feAd. Even now.
in spite Of the atteollb they have at
tracted. real prefefall primaries for
the selection Of pr&n\tia candidates
are established by ! il b only a sma Il
minority of the sta fThe first state
to enact a presidAlI primary law
was Oregon in 191Cl be other states
which have adoptele, innovation in
some form or anot are California.
Illinois. Maryland, IA tchusetts. Min
nesota, Nebraska, ] Jersey, North
and South Dakot$ nsd Wisconsin.
Pennsylvania and CE1ave not pref
erential primaries in { ordinary sense
Of the term. The,o'}ose congress
district delegates to national con
vention by primary, le eave the cleo.
ton of delegates atg e to a state
convention. in accaere with old
usage.
Maine and Michiga I've preferen
tial primary laws, bte3y were not
operative in this By campaign.
voluntary" president rimaries are
in vogue in several hIs. including
Kansas, Georgia. Fla land Rhode
Island. In all the stAh:1e agitation
for the new system wa rby the sup
porters of Roosevelt aiIlison
North Dakota Bran primary.
In North Dakota no octions are
imposed upon legal v0 rAny man
may express his preferk Without re-
gard to his party af1iliai Ia + the last
election. The North "a law re-
quires the delegates I'd Nan oath
to vote in exact accordE 18th their
instructions. This metb LAT they
cannot Shift their votel tia Fol
lette, to whom they al, aged, to
any other candidate why sne may
come before the conven4o tr could
they under the terms ola Wv vote
to- make unanimous the II sor any
other candidate. even II ;i1all the
other delegates should 81. : This
!! provision, however, is OR prac-
teal effect since the dele4itf they
ignored it, would be amt Tito no
punishment under the petAte and
since, if they we're held = ~ con-
mitted an offense, it wou soe IN
der the jurisdiction Of ND ID not
of North Dakota. l#
The Illinois primary. WI, aved
20 important a. part in the OF
Colonel Roosevelt, was TN OF
the passage Of an. emergend edgn
ed BY Governor Deneen oA afbed
late In March. Under its rens
tho sots q each cohgren 10y is