The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-05-10
, PRIMARY ELEGTIONLAW
ND SOME RESULTS FROM

kee Statewide Primary Election Law
is State had on Monday last, May
M test in the selection Of candidates
PRESIDENT Of the two great political
es.
&c Baltimore press, or more properly
hiking, the Democratic press, Of Bali-
H, has for a long time been very
Norous for a Statewide Primary Law,
Prihe Legislature was finally induced
ISIS the bill 1t is now within the
r, Of all intelligent people to pass
ssnent upon the practical results Of
daw in its operation in this State In
rst place it is cumbersome, complex
Blnything but specific and clear to
IS verage voter.
en it is an extremely expensive law,
costs the State entirely too much
Az, especially as the taxpayers OF
land are already too heavily bur
4 now by the wild cat appropriations
" sorts Of schemes forced through the
Mature by which the money Of the
neyers is given away, while offices
eing created and salaries increased
~ ever an opportunity offers, or some
- Office holder asks for an increase.
a,las long been crying demand of
Eiaaxpayers Of the State that there
ehd be economy Of the public money
be said that no expense should
!, in the way OF great public ben
7tnd that is very true, but it ought
rteo be shown that a great public ex-
j, is great public benefit Now is
f6tste-wide Primary Law a great
nv beneft9
t CAV well be said that the friends and
.ates of the law intended and be-
*, That it would be a great public
tt
n,& this question is very easily deter
a by looking at the results of the
b lential primary election which was
DC ne sixth of the present month In
q ST place, not half of the voters Of
IL ate voted at the said primary cleo
l"'2f either the Democratic or Re
II an party, and hence the result does
any true sense reflect the public
) ent or the judgment Of a majority
edpeople and voters Of either ofthe
political parties And it is further
eeident that the minority who did
the said primary, did not and
hl not represent the judgment and
alyolilical sentiment Of a majority of
negligent voters OF either Of the said f.
:. for it is a we'll known fact by all /
NJ is, as a rule the busy and in,elH- /
dtass who do not attend the pri- I
in any form, while the primaries /
Rr always have been attends d by /
ulars and ne er-do-wells, and by .
br terate and the veual voters.
5 was all clearly and coucIusively F.
; in the late primary, by the results .
d have been reached, which clearly /
b, that sound, patriotic judgment
e little or no part in the mind Of
ia laiority of the voters Of said pri-
u This will be clear to every man
be ill give it a little thought
htle the result Of the primary so far
ullaaects the Republican party, for
Vke Of the argument. BY the Pri-
c, ,aw the sixteen votes of the State
nj given to Mr. Roosevelt at the
IS oIican nomination for President
v ire also told that sixty Republican
in Howard county produced this
n and suffice it is to say that those
III totes and many more were cast by
a iterate and venal negroes, for the
ef es almost to a man voted Tor
~.
Y only this, but these sixten votes
( possibly make the nomination of
Il welt a certainty, from which ca
y all good people should pray for
nerance.
Frj unquestionably true that the negro
)f the State decided the Republican
nv in favor of Mr. Roosevelt and
equally true, that the best and
Intelligent voters Of the State as a
id not take part in the primary