The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-07

can De easily understood by any per-
son who will take the trouble to read It
The first step under the law is the
enrolment Of the voters to establish
their party Utilization, as provided IN
Article g. each elector simply signs
the register as a voter in some one 0t
the political parties in the enrolment
book with tie municipal or township
clerk This then entities the elector
to vote at the primary or party cleo
ton OF that party; but unless he is en-
rolled. he cannot vote. There is no
provision for voter to swear in his
vote. # he could, there would be no
need of having the enrolment at all.
Ii a voter does not wish to take part
IL any party election, he. OF course,
need not register lor the primary
election.
The next step under the law is Sec
tion 33 which provides for the ma
Jority faction anu the minority faction
in each party to call mass meeting,
separately, at the court house in each
county, at 2 o'clock y. m, on the first
Tuesday (the second Gay) of Decem-
can hold a separate December mass
meeting and each faction BY majority
vote of the members present can
elect one proposal comm . teeman for
each precinct ia the county TO repre-.
sent that faction OF the party at the
county proposal meeting, at / O'Clock
p. ru. on the first Wednesday (the 1th
day) Of January, 1914. At the Decem-
Der mass meeting there can also be
elected one state proposal cTlmlttee.
man to repres.At each faction OF the
party for the s,~se proposal meeting to
be held in the Capitol building at
Pierre at 10 O'Clock a. M, on the first
Monday (the 5th day. OF January.
1914. After this year, there will be no
more mass meetings held, as the pro-
posal committeeman will be elected
by direct vote OF the people at each
primary election to serve, in the in
itiatory meetings, for the next primary
election. 1t is therefore necessary to
give the new primary law two trials
to determine its value in results.
The next step 10 the state proposal
meetings held in the Capitol building
ct Pierre at 10 o'clock a. M, on the
first Monday (the 9th day. OF January.
1914. The minority faction OF each
party meets In the Senate Chamber,
the majority faction in the House
Chamber, and are assigned separate
committee rooms. where each faction
openly and publicly proposes candi.
dates and platforms, which are signed
by the candidates and filed with the
Secretary of State and recorded and
printed in the state publicity pamphlet,
which is mailed 70 every voter.
After the state meetings, the next
step IL the County meetings, On the
hrst Wednesday 1.-THE 7th day. Of Jan.
uary. 1914. at the Court House n each
county seat an1 aTe conductea In the
same manner - the state propose!
meetings. excsD4 chat the filings Of
the proposals are made with the Coun,
" Auditor. Il.
Persons not satisfied with the plat
forms and candidates OF the minority
or majority faction can. within II
days after the proposal meetings. have
any candidate they wish, placed upon
the party ballot and who will run In.
dependent. of any faction, in the first
column on the primary ballot, by nj
ing a petition, signed by two per cent
Of the party voters, with the Secretary
Of State, for state Offices, or With tho
County Auditor for county Offices.
Then all the proposed platforms and
candidates are printed on the party
primary ballot and submitted to d.
rect vote Of the party members at the
primary election on the fourth Tues
day (the oath day) of March, 1914.
One Of the strongest points Of tho
new primary law Is the form OF ballot
which is plain and simple. The eco
nomic and personal phases Of the bal
lot are in plain sight. The platform
and the candidate are In a lineup on
the ballot SO as to nominate the nec-
essary machinery of the govern
ment to enact the laws. Each voter
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