The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-03
REPUBLICANS TO
HOLD PRIMARY
SEPTEMBER |
Plan of Sub Committee Accept
ed BY State Organization
DEBOER SCORES GOVERNOR
Says Executive Should Have Called
Extra Session for Enactment of
Primary Law

Montpelier, July 2.-Outside of the
unanimous recommendation of the
state committee for the adoption of
the direct primary plan, the sensation
OF today's meeting of state republi-
cans was the ringing arraignment of
Governor Fletcher by Joseph Arend
DeBoer for his failure to call the Leg
islature into special session to enact a
formal primary law.
There was no very serious amend
ment of the plan for a primary sub
mtted by Hale X. Darling of Chelsea
and Herbert G.. Barber of Brattleboro
for the subcommittee, except to
strike out the section dealing with
the election flown and county com
mitteemen at the primary and to pro
vide for naming officials to have
charge Of the primaries if the republi-
can town committees fail to act.
The main provisions of the latter
are rs follows:
Primary To be held September | un-
der supervision of republican town
committees, who shall provide voting
places and post notices.
Candidates include all state Off
GERS, United States senator and con
gressmen, desiring to have their
names on the official ballot, to file on
or before August l certificates with
secretary of state or district commit
tee in form prescribed, signed by 500
voters in case of state office or Unit
ed States senator and $50 in case of
members of Congress
Form ballot and certificates is pro-
vided. All candidates TO get on ballot
must agree TO abide by result of vote.
Chairman and secretary to be elect
ed by voters and all expenses except
printing ballots borne by local com
mittees.
Legal voters in November election
who intend to support candidates of
republican party eligible to vote in
primary and record to be kept of all
persons voting, which list shall be
open to all party committees.
Caucus check list to be used where
filed. Conventions to be held to con
firm choice of primaries, delegates to
be pledged to carry out the results OF
primary before being eligible to parti-
cipate in convention.
Town committees to count votes
and certify to secretaries of state and
district committees. and state com
mit.ee to canvass vote before Septem
Der 10. Secretary of committee to an
nounce result to convention, state and
district.
In case no person files for Office To
be voted on at primary or a vacancy
occurs from any cause, convention
shall fiji vancancies
Expense accounts to be fled by can
didates with secretary of state com
mittee and by him handed to the
press. If candidate refuses so to file,
convention may proceed to nominate.
Platforms to be formulated by CON
ventions and successful candidates to
be members of convention which
frames platforms.
Hours and places of voting shall be
fixed by local committees. but limited
to two hours in towns of 500 or less:
up to 1000. three hours; 5000. four
hours; 5000, five hours; over 5000. six
hours.
In presenting the report. the sub
committee said i'm part:
Two requirements seem absolute
ly essential to the effectiveness of The
proposed plan. first. a pledge on the
part OF all candidates in the primary
to abide by its results; second. a
pledge on the part of the delegates
chosen al the primary TO vote in the
conventions for the nomination OF
candidates who prevail in the pri-
mary.
Under our present statutes no way