The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
MOOSE TAKES Lead
HING UGH PROGRC Tvs, IN
TEoDUcEa a PREGIDEGTIH
Urinary Sill
Bac&ED BY ALL HIS PARTY
CzapcrI!s Hcslt0nt At0u2 pIttinO
Uilaon's Guegevtion Int Zero ~
,Ios3urB-Such Law MIGHT
Eormit Wemem t. Vote.
by GEORGE CLIFTON.

by GEORGE CLIFTON.
Y in ton.--It 10 0 representative
o. the ProGressive party Tho, With the
.pprov Of tho party'9 organisatioA. 10
tn Lrst to ct into the field of leEis-
lotion With o pre- idential prim r. bill.
ReprC ent tive Hinebaugh, ProgreE-
siy Q, of lllino. We the author of the
mcclure to put into the la the a2irit
and the lett of the pronounccmCnt in
favor Of proIidentill prim lrieJ made
by the Progressive party in its con-
vention At Chicago ono year ago last
August
The legislative r. ference committee
of the Progressive party has just met
and has given the bill of Mr.. Hine-
baugh its Endorsement There are
that one Of the provisions of the bill
is open to criticism and that perhaps
another bill drawn by Mr. Hinebaugh
early last spring is in this one particu-
lar better suited to the case. The
measure just introduced by the Illinois
stand as the expression of the Pro
gressive party's endeavor in the presi-
Dental primary matter.
Thus far no Democrat In congress
has cared to crystalline the party chief
tain's recommendation for presiden-
tial primaries into the form of a bill.
1t was expected that Jealous party
rhen seeking for prestige and renown
would put the typewriter through the
PAGES and make race for the bill
basket with the first proposition to
give effect to the presidents wishes.
Nothing of the kim has happened.
Thus far no announcement OF the
administration purpose in its own
behalf has been made. 1t may be that
before long the president, on mis- own
initiative, will see that measure en-
bodying his ideas is introduced. but
perhaps with his lone thing at a
time" program he will postpone the
/ ent season.
Hinebaugh's Two Bills.
1t was early in the spring that the
/ first Hinebaugh primary bill was in
/ troduced into congress. AS has been
| said, 1t has been superseded by an
other bill by the same author. In the
/ first bill many of the election func-
I tons are left to the various states. In
| the second bill there is a provision
/ which creates a board Of national
election commissioners to be composed
| of five persons, to be appointed by the
president, by and with the advice and
consent of the senate, and places in
the hands of this national election
commission all the functions which
under the first bill would be left to the
various states"
Back of the Hinebaugh bill stand
the Progressives now in congress.
While there is some difference Of
opinion. as has been said. concerning
the substitution of the federal for the
state control features, the bill as 1t
stands probably will be made the
standard of the Progressives' sane
toned legislation.
Would Permit Women to Vote.
II congress shall pass the presiden-
tial primary law it is believed that un-
der 1t women will be allowed to vote
A constitutional amendment Is not
necessary to put a presidential pri-
mary into effect. There seems to be
nothing in the document to forbid
women from voting in presidential pri.
maries If the law instituting them
shall be worded properly.
Representative Lafferty of Oregon,
who is carried in the Congressional
Directory as Progressive Republican,
printed just as 1t Is here with no
hyphen and with both words capital.
lied. has followed in the trail of Rep.
resentative Hinebaugh of Illinois and
has introduced a presidential primary
bill on his own account. When Mr.
Lafferty came to congress he declared
himself Progressive. 1t Is now said
that he prefers to be called Republi.
can, though he wishes to be known as
one with Progressive marks looming
large The Progressives. however. II
is said. will prefer to follow the presi
Dental priamry lead of Mr.. Hinebaugh
No "Harshness" for Business.
When Washington heard from
Indianapolis that Vice-President Mar
shall had intimated in an inter.
view given in the capital of his
home state that there would be no
drastic antitrust legislation this win
ter, there were some people who
thought that the vice-president had
made a serious blunder and that be
would find himself completely at outs
with the president of the United
States.
AS has been forecast in these dis
patches from Washington, the condi
ton seems to be very much as the
vice-president has outlined it. Mr.