The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-05-07
Shall w 20 Back to the Convention System

Pfa tho assembling Of the delegates in the constitutional
convention Of 1928 there was uc an sStam aiS Candidates
@ hic Ii:e 9 france Of that constitution felt that
tbair nojIr would be sealed if they did pat themsel
a IN re, regard matter and for that reason arcle
% o. oed AMI m a part OF the organic law OF the state
Since that time political aWm2ker has ha9 the f @
n snnoo.t n nge in the primary election method OF noh-
ti canda much less the afrontry to attempt to eect
change Now however, since tA2 eapSe OF neSe man! yts'
have di- overe VINO ventures to suggest tnas II Is % T
90 back he convention system OF olnn1lg cano9 M
noitra] Offices This is Waiter Burke OF eW loera To
was at one time spoken Of as cadaate 70 succeed o @
tho nxpcntya chair he careful to not make he
@ M nay concluded that he could not be nominated tor GOV
] nndo thn resent method OF naming candidates. However
# tho next constitutional convention should recmmen hC ue
r bv pass laws providing for the nomination OF can
daes for public Office by the DID, repT0Gated convention system
M nav launch his gubernatoria boat Louslanas po
Ill.,; a Nir Burke says that the primary system prevailing
td ABSOLUTELY prevents the by wAich the best there
our State gathered pero lcay Deang t1e cos oa1
f tho hottpr n Of the state only after the demand OF
the neope for the primary method OF nominating candidates Tor
hc cn had become so imperative that the politicians no long
~ od to onnose it. that the demand heede Inns system
has been tried and tested successfully and satisfactorily by the
neon that the office seeking politician has found no pace Wee
be can mil off any slghofhand performances in the political
arena and by this time he has become 50 hungry Tor oc pap
that he willing to suggest any hs or as 70 Tie &
situation could not be worse since ne must sand ana gaze WIN
onono ewes through primary fence at others who have scaled
and are now feeding at the public cro Inc primary metnoa
dominating candidates public office the only means by which
r can be preserved and the Capitalization power
in the hands of few designing politicians prevented The time
has not come and never will when the primary election sys
tenn will not maintain force and to the citizens
If the state the control of their political affairs has enabled
them to out in control the business of government those who
have themselves honest and worthy of trust and
dene SO that the pures in thought and life have been delegated
the of the people branch of
ment We do not wish be understood saying that the
Mo IN urinary elections make mistakes in eectng nominal
inc candidates for Office but do that they make fewer mis-
takes than was made the history Of nominating conven
tons In the DAYS of the nominating contention rot
for the creature Of false his
trust and as result the state has suffered such disgrace IN e
the financial world but where the in high position
or low position who proved receant to his trust since the in
auguraon Of the primary system Of nominating candidates?
Whatever else may happen devoay wish that peo-
no NAV he shared the disgrace Of returning to the DID, reproba
ed convention method of nominating candidates for public office
for those who succeed best in manipulating nominating coVen
ton are who are possessed by principle but ready to
aka hv any, method within reach which will satisfy their
political ambitions ~ "
the alert and when it comes eectng delegate the next
stitiona convention be that he is who will stand for
the protection of the civil and political right of the
fight to the last ditch for the retention of the present method OF
nominating candidates for public office.