Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-07
PHONE NO. 39.
Sunday Morning, May 2, 1916.
THE DIRECT PRIMARY. AGAIN

THE DIRECT PRIMARY AGAIN
 The Omaha World Herald prints letter from Robert Ross of Lexington Nebraska, a candidate, un der primary law president of the United States and who received between 15,OOO 10000 votes about twenty the total votes cast MT Ross qualified both the republican and democratic tic kets While he in the lead either ticket, his aggregate larger than that of Estabrook fo example and nearly equaled that of Cummins, who gets the republican ticket that of Henry Ford who less than three hundred votes behind Cummins
 Few people of Nebraska knew anything of Ross They didn't know in what business he engaged or what sort platform he running In view of the heavy vote for him. citizen of Wayne Neb wrote MT Ross asking facts regarding himself Under head showing the candidate to be the proprietor of a livery stable the following reply written:
 Lexington, Neb, April 24, 1916 Wayne, Neb- MT w L. Gaston sir:-your card received and will say that l was borned in Repley Ohio My parents moved from there when years old to Cattlesburg, was there and Portsmouth Ohio and raised meth odist of which my parents when about T. came to nebraska Lexington Dawson Go about 31 was on ranches and later for about 25 years differ ent things the vangelica Church in early days and now member Presbyterian here in Lexing ton Neb for about years. have taken drink liquor my father eather since was old enough to till he died you preachers ought to get busy ano give the delegates under stand what intention E ii they nominated man whiskey type going ii tou faced as some of truy-Robert G. Ross Lexington Neb"
 MT Ross may be and probably is a successful ger of livery stable which a perfectly legitimate an6 honorable business The proprietor of livery stable fbf above letter MT Ross is man of absolutely education and hasn't the slightest of public question He doesn't know there are things public questions
 Yet a man of that stamp-utterly unqualified for 9 position on the council of five hundred people the direct primary law in state having next ' the lowest percentage teracy all the state in the union twenty per cent of the aggregate vote cast by the two great political parties
 This showing made by the primary law as ezer csed by one of intelligent electorates of the United States time when this nation faces con ditions importance which involve the gravest consequences If there time since the civil war when country needed big broad-minded clear-visioned decisive in the White House, it is now nearly years the nation has been confront ed the gravest ngersand the next four five years are sure to be charged with of the most solemn import Yet the system devised for the rule of the people" twenty per cent of the voters the polls the great agricultural and indus trial of Nebraska cast their ballots for an gnora their choice for president of the United States
 done in Nebraska might be done under primary in any other state of the unon and easily conceivable that glibtalkng demagogue of nc qualifications membership in the New Mexico legisa ture might nominated for president by of the great political parties When have such congress men and senators have anything is possible to the country should the direct preference primary be come generaI-Albuquerque Morning Journal