The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-21
~ CHARLES d.. HILLEs,
Chairman Of the Repub1ican Ma.
tiOns1 Com Sttee.


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to national political party organizations
call, mos. urgently for standardization
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In many Of the primary states. having
the preference feature In operation, the
instructions voted are practically As
rigidly binding on the delegates chosen
as are those imposed OF the electors
after the party nominations have been
made. II all primaries which relat
exclusively to delegates to Presidential
conventions were held simultaneously
there would result a distinct benefit In
that one State would not exercise an
undue atmospheric influence over an.
other.
IL then would he impossible FOR the
nartisans Of one candidate or another to
,nUve from State to state for the purpose
~ ar,iaci.IIy celebrating sentiment In
favor of such candidates. While /, IL
true that the same objection regarding
tho activity OF the dying squadrons'
dasbinv from State TO state might I'D
raised in connection with the convention
,,a,hod of e~,ec,ing delegates the prefer.
.nce feature AS expressed through the
,~rin,a,v makes the for cleo
,,ons on tho Same DAY in the diNeren'
states especially strong.
There are features of the s,ua''o1
-. .a.tnr. hnu.v.r that more for
o,h,, ,,,n.,ra,o tho need OF uniformity
,".It,a,in u,o,Id tend TO remov.
.av.,aI ,.s,ri,,i ions that are the cause
:, d., oonrn,.in,
,h,.a -, , cen,nrs the Republi.
u,.... ROC dea,, With the Congres
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.n g, n,,,o,., conventions Will,
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5a,.ca.o r.nresen.at,on the Ia VS. In som,
go. dn I.nder Some. State laws III,
800 20 ,hn da,ap,,es from, that stat.
u.hr. an n,h.rs such delegate /,
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-, ,,av.s ,h. relationship betwee,
ras ,ror, dineren. states en-
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W.. ,nt,s,rnc,.d delegates in the ordI
80 .e,sa ~ ,he terms. Under one Law
cannot he a candidate for delega,.
sxcan, wi,h tho consent, OF an avowec
.,rd,d,,. 10, the Presidential nomina,
80 u,I.r .no,her he must declare whom
wv" r "a n.-n,ns he limited in hi.
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All ,n,to. n, candidacy in that particu
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state Laws HeSse"@o'
=, ia nm, only rho question of a wrons
r-,r,.,,o /, connection with certain o
r.. ,r,rary ,av. Tina, merits attention
In, .s well tho question Of the wisdom o.
Iav,ny delegates elected under sucl
o., ting r,l.s and sitting in convention.
i'm such widely divergent relationship
Her. is shown the necessity for stand
ardiza,iou above all else. An cxamina
ton OF some of the state laws specifi
cally will suggest features. moreover
Of which any plan OF standardizat.o
should take particular note.
In California the law calls FOR the cleo
ton of all delegates as delegates a
large. The California situation in I'M
respect supplied one OF the unfortuna''
bones OF contention in the prel!m!nar!
work Of the Republican national conven
ton four years ago. As INDICATED prev
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