Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-17
VOTERS TO HAVE
. THEIR HANDS FULL
DURING THE YEAR
Conventions and Elections
Will Keep Politics Hum
ming in Idaho-National
Matters Come First.

Politically 1916 is to he convention
and a primary year for both national
and state elections are to take place,
which means not little preliminary
work will have to be done in the nom
ination of candidates and the adoption
of platforms. There will be too cleo
tions, the first on Sept. when the
candidates for various congressional
and state office are nominated at the
primaries, and the general election on
Nov. when the chosen ones are elect
ed to office. In addition there may be
primary elections by parties for the
election of delegates to state conven-
tons, which shall in turn elect dele
gates to national conventions; the cleo
ton, either by preferential primaries
or by conventions, of national commit
teemen and the election of delegates to
county conventions which shall in turn
elect delegates to state conventions to
promulSate party platforms on which
candidates shall stand. The present
year is indeed an election year when
all voters will have their hands fun
/ endcavoring to keep track OF the mul =
titude of duties they will be called upon
to perform in the proper use of their
franchise.
The primary election this year is set
for September, the same month the last
election was held. 1t had prior to 1914
been held earlier The Twelfth lesis-
lature decided to set the date later for
it was believed there would be a heav
Ter vote cast, especially in the rural
! Af inn
would then be over. The first Tuesday
in September was therefore decided
upon. This date makes a long primary
campaign and short general election
campaign. 1t remains to be seen how
it will work out.
Numerous State Elections.
There will be at least -four state con-
Ventions, while each county win have a
county convention. The first conVen-
tlons TO be held will be prior to the
date of the converting of the national
conventions, and are for the purpose
of electing delegates from this state to
those conventions. 1t is the duty OF
the respective state central committees
OF the parties to set dates for the hold
ing OF these conventions and to deter
l hlil' i'N Ni'f hti'S fhifS W sum 'bll-
Yentions shah be elected from the re
/ spectiVe counties. The Democratic
state central committee has been sum
moned to meet here March o for that
purpose. The Republican state central
I committee has set April 90 at Twin
/ Falls for the state convention These
/ conventions will be held two weeks or
/ 10 days prior to the dates of the con
/ vening of the national conventions.
! May Have Preferential Primaries.
4 The state committees may leave il
optional with the county committees
to determine how the delegates to the
state conventions may be elected, or
may designate that the delegates eth
or he elected at primary elections Ia
! be held in the respective counties OF
/ by the old system OF the county com
mittees naming them. The Democratic
national platform declared in favor OF
preferential primaries, which seems tc
! be the more popular manner of secur-
ing an expression from the electors al
large. The Democratic party has usu-
ally named its national committeeman
at the state convention. The Repub-
: lican party has allowed the delegates
to the national convention to attend tt
the naming of this committeeman. In