Arizona republican., 1916-01-06

law adopted and accepted by all the people of the state be enforced. and presented to us. therefore. is the problem. how shall election of state officers he made partisan and tho laws that have been duly enacted and are in force today he preserved aS well? II is obvious that We can no more rightfuily disregard one law than another and that officials are huund to obey all thr laws of the state. II is our plain duty, therefore. while recognizing the result of the recent special election and carrying out what those who then voted de- clared should be the policy of the state-the nomination and election hv parties and in partisan fashion of candidates for state uffices-to main tain and uphold q plain statute which has neither been questioneC nor chai- iengcd. and which tp to this time all of the people of the state of Califor- nit have accepted ann acquiesced in. Speedily and readily the result may be attained by the amendment of the primary law. and hy this amendment candidates for state offices wilt be nominated by political parties and will he elected wholly in partisan fashion
 and the registration law will h,. pre- served intact The time of the Iecl8ra ton of party affiliation is simply changed from the time of registration tu the time of the primary This is neither a new nor l novel proceeding II Is the course pursued in tho ma jorfty of tho states having primary laws Today. in states like Nas~8chu- S tits. Idaho. Indiana. Michigan. Min
 cEotI. West Virginia, Illinois Wis on sin, Arizona. Colorado Kansas. Mis- s"url. Montana and others. tho voter declares his party civilization at the time of the primary amt surely it will not be argued that the election laws If these states arc nnn-partiSaU l repeat that by the amendment pro posed to the primary law. every off cLl rtuuired io be elected in the state NiN be nominated as the canCf- 1 date of political party and will h, ! elected IS it candidate Of d. political party If this lo done. no man act ing in good faith can ask more. If ! tA" registration law were today ! amended. the amendment could not | rake effect until ninety days after the adoption pf the amendment Reg i~,ratI"n is [" commence con the first day Of January. and To continue then !
 
 primary to be held on OF about May 1 -nd. II is important therefore. that { Il re@iStIation law Joe in effect now and for the period required in order ! that there may hoe no more confusion 1 hereafter If any other reason were ! needed for uuholding what We have ! s'iemn'\ enacted. and what today rs 1 the law. II is presented with imam @Werahie logic by th- fact that we i ""uid but add C. the confusion now existing and leave tho lection laws still uncertain and inoperativc. far more than three months hy an ai .emnted amendment of inc registration law.
 I'm ifs larger sense. however the reason for the amendment of the primary law f- that bl that amend ment We do exactly what tn. ma iori5,- "h" voted at the special election
 october 26tl Gecreed should he. done anu We maintain the law duly enacted and unanimously acguiesccd in
 here H#S mot a single ypta il, fba senate of the state of California :t fba '3l' session east against the regtstr3
 i"n law nor was there a siuale vote asst in that hody against the prcsj- itHtII preference primary law. and yet the presidential preference rri
 nary law then enacted with this IhfnImity distinctly provided for the ieciaTatlon of party affiliations ar mo iflmary itself and at no other
 It is worse than a confusion of
 H"usAt to say tina the win of the 'f"i4e Was expressed upon rcgistra non at the recent special election. ms not So The will O fthc people lpcn registration was expressed l,,- he representatives of the pcol.i. ..r me legislative session of 1915. and hereafter expressed bv all of inc people m the failure of any tn at- ack the registration law or invoke salhsl It the referendum l. is notb- n@ short of misrepresentation to as- h 'I' lhat Inc amendment Of the pri- nary law in the manner sugpeeted
 makes the election system of tbr .1'''" A"n-partisau. The amendment | suggested makes the election system l '4 this state partisan. It makes system by which the political uar- les or the state will nominate capdi- | iateS for state offices Those caDli- l 'ates Wiu then have their names 'rmied on the official election ballot ; Flth their party designation and win 'e voted for as partisan candidates ! 70 clam otherwise. k to demonstrate | . 'lther a poverty of intellect or tbe Hllui design of misrepresentation
 " may be that other means could be 'eVised for partisan nominations and 'aftisin elections. and that if time permitted and no confusion would re- | ''uI another mode might be presented ;" cure the existing defects. Eut l whether other courses might be adopt 'd' whether any mode could be sl,a- 'eSted that would meet the approval ! T the most captious, the mode now suggested does do exactly the very hlhs desired requires nominations of candidates by political parties and lection of candidates as candidates of political parties in partisan fashion
 San Francisco Normal School
 The san Francisco Normal school S occupying practically ternporarz- quarters. The buildings are upsi,ebtI, md unsafe. All of us who are familiar with the situation have long known hat if was question of but n briaf