Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-23

Not Constitution, bat IL Administration.
North Platte Asb May g2--To the Edl.
Tor of The Bee! n there ia any fault with
our government u Ia more with tho admin.
lsiraton than In the organization We have
TOO much decorative administration. AZ In
dlyiduals We are independent Of each
othsrj - W sEsrsEats In society. We sur.
render portion OF our individuality for
the better protection Of the whole Thus
We have county, state and national orRan.
zation, based upon some Fundamental rule
OF action, This we call our constitution,
rhs people assemble and formulate pur.
pohe--a platform. The people now elect
their representative 10 put their purpose In
execution This Ia ths peopls's initiative
A. the electoral period comes around, tho
people reasonable, review, rsvise and
amend their purpose. This Is the peoples
recall and amendment
The constitution, ss IL nov stands. ia sui.
neient for the equitable administration Of
government ~ there ara any errors In the
administration OF government ths remedy
lies IN getting into the administration and
correcting The errors, There Ia too much
decoration In legislation, administration and
judicial procedure But changing ths con
sutution viii moi remedy H. Experts In
legal procedure work their business for all
there is In a. Another thing the victims Of
legal procedure are the subjects Of their |
unfortunate environments. One per cent
Of the people who live on Of legislative and
political exchanges may desire a change,
ss II promotes their business But the 90 |
per cent who support the system are in.
different 10 it Take our primary election |
law, The more We tinker with IL, the more
confused and inefficient It becomes our
old nominating system was good. but tho
political experts that worked IL saw they
we're liable 10 lose control Of Il and changed
Il 10 amuas the people while they worked
their control and ws do not sse the end
yet Just 40 with constitutional amend.
ments
We should continue our political actiw.
Ties BY legislative assemblies and otherwlas,
such Il the nations school Of politics--tho
ability OF the people for self government
The people OF this country are wiser than
he experts suspect Make this a govern.
ment Of the people by the people and for
tho people work out the supsrnuoua fun.
sus growth, LucIEN sTEBHINs
Douglas County Primaries
south Side Omaha, May g2--To the Ed.
tor OF The Bee: l am decidedly In favor
OF law to prohibit the getting up Of slatss,
for Il helps TO annul tho spirit Of the pri-
mary Law. which ia already In bad rsputs
slth most conservative thinkers and voters
II man cannot vote intelllssnty al the
primaries without having workers hand
him printed lists of names to be voted on
A. the polls he should not vote az ali
make no apology in making The state
ment that when ! found states with printed
names on them a. the polling place where
l acted | either threw them away or tore
them up. ! did lt whether the states we're
ot democratic or republican candidates
Men who eARnot vote without haunE
someone else tell them how ought to stay
away from the polls
Il likely that men were named on both
tickets that never would have been named
but fof the states ana It is certain that ths
road bonds would not have been carried had
u not been for the work of the slate makers
The primary law should b. repeated and
ths old delegate system should be proyidad
Tor with some ehsngts from the oid aB
gom. wher men are handled al the pots
a. 80 much putty At waf The case m
April u s time some new system Or aopis
od sSs,em was established The ptiman
slstsm lakes an tha ad5tms enthusiasm
from peltuest campaigns sad s Hrsat dis
organiser a. Il shawn Va lha mpddled up
condition lhe peitiss ot ths eoaulfl have
been 10 iiafs Rs pFimsu system eame ia,e
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