Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-28

EXPLANATION
The socaned Richards Primary Election Law, which is up for a direct
vote for the third tint, in amended form, at the coming South Dakota Noyem-
Der election, is calculated to put order and form into our election system, by
combining the democratic and republican ideas in providing for both the right
q petition, and the right Of REPRESENTATIVE convention proposals for public
welfare, to create and direct an intelligent public opinion 50 as Il establish
Judgment at the polls, By majority rule for what is right and just, aHert The
people have heard both sides thoroughly discussed through public Joint de
bates and newspaper comments
1t will evolve the MERIT SYSTEM within politics first as ! practical
prerequisite to its own evolution and permanent peace. II IS the true beginning
Of the new legal order.
1t possesses, within itself, the legal order and form as 4 method to give
incentive to public welfare by producing pubic feeling and Information fr
The truth, BY orderly public discussion Of one issue At 4 time the same a q
trial before the jury 50 the people can hear both sides before they vote 4 YER
dict at the polls, based on an intelligent public opinion for the truth.
It makes principles instsado 81 persons the paramount issue.
= provides for public joint debates, between candidates for Governor and
between candidates for President n the paramount issue for party platform
and between party platforms to reveal the truth.
It provides the democratic idea Of right 81 proposal BY petition for pub
lie welfare.
convention and preserves the right Of the minority % propose for public
welfare.
1t lines up the candidates . the ballot, . a to nominate the Legislative,
executive, and judicial branches Of ne government conerenty @ issues TO
proceed orderly and tremendously By giving all branches Of the government
TO one party at the time and thus foster q friendly critic system in legislative
nans in place of the present infectious party system of unfrendly opposition
in construction Of law, resulting in crippled measures and defensive court
decisions.
Ii makes the necessary centralized part Of efficient state government q
sponsive to al intelligent public opinion.
It brings the government right down close to the people, and creates and
directs an intelligent public opinion which makes organized democracy strong
as iron. It thus builds from the bottom up instead Of from the top down, and
substitutes intelligent public opinion, for the old method Of personal Official
opinion, representative Of mere persons party label and territory, and makes
sentative way BY several discussions and votes.
tt organizes the ideas Of Jurisprudence in pleadings Of PLAINTIFF,
DEFENDANT and NTERvENoR, as the frame work Of the primary cleo
ton system, by way Of proposals Of the MINORITY, the MAJORITY and the
INDEPENDENT, corresponding il proposals within the party system, to the
pleadings within the judicial system in order to have 9 practical system for
the pubicto organize inteligenty to fulfill the Ultimate state government.
II eliminates the OFFICIAL sPoIIs SYSTEM II the election u begin
with.
lit provides q plain banot.
III provides a direct vote twice
III is the dual system and tends TO majority rule and conservative prog
ress.
IL furnishes the Necessary legal restraint IN raising, joining and discuss
ing one proposed paramount aue At 4 time FOR public Wafa1e, and thorough
I tests each proposal and leadership aatomaticaly BIT exposure, ins It's legal
process, while creating 80 intelligent public opinion On the paramount issue.
I'd s the legal impulse for practical organization Of public truth through
the election system, 10 evolve she present sP0ILS SYSTEM, and selfish con
fusion intoth i coming MERIT SYSTEM # order ing good VIII and justice
10 All
VOTE YESl
DIRECT LEGISLATION ORGANIZATION