Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-07
CHANGES IN
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW
Bill Amending Provides for
State Convention to Nomi-
nate Candidates on State
Ticket and Expenses of Dele
gates Attending.

Drastic changes in Idaho's direct
primary law are provided in senate
bill No. Gs by Senators Nelson Of
Kootenai and Nash of Franklin coun-
ties, which is now under considera-
ton in the upper house of the legis-
lature.
The measure provides for the noml-
nation of United States senators, con-
gressmen, supreme court judges and
all state offices by the state conven-
ton system the selection of delegates
to the state convention at county
conventions and provides reimburse
mepts for such delegates attending,
while only county officers and dis
trict Judges are nominated at the
direct primary election at which pre-
cinct committeeman are elected and
delegates to the county conventions
which the bill provides must meet at
noon on 1.-THE second Saturday follow
ing their election.
HOW NOMINATED.
The nomination of candidates at
the state convention is provided for
in the following order; first presiden-
tial electors, second; United States
senator's third, representatives In
congress; fourth. governor; fifth,
lieutenant governor; sixth, justice of
the supreme court: seventh. the re-
naming state officers in the order
named in the constitution Or in the
laws creating them. A provision Is
made that in the nomination of rep
resentatives in congress only the dele
gates representing the counties with
in the territorial limits of the respec-
tive congressional districts shall be
entitled to vote for the representa-
tives to be nominated from such dis
trict.
CALL STATE CONVENTIONS.
The place and hour for holding the
state convention is left to the discre-
ton of the state central committee OF
the parties and it is also within the
province of the state central commit
tee to call state conventions for~tbe
selection of delegates to the national
conventions of their respective par
ties, determine the number of dele
gates to state conventions to which
each county is entitled and provide
for the time and manner of choosing
delegates and is given full authority
to prescribe such rules and regula-
tons as it deems necessary to deter
mine the qualifications of such par
ties and who shall be entitled to vote
at the primaries of such parties.
Section AZ of the bill reads, Each
delegate to" a state convention shall,
upon his filing with the state auditor
a receipt for his railroad fare to and
from his place of residence to such
convention and certificate of the
chairman or secretary of such con-
Vention that he attended the same
and voted therein, be entitled to be
REIN bursed for the actual sum so eX-
pended by him. And the state audi
tor is hereby authorized to draw his
Warrant upon the above conditions
being fulfilled, in favor of each of
said delegates for TIE amount to
which said delegates, as above pro-
.vided, is entitled to, and the state
treasurer is hereby authorized to pay
such warrants. There is hereby ap-
propriated for each biennium, out of
the general fund not otherwise appro-
priated for the purpose herein pro-
vided for, the sum of $500 or so much |
thereof as may be. necessary"