The courier-index., 1920-01-09
,,nuay Insists Date for Primary Election Should be Changed From Au0usf
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the sar s.a.1 date in order that dele
 9 't to the Democratic National J
 ss sr.;on tu may be elected m tune
 rens'oant of the convention, declares
 sre h;s Ss opinion the Democratic
 l1 1rontral n Committee is without
 /. to name delegates.
 sman Caraway recently
 lApyE!e yEov Brough a letter calling
 Is!e u,;on u' to the fact that the state
 snIlOn ;s held in August and the
 pnaly Y convention at an earlier
 nona ;eh would result in the state
 te w w..;shout representation at the
 bg ', nonvention. In defense of
 iloua, ouanoestion. he wrote as follows:
 Tsa sus1 1nroposed change in the date
 ny ilsar;o the Democratic primary
 ne""d; discussed. Since l suggest
 's'as n;s change I feel brief state
 m's ss to the reasons that impell-
 M to suggest the change will not
 Inappropriate;
 us 1 know, I, myself, am can
 .,.ss as tor office. My candidacy is
 s;ss s;sst to this Democratic primary.
 % srssume my candidacy would be
 js.,sd by a change in the date of
 rr;mary in the same manner,
 ,a rot otherwise, as the candidacy
 .r~one else seeking office subject
 h.t primary. At least believe
 .isr the circumstances all will real
 aaf. ag w;ll not be the sufferer by req ,s If the primary being held at a sm rather than an earlier date. l 'm therefore, sure that shall be rs,itsed of any self interests in ss natter, and need not say my ss interest was a public one.
 TheNational Democratic Conven- sn held at Baltimore, Md, in 1912 '..no others, incorporated a plank s the platform declaring for the ,ixtion of delegates to national con- ,stions at primaries, in which the youle were also to elect their na- musl committeeman, and express sgr ,hoise for a presidential candi- hk. On this platform Woodrow Fibon was elected president of these United States.
 The National Democratic Com ratee. in it's call for the St. Louis snvention which met in 1916, and t which time Woodrow Wilson was naominated for president, incorpor- aa in it's call for this convention tat provision for the election of Asgates and committeeman.
 Would Be Step Backward
 In obedience to that call we elect d our delegates to the St. Louis emvention at a primary. We also sstted our national comitteeman by ppular vote. There is no reason to Nieve the party contemplates talk ya backward step.
 The very able representative from Ionmbia county, for whom en- 'srtain the highest regard, in letter Mbished December 27, calls atten- non to a proviso in Act No. 19 of ue Acts of 1919 (by which Act the ate of the primary was changed) shleh reads as follows:
 Provided nothing in this act shall S construed to prohibit the state central Committee from making any Mes that it may think wise for ne election of delegates to the na- a0nal convention, and said delegates election.
 ne says that under it's provision Is as Democratic Central Committee sach these delegates can be elect .1 un call a preferential primary in m, or It could call all the County ssa'ral Committees together, and nsse select the delegates.
 No Power to Committee
 ordinarily, l should hesitate to TAe issue with the gentleman, whom ,.a ssgard so very highly, but re- s;sa Is.sung of this provisio will convince %a ,;.a mat he is in error. This pro- I,sv grants no power to the State ,s,u s.usiai Committee. It merely re- tr s,'ss ;s to the committee what author T N night have to make any rules Sas sas Y may think wise for the elec- oa ol delegates to the National jSSasehtion. N If the committee had s as power before, it reserves that st . 'o It. If it had no such pow ' Io,;.'e a,s proviso gave it no such au- y; a.. It IS a reservation and not f eu.norlzation. But as a matter ls sa.t the reservation is in itself ] msi:..aation, since it reserves to the 1 ova. '.1ee only that one power, that ,inl .o make any rules that it may | ,tss xlse Tor the election of dele hs r ~ tne National Convention. ,ed .hu vvru election or elected is le M ,aaa snree times in the proviso: in lles s'ssseIrvation ssI of the right to make 1 jss @ mat the committee may think ! electadd, aad that that the delegates may ,n eTSea ne before the primary cleo a,e ne words election and elect Id restn nere used in their ordinary hlv p'Ssrlcted ncted acceptipn. It is cer- ction meant, by their use in con @ ind; with the primary election, tes aee wese clearly that the dele te. "Tre Th to be elected by popular e fact' HIS M View is confirmed by Is nern,t tnat at the time the state 'ctino ]. to the practice of nvarst;l US delegates to the National deleao.n oy its thus selection of ation. a. to the St. Louis Con So, f0rt at the primary held in 1916. eraatt!!ner, by the rule that the ,se a.lon n"t of powers excludes ntioned enumerated, the proviso } tba Ihe power of making rules thai G;ttection of delegates, and ect. :" excluded the power to arI
 Yer nei;Ore, ns;e, if the committee had q prlor to tha ,,a rev "u