The New York herald., 1921-04-09
BILL AGREED UPON
TO DANISH DIRECT
STATE PRIMARIES
Albany Leaders Include in
Convention Plan NOmi-
nations for Judges.
TO ELECT DELEGATES
Present System for Legisla-
tive. County and Local
Offices Unchanged.
is SPONSORED BY ADLER
Contests for Seats Transferred
From Credentials Commit
tee to Courts.
S SPONSORED BY ADLER

Speclul DcSpdtch 20 1HE NEW 1Okk HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, April 8.
The direct primary system for the
nomination of State and judicial Of
f1cers, which has been in operation in
this State for the last eight years, is
to be abolished and party nominating
conventions are to be restored.
The Republican administrator pri-
mary bill was presented to the Legis-
lature to-day by Simon l.. Adler, ma
jority leader Of the Assembly. The
primary for which Charles E. Hughes
fought two hard battles and which for
several years tore political parties wide
open in this State is cast into the dis
card as failure by Gov. Miller's ad-
nninistration.
The Adler measure has been agreed
upon by the majority and will be
rushed through both houses next week
without any further ceremony. 1t is
an elaborate document dealing with
every phase Of the election machinery,
providing many new regulations for
both the primary and general elec-
tions. The big feature of the bill Of
chief interest to the political organiza-
tions is section As. which reads as fol-
lows:
Party nonina tons of candidates for
public office. other than electors Of
President and vice-President Of the
United States. to be voted for at a
general election by all the electors OF
the State and party nominations of can
didates for tho office Of Justice Of the
Supreme Court shall be made by party
conventions"
Means state Conventions.
for office in the State from the Cow
ernor and United States Senator'S down.
and all candidates for Supreme Court
justices in all judicial districts OF the
State. shall be chosen In a party con-
vention. Other candidates. including
those for the Legislature, for county
and municipal officers. are to be chosen
as heretofore in the direct primary.
The designations of delegates to State
and judicial conventions are to be made
In the following manner, as provided IN
section a.:
Designations OF delegates and alter
mates. II any. from an Assembly dis
trict TO the State convention o. a ju-
dicial district convention OF any party
may be made by a committee consist
ing Of the members OF the county COM
mittee elected within such an Assem-
bly, district and also by petition"
Under the direct primary system par
ties have held unofficial conventions,
which suggested candidates for State
offices. who were later voted on at the
primary. Tho result has been that the
party designee always won in the direct
primary. although the party designat-
ing convention had no official standing.
The delegates to such conventions were
selected by the parties without official
sanction.
Primaries to Elect Delegates.
Under the Adler bill political parties
can designate their candidates for dele
rates to State and Judicial district con-
ventions to run In the primaries against
any independent candidates. whose
names can appear on the primary ballot
by petition.
Other important provisions in the
Adler bill are:
The designations OF party candidates
for convention delegates are to be made
by the party committees only at
public hearing, held after fifteen days
notice to each member. The meeting Is
to take place not earlier than the
seventh Tuesday or later than the fifth
Tuesday before the primary.
The party committee may appoint
committee OF three from It's members
10 fiji vacancies in a designation.
Delegates TO national party conven-
tions from the State at large shall be
elected at a State convention. to be
constituted. held and conducted in the
manner provided for state conventions
for the nomination OF party candidates.
Contests for seats in the State or
judicial conventions are to be reviewed
in the court. The autocratic commit
tee on credentials. through which the
party leaders in the days Of the old
State conventions controlled the filling
OF all contested seats. is done away
with.