The Ordway new era., 1921-04-01
entered enter. therein to the same degree as
other parties.

entered therein to the same degree os
other parties. ~ 80
mouse Bill No. a., in relation to
tne primary law, as it finally passed
lhe House March 26 on third reading
PROVIDES that each party can estab-
iish lts own rules of procedure as to
the election of delegates and the
making of nominations. II, however,
candidate Is not satisfied with the
nominations made by the convention,
ne may cause primary election to be
held II members of his party equal to
al least twenty per cent of the votes
cast by his party al the last preced-
ing election for governor sign petit
tionS Tor such primary. In the case
OIL county officers, however, in coun-
ties having a population Of less than
thirty thousand, such petitions must
I lie signed by at least forty per cent
CT the number of persons who voted
ior the party candidate for governor
in such county at the last preceding
general election
1t seems to me that the law pro-
posed is worse than the one we have
al The present time because as long
a sufficient legal safeguards are not
thrown around the conduct of party
affairs there will always be dissat-
1s1fied candidates for office and these
candidates will probably secure the
petitions necessary to call for d pri-
mary election. This will very likely
happen quite often, and accordingly
the candidates will not only have the
expense of conducting the primary
campaign as they have at the present
time, but they will also have the ad-
ditional expense necessary to secure
the signatures to the petitions to hold
the primary.
Two bills in which the people of
this section are interested are House
Bill No. 366 and House Bill no 367,
nroviding for minimum salary for
teachers and for an increase in the
per cent that school board may levy
III a school district in addition to the
levy made the preceding year. These
bills both passed the House on third
reading providing one hundred dol
In" minimum salary and providing
hat school board could make an in
crease not greater tilan twenty-five
per cent of the levy of the preceding
year. When these bills were con-
s'dered the second time in the Com
mittee of the Whole, they were a.
mended so that the minimum salary
was placed at seventy-five dollars.
Several bills meant to further the
interests of the farmer have been
considered One of these is the bill
providing for the establishment of a
department of marketing and for a
market director under the supervi-
sion of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture. This bill was introduced by
Tessrs Smith, Vroman, Vandemoer,
Miller and Stubbleffeld. 1t passed
third reading in the House on March
IS.
Another bill provides an appropri-
alton for the eradication of predatory
animals. Another provides for the
establishing of a department of econ
omics and sociology at the State Ag-
ricultural College.
The House has passed bill appro-
priating five hundred thousand dol
iars for the construction of armories
in this State in the order in which the
National Guard units receive Federal
recognition. This appropriation was
originally s750,0OO, but we cut it
down to $5O0,000. If the Senate
passes this bill in the form it passed
the House, it means that at least
three or four armories will be con-
structed in our district. At the time
of writing this article, the bill was
| still tabled in the Finance Committee
of the Senate.
The House has also passed bill
providing for the submission to the
people of an amendment to the Con-
stitution, to be voted on at the next
election. This provides that all coun-
ty officers shall be elected to hold Of