Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-06-15
Richmond Daily Register.
The Next State Ticket

The Next State Ticket
II the Democratic State Com
j inittees consult the wishes of the
great majority OF the rank and
file of the party as to the meth
cd OF nominating the next state
ticket, they will decide upon the
! old fa5hioled convention with
! out the slightest hesitation. Scru-
tiny of the country newspapers
which may always be regarded
all accurathe barometer of public
opinion, will convince them that
the Democracy of the state is
tired of the rich-man's primary
and wants to have its ticket SC
lected next year in a good old
fashioned family love feast,
which is what a convention can
be made at this time. Some Of
the rural editors are giving some
mighty strong reasons for their
arguments iii favor of Il convcn-
ton at this time. The results OF
the last several elections in Ken
lucky, when primary-made nom
lnees went down to defeat. are
fresh in the minds Of many. Ed
itor Keen Johnson had a forciblc
argument for a convention in his
splendid weekly, the Anderson
News. the other day. He said:
How shall the Democrats OF
Kentucky select that ticket
which will reverse the verdict OF
November 1919:
VIII the party primary or the
convention system make possible
the selection OF the most popular
candidates
1t is our opinion that the ans
WerS to these questions are vi
tally important. The primars
method of choosing the candidate
for State office is theoretically
ideal, giving each voter in the
party an opportunity to express
a choice.
Ctopian as the primary plan
may be. when analysed there are
disclosed objections to this meth
cd of choosing candidates. The
tremendous expense Of conduct
ing a campaign for nomination
dcters many strong, capable men
from entering the race Only
those Of independent fortune car
finance their campaign and take
the chance of defeat.
The expense incident to max
ing the race for the nomination
is not generally appreciated, but
when we take into consideration
the fact that it will cost can
didatc $500 to publish the an
nounccmcnt OF his candidacy in.
al the newspapers of the state.
we begin to get conception Of
how costly the primary is.
This is only one Of the numcr-I
Gus items Of expense which will
decimate the bank account Of
the candidate. Even the success
full candidate finds himself in an
unsatisfactory financial condi-!
ton, faced with the necessity Of
making second campaign for
the office and doubling the OK
pcnse incident to the election.
Assuming that the aspirant tol
Office is returned winner in tic |
primary and his party is success
full in the final election. he has
then spent i'll securing his elec-I
ton sum which will, in many,
cases, exceed his salary for the !,
FIRST two years. i
If the Democratic ticket is !
made up in convention there will /.
be large held OF candidates. i
and many of the most available |
as well as most desirable men,
who are willing to incur the eX-
Dense incident to q campaign III
he primary, will permit their
to go before the conven-
ion.
The candidates chosen in con-
rention will be fresh for the big
ace, while if selected by prima-
y they will have dissipated their
nergy and bank account before
he race in which Kentucky
Democrats are vitality concerned !