The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-14
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sKansas5Senato or Hopes to See
Day When esidents Are
Named BY Primary.
ySEsHllAl,RRY q. HUNT

%. HUNT
W.ASHINGToN, July. i .-Ex-
te1sf fsthe primary law, rath-
Sserthamd It's repeal must be secured
" if popular goyernment is to be
says Senator Arthur
ssEappe r;Republican, Of Kansas.
s dot heMfarma bloc and recog-
national progressive
12EWdences#of careful, syste-
naticsspropaganda to- undermine
n sIaWssswf tina wi ew3 to bringing
repeal and return to the
onssofyScandidates zby party
sgseen under the re-
Observation-Disclosures primaries by
aaPresidentS Harding. Secretary Of
Weeksg and Senator Watson
rs
cannot 60 along with the
sRresident, sWeeks%a and Watson"
Instead of abol-
fishing or9limiting the primary 1t
smust SbeSextended.
Z hope to see the day when
nominatfonssfor8 President Will be
y INTERCHANGEABLE When that
dayScomes, e4shal1 be getting OIL
foWard ARE sally popular govern
ents Theapeop1e mustshave more
voice. not less voice, in their gov
and sin8 the selection of
ssmenSWhoSmakesa and administer the
ssIaws.Sss
Nat onal& Commit First
ofsS the first steps in ex-
Ithe5y rfmary. she uld be Sc
naofSnatio na1 &committeeme
#sby9p vote. That would give
sfhe@rankS and file. of the parties a
voice. tShasanon IN now.
Il Ofkcourse the reason for the.
ona Of party leaders
wi iattesprimariesa is not hard to
Result Is of recent primary
SSgIecti the people have
rejected Organization candidates
sandFnominatedSm men of their own
choice. has upset them.
ssE&sTheySab Jane the system. Yet
sthatsthesprimary gave the
Voters aEchance stos name their own
instead fhav1ng a hand
picked organizatioag candidate
forced onEthem is the best possible
Eendorsementsofa the primary prln-
the people are not to have
4 rs voice inS INSTRUMENTATION Of their
sssssandi ates for# Of flee: why sh ould
sathey#h ave "a yoicelin their cleo
popular elections are to
Stand DETERMINATIONS by primary
must stand 81
NoGoth err Ian comes near to
ng8popu1a government. y
sssS Kansas As Example
sESssssTake for instance my state
eforegthegt time state primaries.
transformations were omlnateo
sbysthe railroad, stockyard and
sSliquorsinterests
sSTh seSinterests S combtn ed to
lsr and didscontroI5 the results
IA pth%Repnb1ican andfDemoc
#fcEconyentions. They decided who
should be in bot1
After that, the people could
t#Whichever ominee they
ssAnhoose Wit tn heir candid ates
Fforfthe they had no
ON Of sci lection Nomination
s5sforgoYernors, legislators, even
court justices. were
edSbyScorporation influences
@niotsbyat free will of the people.
sourst ines out Of five: the
IL Select or in many states
Observation-Disclosures candidate has no
nceg:whatever. The nominees
ofSthesmajorityp party are assured
ofse1ectfon:
sssIf Atheprimary IS eliminated,
50 the EYoter5shas no voice in the
select nss #his party's nomin ees,
# ne has no svoice In the election.
Fair For Poor Man
tss may be true there are
fines When&a poor man is at a
disadYantages under the primary
system. BUT the nomination Of
Coils mithBrookhart6 in Iowa as
sSSa for United States Sen
rs rs aatorNghoWs a man can be nomin-
afad WITT iout spending large sums
fnoneyif 4he has the peoples
they want him.
stSecretarys Weeks, 1T seems to
me-. outsBolsh the Bolshe-
WI SinE declaring popular govern
Il failure.
sMt5th al the unrest and dis
this is a poor
astfme to talk about taking from
people theirsp r ath-
weSshouIdsbe6s studying how to
extendgthem::sS 49, s:sS5 i.
Iess$po govern ment
IT, &;
Jsfsts howst he party organfzatio
fseissftss hold nssenators and rep
krssentatiyessl ippfng because of
ofspopularSpr primaries
sis %described bysS e4atorsJinn5 Wat
gon$ fS md ana. oneS ofSfthe Old
Guard Sengineers@of the G:ES
Ssjnggernaut
This slacko fScontror; @says Wat
sssson. sbackSofS the desire In party
Eorganfzatio circless forsthe repeal
1sssosfEpriniaryslaw avs and 4returntto
SafheNoId Convention system there
5sSt f1s@organizatfon sru1 ed ssS
81 UndeT disciplinary system
ssenatorss come here
aindividualsr mandate. they
SiIndarob lfgationsSto to- the party. be.
yidua1sh asSgoneo out
sSSlas ansindiyidu womb nom