Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-29

show It to any others who are ruptured-
! you may save a life or at least stop the
misery of rupture and the worry and dam
ger Of an operatlon.-Adv. s....
40 years ago about what is going on"
she said, land popular government
can and should be extended. The
great majority of our people are IN
| telligent and capable of making right
decisions"
Mrs. Bates voiced a protest against
certain newspaper statements that
! the primary has failed to produce de-
I sired results and said that the wom-
en- feel it has not been sufficiently
tested. She declared that she rep
resented 5000 women Of the w. G. t.
u, who are opposed to repeal. and
added that the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs and the Parent Teachers
Association also are opposed.
| She characterized the Cakes Bill as
complex and the Anthoine bill as
more complex. She said the latter
would require three months study
before 1t could be understood.
Secretary Of w. c. T. U.
Mrs. Alice Nj. Bigney of GreenviIe,
| secretary of the w. c. It. L., said
that she was brought up to be loyal
to parties and in the old days her
candidates commended to the voters
| because they had done well for the
party. She declared she could never
| see why men should be elected on
| that basis.
In her opinion, people know more
about the candidates and their fit
ness for office under the primary sys-
| TEN than was possible under the con-
| vention system. She ADMITTED that
notifications in the present primary
| law might well be made but said that
she could claim for the primary all
| tn, advantages which could be
claimed for the convention system.
In presenting the next few sp oak
| ers against the proposed return to
J the convention system Mrs. French
| called the committees attention TO
| the fact that he Naional and State
! Women's Christian Temperance IN
| ions and the Natioral and State Fed =
| Grafton of Woman's Clubs were all
in favor of the direct primary.
Miss Mabel Connor
Miss Mabel Conner, daughter of
| Ex-Governor Selden Conner, speak
! ing for the State League of Women
Voters favored the direct primary in
few words but forceful. closing by
saying 1T would be the happiest
| day the vets ever saw If the pri-
mary We're repealed"
| Mrs. Mary Ferry Rich OF Rock
port. chairman of the legislative
committee of the State FEEDER ~tion of
! Women's Clubs. in defending f..e
primary brought out that 1O5,0OJ
persons had gone to the polls last
June to register their wills in the
ballot and that TO take away the
primary would be to rob those 1O5.-
a05 persons of the right to express
their wishes.
| DIR. G. l.. Owen Of Waterville
| DIR. C. l.. owen of Waterville was
opposed to returning the convention
system although, SO he assured the
committee, that systems served him
well in his fights against prohibition.
! He explained how under the sys-
( tenn he was able to learn before
election who members of the legis-
lature would be and whether they
were friendly to prohibition. If not
! he brought about their defeat. He
y, then referred to convention to
nominate a candidate for Governor,
in which one candidate was for sub
| mission the other against. The ono
opposed to prohibition came to his
Office, the doctor said, and told hin,
there was nothing to 1t. but, said
the Doctor. He was mistaken. II. e
ether man was nominated" He be-
heVed IN g. rull enrolment of voters.
President BuZZell Of Senate
President BuzZell of the Senate
spoke of his own experience with
the county convention system in the
past. and said he hoped the people
of Maine Will have good sense
enough to let the primary law alone
and give everybody a chance in the
selection of their candidates. He
declared himself against both the
Cakes and the Anthoine bills and
said he could not see much in them
TO support.
n Dcforcst II. Perkins of Portland
/ peforest II. Perkins OF Portland
! spoke. he said. for an organization
winch numbered more than 10000
legal voters in York and Cumbcr-
lana counties alone. in opposition to
the repeal of the primary. He
characterized the proponents of the
change as a few individuals who
| nave opinions as to what is good for
the State of Maine.
| The present law is the best of
| 80 ei"e VIC nave lluu, ne said, and
expressed the opinion that the zeal
Tor the change came from a condi-
1 tlon which had nothing to do with
me primary. "Debauchery OF the
hallot might happen in any election"
he said,
Mr.. Perkins several times evoked
1 prolonged applause. Once in stating
lhat the country was never freer from
fraud or corruption than it is TODAY
under the direct primary-and again
"hcn after urging some safeguarding
measures by the present legislators
10 protect the primary law be brand
ed the cause for the present uproar
over the primary question as the .'Dv-
ing gasp of the old gang, the political
machine"
Tells Of Attitude Of K. X. X,
/ while the applause was still sound
Ing Mr.. Perkins raised his voice and
shouted: But we are ready, the fight
IS on. and 10000 knights of the Ku
kiuX Khan will stand behind the di
rect primary"
Rep. Holmes Immediately ouer,ed.
IS the organization you speak of, Mr.,
Perkins. a political organizationo
! ferklns-lt is formed for good gov
eminent, sir.
Rep. Cakes asked Perkins as to
which bill-the Anthoise or Cakes bill
he would favor, if either were sub
mitted to the people.
| perkins-Would like to see the Is
sue fought squarely, either for. or
against one bill or for against n COM
bination of the two.
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