The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-06

tOlINC W Dt liiltu. w utu SUCH CcItll
cate, bearing the signatures of no
, less than so of the number of vote
|, cast for the successful candidate TO
the same office at the next precedin
election, is filed with the secretar
of the Territory and with the clerk
of the counties participating in tn
election, such certificate. if filed i
time, entities the nominee to appea
on the ballot as an Independent car
didate for the office to be filled.
The above provisions of the terri
torial act of 1889 have since beef
carried forward in our codes as sec
lions 524, 525, SIG, SGT and 52S of the
Revised Codes of 1907 and sections
615. GIG, GIT, 61S and 619 of the codes
of 1921 and 1885.
Under the territorial act the certif
icates of nomination were required Il
be filed with the secretary of the
territory not more than so days an(
not less than 80 days before the date
fixed by law for the election. In 1914;
the legislature amended the law t
provide that the certificate of nomina
ton filed with the secretary of state
must be filed not less than 80 days
before the date fixed by law for the
detection" (Ch. los, Laws 1943.)
The territorial act provided that not
less than 20 nor more than 80 days
before an election to fill any public
office the secretary of the Territory
must certify to the county clerks the
name of each person nominated for
such office. In 1943 the legislature
amended the law to provide that the
secretary of state must certify such
nominees mot less than As nor more
than so days before an election to fill
any office" (Ch 1O4, laws 1943.) I'm
der the law as amended the election
having been called for June 5th, the
dead line for the certificate of the
secretary of state is April 20, 1916.
PLAN Ill Party Nominations by
Direct Vote of the PeopIe-The Direct
Primary Election.
Upon the failure of the 18th legis-
lative assembly 1911), as well as pre-
vious assemblies, to enact legislation
providing for political party nominal
tions by the direct vote Of the people,
a number of leading citizens In this
state of various political parties and
faiths formed a non-partisan organi-
cation under the name of Peoples
Power League of Montana for the
purpose of drafting and proposing by
initiating petition certain legislation
to be submitted to direct vote of
the people at the general election of
November, 1912.
The measures so submitted by ini-
tiative petition were: % A bill for
a law to provide for party nomination
by direct vote of the people; (2) bill
for law to provide for the expression
by the people of the state of Montana
Of their preference of party candidates
for president and vice president of
the United States, the election of dele
gates to presidential conventions and
The nomination of presidential cleo
tors by direct vote; CD a bill for a
aw to define, prevent and punish cor
'upt and illegal practices in mamma
ions and elections and to secure and
protect the purity of the ballot; a. |
/ bill for law reading, THAT we, the |
people of the state of Montana, hereby
instruct our representatives and SEN
ltors in our legislative assembly, as
uch officers, to vote for and elect the
for U. S. Senator from this
itate who receive the highest number
If votes at our general elections"
Initiative petitions were duly filed
With the secretary of state; the pro-
,osed measures were printed in
iamphlet form and sent to the various
county clerks in sufficient number to
urnish one copy to every voter in
II scounty, the law requiring each
ounty clerk to mail to each reg
stored voter. in his county at least
ne copy of the proposed measures
within 30 days from the date of the
eceipt Of the pamphlets or measures
rom the secretary of state. Incor-
GRATED in the printed pamphlet per-
aiming to the measure for party nomi-
ations by direct vote of the people,
nd so distributed to every registered
otter in the state and as a part there
( was a brief of the proponents of
he measures setting forth their re-
pective names and addresses and set
ing forth the reasons for and pur-
oses of the proposed measures as
blows:
ARGUMENT (Affirmative)
Submitted by the Peoples Power
eague of Montana in favor of the
leasure designated on the official {
allot as follows:
Proposed by Initiative Petition
(Here appears the form of BALLOT
The following list gives the names {
the officers, executive and member
nip committees of the Peoples Power /
eague of Montana:
Officers: Miles Romney of Hamil- {
IN, president; Max McCusker of Liv- {
lgston, secretary-treasurer I
Executive Committee: Miles Rom
ey, Hamilton; M. McCusker, Livings- /
IN; E. H. Goodman, Townsend; John G
lewett, Fromberg; r. N. Sutherlin, 7
reat Falls; w. X. Harder, Fort Ben t
IN; C. S. Harter, Miles City; d. J. c
onohue, Glendiye; Dan Leary, Ana
)nda; James Holland, Havre; John /
Duffy, Kalispell; Edwin K Cheadle, a
ewistown; Walter S. Hartman, Boze- /
an; George A. haywood, Philips (
Irg; James Jorgensen, Whitehall; T.
Walsh, Helena; ID. M. Fitzpatrick, s
issoula; Wolmer Hanson, Deer c
odge. W FL Ninnerf Thofnnson | I