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Show 10fi$3H PoUtknl CImm Who doubts for a moment that there is at this, time more or leu political chaos in this country? The political 'chaos of this country coun-try is approaching the political contusion con-tusion in other parts of the world. We haven't political parties today to-day as they were understood nt one time in the history of this country. We have what might be called political po-litical organizations carrying the names of ancient political parties. In other words, the political parties par-ties have a name to live bnt they are dead. The reason they are in this condition con-dition is because they hare abandoned aban-doned great fundamental principles of government, and doctrines of the Constitution. They abandoned them hoping that they might surrender sur-render principles for policies. You can't build a great party on a policy; it must be builded on a principle. If the parties of this country are to be revived and invigorated you must inject into their backbone the BBBV?;&f iTsPn WuTOCASTtft. f inaj ol inviolable principles, fundamental fun-damental docUines, constitutional programs. Men tell yon that the reason for the chaotic political situation of today to-day U the primary election law. Tney say that the direct primary naa destroyed party organization nd responsibility. They want the primary law repealed. The pri-manr pri-manr law will not be repealed. It poght to be amended and in the fol-lowing fol-lowing particular: FIRST: Amend the law by creating cre-ating the right to hold a PRE-pri-mary party convention. If the party would meet in a pre-primaiy convenUon and nominate a ticket - thk would not prevent any indi- B .. vidual or any number of individuals from using the provision of the di- i f rect primary law and filing their i declaration of candidacy for office. It would have the effect, however, I ( of making the individual stand alone. on his merits, and independent of , party support " H The pre -primary convention Bj would Ale its slate under the same provision. When that slate was filed, the candidate under that jil .j ing would have the support, in- dorsement, and influence of the party. I In that way you would crystal , H ize the party, restore its organ Ua- tion, responsibility, and account ' ability, and at the same time yott ' would preserve to the individual the right to file independently uo- i der the primary Liw. B SECOND: You ought to amend the primary law and raise the qualw IJMl fications for office. Men who are k not qualified for the position have no right to be elected. If you waat to save representative government raise the standard of office holders. |